Refresh! Midwinter Virtual Conference

Homeschool Connections is brightening up those February doldrums with a free virtual conference!  Each talk is on a different night, lasts about an hour, and starts at 8 pm EST.  You can see the schedule here.  While they are free, you do have to register.

You might be interested in Science by Inquiry on February 1st taught by, well, guess who?

Free Recorded Course Access

From now until January 4th get FREE access to my fall Cardiovascular and Respiratory System course at Homeschool Connections.

My next live course on Blood and the Immune System begins January 11th!

Homeschool Connections Discount

I am offering a 12-week Anatomy and Physiology course on Blood and the Immune System through Homeschool Connections.  Early enrollment discount ends November 1st!  Click here to see all the middle and high school offerings for Spring 2012.

Discount for Upcoming Live Online Immunity Class

I will be teaching a six-week class on the immune system for high school students called Immunity in Sickness and in Health.  The class runs from January 17th until February 21st, Mondays from 1:30 to 2:30 live over the Internet.  All you need is a computer, headphones, and a microphone.  The course costs $90, with a $15 discount for early registration if you register before November 1st.

Six Week High School Webinar on Blood

I am teaching an online webinar course about the physiology and pathophysiology of blood called:

Blood in Sickness and in Health

"You won't faint at the sight of blood in this virtual class! We'll explore what blood is and does, how it is made, how it clots, and blood typing. We'll also look at how blood is tested in a medical laboratory, what the results are when a person is healthy and how it changes in illness. Each student will present their own research into a specific blood disorder of his or her choosing."

If you register before August 15th, the cost is an incredible $60; after that the cost is $75. There's an additional $20 lab course; one-time access to a 400x microscope is required.

The course starts Friday, September 18th and continues for six consecutive weeks. The live webinar portions are every Friday from 3:00 to 4:15 pm EDT. This is a great opportunity for high school homeschool. I am really excited about this course and the others offered by Homeschool Connections.

Wow--Free NASA Webinar for Homeschoolers

Homeschool Connections has announced an incredible free science webinar with NASA engineer Domenico Ruggiero. Here are the details from the Unity of Truth blog.

Register for the July 29 event at One Small Step for Parents, One Giant Leap for Homeschool Kids: Insights from a NASA Engineer

I am certainly looking forward to this one!

Courses and Webinars Listing

I teach live online human anatomy and physiology classes for high school homeschoolers through Walter Crawford and Maureen Wittmann's company, Homeschool Connections.

I teach classes every fall and spring. If the online live schedule does not fit your schedule, you can also purchase a subscription service that gives you access to all recorded courses.

I have the following courses available:

• Blood in Sickness and in Health
• The Immune System in Sickness and in Health

I hope to have one or even two additional courses ready for the 2010-2011 year. Go to Homeschool Connections and click on the Courses tab to see the upcoming schedule. Besides my science courses, Homeschool Connections offers an extensive and growing list of short courses in literature, history, theology, government, economics, and more, all taught from an authentic Catholic persective. They also have free live and recorded webinars for homechooling parents.

Next webinar is June 30th

I am having another free live webinar: Science At Home: Cohesion and Adhesion, June 30th at 8:30 pm EDT.

Cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, capillary action--this webinar will explore them all through a variety of experiments put together with whatever I can manage to find around the house. Click here to register.

I hope you will join me!

Science Saturday Challenge #8

I successfully completed my first webinar! It has all sorts of information about homeschooling science, resources, and lots of experiments regarding static electricity. Just click on the Science Saturday logo to view the show.

Thanks to everyone who attended, and to Homeschool Connections for making this possible!

Post a comment when you try some of these yourself.

What do you want offered?

Homeschool Connections is filling out its offerings of online courses, seminars, and free webinars and want to know what you homeschoolers want to see offered.

Please take the survey to let Maureen and Walter know!

Science Saturday Challenge goes live!

I have thoroughly enjoyed the live webinars at Homeschool Connections, and many more have been scheduled, including mine! Science At Home: Static Electricity live webinar airs on Wednesday, May 13th at 8:30pm Eastern time. You can register here. I will be discussing homeschooling science as well as static electricity, and then demonstrating several experiments relating to the topic.

If you miss the live webinar I will post a link as the next Science Saturday Challenge so you can view it at any time.

I hope this effort will make homeschool science easier for those who are just a touch intimidated by the subject, or for those who want to break away from the textbooks and boxed curricula.

You can see all the upcoming webinars here.

Blessings,

Free Science and Math Webinar April 1st

Maureen Wittmann, author of For the Love of Literature that lists hundreds of living books by subject, is offering FREE webinars. And the next one, on April 1st, is about teaching math and science with living books.

The webinars is Bringing Joy to Your Homeschool Math and Science Lessons and are offered through Homeschool Connections Online. Space is limited so register in advance for this wonderful event.

All you need to participate in a webinar is a computer with speakers (or headphones.) You watch and listen to the speaker, and you can type in questions for her to answer live, all in your pajamas if you want! You can get an idea by viewing one of her past webinars, and see what wonderful suggestions she has.

Homeschool Connections Online offers free webinars, and it is starting to offer, for a modest tuition, classes for middle and high school students.