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I have a lot of friends who are home schooling their children. Chemistry experiments are tricky because one does not have a lab in their home. What do you think are some safe and fun ways to experiment with Chemistry in a home?

I am looking for ideas on how to teach religious history. In junior high (ages 13-15 approximately) I had a teacher who would teach the beliefs of a certain culture, for e.g. Egyptian by having the students as a team do a presentation. We had to dress a mummy, and explain the reasons for the...

How much importance does or did your school place on international Geography? Mine mostly focused on my national Geography and I found myself as an adult not knowing where any of the European countries were located not to mention other countries around the world. What is a good way to teach...

I've noticed the craze lately for Hit Training workouts that use 15 second active rest intervals before doing something more heart pumping like 'blurpees.' An example of this would be to squat down then push your legs back so that you are in a push up position. Then re-enter the squat position...

My husband and I have been doing volunteer work in a 3rd world country where we must teach sign language to a lot of different language level users. Some have never been exposed to the sign language of the country, others have a limited vocabulary. We use a lot of pictures when we teach and...

My earliest memory of politics was in junior high when they began voting for student counsel. I do not mean the history of presidents but rather how a government runs. The next memory I have of it was in Senior year where Government was a required subject. The subject of how government works is...

When I was learning Architectural Design in school, we had large drawing boards as well as computers. I think that the boards were key to being able to understand the concept of what you were doing on the computer. I'm wondering if they still use boards in the classrooms today. What do you...

I had a history teacher who did a lot of interactive activities. For example, when learning about the old west, he did a 'mail order bride' activity where we had to letter write to anonymous people and then make a decision whether or not we would want to marry them. It was really fun, and the...

We all have favorite teachers. But the reasons why they are the favorites often go unsaid. If we can imitate the things they did that made us want to learn, maybe we will be able to motivate our students, children, etc. to want to learn as well. So keeping in mind the category, 'science' who was...

I have battled with this subject for some time. It is understandable that religion is not taught in school until the social studies ages. However, it has always bothered me that holidays are still a strong feature in public education. Holidays are religious and so I do not understand why a child...

I know that libraries and bookstores are very strict about the types of reviews their books receive. However, many book review companies like Kirkus charge and Indie Author 400.00 to get a review that is of course, not guaranteed to be good. Are there any free book review companies out there...

While many writers would like their work to be published by a larger company, many have found this to be costly and difficult. This has given rise to the Indie Author. However, there are two forms of an Indie Author out there; writers who use a 'Botique Publishing company' - an in-between person...

I have been using mind-mapping for language learning for years. Recently, I have begun using it for writing. What is your preferred method? There are many different types of mind-mapping or spider diagrams. What do you prefer to use and when? Any tips would be much appreciated.