Lori & Connie Welcome You to Unit Studies!

Welcome to our Unit Studies Group Headquarters!

Our group is a place for us to share the lenses we create about the academic topics that are our passion!

Lori is a home-schooling mom, and I'm the crafty lady who loves to share ideas for projects that help reinforce the lesson plans.

We hope you enjoy studying with us! We're here to create a world of resources for everyone to share.

Featured Lens

Polar Lands

The idea for this lens came about after finding this wonderful Interfact Book and Disk from our local library.  My kids love learning about animals and nature and this computer program made learning that much more fun for them.  As a home s...

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New Fresh Lenses

Monet Artist Study, How To Build Your Baby Lens, Volcanoes of Mexico

Did You Know That There's a Science of SLIME?

Slime Science

Let's face it, most kids love to make a mess! And, yes, slime can be messy. But it is truely amazing how many different things you can learn about just by playing with this oohey gooey goop. Come on, admit it. The kids aren't the only ones having fun...

Cameras Can Be a Great Teaching Tool

Cameras for Kids

Whether you are struggling to find something to keep a child busy, wish to spark a life long love of an exciting hobby, or hope to stimulate learning through a less traditional approach; photography, especially with a digital camera may be at le...

Art for Toddlers

This is a great resource for the little ones who aren't old enough for school, but want to be involved in "homeschool!"

You'll find a lot of great ideas in this lens!

Art Projects for Toddlers

My daughter goes to nursery school. I love the art projects they make in class so I decided to share them to inspire others. If you are looking for toddler artwork ideas or just ideas to keep your child entertained, take a look at these easy, fun to...

Terrific Preschool Resource!

Preschool Express

History Mysteries... an Intriguing Look at Peculiar Historical Facts

Mysterious and Amazing History

This lens is dedicated to the Earth, it's people, and it's mysterious and amazing history.

Examples of Science Fair Projects

Examples Of Science Fair Projects

Getting good examples of science fair projects are not always that easy. It feels as if it has all been done before. Or maybe you have left it too late and now you are desperately searching for a good idea. This is what this lens is about. I'm taking...

Curriculum for Homeschoolers is Just a Click Away!

What the Heck is a Polynomial?

Polynomials

The following lens is a description of how to add, subtract, multiply and factor polynomials. The majority of the teaching is done through the use of videos. There are videos tutorials and examples. Be sure to scroll down or us the table of contents...

Adventure to Alaska!

ALASKA the WILD!

Two homeschool sisters merged their personal trip journals as they traveled to Alaska with their parents for their senior graduation trip. Now they have traveled to all 50 states during their twelve years of homeschooling! You can read their journal...

GREAT JOURNEY WEST!

Our trip journals have been merged together from our Great Journey West! This was our cross country round trip family vacation from North Carolina to Washington and Oregon. For this trip we kept individual journals and wrote in them daily. For a writ...

Featured Lenses

Rainforest Facts

What do you know about the Rainforest? Do people actually live in the Rainforests? What are the Rainforest layers?   Rainforests are located near the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn in South America, Africa, Asia and Aust...

Deserts of the World

How do plants and animals survive in the desert? Are all deserts hot and how much rain do they generally get? Do you know how the holes were made in the Papago Park Mountains shown in the picture above located in the Phoenix, Arizona desert? In this le...

Weather

That's a question that is on everyone's mind at the beginning of each new day! What's it like outside? Is it cold, rainy or snowing...or steaming hot and sultry? The answer depends on where you live! This unit will cover climates, extreme weather, and...

Plants Encyclopedia Lens

Do you know what the largest or the smallest plant in the world is?  How about the oldest plant in the world? What about the parts of a plant? This lens will answer those questions and more.  Exploring many interesting and different types o...

Let's Learn About Frogs, Lemmings & Bluebirds!

Bluebirds: Classroom Meadow Theme

Summer nears and the bluebirds start nesting along the fenceline. The children are fascinated with the way they fly back and forth to build their nests. They become the focus of our next Unit Study, Bluebirds of the Meadow. As your little bluebirds...

Lemmings: Arctic Classroom Theme

When the winds start to howl and the snow begins to blow you can capture your student's attention with this innovative Arctic Unit Study focusing on lemmings. Your little lemmings will be excited to learn with a theme that includes little furry crea...

Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn

The spring continues to warm the earth and frogs are laying eggs in the vernal pools. As the tadpoles begin to hatch, what will they be learning? Pull up a lily pad and listen to the story of Grandfather Frog, hop around the hundreds board, and leav...

Cactus and Plants

Plants Encyclopedia Lens

Do you know what the largest or the smallest plant in the world is?  How about the oldest plant in the world? What about the parts of a plant? This lens will answer those questions and more.  Exploring many interesting and different types o...

Sonoran Desert For Families

Our family recently took a trip to Tucson, Arizona to see the Sonoran Desert. One of our goals for the trip was to learn as much as possible about this unique habitat. We visited Saguaro National Park for hiking and birdwatching. The visitor's cente...

A Rainbow in the Sonoran Desert

Focus on Lapbooking

Timelines for Homeschool

Timelines are an important complement to any homeschool history curriculum. They are especially good for visual learners because they offer a view of historical events in a pictoral way. Even very young children can use a timeline to see the span of...

Lapbooking

Lapbooking can be done by any learner-- from preschoolers to adults. With this educational method, you make mini-books covering details that you've studied. After making a variety of mini-books about a larger topic, all the books are put together in...

When It Comes to Lapbooking...Jimmie is a Creative Genius!

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Lapbooking Tool

I Love to Write for Children! ~Connie~

How I Wrote the Query to Cobblestone Publishing for "Freedom Under Cover"

I was so excited to receive the email that said my query for "Freedom...Under Cover" had been accepted by the Editorial Staff at Cobblestone Publishing! Harriet Tubman was the theme for the May, 2004 Issue of Appleseed's Magazine; and I had...

Harriet Tubman

When escaping slaves fled extreme cruelty at the hands of their masters, Harriet Tubman could be counted on to help guide them on their perilous journey to freedom. During the mayhem of the Civil War, she helped escaping slaves navigate their path to...

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Medical Student Provides Programs of Hope for Amputee Victims in the Sierra Leone

John Daniel Kelly is a 4th yr medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. He traveled to Sierra Leone on a Global Health Fellowship to help those in need. A native Sierra Leonean doctor, Dr. Barrie, and Dan co-founded an...

Help Africa Headquarters

This group supports anyone striving to improve the lives of people living in Africa. We have many hard working and dedicated members, and invite you to view our lenses, rate them, link to them, and help us spread the word.

Let's Learn to Measure the Weather

Measuring the Weather

"Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather, Whatever the whether, Whether we like it or not." -Author Unknown This lens focuses on real-world...

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Karendelac

5 Stars Connie.
What a wealth of data for home schooling.
This is a panoramic Vista of studies...better than Encyclopedia Brittinic !
What a tool for home schooling Moms !
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Posted October 11, 2007

 

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