 When
students become actively involved in science, they retain more than just the
memorization of science facts. As we make the subject fun and interesting,
science principles really stick! Check out
Tobin's Lab for ideas. They've been
around a long time and have won several awards from Practical Homeschooling
Magazine.
Tobin's Lab carries fascinating products
like
owl pellets (what
ten-year- old wouldn't love that!),
butterfly gardens, fool's gold (great for history lessons) and
rock specimens, magnets, blood typing kits, Usborne books, nature coloring books
and
microscopes! Where do you go when your student is obsessed with
the physics of space travel and the mystery of electricity? Where can a
homeschooling parent find copper sulfate and a right angle prism for experiments
that will excite the homeschooled student? Combining baking soda and vinegar is
fun, but then what? Try some of the do-able experiments found in books featured
on the Tobin's Lab website such as
200
Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird & Fun Experiments,
201
Awesome, Bizarre & Incredible Experiments, and
much more.
 Tobin's
Lab is a Christian
family-owned company that has been in business since 1994. The owners, Mike and
Tammy Duby, homeschooled their kids and they know what families need. If a
product is on their website, it's because they have used it, are currently using
it, or would use it if their kids were the right age to do so. Tobin's Lab
promises to offer only products that are of good value and afford a delightful
learning experience for your family.
Tobin's Lab offers
models and kits,
Lap
book supplies,
lab equipment,
charts and posters,
games, toys and gadgets, complete science curricula,
Boy Scout Merit Badge books,
dissection supplies and
live
specimens. They even have a special section of the website
devoted to
CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS
families and directors.
Tammy is known as the
Lap
Book Lady, and has everything you need to make Lap Books to help
reinforce what your kids are learning. Also be sure to check out her conference
talks available in CD or MP3.
Would you love to get easy science labs FREE
in your email? Tobin's Lab sends a monthly newsletter with 4 labs for each
of 4 age
groups. Sign up at their website,
tobinslab.com. You'll also get Lap
Book tips, pages from Tammy's lesson plan book, and subscriber specials. This
month's newsletter is all about CODES! Think Morse code and mysterious
hieroglyphs! Below is a portion of the Tobin's Lab Newsletter: Just sign up
below and you will have access to the archives too!
Here's a topic shrouded in mystery and
intrigue--Codes! This month we have four fascinating activities that we
hope will spark curiosity and send kids running to the library or internet for
more information.
This month's Summer Fun activities:
- Early Childhood Lab -
Make a Code Road
- Primary Lab -
Make Hieroglyph Messages
- Intermediate Lab -
Morse Code Translation
- High School Lab -
Enigma Machine Simulator
- A Page from Tammy's Lesson Plan Book
- Invisible Ink!
- Lap Book Q and A -
Unit Studies that Never End
- Monthly Tobin's Lab Special -
Available only to Newsletter Friends
Click Here to Sign up!!
After registering you will see the Downloads Page.
The first item is a link to download the rest of the
Codes Labs from the June Newsletter!
A Page from Tammy's Lesson Plan Book - Lemon
Juice Codes
When I was about nine years old, I had a secret
code book from the Scholastic Book Club. I loved that book and became what
I considered a Code Expert by the end of the third grade. I even learned a
sneaky way to write messages using lemon juice. Whodathunk I would grow up
and use ideas from that little book with my students.
You will need toothpicks for writing utensils,
and lemon juice (the kind from a bottle) for ink. Younger ones can draw
pictures on half sheets of paper. Big kids can cut strips of paper and
write intriguing messages. Work quickly, as it gets hard to see your work
once the lemon juice dries.
When the lemon "ink" dries, the drawings and
messages are invisible. But they will re-appear when heated. Hold
the papers over a lamp light bulb, or lay them in a warm oven (250 degrees) for
a few minutes.
Variations:
- Write some messages and mail them to a
friend or to Grandpa with instructions for making the ink re-appear.
- Try writing messages with other liquids like
orange juice, milk, vinegar. Do they disappear? How can you make
them re-appear?
- Study non-lemon invisible inks used by
prisoners and spies.
Fascinating books, cool science kits and
experiments, lab equipment, microscopes.....what a wonderful way for families to
learn together!
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