Ellen McHenry is a veteran homeschool co-op science teacher with a fine arts background, and her curriculum looks like it — every unit is packed with line drawings, cartoons, games, puzzles, paper models, and art projects woven alongside solid academic content. Rather than a sequential full-year program, the Basement Workshop sells individual topical unit studies covering subjects like The Elements, Carbon Chemistry, The Brain, Botany, Protozoa, Mapping the World with Art, and more.
Each unit includes a reproducible student text with activities and a teacher section, and most are available as PDF downloads or physical copies through retailers like Rainbow Resource. Free downloads are also available on the website, ranging from individual activities to smaller mini-units. The programs are best suited to grades 5-10, with chemistry and biology titles stretching into high school level content.
Games, puzzles, and paper models make complex science genuinely memorable.
Individual units are inexpensive, and many free downloads are available on the website.
Covers subjects most curricula skip — Protozoa, The Brain, Carbon Chemistry, and more.
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