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Teach Your Own

StarChild Science: Teach Your Own is my book that is filled with the stuff any parent can tell you who has purchased it is not anywhere in the mainstream. Even though it has hands-on science experiments for children ages 5 -10. But, that is not its main focus. This unusual science book for parents and teachers goes one step further: It includes the child’s thoughts, expectations, questions. After reading StarChild Science: Teach Your Own, there can be no doubt that science is a human endeavor.

"I don't know what other parents are doing with their children, but I do know your book has helped clarify so many things in the physical world for me. Now I know why you asked the children to catch light in the very first lesson they had in StarChild. Thank you so much." Carol, Santa Cruz

All the science tools you find on this page are used in the ebook

StarChild Science: Teach Your Own

prisms, flashlights, diffraction glasses, electrical circuits, magnets, model of Earth

Earth Day Kit now available. Scroll down!

EARTH KIT

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Chance added a dandelion before it turned to seed!

“I’m going to use the green tissue for pastures and meadows.”

“I’m going to use blue tissue for oceans and turquoise for creeks and rivers.”

StarChild Science Earth Kit contains: Styrofoam sphere covered with potting soil Sculpey clay for volcanos and mountain ranges colored tissue paper for lakes, oceans, meadows and valleys

Earth Kit— — We all know how important a model of something is. A model is often used in science to help visualize something. The model of Earth we use in StarChild Science is SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE! A child can add anything to this model to grasp the big picture. He can add flowers, clay volcanoes, blue oceans, pine needle forests, anything he can gather in his environment.

But the important thing is, make a model of Earth with your child. All kinds of discussions come out of this one model.

Some children focus on animals, some on plants like their favorite flower or some focus on the biggest volcano. Whatever a child begins to focus on, be grateful this little model guides a child's attention to Earth!

I once watched as a child added a carrot to his Earth. It was made out of orange construction paper and a stem made out of a green pipe cleaner. I asked him what made him put a carrot on his Earth. And his reply was, "Carrots are good for your eyes. My grandma has carrots in her garden." I knew at that moment that this little model of Earth had become personal to this child. And because of this, the memory of it was going to stay with this child for a long time.

SC#7700 StarChild Planet Earth Kit—--$12.95 (California residents add sales tax 7.75%)

 

Carter is always ready to view the world a little differently from yesterday.

This little girl looks through diffraction glasses with delight! Little does she know that diffraction of light is seen in animals, rocks, and much more in nature.

SC#1114 This 2 1/2" right angle acrylic prism + 1 pr diffraction glasses+ flashlight = $9.95 (California residents add sales tax 7.75%)

Catrching flashlight light in a jar...

It's funny. Most children think they can catch

the fastest thing in the universe in their jar!

Starting your science teaching with the behavior of light eases you into studying habitats, migrations, hibernation, germination and reproductive cycles of animals. All animals depend on light for their survival. By understanding the behavior of light a teacher or parent can incorporate more reality into a lesson and not sacrifice insight.

Some school districts and homeschooling groups are already trying to catch light. Even the older children in the family try to think of ways to catch light.

District orders are available. Each District Light Kit contains:

30 prisms

30 flashlights

30 pairs of diffraction glasses

1 copy ebook-- StarChild Science: Teach Your Own

SC#1113 District Light Kit---$300.00 (California residents add sales tax of 7.75%)

rainforest

You can see these wonderful animals on our Suncatcher. Place it on your window and watch these animals catch the light of the sun.

50% of the earth’s animal species live in the rainforest. There may be as much as 15,000 different animal and plant species in a single acre of lowland rainforest.

Stick a Suncatcher on your bedroom window to make your room like it was designed by Disney himself. Rainbows everywhere! Even the little light on a foggy day can brighten up your room.

SC#1113 Suncatcher —-$8.00 (California residents add sales tax 7.75%)

“I’m rich. I’m rich,” Nissa screamed out when she looked at her rock through the microscope.

Your very own microscope that has special eyes that can magnify images for you. When you look down the eyepiece of this microscope you can see structures inside rocks and pebbles that you can't see with your naked eyes. Maybe you will find real quartz in rocks that have real gold stuck in them. Or maybe you will find giant amethyst rocks and diamonds the size of your thumb. Every explorer knows there are lots and lots of treasures in the earth.

SC#3331 Microscope—-$100.00 (California residents add sales tax 7.75%)

What does the magnetic power feel like?

