Free studies for the table. Custom studies for your family.
Homeschool unit studies that start with a real question
Use one of our complete five-day studies today. When your child takes the topic somewhere unexpected, HomeTrail Plus can build a new unit around their age, interests, your available time, and the supplies already at home.
The public studies below are free and usable without an account. Generated studies are a HomeTrail Plus feature and should be reviewed by a parent before use.
A unit study can connect.
- Question
- What makes a volcano erupt?
- Observe
- Model, measure, map, and compare
- Make
- A lab record, field guide, or explanation
- Adapt
- One shared topic with work that fits each learner
- Record
- Keep the finished work beside the family plan
The short answer.
What is a homeschool unit study?
A unit study follows one topic through several subjects. A volcano study might combine Earth science, mapping, measurement, writing, and art. Everyone can share the topic while the reading, writing, and independence change for each child.
You do not need to squeeze in every subject each day. Choose a clear question, plan a short sequence, and end with something that shows what the learner understood.
The first collection.
Seven free unit studies you can use this week
Each study was built with the same Nest pack system available to HomeTrail families. Open a study to download its workbook, play the short podcast, and see the prompts used to generate every activity.
Free Volcano Unit Study: Five Days of Science, Maps, and Making
Spend five days exploring Earth’s layers, eruption models, volcano maps, and careful observation. The week ends with an explanation in the learner’s own words.
PDF workbook + playable podcast + prompts
Free Thanksgiving Unit Study: Primary Sources, Perspective, and Gratitude
Use primary sources to separate the 1621 harvest gathering from traditions that came later. Learners ask who created each source and include contemporary Native perspectives.
PDF workbook + playable podcast + prompts
Free Weather Unit Study: Observe, Measure, Compare, and Forecast
Keep a daily weather log, sketch clouds, take measurements, make a graph, and test a forecast against what happens outside your own door.
PDF workbook + playable podcast + prompts
Free Solar System Unit Study: Scale, Orbits, Planets, and Questions
Explore distance, size, motion, and evidence across the solar system. Learners also see why scientists revise explanations when new information arrives.
PDF workbook + playable podcast + prompts
Free Dinosaur Unit Study: Evidence, Classification, Time, and Scientific Change
Focus on how scientists know about dinosaurs. Learners classify evidence, build a timeline, compare body structures, and revise an explanation.
PDF workbook + playable podcast + prompts
Free Ocean Unit Study: Zones, Currents, Adaptations, and Stewardship
Connect ocean zones, moving water, animal adaptations, observation, and responsible stewardship through five days of maps, models, and research.
PDF workbook + playable podcast + prompts
Free Community Helpers Unit Study: Work, Systems, Interviews, and Service
Look closely at the work, tools, training, cooperation, and systems behind familiar community jobs. The week includes mapping, research, and an interview.
PDF workbook + playable podcast + prompts
Make it fit your week.
Create a unit study for your family
The public studies use a set age range, schedule, and supply list. HomeTrail Plus lets you choose those details for your own family.
- Follow the interest
- Start with the question your child is already asking.
- Teach several ages
- Keep the shared investigation while changing the reading, writing, and independence.
- Use what is available
- Choose the time, materials, books, and outings the family can actually manage.
- Keep it connected
- Put the resulting work beside the plan, Nest activities, Compass review, and family records.
Start free. Customize when it helps.
Try a free study now. Build your own when you are ready.
HomeTrail Plus adds custom generation and connects the work to the rest of the homeschool day.
By Laura & Mick, HomeTrail founders and parents of four. .
