From the
time you start homeschooling science you may find that you need tools that
might be taken for granted in the text books.
Test tubes, microscopes, telescopes and chemicals are often called on to
conduct a lab or experiment that could stop you cold. This doesn’t have to happen though. While science labs have developed a list of specialized
science
tools that work well, you can find substitutions pretty easily in the
home.
A set of
small jars that you have cleaned and designated for school, work well as collection
vessels for samples, insects, snails or whatever science-y thing your student
is studying. A set of zip top plastic
bags could be used for geology samples.
Food coloring can substitute for the dyes used to color cell samples and
common household chemicals (baking soda, vinegar, salt, peroxide, and ethanol)
can be used in some chemistry experiments.
At some
point you may find that your student would benefit from a ‘real’ microscope or
telescope, until that time there are excellent photos available on line or in
books to show the actual appearance of the very small or very large. A good set of binoculars is more commonly
found in the home and can bring the moon or a new bird into much closer focus.
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