Home education - Science resources

Some of our well used favourits

Great Usborne Flip-Flap series

What Happen to your food

How ate babies made

How do your senses work

 Fun with Science series- Nature

 ( experiments, tricks, things to make- full of great ideas, perfect for tactile learners)

The Young Naturalist

The Usborne Animal book

 Usborne- Science in Nature- Animal Behaviour

Usborne -1001 Animals to spot

 My First  Book of The human Body

The Usborne Book of Body Facts

Human Body

 Incredible Sceleton Secrets

The Human Body -Kingfisher`s edition

 Smelling , Hearing, Tasting etc- 6 books on senses by Colour Library Question Books

 for older children

 Eyewitness Human Body

Horrible Science series (books, magazines)

Horrible Science set-anathomy

Master A`s Bugs and Birdwatching kit

                                                                       Nature sets

                                                              Discovering Nature series

                                                               Anthibians and Reptiles

                                                                           Birds
                                              Bill Oddie`s  Bird`s of Britain and Ireland

  Part of our `Jurassic` Project

 Young Explorers` survival kit

A spot of gardening

The children were given a patch of land each to grow their own garden ( flowers and veg of their choice)

 Identifying plants and seeds

  Solar power solutions

 Wild Weather flash cards

All about the Weather - Early Birds Weather

 How the Weather works ( Child`s Play series)

 Windy day ( weather, wind)

 Autumn, Summer, Winter, Spring - 4 hard back books by Ulises Wensel and Joseph Mc Parramon

(introduction to 4 seasons)

 Nature trail puzzles

                                              Other publications worth considering

                                De Agostini Series: My animal Kingdom: All about.. (sea horses, lions..)
                                           101 cool Science Experiments with Glen Singleton

                                                            Science by John Farndon 

                                                          Eyewitness  How Science Works

                                                       Science Works! series by Steve Parker

                                                                           Light                           

                                                                          Energy

                                                                         Numbers

                                                     Science Key Stage Three - Letts  NC

                                                              Dinosaurs -Cool Facts

                                                   Dinosaur Detectives  (BBC Children`s Books)

                                                   Oxford Book of Dinosaurs by Barbara Taylor

                                                      The Jungle of Peril by Patrick Burston

                                                            Ask a question- Life on Earth

Wonders of Science  ( Kingfisher series)

Finding Out How it Works( vacuum cleaner, inside watch, beneath the sea etc)

Inside Guides : Amazing Bugs

 Insect- Dorling Kinderslet Eyewitness Guides (in association with the Natural History Museum

 The X-Ray picture book f Incredible Creatures

  Bugs!Bugs! Bugs! -Eyewitness Readers, DK

Slinky, Scaly Snakes! - Eyewitness Readers, DK

 What`s inside? Shells ( and other ) -DK

 The Pebbles on the Beach by Clarence Ellis ( for older explorers

  Polar Animals by Jen Green Michael Posen

 Life in a Pack -Wolves - Heinemann info search by Richard and Louise Spilsbury

Insects and Other Arthropods- activity book

 The Usborne NatureTrail Book of Wold Animals

 Creatures of the Seashore ( for first readers, large print, beautifully illustrated)

 Animal Olympics by David Taylor

 The Usborne Big Book of Experiments

 Science Magic- what can I do today?-chemistry i Biology for 8-14 year old ( easy science  experiments with household materials)

 My Book of Questions and Answers ( including science )

 Chemistry- the Salter`s Approach

Science Facts  (All colour book of)

   And best of ALL

 Real life experience

 Beekeeping and collecting honey

Foraging and identifying plants

                                                                Nature photography

                                           



                                                          Tiddlers for own garden pond

                                                        Food for free identifying herbs

                                                                     Nature Reserve ( Wye )

                                                                   
                                                                  Sea side specials

   Our own various projects

 Lapbooking - various topics covered

 Grow your own- veg patch project

Garden pond- setting up a pond

 Aviary project ( indoor and outdoor aviary)

 Incubation- hatching chicks, ducklings, goslings, turkey chicks, quails-both: natural and artificial

Keeping pets ( stick insects, praying mantis, ants, butterflies, rats, hamsters, Guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, gerbils, Degus, fish ( both: cold water and tropical), snake, cats, dogs, gees, turkeys, quails, chickens, ducks, peacocks, frogs, snails, goats ( Arapawa minature and Guernsey - including breeding, milking, raising kids)

 Composting project ( worms, Bokashi, EM- effective microorganisms )

Birdwatching

Weather watch

Plant identification

 Frees identification

 Insect identification

Fishing

Stones, minerals

 Seashore

 Wildlife

 Eco-living

 Organic gardening

 Sustainable energy sources( solar power, wind power)

 Healthy diet

 Metal detector

 Farming and animal care ( volunteering at Wye Community Farm)

Also:

 Meccano, Mini lego

 electrical set

set of magnets

 microscope

 magnifying glass

 chemistry set

BrainBox- Nature

Horrible Science ( books, software, sets)

 maps, solar system,