Do you want to feel a force many times stronger than gravity? Get your child involved with magnetism.The magnetic force between two magnets is so strong you can actually feel it push and pull your hands all around the place. Keep your eyes closed so you can feel the magnetic forces of push and pull.

SC#2221 2 magnets + compass—-$5.50 (California residents add sales tax 7.75%)

Each kit includes teepee material & string, pipe cleaners, Indian family, 2 bears, 1 deer, electrical circuit, compass and clay for modeling, one copy of the Indian Thanksgiving Prayer

SC#2222 Teepee Kit—--$18.95

(California residents add sales tax 7.75%)

Light up the American teepee with an electrical circuit. Your Indian family can enjoy the comfort of reading at night with electrical energy for the first time.

This motor allows you to use an electric current to create the push and pull forces of magnetism that power wheels to turn around and around. This little motor is a model of the invention that is necessary to get you to school, to a birthday party, to the beach and to your favorite friend's house.

To view a stripped down motor go to the wonderful Exploratorium movie on how to build a motor.

SC#2224 Simple Motor—-$4.95 (California residents add sales tax 7.75%)

After you make a fan whirl around and around, ask your child if there are any fans in the house? In the garage? In daddy’s office? In the car? At the grocery store? At church? At the park?

After you make a speaker speak, ask your child if there are any speakers in the house? In the garage? In daddy’s office? In the car? At the grocery store? At church? At the park?

After you see light from the bulb, ask your child if there are any light bulbs in his/her bedroom? In the house? In the garage? In daddy’s office? In the car? In the grocery store? At church? At the park?

When you are teaching young children science you have to put the pieces out there for them to play with. This kit is perfect because it has pieces that, when put together a certain way, will light up a bulb, make a speaker have sound and even make a fan spin around and around.

This kit opens the world of electricity to a child in a very clear manner. It’s durable and the pieces are just the right size for little hands to maneuver.

SC#2225 Simple Electricity Kit—$30.95(California residents add sales tax 7.75%)

You and your child can put this buzzer together in minutes.

Because it includes Morse Code, this kit will get your child's attention to the correct spelling of words.

Learn Morse Code to send secret messages

Make up your own messages then send them to a friend.

SC#2226 —

Electric Buzzer - $9.95

(California residents add sales tax 7.75%

My name is Bumblebee Bat. I may be small, but I'm a great flyer. I live in a secret cave with my brothers and sisters.

Want to know more? Then open this book and fly with Bumblebee Bat into the night. A series of questions and answers introduce children to the life and habitat of the exotic and endangered Bumblebee Bat. Scientifcally accurate illustration make these exotic animals accessible to young readers. Back matter includes additional child-friendly facts.

Author Darrin Lunde

Illustrted by Patricia J. Wynne

Flowers: How They Changed the World—by Dr. Willaim Burger

Behind its provocative title stands an engaging and beautifully written look at how flowering plants, over more than 100 million years, have "transformed terrestrial ecosystems, supported the origin of primates, and helped us humans become the masters of our planet." In a short but sweet overview that can be enjoyed by laypeople and scientists alike, Burger, curator emeritus in the Department of Botany at Chicago's Field Museum, delivers a perfect match to his earlier work, the well-received Perfect Planet, Clever Species . Burger begins with the specifics of what actually defines a flowering plant-a group that, as some readers will be surprised to discover, doesn't include the bougainvillea or dogwoods (which Burger calls "pseudo-flowers"), but does include the carrot and grasses. He then deftly explores the ways in which plants are "particularly challenged" in defending themselves from plant eaters; how early insect-eating primates began to climb trees in search of insects, whose numbers grew in flowering trees; and how flowering plants provide a huge portion of human nutrition. Burger convincingly argues that, while plants have changed the world, it's now time for humans, who have gained so much from plants, to protect their future existence. Illus. not seen byPW .(Apr.)
Copyright © 1997-2005 Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

This book is a real treasure for a homeschooler. I say that because of what it provides for lessons about the interconnectedness of all things. Looking at a flower will never be the same to you after you read this great book. You will understand how the flower built whole industries, kept whole countries from starving, created new species, and much more.There’s a thousand lessons in this book for every homeschooler.

Judy Wilken MS

by Rebecca Rupp

by Rebecca Rupp

by Lorna Balian

SC#6601 Stranger in the Woods—$19.95

SC#6602 Plush 12” Snowman—$14.95

This is a must addition to your library. It is one of those works that reveals the innate kindness, curiosity and the warm hearted spirit of giving within a community of living things.

