Check out some feedback from other parents…
“Aurora, Just wanted to say thanks for making science my son’s favorite part of the day. As homeschooler’s my son is not afforded the opportunity to compete in the science fair. Our homeschool group put together a fair of our own. There wasn’t any competition per se, but each child completed a project to present to the other children and their parents.
“My 7 year old, Noah decided to present the “Matrix of acid and bases“. It was a huge success. One of the adults present was a scientist for Sandia Labs. She asked Noah several questions regarding his project and he had the answers. He really understood the material. He talked about exothermic and endothermic changes he’d recorded on his data sheets, indications based on color changes and the fact that the cabbage indicator seemed unable to perform in hydrogen peroxide (see question on the matrix page). She was quite impressed and told him that she hoped he continued, to which he replied “That’s the plan, I intend to be a scientist on a space mission someday”. Thanks again for making my life so much easier when it comes to science and giving my son the education that just wouldn’t be possible if I was left to my own devices!!” ~Shari Linsley
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“Thanks for the terrific Light and Lasers teleclass today. I bought a laser kit from you a couple of years ago but never used it. We took it out and had a terrific time reflecting the laser in mirrors. You suggested stomping on a dirty carpet to get dust particles to see the light. We used a flour sifter and it worked great. Here’s a video…” ~Brenda Praggastis (mother of George from Washington)
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“Aurora and Supercharged Science… I just have to tell you: Forget the kids! I’m excited by science now–teaching and learning. I’m over the top pleased by this program!
“I’m a single mom, trying to homeschool two kids, one with special needs (Aspergers) WHILE running a childcare during the day. Researching and setting up science experiments for my own daughters while chasing after toddlers (let alone actually being there to teach/supervise the experiments without being called away to something smelly or broken) was nearly impossible and quite frustrating to us all. I’d gotten to the point of giving up and so had my daughter. We’ve only gotten through one of the summer camps but in that time you have rescued my sanity and my daughter’s waning interest in what was her favorite subject (pre-childcare). I was almost in tears when we saw the videos and started the experiments because I realized that she has something to follow if I get called away. You make it so clear and you cover the “oops!” factor for suggestions when something goes astray of expected results. And one great big thanks for the written shopping lists with links to find the things that are out of the norm. Thank you again for filling a need in my daughter’s life.” Heather
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“I signed up for the summer e-science camp, and my 9 year old son LOVED the camp!! He designed a boat out of an egg carton and two motors with little hand-held fan blade. He went out to the pool to try it out and came in screaming, ”It works!!! It works!!! Come look Mom!!” All of his projects worked to his surprise. He has been inspired to branch out and really think!! Thank you for this wonderful program!!! The glow in Zack’’s eyes is priceless!! THANK YOU for this awesome program!!” ~Tina Smith
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“Aurora, I can not thank you enough for this program. My son has auditory and visual processing difficulties and is in 7th grade. he is almost to grade level reading but it is very challenging to learn by textbook (not to mention how really boring learning from textbooks can be) we were going to use another program for this yr but after being in your summer camp and now seeing how this program is set up I can have him read the main point download-get into the experiments and read the text with him if he is further interested!!! thank you too for the exercise that we can do as a discussion!!! I can not thank you enough. Your text reads more like a living book as the author is so excited about the subject-are you the author? This all is very easy to access! You solved my dilemma for science this year but finances might not allow a whole year. It is a great value to me and all my sons. My eight yr old is still making baking soda rockets on our deck!!” ~Teresa Knorr
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“Aurora… Today my daughter (8) did the racer robot from the last week of camp (we are a little behind). The squeals and giggles could be heard throughout the house. The Waterbot from last week is still in the guest bathtub waiting for Grandpa, who was an electrician, to visit later this month. After building the Racerbot, we headed to Target to get the traveling soap container so that we could make the remote control tomorrow.
“In the evenings, I”ve been getting a binder prepped for your fall class. I”ve been looking through the first unit, and as I read these projects when they come out of the printer I keep saying ”Wow! This is so cool!”. I had to write to say THANK YOU! You are amazing! My daughter is so fortunate to have a woman like you teach her science. You are the role model I was hoping to find to show her that girls can do anything–and you do it with flair! THANK YOU!!” ~M.C., Georgia
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“Hi Aurora! This video (above) was made by Dalton, age 7. We didn’t have a styrofoam block so we made the robot with a plastic cup. It worked great. We had so much fun. We even thought we could attach it to a swiffer and clean the floor! Thanks so much! We really enjoy your classes!” ~Anitta Charlson
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“Thanks so much for your advice regarding my daughter’s fruit battery science fair project. She won second place today in the 7th and 8th grade division! As you can imagine, she is very pleased. It is an especially meaningful “victory” for us because Lynne has a learning disability which makes it difficult for her to organize information. Your kit made it so much easier for us to work on this project than if we had tried to piece it together on our own. Thanks for your excellent product and your personal feedback. I will ask my husband to send you a photo tonight. Wish I had known about your classes and website earlier! I am forwarding the email to friends.” ~Caroline Fetter
Editor’s Note: eScience members have full access the Fruit Battery project.
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“My kids loved the live teleclass today! 
I love the way you organize learning science it makes my life so much easier as a non-science oriented homeschool mom. Thank you so much for all your work. My son is very excited to try the potato cannon experiment. Thanks so much for your quick responses and for fixing the video issues we had. We love your stuff!!!!” ~J. Sanchez
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“Hey, Aurora! We’re still having fun with our science kits. Your high school chemistry is SWEET and I’m so glad I bought it. My 12 yr old son finished his underwater ROV which we took with us on vacation in FL. He had lots of fun chasing fish with it. Thanks for checking up on us!” ~Amy Fetterhoff, Homer AK
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“Thank you for writing me back, I love your science and I love that I feel smart when I do it. Thank you” ~Justin, student
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“I just started your Chemistry unit and have been shocked at how enthusiastic my 12 yr. old son is. (I have had to confiscate his slime so he can work on other subjects!) So now I will always be sure we do some experiments before reading the text info. I’m also going to see if I can somehow incorporate the “hands on first ”introduction to other subjects (math, writing, history-I’ve had better luck with that, but it probably wouldn’t work for grammar.) I have a 10th grade daughter who doesn’t like any subject, and isn’t interested in the science program (we have always done the “text first, and experiments if there’s time left” approach with her) I’m hoping some of the more dramatic experiments may get her interested.” ~S. Gaines
Aurora’s note: “When doing the eScience program, I recommend doing some of the experiments FIRST, then when your kids run to you excited about their project but full of questions (like “Why did THAT work?”), that’s when you hand over the textbook or academic reading. It’s sounds backwards, but if you wait until they are ready for it, it’ll be a lot easier to teach and have longer-lasting results.”
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“We just got done making some super cool yellow glowing bouncy stuff! Thanks for the chemistry class! Thanks again!” ~Brenda P., mother of George and Christina from Washington
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“What do I think?…. Hmmm. IT’S TOTALLY AN ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS! I am not much of a science-type of homeschool mom.
I really love math, and I do well teaching reading, writing and history, but I have utterly failed when it comes to teaching science. We have been, up to this point, totally lacking in this area within our homeschooling endeavor.
I love and appreciate that you use every day and inexpensive items to show children principles in science. It really has helped me feel more comfortable with teaching science to my children.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!” ~Amanda Burrow (and children: ages 9,8)
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