Postby StellarStory » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:23 pm
In my areas, I can find labs in Zoo's, Science Museums, Co-ops, Private School teachers providing after hours classes, Individuals giving classes in their homes, Cover Schools and Duel Enrollment in Colleges are all ways of getting lab sciences if you don't want to deal with it yourself at home.
I happen to believe it wouldn't cost that much to do labs a home. You just need to select the lab projects you want to do carefully.
Right now, for instance, we are doing an experiment on tooth decay. I bought nothing for this. We used clear glasses and dipped into our store of baby teeth. We then labeled the glasses. We put into them liquids we thought would and would not affect the teeth.
The kids had to write up a protocol for the experiment. They had to make predictions. Now we will observe for a while. At the end they will write up the results and the conclusion.
In addition my 10th grade kid is taking a lab at a local science museum in biology.
Stellar