SC#6003 Stranger in the Woods The Movie—$19.95

Winner of the 2006 Aventis Junior Prize shortlist for popular science writing. This book has been chosen by children.

Winner of the 2006 Aventis Junior Prize shortlist for popular science writing. This book has been chosen by children.

From terrifying giant monsters to dainty rockpool-dwellers, squids, octopuses and their relatives are truly extraordinary creatures, as you'll discover in this thirteenth book in the fantastic non-fiction series, It's True! This book is one of the science books that is on the Aventis Prize shortlist for popular science writing

Winner of the 2006 Aventis Junior Prize shortlist for popular science writing. This book has been chosen by children.

This action-packed collection of science experiments combines hands-on fun and scientific investigation. See the results for yourself and then find out what’s really going on by discovering the science behind it all.

Winner of the 2006 Aventis Junior Prize shortlist for popular science writing. This book has been chosen by children.

Kingfisher Knowledge is a ground-breaking series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Lively, engaging text, packed with information, accompanies stunning photographs that enhance each chapter. Amazing, state-of-the-art digital artwork guides readers into the fascinating heart of the subject. This learning adventure does not stop there - information panels throughout lead the reader to further discovery. Each chapter offers website links, book lists, places to visit and career information. Explore the crime lab with Forensics and discover how detectives use scientific evidence to solve crimes. From the scene of the crime to a criminal's conviction, discover how the marks of blood, footprints and fingerprints can lead the police to villains. Find out how specialists can match trace evidence, such as a single hair found on a victim, to the murderer. Learn how famous crimes were solved, from the disappearance of Darlie Routier's children to finding the infamous New York bomber. Like a true detective, find out whether it was arson, poison or stabbing.

There are numerous passages in this book that explain how electricity works. Bodanis’ explanation of how a motor works, for example, is the best one I have ever read. After reading Electric Universe, you will be able to talk about these wonderful inventions to a child with much more understanding of their history than you now have. Children have so many questions about the things around them. After reading Electric Universe you will be able to answer those questions with ease. David Bodanis not only knows his subject, he loves it! And it is because of this that you will not forget his smaller stories within his big story.

Judy Wilken MS

Future Evolution: An Illuminated History of Life To Come

by Peter Ward

Runaway civilization and climate change could produce a bleak, parched earth of hairless rabbits and giant dandelions thriving on a subsoil of garbage—a vision outlines in Peter Ward’s book, “Future Evolution: An Illuminated History of Life To Come.” By Willaim Dietrich is a Pacific Northwest magazine staff writer. Benjamin Benschneider is a magazine staff photographer.

Future Evolution: An Illuminated History of Life To Come—2005 was the Year of the Rooster in China. 2006 will be the Year of the Dog in China while in the United States it will be the Year of Science Content Standards. The Standards for Science Content are being changed all over the country at a time when one of the most prolific science writers of today, Peter Ward, introduces an ecological tale suggesting what might come next in the history of the planet. Peter Ward is a University of Washington professor of paleontology, geology, biology, zoology, and astrobiology. His work, Future Evolution, published in 2001, can be best appreciated once the Science Content Standards in this country embrace an ecological viewpoint. That will enable our children to increase their chances for adaptation to the really big events that are going to happen on our planet by not consulting scripture, but rather, by a dexterous handling of very important natural forces.

Ward’s work will attract many young readers into science especially if they are well grounded in a set of Science Content Standards that are written as if the universe was listening.

For the most recent article on Dr. Ward's life quest go to:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw12112005/coverstory.html

Out of Thin Air

by Peter Ward

"Out of Thin Air": A breath of fresh air in scientific writing
By Fred Bortz
Special to The Seattle Times

Through several previous books, including "Life As We Do Not Know It" and "Rare Earth" (the latter in collaboration with Donald Brownlee), University of Washington paleontologist Peter D. Ward has developed a loyal readership. His audience has come to expect books built around original questions that lead to new insights about the origin and evolution of life — and about the worlds on which such life can develop.
Rarely will scientists propose new hypotheses in popular books, but Ward does so comfortably, as if trying them out among friends before publishing them in peer-reviewed journals. His readers always relish his vivid descriptions and insights into cutting-edge science.
His latest effort, "Out of Thin Air," will reward them with more of the same. The central question of this book is this: How have changing levels of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere influenced the path of evolution?

His conclusion is that respiratory demands have played a dominant role in driving the evolution of novel body structures. Earth's primordial atmosphere had virtually no oxygen. Animal life developed only after photosynthetic bacteria and plants began producing oxygen faster than geologic processes could remove it. more

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