Genetics Resources

Learn Genetics
Tour the basics, DNA to protein, Heredity & traits

NeoK12
Instructional videos

Genetics - The Science of Genes and Heredity
Standards, Activities, & Mini-Lecture

Basic Genetics in First and Second Grade
Objectives, bibliography, worksheets

American Museum of Natural History
Activites, games

The Gene Scene
games (more for 3rd-5th grades)

Homeschooling 101

A good basic overview of homeschooling in CA can be found here.

You can get more info on homeschooling in LA here.

Whether it's a good choice depends on your family -- it's the best thing that happened to our family.

We belong to a local group of homeschoolers and put together classes for our children. Rachel took wonderful art and science classes this past year. I'm hoping to put together a Spanish one in the fall.

Homeschooling can look very different from one family to the next. It's best to start by identifying your priorities in the education of your children.

I would be happy to answer questions: hijola@yahoo.com