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Billions of Years, Amazing Changes – a book on the story of evolution

Posted on March 28, 2023 by ofamily

When I requested a review copy of this book I expected a book on the story of evolution – Charles Darwin, his finches, the idea of variation and natural selection. But I did not expect this book to cover such … Continue reading →

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Electrical Circuits Topic Pack

Posted on March 24, 2023 by ofamily

As we are progressing with our International GCSE Science subjects I have started to discover how starting one of our science topics by spending a few days revising the KS3 work that we did on that topic is really the … Continue reading →

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Auslander – a book for older kids about living in Nazi Germany

Posted on March 21, 2023 by ofamily

I had spotted this book (Auslander) in a few Historical Fiction book lists for older kids (11 years and older) so I was pleased when we saw it at our local library. I had already read a few reviews about … Continue reading →

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Physics IGCSE Workbook

Posted on March 17, 2023 by ofamily

I have not written that much about our Physics IGCSE resources, not sure why, possibly because I am relying on the wonderful Theater of Science so much and we really are enjoying her IGCSE Physics sessions. Every week she explains … Continue reading →

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Year 7 the second time around

Posted on March 15, 2023 by ofamily

Before I got into home education I was under the mistaken impression that once I did a year with one kiddo I would cruise through repeating the same thing with the youngest (in the days when I did not really … Continue reading →

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