There is a connection between geology and biology, and Ruth Sundeen will be discussing that connection this month in her Biology class. She will also be taking a close-up look at using microscopes and examining organisms from the Kingdom Monera and Kingdom Archaea. (Please note, however, that microscopes are not required for this class. Ruth

SchoolhouseTeachers.com has some amazing classes for preschoolers, not just older students. One of these classes is Homegrown Preschooler with Kathy Lee and Lesli Richards. Although this is a class that has already finished, all of its lessons are accessible. There are seven separate units, each with a theme and a character trait. As we will

Join Deborah Burton in her Mock Trial class as she discusses medical malpractice and the legal ramifications of suing a doctor, technician, or other medical professional. Deborah does an excellent job of breaking down this legal topic so that it is easily understandable. When it is time to take a break from the intense discussion

This month, two of our Schoolhouse Teachers take a look at fathers—the father of the cotton gin and fathers from history, science, math, art, and more.Niki Coburn McNeil’s Lapbooking unit this month for 4th-6th graders takes a look at Eli Whitney and his cotton gin. Meet the boy who could invent anything and was asked

Music and Art are subjects that are vibrant and powerful—and can often seem quite overwhelming to both the teacher and the student. Michelle Martin and Brenda Ellis would like to help on SchoolhouseTeachers.com.   In Music Theory, Michelle Martin breaks down the science and art of music. In August we’ll look at the major scale,

We’ve all heard that plants need light for photosynthesis, but have you ever stopped to wonder what the plants do with that light? Get ready for the third month of Botany with Julie Polanco. She’ll take us inside chloroplasts, the sites of photosynthesis within the cells of leaves. We’ll learn about plant cells, discover how

Why write fiction? That’s the question Carrie Daws explores in the first month of her new Creative Writing course on SchoolhouseTeachers.com. Are fictional tales simply stories, or are they something more? We’ll look at why readers choose to read what they do and what the author’s responsibility to the reader is. We’ll also evaluate our

Michelle Miller’s Monthly Reading List is a superb resource for living books about specific topics. She then connects her topics to science, math, art, and history. For the month of July, she honors fathers. So, you will find books about father penguins, Galileo and his daughter, Charles Wilson Peale and his sons, and Theodore Roosevelt