Grab Your Camera and Go Outside!
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Learn how to take beautiful pictures with Michele Peterson’s eight-month Photography course geared toward middle and high school students and upper elementary students with parental help. Learn the basics like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, etc., and move on to a discussion of white balance, lighting, lens length, elements of design, and flash. Specific requirements for
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Bringing Order from Chaos
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
SchoolhouseTeachers.com has brought a little disorder to the mix. How can this be a good thing, you ask? Don’t worry. The disorder doesn’t last long. Daily Puzzlers is a fun way for kids to bring order from the chaos—and use some critical thinking skills. Once they retrieve the specified letter tiles from their bag of
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Geography—Around the World and Asia
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
SchoolhouseTeachers.com has a number of geography courses. Some allow the student to gain an overview of our world, while others speak more specifically to a certain area. Geography with Terri Johnson is a 12-month course that looks at geography from the perspective of various historical figures and groups: St. Patrick, Sacagawea, European Settlers, and Native
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Be Informed
Monday, 20 October 2014
It is important to know what is going on in our world. It is especially important for our older students to be able to make informed decisions on a variety of topics. They need to understand certain things and need to figure out where they stand on certain issues. SchoolhouseTeachers.com offers a remarkable class, led
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The Sound of Music
Saturday, 18 October 2014
The hills are alive … well, maybe just your home. Do your kids love music? Do they keep begging you to learn a new instrument or to be able to take lessons? As part of your SchoolhouseTeachers.com membership, they can take those lessons. We’ve got Beginning/Intermediate Guitar with recording artist Jerry Jennings. His passion is
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A New Way of Speaking
Friday, 17 October 2014
Through SchoolhouseTeachers.com, students can learn a new language. Hands-on Hebrew with Evonne Mandella is a fun way to learn one of the original languages of Scripture. During the course of this 16-week class, Evonne teaches elementary through high school students words for family members, parts of the body, clothing, times of day, seasons, etc., through
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Remembering the Past
Thursday, 16 October 2014
So much history has taken place, there are virtually endless possibilities when it comes to studying it. Renaissance History with Rhonda Clark is a full-year course for students in upper elementary through high school. Beginning with Italy in the 1100s, students will learn about the region and powerful families before traveling to England where English,
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Zoologists and Entomologists Unite!
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
There is a place where you all can learn about the creatures you love—SchoolhouseTeachers.com. Two of our newest courses are Animal Science with Sonya Brouillette and Bug Science with Rosemary Pagano. Animal Science is a full-year course for middle school and high school, while Bug Science is a 14-week course designed like a unit study
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