Science and Homeschool, questions???

Question:
Circumstances are having us homeschool our two children at home for one school year. We expect they will be back in school next fall. Our hope is to base their schooing at home in such a fashion as to make it easy to go back next year. I"m really struggling with science. My 6th grader will go back for 7th grade and I am at a loss as to how aggressive to be with her. Our home situation isn't set up to be runnig science experiments and the sciene book is so overwhelming, I swear you could spend all day every day JUST on science and not get through it, so I don't know what to emphasize. Anyone have any thoughts?

Answer:
- I've seen Quent's demo diskette, and it looks good. (No, he didn't ask me to boost it.) Likewise, my book, DR. FRED'S WEATHER WATCH: CREATE AND RUN YOUR OWN WEATHER STATION, probably works very well in a homeschool situation. All you need is a small yard (or friends who will allow you to set up a simple weather station in theirs). It's a paperback and the do-it-yourself instruments are inexpensive and fun to use, so the cost is manageable. Summary, Intro, weather links, and more at http://www.fredbortz.com/WeatherWatch.htm

- Get Mr Durham's program. It's highly recommended. Assume that you're going to have to learn science along with your kid. Be aware that many--perhaps most--school science books are worse than useless: they're filled with environmental propaganda and are, at base, anti-science. You're better off if you can find a middle-school general science text from 1965 or earlier. There haven't been any real significant changes since then, and you can supplement the text with new material if you have to.