This group is dedicated to Unit Studies on Nature, People, Historical Events, and other topics for home-school!
We invite you to share your favorite Unit Studies with us...we love to see YOUR bright ideas!
We look forward to creating a wealth of resources for those who are dedicated to home-schooling your children. Thanks for visiting!
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.
Read his ebook called: Unique, Useful and Updated to learn more about the unique value of Squidoo!
So, visit again soon, and help keep us on our toes in the updating department. We're home-school fanatics, we love great content; and we strive to keep it fresh!
Featured Lens
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Polar Lands
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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...
You Won't Want to Miss the Lenses Built By These Talented Members...
Just keep scrolling to take a look at their awesome lenses!
Charlotte Mason Basics...by Jimmie
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Charlotte Mason Basics
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The homeschool movement is gaining momentum all over the world, and many home educators are looking back to the ideas of Charlotte Mason as a compass for teaching their own children. Charlotte Mason was an educator who lived in England from 1841-1923...
Volcanoes... by Ellen Brundige
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Volcanoes Are Hot Stuff
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A mountain roars. Rivers of molten rock race to the sea. Towers of ash and smoke billow into the sky. Volcanoes are some of the most terrifying and magnificent wonders of our restless planet. Scientists have learned a great deal about volcano...
Notebooking... by Lilliput Station
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Notebooking
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"Notebooking" is a term used to describe the process of creating a written and illustrated record of learning. Unlike other methods of education which are based on cosumable workbooks and texts, notebooking produces a journal of past educat...
River Otters...by Evelyn Saenz
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Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn
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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...
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River Otters: Playful Friends of the Woodlands!
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Learn about River Otters through games and hands-on learning centers. Decorate you classroom with a Woodlands Riverbank Theme. Learn the habits of River Otters, the food they eat and how they raise their young. You will find suggestions for both fic...
Home-Schooling Resources & Study Guides... by Coral Milburn-Curtis
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Home Schooling Resources and Study Guides
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An educated person is someone who knows something about everything and everything about something ... Does that education have to happen in a school? For the thousands of children being educated at home, the answer is 'no'. This ever-growing webp...
Lens Master Gypsy Pirate Teaches Us About Grapes... and How to Grow Them!
She's a Giant Squid, too... visit some of her many lenses for some great reading!
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How To: Have A Grape Arbor
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If I can grow grapes, so can can you. I'm not talking vineyards here, actually not even enough to make your own wine (at least I don't think so, I've never tried), just a pretty little arbor to enjoy the fruit from, make some jelly if you like,...
Congratulations to Home-School Graduates!
Two sisters, a family camper; & a trip across country...Now, THAT'S an awesome experience to write about! We're blessed to have the two sisters known as "Family Camper"as part of our Group! What an excellent example of a great homeschool experience.
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GREAT JOURNEY WEST!
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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...
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ALASKA the WILD!
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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...
Cannon Falls Library
Schedule of Studies
October 11th - Rain Forests
October 18th - Deserts
November 1st - Weather
November 8th - Air
November 15th - Storms
December 6th - Water
December 13th - Oceans/Coral Reefs
January 3th - Polar Lands Introduction
January 31st - Kids Presentations
February 7th - Solar System & Space Travel Intro.
February 28th - Kids Presentations
March 6th - Romans/Egyptians/Ancient Greece Intro.
March 27th - Kids Presentations
April 3rd - Vikings/Aztecs/Mexican Culture Intro.
April 17th - Kids Presentations
The Lenses From Lori's Library Program:
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Rainforest Facts
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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...
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Weather
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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...
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Deserts of the World
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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...
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Plants Encyclopedia Lens
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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...
Die Cuts Make Crafting Quick and Easy....as Well as a Lot of Fun!
Paper vases filled with flowers and leaves make a great craft for a unit study on the parts of plants!
Let's Learn About Frogs, Lemmings & Bluebirds!
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Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn
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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...
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Lemmings: Arctic Classroom Theme
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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...
