Meet Sam(antha) Burns

Author Since: 2009-10-27 21:46:23

I am a self-taught homeschool teacher to my 2 sons, and wife 10 yrs to a citizen scientist. Being secular homeschoolers, we believe in science and fact, and I have built our lifestyles and our curriculum around it. We proudly live in Maine, practicing a sustainable lifestyle and raising our children to think with a "whole-Earth" perception.

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Sam(antha) Burns's Articles:

Your Science Tool-Kit: Evaluating Scientific Messages

Suggestions for tools you need to assess scientific messages received on a daily basis.

Grow Your Own Scientist

The Scientific Homeschooler gives advice on raising your children to be citizen scientists and informed science consumers.

The Earth in Every Classroom

Homeschoolers are uniquely poised to raise their children to be stewards of the Earth. We can expose our children to experiences designed to stimulate that deep affection for our home-planet.

Understanding Science

It amazes me how many folks are intimidated by the idea of science. I think this is because of a deficiency in their science-knowledge. People just didn’t understand it when they were learning in school, and so now they don’t understand it as adults.