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Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Puddles” and “Disaster Re-photography.” Take a look!
🌕 Lunar Society Bulletins: Citizen-Science Projects for Homeschoolers
“Men work together,” I told him from the heart,
“Whether they work together or apart.”
News about the many independent citizen-science projects in a wide variety of fields that are available to homeschool students. Browse through our whole list of recommended projects to find one that would be a good fit for your family and get started today! And be sure to subscribe to our free homeschool newsletter to get these and other great homeschool teaching opportunities delivered right to your mailbox every week. 📫
❡ Calling all homeschool photographers: One of the special projects we recommend is the Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge, a monthly opportunity for your homeschool students to improve their photographic skills and submit high-quality images to the public Wikimedia Commons database. We put up a separate post with the current Photo Challenge themes at the beginning of every month. 📸
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for June
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Our June full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
🌠 JOIN A HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE PROJECT for International Asteroid Day!
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You and your students can help astronomers study the shapes and orbits of real asteroids in space, right from the comfort of your little home academy. How cool is that?
📜 📚 SUMMER PROJECTS from the Library of Congress and National Archives
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Explore some of the educational projects that are available to your homeschool students this summer (or at any time of year) from the U.S. National Archives and the Library of Congress. They’re just the thing to help your students develop independent study skills for college or career.
🌳 🗺️ LOCAL & FAMILY HISTORY PROJECTS for Homeschoolers
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Local history and geography, and family history (genealogy), are ideal educational subjects to explore in every homeschool all throughout the year.
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for June: “Street Food” and “Bokeh”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Street Food” and “Bokeh.” Take a look!
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for May (and June!)
Our May full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for May: “Oceanography” and “Horizontal Lines”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Oceanography” and “Horizontal Lines.” Take a look!
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for April: “Wooden Bridges” and “Fairgrounds”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Wooden Bridges” and “Fairgrounds.” Take a look!
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for April
Our April full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
🐦 HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: The Great Backyard Bird Count in Review
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Last month’s Great Backyard Bird Count has entered the history books. More than a million people from around the world participated! Were you and your homeschoolers among them?
📡 JOIN A CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECT for Einstein’s Birthday
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You and your young science students can join the search for undiscovered pulsars in deep space, right from the comfort of your own homeschool living room. (Really!) How cool is that?
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for March: “Town Entrances” and “Three Wheelers”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Town Entrances” and “Three Wheelers.” Take a look!
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for March
Our March full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
🐦 NATURE NOTES: Join the Great Backyard Bird Count!
Get your homeschool naturalists involved in the Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual international survey that will let you and your students make a real contribution to science. It’s one of the best educational nature activities your can do all year.
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for February: “Orange” and “First Aid”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Orange” and “First Aid.” Take a look!
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for February
Our February full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for January
Our January full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for January: “Peace” and “Brutalist Architecture”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Peace” and “Brutalist Architecture.” Take a look!
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for December
Our December full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for December: “Herders” and “Factory Interiors”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Herders” and “Factory Interiors.” Take a look!
📚 🇺🇸 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: The Veterans History Project
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You and your homeschool students can contribute to an important historical documentary project by interviewing American veterans in your family or community for the Library of Congress.
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for November: “Glaciers” and “Parking Areas”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Glaciers” and “Parking Areas.” Take a look!
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for November
Our November full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
🐦 HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE: Feed the Birds! (And Join Project FeederWatch!)
Setting up a bird feeder is one of the simplest and most educational homeschool activities you can do at any time of year. And by tracking the birds you see at your backyard feeder your students can make a real contribution to science through Project FeederWatch.
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for October
Our October full-moon report on the many “citizen-science” projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for October: “Freight Cars” and “Dyeing”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Freight Cars” and “Dyeing.” Take a look!