Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Science..
I am so frustrated by Science this year. Not for Hannah, she's using Apologia General Science and is doing all the experiments and all of the reading on Mondays in a class. The rest of the week she is pretty much on autopilot answering study guide questions. But, I just can't find anything that I'm happy with for Grace and Joe. I was going to use Lesson Pathways (free online lesson plans) but 3 lessons into it I didn't like it. Then I bought 3 Evan Moor books for grades 4 to 6. I have used their science workbooks extensively in the past and loved them. I had only used the K to 1st grade and the 1st to 3rd grade ones though. Well, there is a big jump and they get boring, a little difficult and the experiments (at least in the chemistry one) require supplies that only a chemistry lab would have. I've got some science kits and I figure we'll do some experiments from the kits but I want more of a comprehensive curriculum. I've thought about using the elementary Apologia but I had that last year on loan from a friend and never got past Lesson 2. Any advice would be much appreciated. What I'm looking for would have the following characteristics--not a lot of reading (we are doing a TON of reading aloud with Sonlight and Joe can only listen for just so long), some worksheets or other sort of activity sheets, simple experiments with household supplies, preferably topical approach--like weather, plants, the body, space, etc. Also, I can't spend much money.
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Commented on fb about this, but I have more to say, remind me in person, also you can come and look at what I have.
We liked the "God's Design for Life" series. We studied the human bosy and animals. Lessons were short, sweet, and to the point. There were a few questions at the end of each chapter and an activity or two if you want.
We also liked "The Weather Book". That was published by Answers in genesis for awhile, but not sure now who's publishing it. There is a series of them that includes The Ocean Book, The Cave Book, The Geology Book, The Archaeology Book and a couple more. There is a study guide for each one with vocabulary and questions, but not very heavy in experiments. I liked that.
We just did our first science experiment yesterday. It's about time since we started school in August.
I was reminded of an old book I have called Fun With Chemistry. It is a Scholastic Book Series book. I've only looked through it quickly, but the experiments look simple, and from what I've read, use household items. I'll drop it by.
When Ellie was that age she used a simple textbook (maybe Abeca or something-- probably handed down to us) with lots of pictures and easy reading so she could do it essentially on her own. It was better than not doing science. IDK. You could also tell them to pick a page each day in the Usborne science encyclopedia (I have it if you need it) that interests them and let them read it on their own.
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