Articles tagged Observation
Taxonomy - A Scientific Discipline You Were Created For
Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
Original Post Date: August 26, 2011
Sometimes the term "science" seems overwhelming. We picture people in white lab coats, equipment that costs tens or...
How We Study Nature Indoors
by Beth
Wednesday, 10 June, 2015
categories: Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 10 June, 2015
categories: Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life
Everyone in my home loves nature study. When it is warm and beautiful or even cold and snowy, we head outside to make observations, take photographs, and draw. However, during seasons of poor weather or poor health, we do not neglect our nature studies, but rather...
Baby Steps to Science (Part 3): Collecting Observations
by Jonathan
Thursday, 28 May, 2015
categories: Articles, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Thursday, 28 May, 2015
categories: Articles, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)
Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
Original Post Date: May 8, 2012
So far in this series, we have discussed counting and drawing as ways of engaging in science. In this article we are...
Baby Steps to Science (Part 2): Drawing
Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read
Original Post Date: March 1, 2012
In the first part of this series, we talked about the importance of counting and measuring to science. Counting and...
When the Going Gets Tough
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going!” This quote by Joseph Kennedy, father of President John F. Kennedy, urges the soul under attack to hunker down and work harder, putting forth extra effort to battle adversity. The pithy sentiment, designed to inspire a...