kirstenhill Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) I think I came up with a (maybe) really useful idea for all of us BFSU (Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding) users -- I created a Pinterest board for each thread, plus a "general resources" board, that I hope many users will collaborate on to find pins that relate to the BFSU lessons. I find one of the big weaknesses of BFSU to be the lack of printables and the fact that there are no visual aids at all that come with the curriculum. I thought if various users add to the pinboards with the lesson code (C-7, D-8 etc) in the Pin description, it would be so helpful for everyone! Here's my Pinterest page (BFSU boards start in the second row of boards). Message me with your pinterest username or leave a comment on a Pin if you want to be added to be able to add pins. Anyone (with or without a pinterest account) should be able to view the boards. Hoping this is a helpful resource for BFSU Users...Others may find this useful as well to find science ideas! Edited July 18, 2012 by kirstenhill clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HejKatt Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 That's a good idea - thanks for sharing! I'll PM you with my pinterest name in a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Ooh! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Great idea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I love the idea, but I don't have an account. Can someone send me an invitation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calendula Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 You are brilliant! Thank you! Crazyforlatin - pm me your email address and I can send you an invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Bump for the evening crowd. :) Thanks for the encouragement so far...I've gotten a nice handful of new followers on the boards. Hoping more of you want to be added as collaborators? Would it be rude to just send out "invites" to join the boards as collaborators to those who decided to follow just the BFSU boards? 'Cause I'm thinking about doing that so I am not the only one trying to find pins for these boards. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntchaos Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Thank you, I think the idea of using pinterest in this way is great! I followed your other homeschool boards too :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amselby81 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I hope you don't mind, but I started following you. I see so many great ideas on your boards! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 I hope you don't mind, but I started following you. I see so many great ideas on your boards! :) Of course I don't mind... :001_smile: One can't take too much credit for great ideas when it comes to Pinterest though...it is so easy to click "repin" and so hard to actually follow through and DO the things you pin! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecclecticmum Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Oh no..... :lol: I don't do BFSU, but some of those experiments are looking very cool. And your other boards are great, I am now one of your followers *bows* :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Crazyforlatin - pm me your email address and I can send you an invite. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 My pinterest username is shannon831. So, how would I pin something on your board? Or would you just repin something that I pinned onto the proper board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsH Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 You are brilliant, thank you so much for thinking of this! My daughter is 10 already but we only just started level 1 so I'll try to represent some of the activities for older kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 I would love to be a part of this, need some BFSU inspiration - hit a plateau! But I don't know anything about how to do Pinterest... do I have to have facebook (I don't)? Or can someone just invite me? Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 My pinterest username is shannon831. So, how would I pin something on your board? Or would you just repin something that I pinned onto the proper board? I'll invite you to "join" those boards as a pinner, then you should see the BFSU boards in your list of options when you go to pin something. After I reply to the other poster who asked a question I'll add you, and you'll get an email from Pinterest saying you need to accept the invite in order to pin to those boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 I would love to be a part of this, need some BFSU inspiration - hit a plateau! But I don't know anything about how to do Pinterest... do I have to have facebook (I don't)? Or can someone just invite me? Thanks :) Wow...I started writing my last post (above) about two hours ago, then my Internet connection melted down. I hit send then, but it looks like it just posted now. Anyhow, you need both an invite to Pinterest and either a Facebook or a Twitter account to set up a Pinterest account. They make it complex, don't they. If you don't want to be on FB, it isn't too hard to set up a Twitter account and mark it private, and then just not add or follow anyone there - just having the account is enough. Not sure why they do that at all. If you do want an invite, PM me your email addy and I can send you one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I'm all set! Thanks so much, this is a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecclecticmum Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I duon't know how helpful this is but heres some things I found: BFSU Blog Posts K-2 Lesson Plans Organization and 3 activity posts Satori Smiles/Angela's BFSU Posts Flowcharts & Supply Lists More thread posts Various Blog Posts of BFSU Narration Sheets & Other Stuff Worksheets xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I duon't know how helpful this is but heres some things I found: BFSU Blog Posts K-2 Lesson Plans Organization and 3 activity posts Satori Smiles/Angela's BFSU Posts Flowcharts & Supply Lists More thread posts Various Blog Posts of BFSU Narration Sheets & Other Stuff Worksheets xxx Wow! Very helpful. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maizeydaizey Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I sent you a PM -- great idea! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 I duon't know how helpful this is but heres some things I found: BFSU Blog Posts ..... xxx Thanks...I'll check out some of these links and do some pinning at some point today! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmama2 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Fabulous idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharmacat Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I duon't know how helpful this is but heres some things I found..... Many thanks for these links! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliall Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Awesome.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmomma Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I think I came up with a (maybe) really useful idea for all of us BFSU (Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding) users -- I created a Pinterest board for each thread, plus a "general resources" board, that I hope many users will collaborate on to find pins that relate to the BFSU lessons. I find one of the big weaknesses of BFSU to be the lack of printables and the fact that there are no visual aids at all that come with the curriculum. I thought if various users add to the pinboards with the lesson code (C-7, D-8 etc) in the Pin description, it would be so helpful for everyone! Here's my Pinterest page (BFSU boards start in the second row of boards). Message me with your pinterest username or leave a comment on a Pin if you want to be added to be able to add pins. Anyone (with or without a pinterest account) should be able to view the boards. Hoping this is a helpful resource for BFSU Users...Others may find this useful as well to find science ideas! GREAT idea! Thanks for the inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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