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Bluebirds: Classroom Meadow Theme
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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...
Focus on Lapbooking
Group Member Jimmie is a Master of Lapbooking!
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Timelines for Homeschool
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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...
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Lapbooking
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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!
Visit her Flickr pages for some great lapbooking inspiration...
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byLapbooking Tool
Here's a great tool for creating your own flipbook! Stop by Jimmie's Lapbooking lens for more terrific resources.
Terrific Preschool Resource!
Egghead is my Railroad Engineer, and she highly recommends this site....
I Love to Write for Children! ~Connie~
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How I Wrote the Query to Cobblestone Publishing for "Freedom Under Cover"
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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...
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Harriet Tubman
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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...
HomeschoolBlogger.com
Thanks to Jimmie for introducing me to this great site!
HomeschoolBlogger.com
Researching Tropical Rainforests: A Thematic Unit of the Research in the Real Classroom Series (Primary Level by Caroljean Willie
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It's Time For Back to School!
Later this year.... we'll journey to Africa!
Stop back soon to see some of the great ideas we will be sharing. Lori is working on lesson plans, and I have some great crafting ideas that you will be able to find at Connie's Craft-a-Holics Club.com.
Additionally, we'll learn from all of the great lensmasters at Squidoo who are working diligently to help overcome poverty, and heal those who have been wounded in the battle regions of the Sierra Leone, Darfur, and more...
Come back soon to learn more about the ways that we can all work together to Help Africa!
You can get a head start by visiting Kim at
Help Africa Group Headquarters...
Come Visit, and Learn How You Can Help Africa!
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Medical Student Provides Programs of Hope for Amputee Victims in the Sierra Leone
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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...
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Help Africa Headquarters
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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.
New Fresh Lenses
Greek Classics for Children, Unit Studies: A Creative Way to Homeschool, Do You Know a Fancy Nancy?
Please Help Us Welcome Award Winning Authors to the Group!
Butterbees... by Lana Grimm & Tania Bloch
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Butterbees(R) are a fun and simple way to teach tolerance!
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Based on our award winning children's book How Butterbees Came to Bee, illustrated by retired Disney artist David Michener, we, sisters Lana and Tania Bloch present Butterbee Buzz Play shops in schools, museums, botanical garedens and other venu...
The Independent Book Publishers Association Presents the Benjamin Franklin Award
"How Butterbees Came to Bee" is the recipient of the
2002 Benjamin Franklin Award, which is presented annually by the
Independent Book Publishers Association.
The Benjamin Franklin Award
We offer hearty congratulations to Lana and Tania, and invite you to visit their website at Bee Unlimited
Have YOU Read the Book?
Get a Copy of Your Very Own!
How Butterbees Came to Bee! (2nd Revised Edition) by Block Tania
"A handsome butterfly floated by, Cur more...1 point
We'd Love to Hear From You!
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Evelyn_Saenz
Thank you for accepting my latest lenses into the group. I continue to enjoy reading the lenses featured here. Posted March 05, 2008 |
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grassosalvato86
Hi, Posted February 07, 2008 |
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Evelyn_Saenz
Thank you for accepting Pete Seeger for Nobel Peace Prize into your group. Posted January 04, 2008 |
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DavidSnell
Great lens. Feel free to check out my lens at Smart Consumer Tips . Thank you. Posted October 16, 2007 |
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 !
Take a bow
Karen
http://www.squidoo.com/Harland-and-Wolffs-Titanic/
Posted October 11, 2007
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Evelyn_Saenz
Thank you for featuring my Frog Unit Study and my Lemmings: Arctic Classroom Theme. I am also enjoying reading all your lenses as well. Posted September 27, 2007 |
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Evelyn_Saenz
Thank you for including me in your group. I am looking forward to reading all of the lenses in the group as we are constantly looking for new ways to learn and ideas to explore. Posted September 18, 2007 |



















