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The Ultimate List of Unit Study Resources

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Are you a homeschooler looking to enrich your studies with interesting and relevant material?  Do you enjoy delving deep into a subject?  Then unit studies are for you.  Learning doesn’t have to be boring!  We love picking a subject that my kids are interested in and exploring all the details of that subject.  I’ve gotten a bit out of the habit in recent years, so it’s time to break out the unit studies once again!  In the past, I’ve kept a tally of the questions my kids have asked.  We had some interesting ones like  “What are teeth made of?” and “Where are guns made?”  The key is to pay attention to what catches their eye and run with it.  They’ll be learning and not even realize it!  

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Why Use Unit Studies?

  • You can combine grades – Multi-level learning is easier to do when using unit studies.
  • You don’t have to purchase a lot of books – You can use the library or your own bookshelf to put together a unit study
  • They’re interesting – When the children say that they want to learn about something specific, you can dive right in learning all aspects.  They generally stay focused and don’t lose interest because it is something that they truly want to learn about.
  • They don’t forget what they’ve learned – Why?  Because you’ve done hands on projects about it.  You’ve studied it thoroughly.  You’re not cramming, memorizing & dumping.  You’re actively using the content that you’re learning.
  • They’re easy to plan – I’ll walk you through that, but….with the internet at  your finger tips, you’ll have your plan going in no time!
  • They’re cheap – Because you’re pulling together free resources, library resources, or using the ones you have at home, you don’t have to spend much on them.  Of course, you CAN if you want to.  I have listed a large list of free resources at the end of this post.

How to Plan Your Own Unit Study

  1. Decide on your topic
  2. Find some Living Books on the Topic from your own library or the public library.
  3. Search the topic on the internet to see what you find.  Don’t forget about Pinterest and You Tube.
  4. Decide if you’re going to record what you’ve learned by using a lapbook or notebooking.
  5. Map out which subjects will be covered in your unit study (i.e. science, history, writing, etc.)
  6. Check out Local Field Trip Possibilities
  7. Set a time frame for completion and schedule your studies out across that time frame.
  8. Be flexible – You may find that you want to add to it… or you may find that you’re getting bored of it and it’s time to move on.  Don’t be a slave to the schedule!
  9. Make Memories!  Tackle it with the plan to enjoy your children and enjoy learning.

 

Unity Study Helps

Keeping Unit Studies Simple

What Subjects Should I Cover? – This link walks you through what subjects can be covered in a unit study.  If a certain subject is not covered, you may want to add that in on the side from a text or workbook.

Free Unit Study Planner

 

Free Unit Studies

 

A

Abraham Lincoln

Air Pressure & Aeronautics

Allergies

American Flag  (mini unit)

American Girl

American Red Cross

Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish (Cold-blooded Vertebrates)

American Revolution

An Apple a Day

Ancient Rome

Animals

Archaeology & the Bible

Astronauts

Astronauts, Rockets & Space Ships

Astronomy

 

B

Bald Eagle

Baking & Cooking, Part 1

Baking & Cooking, Part 2

Bats

Battle of Yorktown, Benedict Arnold, Swamp Fox, & John Paul Jones

Bears

Ben Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, Battle of Saratoga, & Valley Forge Lesson

Birds

Botony

Bridges:  Forces, Arch Bridges, & Truss Bridges

Bridges: Suspension, Cantilever, & Cable-Stayed Bridges

Buoyancy & Floating

 

C

Cabot, Cartier, Drake, Hudson, and Astronomy

Camping

Carousels

Castles

Cats (mini study)

Cells & DNA

Chickens

Chocolate (Milton Hershey)

Christmas

Christopher Columbus & Prince Henry the Navigator

Circulatory System

Civil War

Clocks & Time

Clothing & Textiles

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Clouds and Precipitation

Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, Stars & Constellations

Comets, Meteors & Stars

Communication (Lines of..)

