Are the follow up levels of Science In the Beginning well-liked?

[PeterPan]

It seems like people are really gung ho about Science in the Beginning, but what is people's take on the rest of the levels?

 

I'm just wondering, because I'm thinking about joining in the bandwagon here. Wondering if it could be a long-term solution for us or if the flavor or difficulty shifts abruptly among levels rather than gradually.

 

We'd be starting for rising 3rd, a 9yo, if it matters.

Edited August 13, 2017 by OhElizabeth

[Taffy]

I'm not too far along in the series, but I hope this information helps a little.  We finished Science in the Beginning and we're about a third of the way through Science in the Ancient World.  I have a rising 3rd, 5th and 6th - all boys.   We haven't noticed an increase in difficulty - in terms of language, content, questions, experiments.  My kids can usually answer the chapter questions with little problems, and occasional prompts from me. In our history lessons, we just finished the Renaissance, so our history studies are not aligned with the Ancients book.  However, I've found the Ancients book to be a nice review of the philosophers/mathematicians who we've previously read about in our history studies. 

 

 

So far so good.  I'm intending to finish this series of books.

 

 

[LindaOz]

My 7th grade boy is working through Science in the Ancient World and enjoying it. The lessons are a good length and he enjoys the practical component. I'm happy with it :) .

[2_girls_mommy]

Last year my then 7th grader did the Science in the Age of Reason with a co-op class. It was very refreshing after years of Apologia. It was a bit lighter of a year for her in terms of reading and output, which was nice. But it had tons of experiments which she notebooked ala WTM on top of the chapter questions.  It is aimed at up to 6th grade, but was a good fit for what we needed for the year. 

 

It was nice to read about different types of science all at once and that it includes and is actually centered around the scientists themselves. It was a big hit for me, and we haven't done the earlier ones in the series. 

[wehave8]

It seems like people are really gung ho about Science in the Beginning, but what is people's take on the rest of the levels?

 

I'm just wondering, because I'm thinking about joining in the bandwagon here. Wondering if it could be a long-term solution for us or if the flavor or difficulty shifts abruptly among levels rather than gradually.

 

We'd be starting for rising 3rd, a 9yo, if it matters.

We did the first book.  Didn't care for the second.  That's where we ended.  :)

Ours were right about where yours is in age.

Our boys just thought the second book was boring.  They are not textbooky at all when it comes to science.  Maybe it was that reason and not the book's fault.

 

Pam

[Momto6inIN]

I loved SitB but didn't click with the rest if the series. It's well done and the experiments we're good and it's a solid program, but it turns out we just prefer to do science organized by topic, not historical time period.

 

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[wehave8]

I loved SitB but didn't click with the rest if the series. It's well done and the experiments we're good and it's a solid program, but it turns out we just prefer to do science organized by topic, not historical time period.

 

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That was it!

The historical time period is what we didn't care for.

 

Pam

[SoCal_Bear]

I skipped SIB because we wanted a science by time period. This is why we like it so much. I'm on my third year of teaching it at my co-op: the 4th book of the series is Science in the Age of Reason. I really like the context of history, geography, culture and theology/church history in there alongside the science. 

Edited August 16, 2017 by calbear