Ultimate List of the Best Homeschool Science Curriculum
Finding a great homeschool science curriculum can be hard.
But I have you covered. These are all homeschool science curriculum resources we have used both in the past and now. Finding a good secular homeschool science curriculum is not that easy!
This list has everything you need. The best science curriculum, science books, youtube videos, online classes, science documentaries, and of course workbooks. I have also included our favorite homeschool science curriculum.
You are also going to love our top 20 favorite homeschool science books for grades 4-12.
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What is our Favorite Curriculum for Homeschooling Science?
Before I start this huge list of science resources I wanted to share with you two of our favorite homeschool science curriculums.
For elementary our favorite was Generation Genius, you can have 5 free lessons (no credit card required.)
For middle school and high school, we just love Real Science Odyssey. Check out our review of it. We are currently studying Biology if you want to try it out for yourself there is a try before you buy option.
Science Curriculum for Homeschool
Science Unlocked. Lesson planning and doing science at home is now easier than ever. With Science Unlocked, you can filter your interest and build a program specifically for your children.
Real Science Odyssey from Pandia Press is a FULL curriculum, with two levels. The first one is for Elementary years and the second for middle/high school. They also have teacher guides to go with the student workbooks. Check out our review of Real Science Odyssey, it is what we are using now for our 6th grade homeschool curriculum.
SchoolhouseTeachers – science for all ages from preschool to high school. When you subscribe you get FULL access to all subjects and grades.
Generation Genius has awesome science lessons for K-8, in fact, we love them so much that we have watched them all! What’s even better is you can try them for free.
Unit Studies if you enjoy doing unit studies there are lots of science ones to choose from here. Including anatomy, animals, astronomy, earth science, seasons, plus lots more.
Home Science Tools offer a full curriculum for kids K-12
If like us, you like to have paper workbooks, these are our favorite science workbooks.
Everything you need to ace science (this is what we are using as a supplement for our 7th grade homeschool curriculum.)
Homeschool Biology curriculum from Doctor Robins School
Digital Stem from StemWerkz is a great “gaming” platform for upper elementary-aged kids.
Heron Books young scientist series, check out our Heron Books review, where you can grab a 30% coupon code with HomeSchool30.
FREE Homeschool Science Curriculum
We use free homeschool curriculum as much as we can, and these are the best ones for science.
All Ages
- Teach Engineering Engineering
- Over 30 of the best free science worksheets
- Learning Resources Science Museum. This site brings together resources from museums, including activities, games, and videos. Discover activities to support a range of curriculum topics.
- Free planet coloring pages
- Phases of the moon worksheets
- Free phases of the moon word search
- NASA Lesson Plans Astronomy
- Periodic Table Videos – Chemistry, Periodic Table
- Science Coloring Pages from Home Training Tools worksheets and printables
- Human Origins by the Smithsonian – Human Evolution
- Science Lessons Multiple science subjects
- Berkeley Education Evolution
- Science Fair Projects and Experiments – Experiments and lesson plans
- School Science
- American Museum of Natural History Physical Science, various ‘ologies’
- NASA Weather Adventures Satellite Earth Science
- Virtual Museum – Virtual Museum
- National Zoo Homework Helper – Zoology Links
- Interactive Elements Table – periodic table in pictures and words.
- Free body systems worksheets
- Body systems word search
Elementary Science Curriculum
- National Wildlife Federation Animal Science for grades K-6
- ACS Inquiry in Action Chemistry Curriculum for grades 3-6
- 24/7 Science science games (grades K-6)
- AGI GeoSource – Geology (grades K-5)
- BBC Terrific Science
- National Geographic Kids for grades K-6
- Mystery Doug has awesome scientific videos
- Sublime Science. 101 free science experiments (they also do amazing parties, which we did a couple of years ago and the kids loved it)
Middle School Science Curriculum Homeschool
- Natural Inquirer Science Journal (grades 4-8)
- Anatomy Arcade Anatomy (grades 5-12)
- 3D Geography – Make models and great free resources
High School Science Curriculum Homeschool
- Anatomy Arcade Anatomy (grades 5-12)
- MIT Open Course Free resources from MIT (grades 9-12)
- Homeschool science with College Prep Science.
If you are looking for more secular homeschooling curriculum resources check out my recent post.
See what science is featured in our best homeschool curriculum for high school.
Homeschool Science Books
We absolutely love books in our homeschool, and science is no exception. Our favorite homeschool science books for late elementary and middle school grades are:
These human anatomy books for kids are our new favorites from Know Yourself.
- Science a Visual Encylopedia
- The Kingfisher Science Encylopedia
- The Science Book
- Human Body!
- Usborne Science Encylopedia
Homeschool Science Monthly Boxes
Although we love our homeschool science curriculum we always supplement it with a monthly kids subscription box. We are currently using Mel Science, and we love it, check out our Mel Science Review to see what exclusive promo codes we have available.
We look forward to it every month, the starter kit alone though is fantastic. I highly recommend giving them a try.
KiwiCo also offers monthly science and stem subscription boxes for kids as young as 2 to big kids as old as 100! Check out our review of Kiwico Eureka Crate (with an exclusive 40% coupon code).
If you are looking for the homeschool science kits check out my post where I have listed our favorite 16.
OysterKit offer STEM subscription boxes for kids aged 2-9.
You are also going to enjoy our top 21 science board games that can be played in homeschool.
Homeschool Science Video Curriculum
We love kids educational videos! Here are our absolute favorites for learning science.
- Crash Course
- Mark Rober
- Sprice Machines
- Joseph’s Machines
- Horrible Science
- The King of Random
- Operation Ouch
- Sick Science
- Physics Girl
- Smarter Everyday
- Sci Show
Outschool Science Online Classes
Now you can’t beat live online classes (check out our Outschool review). Outschool has pretty much every lesson you could want, including science!
Science Documentaries
We have recently come across Curiosity Stream, and we love it in our homeschool. We use it mainly for history and science documentaries.
Download it today, it’s less than $20 for the year! Or check out our Curiosity Stream review for more details.
Last Updated on 24 January 2023 by homeschoolof1