This site offers lessons in PFD form including quizzes and activity pages.  I just happened upon it while looking up a bit of Bible trivia:

http://christiananswers.net/kids/lesson-plans

http://eequalsmcq.com/homeschoolers.htm

This is only going to be available for  a few more days so hurry over to get the download while you can. :-)

http://homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/

First, if you child is 8 years old or older, you can sign up right now to participate in a free internet-based science program from Quick Study Labs.  Visit the Summer Club page of the website for details. 

Second, if your good at creating your own unit studies, pay a visit to Homeschool Share.  They are accepting submissions for the HSS Blast 2008!  There are lots of great prizes to be won and you can enter starting on May 1st. 

Good luck!

Here are the details:

Celebrate Urban Birds!

Sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology this website invites kids in cities to learn more about the birds in their neighborhood.  Registrants receive free resources including a bird identification poster.  Be sure to check the resources page on the website for some beautiful photos of selected birds. 

The Great Sunflower Project

Sign up to receive free seeds and plant sunflowers in your garden.  Then observe the bees that come to visit and report back to the project.  What a fun summer science project!

I've got these on the "list" to add to my website, but didn't want anyone to miss out. 

This website is relatively new, though many of you may have had the opportunity to join already.  The site is offering a new opportunity to subscribe 1 month at a time for just $5 right now.  So if you were thinking of giving it a try but didn't want to commit for a full year- now's your chance.  Also the site offers several free trial downloads.  

I received a free membership as part of a promotional campaign a few months ago and am enjoying watching the site grow.  The latest benefit for members is a set of 26 Word Family printables that can be made into little books.  These will be sent out one per week to members starting soon.  :-)

Check it out:

Homeschool Teacher Book Bag

Just what you always wanted- an 18-page coloring book about germs. LOL!  But I found one.  There's a bit of a promotional slant in favor of chlorine since it's produced by an chemical association. Buy hey, it's free!

http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_chlorine/doc.asp?CID=1197&DID=4544

I just found out about this via one of the homeschool boards I frequent: 

http://www.tomatosphere.org/

I *thought* registration ended tomorrow, but you can still sign up through March- you will just get your seeds later (I think?)  Anyway, check it out. 

Check it out HERE

Also, TOS is offering a weekly freebie now.  Just sign up for the TOS Minute E-newsletter to get your link. 

Here's this week's link to get you started.

This guide was created by AANMA (Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics).

Download PDF Anaphylaxis Guide

This website is beta testing a math program for the upper elementary and middle school grades:

http://www.socratictutor.com/

This entry deadline for this contest is January 29th, so it may be a bit late to do anything this year.  But, if you have a science-minded child you may want to bookmark the site for next year.

Exploravision

I am not so hip as to have ever visited flickr before but I saw a post on one of my homeschool discussion boards and had to find out for myself.  And it is true, the Library of Congress now has a flickr (or however you spell it ) account. 

Here's the link:    Library of Congress Image Gallery

Free Rice is a website where you play a vocabulary game while ads are displayed at the bottom of the page.  For each correct answer you get in the game, 20 grains of rice are "won." The rice is paid for using revenue from the advertisements appearing at the bottom of the screen. 

I'll admit, I have to use some of those multiple "guess" reasoning skills I learned in high school to get some of the answers.  Give it a try when you have some time to spare.