Inspired By The Lack Dr. Rob Bell Developed A Great Knack For Making Science Great Again Founder and Chief Scientist of Experimentary

 

Intro 

Dr. Rob Bell, Founder and Chief Scientist of Experimentary, getting his start with the CSIRO Education team before hosting the channel 10 science show Scope for over 11 years, Dr Rob developed a great knack for making science accessible, interesting, engaging and relevant. 

He created a website "Experimentary" that is all about hands-on science, making it easier for parents to do with credible and rigorous science within it. His background is science first then some teaching, so he is really all about inspiring a love of science, and getting your hands on it is a good way. 

He actually was inspired by the lack of decent hands-on science at his kids' school, and then realized the issue was translated to the homeschool community. Science seems to be an area that some are not very confident with, so his  to help that. Dr Rob Bell's background is science first then some teaching, so his really all about inspiring a love of science, and getting your hands on it is a good way. 

There are a range of levels within Experimentary. The content is designed for Elementary up to middle school aged children, but the open ended inquiries can be taken as far as the child likes really. For the parents, they can let the kids help themselves (self-serve student mode) or they can assign the appropriate experiments based on what they are studying. The equipment is almost all around the home or very easy to get, no fancy lab stuff (though that is fun too). 

Top three takeaways 

1. How Robert discovered that there are a lot of families who homeschool in Australia.  
2. You can tie so much more into a science experiment than just the science curriculum. That is often the real advantage.  
3. Using the fun experiments to open up a whole lot of other bits of learning. 

Call to Action 

Experimentary Website 

 

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The Homeschool Advantage Podcast