BHEA Membership and Organizational Information
Resources
for Homeschoolers
BHEA
Library
BHEA has a library of various resources and information that is available, free of charge, to our members. The BHEA Library is kept at the location of our Monday Enrichment Classes. The library has resources including books, tapes, and videos that are helpful to homeschoolers. Checkout is for 30 days at a time. The library will be "open" during Monday Fun hours. Donations of appropriate material are greatly appreciated!
Click BHEA Library for a list of current library materials.
BHEA Science Supply Library
Karen Metcalf is our Science Equipment librarian. Following is list of the available supplies. To borrow science supplies from this list, please contact Karen Metcalf at metcalfmom@bellsouth.net or 984-4073.
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Microscope: 100x - 400x (lighted with a mirror) |
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(L), 1g amino acid 2, 6-Dichloroindophenol (Sodium Salt
Powder) Prepared Slides: Diatoms, marine, wm Spirogyra (green algae), wm Allium (onion) root tip, LS Zea Mays (Corn) Stem, cs Volvox colonies (green algae), wm Ranuneulus Stem (Buttercup), cs Human squamous epithelium Tilia, Basswood, 2 year stem, cs Muscle, 3 types: striated, smooth, cardiac, cs Mixed desmids, wm Trachea, cat Human Skin, Section Neuron, motor, smear Ground human bone, cs Syringa (Lilac) leaf, cs |
Home School File at the Blount County Library
BHEA also maintains a file of information about homeschooling at the Blount County Library. It is located in the Children's Section of the library - just ask the librarian to point you in the right direction.
Used Book Sale
BHEA hosts a Used Book Sale every year. It will be May 22nd at Our Lady of Fatima Church on Louisville Road. Click here for more information. Coordinator: Becky VanderVeen at vanderveen5@juno.com
Homeschooling Laws
Information on local and national homeschool issues is also on the Legal Issues page of this site. Specific information about homeschooling laws can be obtained from your local school board by calling or from the following:
Smoky Mountain Home Education Association (SMHEA)
www.smhea.org smhea@yahoo.com (865)675-3073
The Smoky Mountain Home Education Association - serving Home Educators in 18 counties surrounding and including Knox Co., TN. Check the SMHEA website for membership information. SMHEA is affiliated with THEA, the Tennessee Home Education Association. BHEA is an affiliate support group of SMHEA.
Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
www.hslda.org (540)338-5600
We highly recommend membership in this national organization. Please take the time to visit their website and learn more about their role in protecting our rights to homeschool our children.
A good source for general information about homeschooling in Tennessee is Tennessee Home Ed at http://tnhomeed.com
Info on Umbrella Schools
http://2-acres.com/HomeSchool/Schools.html
Links for Co-Op Classes
http://2-acres.com/HomeSchool/HSCoOps.html
Support Groups & General Information
Anderson County -
www.geocities.com/acchsg
Blount County - www.bhea.net
Cumberland County - http://www.ucachs.eboard.com/
Jefferson/Hamblen County: www.geocities.com/fiverivershs
Knox County:
http://www.tennkidsclub.org
www.geocities.com/bereanhomeschoolgroup
Loudon County - www.2-acres.com/HomeSchool
Roane County - www.sailawaylearning.com/
Tri-Cities & Washington County - www.tricitieshomeschool.org/
Other TN counties: www.tnhomeed.com/Support.html
Other states and countries:
www.homeschoolmedia.net/register/index.phtml
Curriculum Resources
(Please note that the links in the list below have not been updated in quite a while. If you find links that do not work or if you have new ones to add, please e-mail them to Mary at mtnhomeschool@aol.com Thanks for your help!)
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Educational Websites
These links have also not been updated in a long time. Please help by e-mailing Laurie with your favorite homeschool websites - and also any corrections to the following list! Thanks!
www.tlsbooks.com Tracy's Create-A-Book
www.teachercreated.com/free/ - free resources for teaching
Educational online games:
for high schoolers: http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
for middle school: http://middleschoolhub.org/school/school.cfm
local stuff at: http://tnkidsclub.homestead.com/Tennkids.html
or elementary: http://kidshub.org/kids/kids.cfm
Neat Homeschooling websites:
http://www.christianhomekeeper.com/
http://www.classicalhomeschooling.com/
http://www.educationalfreedom.com/
http://www.families-first.com/
http://www.home-school.com/
http://www.homeedmag.com/
http://www.homeeducator.com/FamilyTimes/
http://www.homeschoolingparent.com/
http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/
http://www.homeschooltoday.com/
http://www.homeschoolzone.com/
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/
http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/
http://www.nurturing.ca/
http://www.pathsoflearning.org/index.cfm
http://www.teachinghome.com/
http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/