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The 2nd edition doesn't have too many changes. There are two new lessons (adaptations and survival, and energy and force). There's more information in the front of the book for how to implement. And then he added information on how the lessons meet the Next Generation Science Standards. If someone wanted the two new lessons, they could probably do it by just buying the PDF version rather than a whole new hardcopy.

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All I have is the pdf versions that I bought awhile back. I'm thinking maybe of buying the Kindle version of Book 1, as I'd always have that with me on my phone. There isn't a lot of comprehensive science that displays nicely on a phablet. 

 

Does anyone know if book 2 will be updated soon? I don't want to buy KIndle version of books that are due to be updated in the very near future.

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I haven't heard anything about him working on a new edition of volume 2. He is planning on eventually expanding the new website to include volumes 2 and 3.

 

 

As for BFSU/SOW together, I don't use the science portion of SOW--I'm pretty much just doing Bible/LA. I stretch out the SOW weeks to be as long as we need to get the Bible reading done. So the weeks where lengthy portions of scripture are scheduled, we read and narrate a few chapters a day until we get the reading done before doing the LA portion.

 

For BFSU I do about a lesson a week. I've done about 2/3 of book 1 with my older, but I've put that on hold because I wanted to do BFSU with my younger and didn't want to be doing two lessons a week from it (one for each child). So he's doing general overview of topics using a science encyclopedia and library books. My younger one doesn't like the discussion based science that BFSU winds up being, so I only do a lesson with her if I can find library books to go with it.

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I haven't heard anything about him working on a new edition of volume 2. He is planning on eventually expanding the new website to include volumes 2 and 3.

 

 

As for BFSU/SOW together, I don't use the science portion of SOW--I'm pretty much just doing Bible/LA. I stretch out the SOW weeks to be as long as we need to get the Bible reading done. So the weeks where lengthy portions of scripture are scheduled, we read and narrate a few chapters a day until we get the reading done before doing the LA portion.

 

For BFSU I do about a lesson a week. I've done about 2/3 of book 1 with my older, but I've put that on hold because I wanted to do BFSU with my younger and didn't want to be doing two lessons a week from it (one for each child). So he's doing general overview of topics using a science encyclopedia and library books. My younger one doesn't like the discussion based science that BFSU winds up being, so I only do a lesson with her if I can find library books to go with it.

 

Thank you!!! You gave me lots to think about.

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All I have is the pdf versions that I bought awhile back. I'm thinking maybe of buying the Kindle version of Book 1, as I'd always have that with me on my phone. There isn't a lot of comprehensive science that displays nicely on a phablet.

 

Does anyone know if book 2 will be updated soon? I don't want to buy KIndle version of books that are due to be updated in the very near future.

I know this thread is a little old, but just wanted to let you know the second edition of book 2 should be out in September of this year. He has posted this recently in the yahoo group.

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I have in my hands a copy of the 1st ed. of BFSU vol. 1. It was tricky for me to figure out how to actually do it, but then I saw the kindle previews of the 2nd edition (came out in 2014).

 

Here are the differences I'm noticing in the updated version:

 

  • Revised intro chapters on how to implement
  • An extra 100 pages throughout
  • An appendix with 5 topics. Most of interest to me is seeing how he approaches nature study (appendix 4)
  • 2 added lessons to fit with science standards (irrelevant to most of us), which are  B-5A, "Adaptations and Survival" and C-3A, "Energy and Force."
  • Page headers that reflect the lesson you're on. Makes flipping through the physical book easier.
  • Updates to the book suggestions at the end of each lesson
  • All lessons include "minor" revisions (according to the author on the Yahoo Group thread, but in my opinion this is seriously understated based on what I'm seeing in the Kindle preview sample.

The revisions make the lessons more to the point and simpler for the parent to read it, extract the ideas, and translate it into a discussion.

 

In the "baloney detection kit" in the 1st ed., this paragraph following a description of the belief that evil spirits caused disease in the 1800s gave many readers pause (myself included):

"We certainly do not fully or even partially understand the causes of all events or phenomena. Still, the belief in rational causes is more responsible for the advancement in understanding than any other single idea. It invites us to carry on systematic investigations until we find the cause. The very fact that investigations are continually unveiling increased understanding gives validity to the concept itself. On the other hand, beliefs in supernatural causes haven not yielded any such increase in understanding. Therefore, beliefs in the supernatural are uniformly without merit." (p. 33. Emphasis mine)

 

In the second edition, we see a revision to that section:

 

The first paragraph under 2. Every effect has a rational cause" is essentially the same, but concludes as:

 

"...In summary, the assumption that every event has a rational cause underlies all science and scientific investigation." (p. 23, 2nd ed.)

 

When I flip to the lesson content to do a side-by-side comparison, it appears some areas were rewritten for clarity and ease of use. Parts of lesson A/B1 and lesson A2 are available for kindle preview in the 2nd ed. I haven't done a word-for-word comparison, but my overall impression is the second edition is more clear and user-friendly. I plan to buy a physical copy so I can highlight and add notes in the margins.

 

Has anyone else compared the editions? Are there BFSU users out there who are using the 2nd edition and still running into problems those with the 1st ed. had (lots of prep time, for one)?
 

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