Changing Tides - Brenda Moon » Home Education http://www.moon.net.au Brenda's Blog Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:40:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Science Links for early secondary… http://www.moon.net.au/2008/03/18/links-for-2008-03-18/ http://www.moon.net.au/2008/03/18/links-for-2008-03-18/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:24:05 +0000 Brenda http://www.moon.net.au/2008/03/18/links-for-2008-03-18/ I’ve spent some time today adding links into del.icio.us that I think are useful for early high school science, although a lot of them are good for much wider age range.

Back to basics The sites listed below provide an excellent introduction to several basic science concepts. You can visit the links in sequence or [...]]]> I’ve spent some time today adding links into del.icio.us that I think are useful for early high school science, although a lot of them are good for much wider age range.

]]> http://www.moon.net.au/2008/03/18/links-for-2008-03-18/feed/ 0 Home Educating Teenagers http://www.moon.net.au/2007/08/17/home-educating-teenagers/ http://www.moon.net.au/2007/08/17/home-educating-teenagers/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:21:50 +0000 Brenda http://www.moon.net.au/2007/08/17/home-educating-teenagers/ Video made by a home educated teenager in Victoria.  See how well she has matched the pictures to the sound track, and the story that they tell. An excellent film.

The Time of Our Lives

A good promotion for home educating teenagers!

]]> Video made by a home educated teenager in Victoria.  See how well she has matched the pictures to the sound track, and the story that they tell. An excellent film.

The Time of Our Lives

A good promotion for home educating teenagers!

]]> http://www.moon.net.au/2007/08/17/home-educating-teenagers/feed/ 0 Melbourne University – The July Lectures in Physics http://www.moon.net.au/2007/07/13/melbourne-university-the-july-lectures-in-physics/ http://www.moon.net.au/2007/07/13/melbourne-university-the-july-lectures-in-physics/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:18:34 +0000 Brenda http://www.moon.net.au/2007/07/13/melbourne-university-the-july-lectures-in-physics/ If you are interested in Physics, then these Public Lectures are very good.

I’m not sure why, but they always seem to be the best lectures we go to during the year. I think it may be because they go for longer than the 1 hour that most public lectures run for. The are [...]]]> If you are interested in Physics, then these Public Lectures are very
good.

I’m not sure why, but they always seem to be the best lectures we go to during the year. I think it may be because they go for longer than the 1 hour that most public lectures run for. The are scheduled to be from 8pm to 10pm but usually go for about 1.5 hours. So they can cover more detail on the selected topic.

http://kiosk.ph.unimelb.edu.au/news_events/july_lectures

The first one was last Friday night, and it was excellent. One every
Friday night at 8pm during July.

A list of all the events at Melbourne Uni is available here: http://events.unimelb.edu.au/ (tip: search for “Public Lectures”)

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“Freakonomics is a book that will change the way you look at the world. It is not like an ordinary non-fiction book, it’s full of quirky facts and seemingly illogical truths. For example; which is more dangerous, a house with a pool or a house with a gun? In Freakonomics you’ll for everything from what schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common to why drug dealers still live with their mums.”

The authors have a website http://www.freakonomics.com/ which has some updated information, reviews and a link to a student guide. The student guide provides an interesting way to have a second look at the book. There is also a teachers guide available if you apply for a userid/password from the Harper Academic website.

]]> This is a very interesting book which takes a very different look at Economics.

“Freakonomics is a book that will change the way you look at the world. It is not like an ordinary non-fiction book, it’s full of quirky facts and seemingly illogical truths. For example; which is more dangerous, a house with a pool or a house with a gun? In Freakonomics you’ll for everything from what schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common to why drug dealers still live with their mums.”

Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

The authors have a website http://www.freakonomics.com/ which has some updated information, reviews and a link to a student guide. The student guide provides an interesting way to have a second look at the book. There is also a teachers guide available if you apply for a userid/password from the Harper Academic website.

]]> http://www.moon.net.au/2006/03/15/freakonomics/feed/ 0 Mastering Chemistry by Peter Riley http://www.moon.net.au/2005/06/30/mastering-chemistry-by-peter-riley/ http://www.moon.net.au/2005/06/30/mastering-chemistry-by-peter-riley/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:50:50 +0000 Brenda http://moon.net.au/2005/06/30/mastering-chemistry-by-peter-riley/ We have been working our way through an excellent introduction to chemistry – Mastering Chemistry by Peter Riley. It is very clearly presented and has questions in each section to check that you have understood the topic being covered. We got ours from the Mornington Peninsula Library. It is also available from Amazon:

Mastering [...]]]> We have been working our way through an excellent introduction to chemistry – Mastering Chemistry by Peter Riley. It is very clearly presented and has questions in each section to check that you have understood the topic being covered.
We got ours from the Mornington Peninsula Library. It is also available from Amazon:

Mastering Chemistry (Macmillan Master Series)
Mastering Chemistry by Peter Riley. (the cover is from an earlier edition).

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http://www.synchrotron.vic.gov.au/ Synchrotron Science Resources for Teachers ]]> The Australian Synchrotron site includes a lot of information about what synchrotrons are and what they are used for. It also includes resources for Teachers section that has VCE physics material.

]]> http://www.moon.net.au/2005/06/23/19/feed/ 0 Education books by John Holt http://www.moon.net.au/2005/06/21/education-books-by-john-holt/ http://www.moon.net.au/2005/06/21/education-books-by-john-holt/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:32:17 +0000 Brenda http://moon.net.au/2005/06/21/education-books-by-john-holt/ How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)

How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)

Learning All the Time

Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling

[...]]]> How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)
How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)

How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)
How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)

Learning All the Time
Learning All the Time

Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling
Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling

]]> http://www.moon.net.au/2005/06/21/education-books-by-john-holt/feed/ 0 The Underground History of American Education – John Taylor Gatto http://www.moon.net.au/2005/06/21/the-underground-history-of-american-education-john-taylor-gatto/ http://www.moon.net.au/2005/06/21/the-underground-history-of-american-education-john-taylor-gatto/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:28:21 +0000 Brenda http://moon.net.au/2005/06/21/the-underground-history-of-american-education-john-taylor-gatto/ The complete text of The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto is available on his website.

There is a lot of other interesting material about education on the main section of his site: http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/

Other books by him are available from Amazon:

       

[...]]]> The complete text of The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto is available on his website.

There is a lot of other interesting material about education on the main section of his site: http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/

Other books by him are available from Amazon:

A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling     Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling     Educating Your Child in Modern Times : Raising an Intelligent, Sovereign, & Ethical Human Being

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