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Everest Academy is sponsored by Everest Family Ministry in the Birmingham Metro Area. We offer freedom along with quality resources, information, activities and support to those homeschooling in Alabama. We believe that the parent has the best interests of their children at heart. We believe that the parent is the first and only teacher that a child needs. In keeping with this philosophy, we wish to be a very hands-off cover school and allow the parent to lead and guide their children in the direction and at the pace they feel is best suited to their children. We ask only for what the law requires while offering support along with quality resources to aid families in their efforts.

Elementary Science

  • Magic School Bus “Weather Lizard” game.
  • Magic School Bus Themes
  • Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. They offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.  Kids have the opportunity to comment on and grade the subject matter, get ideas for science projects, and try out mathematical puzzles. At the same time, Science News for Kids offers teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms.
  • HowToons - http://www.howtoons.com Do-It-Yourself website that provides a free and unique way for kids to learn science and engineering by building cool things using illustrations and instructions provided in comic-book format.
  • Live Monarch - Raise Your Online Butterfly! A Fun Free Educational Experience.  This 30 day program will give you professional insight and knowledge into all aspects of the lifecycle of a Monarch.  We will send an email update every few days with a link to see your Egg become a Caterpillar, then a Pupa and with your help, a beautiful Monarch Butterfly.  Plenty of really great pictures and detailed information so you will be an expert soon!
  • The Scooter McDoogal web site uses a comic book format to teach students in grades 4 - 8 science and social studies.  The colorful site features a 12-minute video introducing Scooter McDoogal, news stories to click on and read, and two interactive games, including the Scooter State Challenge, which tests students' knowledge of the states.  www.scootermcdoogal.com
  • Journey North – Spring Projects begin February 1.  Teachers and students in K-12 classrooms are invited to participate in Journey North’s 14th global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. One of the nation’s premier Internet-based “citizen science” projects, Journey North enables students in 11,000 schools to track the seasons on a real-time basis. Standards-based lesson plans, activities, and information help students make local observations and fit them into a larger context by collecting and submitting data into common database. Learn more about Journey North.
  • Smithsonian Education - Students - Walking on the Moon
  • Animal Planet Homepage
  • Kids Domain - Science Games
  • Kid's Stuff About Waste Reduction and Recycling
  • Edheads - Simple Machines Activities - Lever - Pulley - Wedge - Screw - Inclined Plane - Wheel and Axle - Gear
  • Whalesounds we are listening
  • Rainforest Sounds Kid Explorers
  • Exploratorium Science Of Gardening See how the plants we tend feed our bodies, our minds, and our senses.
  • My First Garden is a colorful interactive Web site for kids that walks them through the steps of planning and planting (and the reasoning behind them), from determining the amount of sun your site gets to reading a seed packet. Students can download garden journal pages and planning forms and use the “encyclopedia” to choose their plants. They’ll also find creative container gardening ideas and solutions for tough garden sites. My First Garden was developed by University of Illinois Extension to introduce 4th graders to gardens.
  • Online Junior Master Gardener Game:  This online game based on the JMG curriculum challenges students to answer a variety of basic gardening questions in a Jeopardy-like format. Click here for more information and a link to the game.
  • EPA Environmental Kids Club Home Page
  • The Water Cycle
  • Gameaquarium
  • BBC - Schools - 4 to 11 years Subjects Science
  • Zoobooks - The Encyclopedia of Animals Just for Kids from University of Illinois Extension
  • Cool Science for Curious Kids
  • Meet the Greens - MeetTheGreens.org is a new kids' guide to looking after the planet.  Kids can watch The Greens'  cartoon adventures and discover related green games, news, downloads, a blog, action tips, links, and more.  This innovative, Web-only project comes from WGBH in Boston, the producer of shows like ZOOM, ARTHUR, Frontline, and NOVA.
  • Birth of a Giraffe
  • Colorado has had some extreme weather conditions in the past week.  With tornadoes, rain, rainbows, and hail, The Why Files seemed like a fitting site to highlight today.  The Why Files bring science to life virtually.  Students can make rainbows, control a tornado, play with lightning, and build a snowflake.  If only the real weather was this easy to control!  The Why Files begin each interactive with a brief “why” of how the weather occurrence works, students can read all about the occurrence and even get a link where they can learn more.  The fun starts when the students enter the interactive where they can control the weather.
  • DIY Science Experiments  Popular Mechanics bought eight science kits for kids, reviewed them, and found instructions on the internet for replicating the same experiments with materials many people have on hand.  …homemade experiments can be just as complex and educational (while costing up to $100 less), so we found alternatives to each of the boxed kits that teach similar lessons just as well. Bottom line: Whether preassembled or drawn from kitchen cupboards, science kits can be educational and fun.  Link
  • Browse the Gizmo Collection ExploreLearning
  • OLogy The Gene Scene
  • A Field, A Forest, and A Stream - Introduce your students to the scientific process by getting them outside to conduct their own investigation.  Students collect and record scientific data from three ecosystems and then make observations about differences and similarities.  This great hands-on activity can also be adapted for younger audiences.
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    Ollie's World - Earth Day is April 22nd, Ollie’s World is a fantastic place to begin the celebration early.  Here students will learn about the 4 R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink as they apply to the 5 action issues of waste, water, energy, air, and biodiversity.  The site is packed full of games, puzzles, information and projects.  Students can create web pages using a free (downloadable) version of WebEasy.  The information section has kid-friendly reading about the 4 R’s and 5 action issues.  In Ollie’s clubhouse, students can play games and work on puzzles.  Students can also watch the Mis-adventures of Ollie
  • The Environmental Protection Agency is offering FREE coloring books and posters about endangered species. You can download the coloring book or you can call 1-800-490-9198 to get a free hard-bound copy. They also have an interactive section where you can learn about different endangered species....could make for a great homeschooling class!
    Click HERE to get the free coloring book!
    Click HERE to get the free poster!



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