Science At Our House

Sneak Peak at ScienceAtOurHouse for 2012-13!

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:11:57 +0000

The ScienceAtOurHouse team has been working round the clock to produce the first year of the program. We apologize for not having more updates on the site. We are, however, ready to announce that we will be moving ahead with another year of the program. In 2012-13, we will be presenting a Physical Science curriculum LIVE, in addition to our now almost complete Life Science curriculum. Here’s a sneak peek at the basic outline for the course:

SAOH – Syllabus – Physical Science – 2012-13

ScienceAtOurHouse Registration Now Open!

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:10:16 +0000

Registration for the 2011-12 ScienceAtOurHouse program is now open!

2011-12 ScienceAtOurHouse Registration

We’re Back! Registration Opens Labor Day.

admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:33:57 +0000

Hi all:

We’ve weathered Hurricane Irene and the worst that an unforeseen database update could throw at us with minimal downtime. The much awaited registration period for ScienceAtOurHouse 2011-12 is nearly here. Registration will open Monday, September 5 (Labor Day).

Key Information for Clients

Syllabi
Product Tiers and Pricing
Academic Calendar (for Science, History, and Music)

Classes start September 13!

Combined Weekly Class Schedule
Contact Us

Possible ScienceAtOurHouse (and MusicAtOurHouse and HistoryAtOurHouse) Site Downtime

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:57:36 +0000

Hi all:

I wanted to notify you all that one or all of the AtOurHouse sites may experience some “downtime” over the next couple days.

We are moving to a new hosting system in order to accommodate a far more sophisticated site being designed by CanDo.com. Unfortunately, GoDaddy can’t seem to effectuate the move without some disruption to the current site(s).

The maximum period of disruption will be 72 hours, starting later today.

This unforeseen disruption also means that we will not be able to start registration for science and music until the process is over, even though Mr. Johnson has comfortably survived Hurricane Irene. (Hopefully, those of you in its path we also spared.) We will notify you as soon as we can to get the registration process started.

Our new system should be in place by September 3. Then, as the school year progresses if not by the start of Ancient history classes on September 12 and science and music classes on September 13, we’ll be granting access to a much-improved site for all registered users!

We apologize for the inconvenience of any service disruption, but we look forward to offering you a much-improved AtOurHouse customer experience!

Sincerely,
Mr. Powell

Hurricane Irene Delays MusicAtOurHouse and ScienceAtOurHouse

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:22:44 +0000

Our thoughts are with Mr. Johnson of MusicAtOurHouse in New Jersey and everyone on the East coast as Irene bears down on them.

I remember escaping from Houston as Ike approached in 2008, and then returning to weeks of rebuilding, including power outages, which almost prevented the launch of HistoryAtOurHouse that year.

Mr. Johnson may be facing the same situation. He has already notified me that due to storm preparations, he has had to put off MusicAtOurHouse registration preparations. Consequently, the August 28 registration opening we had previously announcement is no longer feasible.

We apologize for this inconvenience, and we appreciate your patience as we adapt to this evolving situation.

With regard to ScienceAtOurHouse registration, previously announced as opening on September 1, since we cannot know in advance how much of an impact Irene will have on the East coast as a whole — and thereby on the country — we prefer not to open both MusicAtOurHouse and ScienceAtOurHouse registration until folks on the East coast are able to participate in registration, including registration for exclusive live classes — along with everyone else. Therefore the opening date for ScienceAtOurHouse registration remains “to be determined.”

Meet the ScienceAtOurHouse Curriculum Director!

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:23:30 +0000

This is part 1 (of 2) of an interview conducted by Scott Powell, creator and teacher of HistoryAtOurHouse with John Krieger, Ph.D., the curriculum director for ScienceAtOurHouse.

1. Mr. Krieger, tell us a little about yourself and how you came to be a science teacher.

Well, for much of my younger life, I planned to be a scientist or engineer. I always enjoyed knowing how things work, tinkering, making things, dreaming of space travel, that sort of thing. And all of my college education was devoted to physics and mechanical engineering.

It has also always been important to me that things make sense, that I have a deep understanding of things, but I didn’t really realize how much I wanted this until graduate school. I had always just taken for granted that those “aha! I get it!” moments had to be rare and unusual, and a dry, hesitant, obedient, muddled understanding was more or less the rule of things. It wasn’t until I started doing extracurricular studying of my own, and especially when I started reading very old science books, that I began to realize that a dull, muddled understanding didn’t have to be the rule, and those “aha!” moments didn’t have to be the exception. I began to see how truly wonderful and fascinating it could be to study the world, if you did it the right way….

To read Part 1 in its entirety, click here.

Product Tiers and Pricing Explained

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:34:12 +0000

For clients eager to know the details of the product tiers and pricing of ScienceAtOurHouse for 2011-12, the wait is over!

Please visit the Product Tiers page for information about Tier 1 (Recordings only), Tier 2 (Once-a-week Live Attendance), and Tier 3 (Live Attendance).

Please note: At this time, we anticipate opening registration on Thursday, September 1.

As per the AtOurHouse integrated academic calendar, classes will begin Tuesday, September 13.

Meet Mrs. Miner!

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:19:54 +0000

“ScienceAtOurHouse students in the 2010-11 Life Science program will be taught by Mrs. Rachel Miner. I’ve known Mrs. Miner for many years. She isn’t just a professional. She’s a warm empathetic friend, a loving mom, and a natural teacher. It’s a privilege to work with her, and I’m confident that with her at the helm, classes in this new science program will be extremely rewarding for the students.” –Scott Powell, Creator of the AtOurHouse homeschooling series.

In this brief video, Mrs. Miner introduces herself and talks a little about what will be covered during the year ahead.

Clients who would like to get to know Mrs. Miner a little better can enjoy her personal blog about parenting called The Playful Spirit.

Also, please feel free to contact Mr. Miner, e-mail her at: mrsminer@scienceatourhouse.com.

ScienceAtOurHouse Syllabi, Calendar, and Class Schedules

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:18:00 +0000

Syllabi are now available for the inaugural year of Life Sciences with ScienceAtOurHouse.

The program will be offered at two levels: Upper Elementary (ages 9-11) and Junior High (ages 12-14).

Syllabi

The class calendar and weekly class schedule (integrated with HistoryAtOurHouse and MusicAtOurHouse) are available here.

Registration opens at the end of August. Stay tuned to this site for more program news!

Mr. Krieger’s Science Blog

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:38:24 +0000

Welcome to the site for news about the new ultimate science resource for homeschoolers: Science At Our House!

The Science At Our House program will begin live classes in September 2011. Syllabi will be available on this site within the week.

In the mean time, please pay a visit to the program curriculum director’s website:

Krieger Science – Science Project Ideas for Homeschools

We’ll be sure to have Mr. Krieger interviewed to talk about science pedagogy soon.