As I’ve mentioned before, we are using Apologia science for the first time this year with our oldest child. We just completed the first module (unit), which was about famous scientists and their discoveries or contributions to science. Here are some photos of our favorite experiment so far – and yes, we all get involved …

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Several months ago, Mitchell was learning about plants in science. He was learning about how they need sunlight and water, how they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen, and their different parts. He was supposed to do the age old project where you put food coloring into a cup and put the celery down …

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Mitchell just completed his first science project for 4th grade! He made a cardboard display with various items, each one labeled, showing us that all things are “matter”. We even used little food coloring bottles to hold dirt and water! He had the idea of using an “empty” bottle and saying it had “air” in …

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