Jay3fer Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Well, I took the plunge and bought Earth Science at the Mr. Q. sale today... Anyone have great suggestions for printing as little as possible of this thing??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 i got the physics and advanced chemistry.. So far likes what I see :) I am printing is 2 pages in one pages since the font is rather LARGE.. And I also print both sides. I don t print parents guild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Now is a good time to get an iPad! I don't print anything out. We are currently working through both Life Science and Earth Science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 We are buying ath science also. My dh is going to make it into a audio recording so I don't have to worry about printing. I second the idea of a iPad. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg_puppy Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 i got the physics and advanced chemistry.. So far likes what I see :)I am printing is 2 pages in one pages since the font is rather LARGE.. And I also print both sides. I don t print parents guild I am thinking about the advanced chemistry. What ages do you think would do well with that program? Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo_keeper Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I keep waffling on Mr. Q. When I thought I was going to do it, I ripped the pdf files into a student text file and a student worksheet file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekfk Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I only print the exercises. I read the rest from the iPad. The text isn't too long, so it could easily be read from any screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I am thinking about the advanced chemistry. What ages do you think would do well with that program? Janet I will say middle school level. it starts talk about chemicl formula and how the bond form. 1 question for example in ch 14 ask How many grams are there in 2.3 x 1023 atoms of silver? another example q What is the boiling point of a solution containing 46.3 g MgSO4 and 299 g H2O? It is more advanced than I thought would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymom Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 We are using Mr. Q next year....Elementary Chem for the 1st graders and Advanced Chem for 6th and 7th grader. My middle schoolers are quite excited about the cooking labs in advanced chemistry :) Yay for the sale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 When we used it, DD read the text onscreen and printed out the worksheets only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Oh, dang... here is where I come clean and admit that I own a Kobo and all kinds of PDF ripping / converting software, so I could easily read it on-screen. I just adore the feel of reading from a book. Luddite, I know. But y'all are right, of course. Print worksheets as needed, read the "sucked-out" text on-screen. Drat, drat, drat. Dead trees, I sure will miss you! :-((( My dd6 is going through an astronomy obsession right now; I would love to begin this right away! But I am going to sit on it. I did get the Intelligo Astronomy unit study (free from hsbc!), just to tide her over. On the plus side, I just looked and it looks VERY useable and fun. Right up our alley, and only $25 for everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg_puppy Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I will say middle school level. it starts talk about chemicl formula and how the bond form. 1 question for example in ch 14 ask How many grams are there in 2.3 x 1023 atoms of silver? another example q What is the boiling point of a solution containing 46.3 g MgSO4 and 299 g H2O? It is more advanced than I thought would be We are using Mr. Q next year....Elementary Chem for the 1st graders and Advanced Chem for 6th and 7th grader. My middle schoolers are quite excited about the cooking labs in advanced chemistry :) Yay for the sale! Great. I am thinking about the advanced chemistry for my oldest for next year. She will be in 7th grade. I think she will love the labs. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm a big fan of the ESP labs, and the very doable scope and sequence. This really can be used as a spine for older students keeping a large family all together. I really do wish he would publish a more concise, black and white version. The truth is that I just don't do well STUDYING and PLANNING on a computer screen. I like B&W efficiently formatted 8x11 pages spread out all around me on the floor, that I can scribble all over. Bedell and Mr. Q are my favorite curricula, but neither is perfect. I go back and forth with them. Bedell gets done. It just gets done. And done is better than a "better" curriculum that doesn't get done :-0 I've been debating whether to finish buying Mr. Q or to finish buying Bedell. Before I'm done, I'm sure I will own all of both, so I should probably just get the Mr. Q even though I'm in a Bedell phase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Good news: because the fonts are SOooo large and clear, I am able to read the PDF very clearly even on my Kobo, which doesn't usually play nicely with PDFs. It just displays the full page and it's readable, text, graphics, the whole shebang. If anyone's curious, I extracted the "readable" lesson pages of the StudentFullCopy.pdf student book into a separate PDF: 5-12,17-23,27-34,38-44,49-56,60-67,71-77,81-87,93-100,104-111,115-122,127-134,140-147,151-158,164-171,175-182,187-194,198-205,209-218,222-229,235-242,246-253,257-263,268-274,278-286,291-298,302-309,313-321,327-333,337-345,350-357,362-368,374-381,386-392,397-403,408-413 (A bit geeky, but this might be helpful to somebody so they don't have to sit and count pages like I did.) So now I have two PDFs: one with "printable" worksheet/student pages and one with the "readable" science text. I haven't begun to tackle the parent book yet, which looks more complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Ok I feel a little stupid, but I can't find the sale :confused: Is it not on the Mr. Q website? Do I need a code or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Follow this link, then use the coupon code shown. 50% off... I know more than a few people here planned to stock up, but I just bought one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Follow this link, then use the coupon code shown. 50% off... I know more than a few people here planned to stock up, but I just bought one year. Thanks so much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Can this go right on a Kindle Fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I wanted to add that I have been using BrainPop in conjunction with MrQ's science. Doodle is working through both Life and Earth Science this year. I can always find movies that correlate very nicely to our MrQ units. Yesterday we read chapter 31 from Life Science. Today we watched the cell movie on BrainPop and took the quiz afterwards. The attached picture was drawn by Doodle yesterday during our lesson. We love Mr Q! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfside Academy Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Argh! I missed the sale by a day...:confused: I can't believe I forgot about Mr. Q. It looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Argh! I missed the sale by a day...:confused: I can't believe I forgot about Mr. Q. It looks great. If you haven't already done so, download his Life Science. It is free. Hopefully he will have his sale again next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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