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Learn Spanish Today (Free Online Lessons)
Right here on A to Z Home's Cool! 13 lessons in conversational Spanish, with pictures and sound to help you learn fast!
 
Online Interactive Curriculum
Time4Learning is a new approach to education that takes advantage of today's technology. It's a convenient, homeschool online curriculum that combines education with interactive fun for children, preschool to eighth grade.
 

Circle of Friends Penpal Club
Since 1997, our award winning Club has set the standard for epal safety. Our web-based system is self-contained, with bad word and personal information filters, REPORT ME links to customer service, Live Help and parental controls that fine tune each member's messaging experience.

Babysitting Class Online
BabysittingClass.com would like to ask parents to take a few seconds to do the following safety check before leaving a sitter alone with your child.

Drivers Ed
Teens, earn your driving certificate from the comfort of your own computer.
Drivers Ed - By State - Safe Driving

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3/17/10

Children's Butterfly Site Coloring Page NEW
Joy Lewallen at the Houston Museum of Natural Science has created a lesson plan using these butterfly life cycle images to teach students about metamorphosis.
Butterflies

Hearing Loss Simulation NEW
In this simulation you can discover how sensorineural hearing losses affect hearing. This type of hearing loss is by far the most frequent and is caused by a dysfunction of the inner ear, many times due to excessive exposure to noise.
Ears & Hearing

3/14/10

Forensic Science Lesson Plans NEW
A 9-week course on Forensic Science for 8th graders. You need to be able to view Power Point (PPT) and Acrobat (PDF) files. As this designed for classrooms, it might be perfect for a co-op class, or use it on your own.
Crime Scene Investigation

3/12/10

UC College Prep AP Biology NEW
You may get the related biology ebook by registering at this site: Mastering Biology. Or buy the hardcover edition here. Combining the website and book with labs from The College Board AP Advanced Placement Program Biology Lab Manual For Students can prepare a teen for the AP Biology exam.
Biology Classes

UC College Prep Biology NEW
You may either read or just watch and listen to this interactive the book, so it is excellent for those with dyslexia or other visual disability. Covers evolution.
Biology Classes

Treehouses in the Tree of Life NEW
Pages designed for kids, teachers, and the young at heart. The information found on treehouses complements the scientific core content presented on Tree of Life branch and leaf pages.
Genetics

3/11/10

Hogwarts Homeschool NEW
Your first assignment: come up with a new name for 'invisibility cloak'. The name should have the same feeling to it, & be as close to the original as possible - without breaking any muggle laws.
Hogwarts Distance Learning Program for Homeschoolers

3/6/10

Homemade Dog Treats NEW
This homeschooler enjoys making her dog treats and wants to share her recipes and tips with you. Includes information on what not to give to your dog, too.
Dogs

3/3/10

Super Why!
Helps kids learn key reading skills, including alphabet, word families, spelling and reading comprehension, through interactive online games, activities and more! From PBS. iPhone app available, too.
Reading Basics

2/28/10

Hail King of the Ice Dwarfs! NEW
For a long time, scientists have been trying to decide how to define the word "planet." If Pluto is a "planet," many other recently discovered objects nearly as large would also be planets. There is no telling how many "planets" kids would have to memorize someday!
The Solar System

New Planet NEW
This new dwarf planet is the largest object found in orbit around the sun since the discovery of Neptune and its moon Triton in 1846. It is larger than Pluto, discovered in 1930.
The Solar System

The Planets - Zoom Astronomy NEW
Our solar system consists of the sun, eight planets, moons, many dwarf planets (or plutoids), an asteroid belt, comets, meteors, and others. Page is loaded with graphics, graphs, charts and worksheets.
The Solar System

Pluto - Astronomy for Kids NEW
Pluto is smaller than 7 of the moons in the Solar System. Because it is so small many scientists don't consider it a planet at all.
The Solar System

Pluto, The Ice Dwarf NEW
Pluto is named for the Roman god of the underworld. Venetia Burney, an 11-year-old girl from Oxford, England, suggested the name. If you need some number facts about Pluto, you'll find them here.
The Solar System

Pluto's Secret NEW
An action game from the National Geographic. May take a little while to come up. Be patient. Learn how the objects can be moved, and then play the game.
The Solar System

2/25/10

Try to Make an Ant Get Lost
Analyze the ants. Carefully note what they do when they reach the ground again after crossing the obstruction. Do they seem confused? Do they go the wrong way? How long does it take them to figure out the right way? Do your ants eventually learn the new path over the obstruction?
Ants

The Art and Science of Bubbles
Recipes and tricks with bubbles.
Bubbles

Bubble Town
You will find building instructions for a very special bubble blowing tube, learn how to mix industrial strength bubble solutions, play bubble games, download a free poster and have fun.
Bubbles

Exploratorium Soap Bubbles
In soap bubbles, three wire forms are dipped into a soapy bath at the push of a button. Shortly after they are raised, bands of color start to appear in the soap films. Why is this?
Bubbles

Haiti Houses
Make tiny house-shaped pins and sell them to earn money to send to a relief organization to build real homes for those left homeless in Haiti from the earthquake in January 2010.
Drawing

Life Through Time: Evolutionary Activities for Grades 5-8 (LHS GEMS Guides)
Life Through Time
Evolutionary Activities for Grades 5-8 (LHS GEMS Guides)
by Nicole Parizeau, et al
Extensive, content-rich activities combine a variety of topics that have proved very popular with students, including: observing living animals and plants; examining fossils and bones; erupting volcanoes; and creating dioramas with plastic animals.
Genetics
 
Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified
Design-It-Yourself Clothes
Patternmaking Simplified
Cal Patch
Former Urban Outfitters designer Cal Patch brings her youthful aesthetic to a how-to book. If you want to wear something you can’t find on store racks and make clothes that express your individual style, or if you’ve reached a sewing plateau and want to add pattern drafting to your repertoire, Design-It-Yourself Clothes is the book you have been waiting for.
Sewing
 
The New Solar System: Ice Worlds, Moons, and Planets Redefined
The New Solar System
Ice Worlds, Moons, and Planets Redefined
by Patricia Daniels
From breathtaking full-color photographs to detailed explanatory diagrams to expert essays, fascinating sidebars, and informative fact boxes, the New Solar System is not just an easy-to-use, solidly reliable reference, but also a visually stunning, invitingly browsable volume guaranteed to fire the imagination of even the most casual reader.
Solar System
 
Original Metal Slinky
Original Metal Slinky
by Slinky
For Ages 5 and Up. Everyone wants a Slinky-since 1945! Juggle, jiggle, flip, walk, bounce and spring the Slinky! Watch the metal Slinky walk its way down inclines or just juggle it back and forth in your hands. Toy that teaches physics intuitively.
Physics
 
Robot Building for Beginners (Technology in Action)
Robot Building for Beginners
Technology in Action
by David Cook
YouÕll begin with some tools of the trade, and then work your way through prototyping, robot bodybuilding, and eventually soldering your own circuit boards. By the bookÕs end, you will have a solid amateur base of understanding so that you can begin creating your own robots to vacuum your house or maybe even rule the world!
Robots
 
 
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