Cookies (Christmas)

 

D

Da Gama, Vespucci, Balboa, & Magellan

Deserts

Detectives

Digestive System

Dinosaurs

Dog Heroes

 

E

Earth’s Layers & Soil Composition

Earthquakes

Egypt

Electricity

Electricity 2 

Elephants

Elias Howe (Inventor of the sewing Machine)

Emergency Preparedness

Erosion (mini unit)

Erosion

Eyes & Seeing

Exercising

Explorers Unit

 

F

Falling Leaves

Faith in American History

Fire Safety

Flight

Flight:  History & Forces

Floating Ships & Boats

Fossils (Christian perspective)

Fragrance

 

G

Gears & Pulleys:  Simple Machines

Geology

George Washington, Battle of Trenton, & Betsy Ross

Good Christian Men Rejoice (Christmas)

 

H

Habitats

Hearing & Sound Waves

History of Flight

Honey

Hot Air Balloons

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Hummingbirds (mini unit)

 

I

Immigration

Immune System

Inclined Planes & Wedges

India

Indoor Gardening

Insects/Bugs

Insects and Spiders

The Intuit

Inventions & Rube Goldberg Machines

 

J

Japan

 

K

King George III, Patrick Henry, & Samuel Adams

Kings, Queens, & Castles

Knights & Ladies

Knot Tying

 

L

Leonardo da Vinci: The Artist

Leonardo da Vinci: The Scientist

Leonardo da Vinci: The Inventor

Lever & Screw Simple Machines

Lewis & Clark

Lexington and Concord, Thomas Jefferson, and Declaration of Independence

Lighthouses

 

M

Mail

Mammals

Maple Syrup

Marco Polo and Leif Erikson

Martin Luther & the Reformation

Maybelle the Cable Car

Medieval Art

Medieval Life

Music

Music & Instruments

My Country (younger students)

My Country (older students)

My State

 

N

Names of Jesus

Nascar

Native American Unit

Nervous System

New Zealand

 

O

Ocean

Origami

Owls

 

P

Paper Airplanes & the Four Forces of Flight

Passover

Physical Science

Pilgrims/Thanksgiving

Plan a Vacation

Plant Parts

Plate Tectonics & Volcanoes

Ponce de Leon, Aztecs, Cortes, & Conquistadors

Presidents/Elections

Presidents Day

Pumpkins

 

Q

Quilting

 

R

Railroad

Rain

Respiratory System

Revolutionary War

Robotics

Rock Classification

Rocks & Minerals Resources

Root Cellaring

 

S

Sailing

Science  & Scientists:  An introduction to science for elementary aged kids

Sea Creatures

Shakespeare

Simple Machines

Skeletal System

Skeletal & Muscular Systems

Solar System

Sports

Squirrels

Sun & Moon

Sun, Seasons & Weather

Symbols of Christmas

 

T

Taxonomy, Animal Classification, and Invertebrates

Thanksgiving

Titanic

Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Lightning

Touch, Smell, & Taste

Travel

Turtles

 

V

Valentine’s Day

The Velveteen Rabbit

Volcanoes

 

W

Water Fowl

Wheels & Axles

Where in the World

Wind & Air Pressure

World War I

 

Other Resources:

Homeschool Share.  I didn’t add each individual subject from their site because it’s so extensive.  I may as well just send you straight to their site instead.

Stone Soup Homeschool Resources – This is a community supported database with an A to Z list of unit studies available.  It’s a great list, assuming all the links are still working!

 

 

Unit Study Curriculum for Purchase

 Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett – If you don’t know where to begin, you can always turn to the unit study guru, Amanda Bennett.  She’s very well known for her work in publishing quality unit studies in downloadable ebooks.  There are dozens of unit studies available through this site!  The unit studies on this site are for purchase.

CurrClick – This is an online store that sells a lot of lapbooks that go easily along with unit studies.

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Kathy says

    August 12, 2012 at 10:25 pm

    Hi! What a wonderful list. I was wondering if you know of any unit study on the Greek/Roman Gods and Goddesses?

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    • Sidetracked Sarah says

      August 14, 2012 at 9:44 am

      Hi Kathy. I don't know of any off the top of my head at this time. I'll post here if I do find one. Sorry!

      Reply
  2. Karen Terry says

    August 10, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    Sarah this is an AMAZING list of resources. We love Unit Studies around here. Thank you for all the time you put into this. Pinning this NOW.

    Reply
    • Sidetracked Sarah says

      August 10, 2012 at 5:42 pm

      You're welcome! Thanks for pinning it!

      Reply
  3. Jill says

    August 9, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    Awesome list, Sarah! Thanks!

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  4. Julie says

    August 9, 2012 at 1:14 pm

    This is just AWESOME!!! Thank you!

    Reply
  5. contentedathome says

    August 9, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    Pinned! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Linda says

    August 9, 2012 at 9:55 am

    Thanks for this list! My kids go to public school, but we do lots of extra activities at home and I'm a cub scout leader. There are some great ideas in these sites!

    Reply
  7. Sarah at SmallWorld says

    August 9, 2012 at 8:44 am

    This is a fantastic list! I am sure I’ll refer to it often!

    Reply

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