Welcome to another edition of homeschooling resource of the day. As always, if you see something you want changed, you have something you would like added, or know of something that should be featured please feel free to leave me a comment.
Today’s website is HobbyScience Projects for Kids. This site has a ton of projects to work on. Everything from bugs and worms to weather and astronomy. This isn’t even mentioning the arts and crafts ideas available. Come here to get ideas for a science project, or just for some fun time for your budding scientist.
Word of the day: scion \SY-uhn\, noun:
1. A detached shoot or twig of a plant used for grafting.
2. Hence, a descendant; an heir.
This Day in History: Oct. 6th
1781 : Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War
1857 : American Chess Assn organized; 1st major US chess tournament
1863 : Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the 1st public bath, in Brooklyn
1866 : The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history
1876 : American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
1884 : Naval War College established in Newport RI
1908 : Austria annexes Bosnia & Herzegovina
1935 : Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches
1949 : Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
1959 : Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon
1961 : Kennedy urges Americans to build bomb shelters
1973 : Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack Israel
1976 : Pres Ford says there is “no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe”
Journal Prompt:
What would happen if all the clocks stopped?
Past Homeschooling Resource of the day
Note: At the time that this was written and published, the websites linked here are kid friendly. However, due to the changing nature of the web, we always recommend that the first time you visit a site, you check it out alone, without children present. This way, you are assured that the content is appropriate for your child.