Here are Elemental Science we love science! And we love homeschooling!! So we like to consider ourselves homeschool scientists.
That said, Paige actually developed a quiz seven years ago to determine your degree of homeschool-scientistness. It's a word - we might have just made it up, but homeschool-scientistness is definitely a word.
So without further ado, here is the quiz...
Here are twenty ways you can use to determine whether or not you are a homeschool scientist. These may or may not have come from real life experiences, but I will not admit to any specifics.
20. Your husband has said, “I actually like this version of {insert some kind of food dish}, please stop experimenting.”
19. You have been known to recite the step of the scientific method in your sleep.
18. Your child has rolled their eyes before saying, “Mom, it’s just soggy cereal, not a study of how milk can breakdown the weak intramolecular forces found in Cheerios.”
17. You carry a palm-sized microscope instead of a pocket knife. Your motto is to always be prepared for science!
16. You turned at least one of your Christmas cookie baking sessions into a science lesson.
15. Your Christmas tree was decorated with multiple Borax snowflakes which you have collected over the years.
14. Your kids refer to the kitchen as “her lab” and the pantry as “the supply cabinet.”
13. You have an entire Pinterest board devoted to science jokes.
12. There are at least five “science experiment” labels on various items in your fridge.
11. Your science encyclopedia collection has its own bookcase.
10. A five minute walk to the library takes you well over an hour as you stopped to examine each of the different tree species along the way.
9. You have two catalogs on your beside stand – one from Rainbow Resources and one from Carolina Biological.
8. You have knit your very own frog model for dissection.
7. You have a periodic table poster on a wall in your home.
6. You secretly wish you could submit a project to the annual homeschool co-op science fair.
5. You get mistaken for a tour guide at your local science museum.
4. You can quote/describe almost all of the BBC Planet Earth series by heart.
3. You go to the local butcher to find your next dissection specimen and remember that you also need a rib roast for your in-laws upcoming visit.
2. You are subscribed to at least 5 science-related YouTube channels or podcasts.
And the number one reason you might be a homeschool scientist . . .
1. You bought the Lego Scientist set for yourself and only let your kids play with it sparingly.
Here is how to score your results:
So, what did you find out? Are you a homeschool scientist?
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