Playing a game is much more fun than reading a lesson. With these homeschool science games you will make it so much more interesting for your homeschool students to pick up new facts and memorize old ones.
Elements Bingo
Memorizing the element table can be quite a tough task, and one that is not looked forward to. However if you develop a game of Bingo with the elements in the boxes rather than the usual numbers, it can become interesting. There are two ways to play this. You can use the regular Bingo tickets and call out the name of the element so that the corresponding element number may be crossed out. Or you can print out the elements in a customized bingo sheet and have the regular numbers called out. Both systems work well to match up corresponding elements with their numbers. Very little set up is required and if you have many kids playing together, you can see the competitive spirit rise.
Stacking Cups Food Chain
Learning about the different eating habits of living animals is always interesting. However you can make it even more fun and interactive when you play this game. Take the plant, herbivore, carnivore, scavenger and add the images as well as names to a simple set of cups. Now have your homeschool student stack the cups correctly to make up the food chain. Different animals can be set up on the cups and then you can allow your homeschool students to make up different food chains. Show them how some animals can fit in two of them. The biodiversity can also be explained. You can also use this method to teach the water cycle or other interdependent chains.
Cootie Catchers With Scientific Facts
Its easy to make Cootie catchers and that little bit of origami will be something your homeschool students enjoy doing in arts and craft. Now add science facts to each layer which should be interrelated in a certain manner and you can come up with a great many combinations that make scientific sense while playing a game that children really enjoy. You can get directions to make cootie catcher online and there are even some printed facts available on pinterest.
