serendipitous journey Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm planning RSO Level 2 Biology for next year ... anyone used this? advice? great resources to add? I'll toss things I plan to supplement with &c onto the thread as I figure it out. TIA!! SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES PLAN: Magic of Reality (Dawkins) with app Attenborough's Life DVD series (again! now with N. tagging along) Prehistoric Park DVD (maybe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenDaisies Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Anyone? I'd love to hear as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paceofnature Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Here is a link I found: https://blairleeblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/how-two-homeschooling-moms-used-real-science-odyssey-biology-2-in-their-co-op/ Although it is for a coop, it seems to have a lot of useful links/ideas. I'm hoping to use this in the next year or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 It isn't working for us. We are on chapter 22 and I have decided we will not be finishing this book. Overall, I feel the information is not presented in a way that makes it easy(for us) to comprehend. I needed to find other sources to supplement (mostly online videos) in order for us to understand what was being presented in the book (units 1-3). Once we hit unit 4(anatomy and physiology), I was really disappointed. I have a book we are using for health (body) that I feel explains the same information in a much easier and more succinct way than what is presented in RSO2. I am also not a big fan of experiments and all the lab work. I am sure this program works great for others, it just wasn't a hit with us. I'd gladly pass on the books it they didn't weigh a ton. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upward Journey Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 We're slowly working our way through RSO Bio 2. I really like it, a lot. The reason we're going slowly is because we tend to hang out on topics longer than needed, and add lots of other books from the library. You will need a microscope, and microscopy supplies, to fully implement the program. I should add that my boys are 10 & 13. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutterfish Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Can I bump this up? Hoping that more people will have had a chance to try RSO biology 2 by now. Thinking about using it with a nearly-12 yr old (late reader, short attention span, weak writing skills), who has some interest in science, but isn't a natural 'sponge' for content like her older brothers. She needs something hands-on and incremental. We'd be looking at PDF version. Is the teacher manual essential? It's a lot of money for both! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 We haven't used it yet, but planning for the fall. I have looked over the curriculum and it seems like a solid program. I'm teaching it in a co-op setting for 6tg-8th but letting my own 5th grader join in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Can I bump this up? Hoping that more people will have had a chance to try RSO biology 2 by now. Thinking about using it with a nearly-12 yr old (late reader, short attention span, weak writing skills), who has some interest in science, but isn't a natural 'sponge' for content like her older brothers. She needs something hands-on and incremental. We'd be looking at PDF version. Is the teacher manual essential? It's a lot of money for both! I just saw this ... I plan on starting RSO Biology 2 this week (as in, today!!!) and will try to report back on it. It is wordy and not intuitive-looking at some level, but the information seems very good and my child needs practice in the scutwork of lab reports &c. RE the teacher guide: I think it would be a good idea to download the sample (of both the teacher and student guides) on the Try Before You Buy page. I didn't order it at first, then added it during one of their sales (if you want it be sure to ask folks here when the sales will be, or search for old threads on Pandia Press sales) because as I started to plan, I found that I really wanted schedules and booklists to go with it. As I flip through the books, TM doesn't seem totally essential to do the work. OTOH, it not only has the answers, it has the materials lists, the schedule (3 schedules per lesson actually: 2- 3-, and 5-day versions), little helpful hints and lists of suggested supplementary resources. If you have somebody struggling a bit I think it would be a valuable resource and would help you meet the student on her level/adjust for her. FWIW I believe the materials lists are in the free sample. The scheduling seems to come alongside each lesson and not at the beginning of the book, ditto for the supplemental resources, so you'd have to buy it for that. ETA: my fallback lab-based plan (there's a lit-based one too ;) ) is a version of Miller-Levine and the kit from The Home Scientist to go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagmypts Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Bumping as I would love some insight. I have to admit that I am extremely troubled by this (page 106 of http://www.pandiapress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/RSOBio2SGTBYB.pdf): "It is a FACT that evolution occurs. It is a FACT that the process of evolution is how all species that have ever lived came to be. There are THEORIES about how the process of evolution works."It is commonly referred to as the Theory of Evolution. I do not subscribe to a YE viewpoint, but I also believe that God is the Creator. Calling evolution a fact is just bad science in my opinion, and I am not sure that I can support a company who so vehemently refers to evolution as a fact. It casts a shadow over the rest of the program. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateHW Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Theory of gravity-- fact, theory of plate tectonics--- fact.The word theory has a different meaning in science than it does in common usage. I'd be disappointed in a science curriculum that didn't understand scientific language and definitions. http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/howscienceworks_19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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