I am envious of Valorie Delp, my homeschooling co-blogger here are families.com. She lives in a Major City that has lots of access to many museums and other cultural and educational venues. I do live near Atlanta though, and have some access, after a 30-minute drive.
I got an email this morning that says I can get tickets to the Titanic Artifact Exhibition at the Civic Center for 50% off with a special code for homeschoolers. The email also gave me a link to lesson plans on the subject of the titanic. This means I can take a “day off” while still putting a full day of homeschooling under our belts. We are going to take advantage of this local exhibit. This next week we are going to absorb as much information about the titanic as we can. Then next Friday, we are going to see the exhibit. We are inviting some other homeschoolers to go with us.
After it leaves Atlanta, the Titanic Exhibit will pass through San Francisco and Lubbock Texas. If you cannot make it to an exhibit, you can purchase educational material and gifts online at rmsgifts.com
I get emails like this often that tells me of local exhibits and events. If you are homeschooling, or considering it, make sure you get on an email list that supplies you with local cultural, scientific, and historical exhibits so that you can take advantage of it. What better way is there to learn more about a subject than to see touch and feel the artifacts.
We were recently able to see the Bodies exhibit , which gave us more information about the skeletal, muscular, and nervous system than we would have been able to absorb in 1 year from a textbook. If this exhibit is coming near you, I strongly recommend you go see it… on an empty stomach.
To keep abreast of what is going on in your area; search Yahoo and Google email lists and online groups for your locality and join a few homeschool email groups… and pass the information you find on to others.