Homestead Education - High School Projects

 

Our son, Xander, loves the farm life!  I'm sure you'll see him many times over the course of our journey here at Homeschool On the Range.  If you love his work, click on the Xander tag at the bottom of this post to find more!

This year for science, I have been using Homestead Education.  (Mom says you can see all about it on her review thing.) 

Middle / High School Learners

Created for upper grades learners, Introduction to Homestead Science contains 18 interactive units that teach agriculture science, life skills, applied mathematics, and character lessons.  Each of those units includes eight lessons, spanning two weeks, for a total of thirty-six weeks.  Each lesson has accompanying workbook activities and projects.  The curriculum also includes tests, quizzes, and six homestead projects (no acreage required).

Anyway.  I like it.  There is a lot of hands on stuff and while I have to still read and write and watch some videos, I also get to build things and make better stuff for the farm.

We had to build a new waterer and make a better fence so that we can get more cows.  This is what we are working on here to add on to the barn.

Part of having a chicken coop is having to keep it clean.  The chickens have made a mess!

This is the winter house I made for our goats out of an old motorcycle trailer.  It keeps them safe from the wind at night and has lots of hay.  I let them out during the day time.

Whether it's stuff we grew ourselves or got at the store, it is important to know how to cook.  It saves you a lot of money more than going out to eat all the time.

Grilling is very important because it's an easy way to cook the meat we raise.

Moving hay is a regular chore on the farm, but usually it's something my dad does.  Here I am learning how to use the hay spike.

Here I am learning how to fix the dryer.  It turned out that it just needed a good cleaning!