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Hello,
Can anyone share information about homeschooling groups (mainly focused on academics) in the Silicon Valley area? I'm looking for a cooperative group where dedicated parents prepare and teach lessons to the group at weekly meetings. Does anything like this exist in that area?
Also, any suggestions on housing areas to seek or avoid on a limited budget?
Thanks!
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Does anyone know if there is a biology resource similar to Georgia Public Broadcasting high school classes for chemistry and physics (http://www.gpb.org/chemistry-physics/students/all)? I used the GPB physics class last year (which includes weekly lectures, homework assignments, and labs) and was really happy with that resource. I'd love to find something similar for biology for my weekly co-op class. Having lectures to view during the week allows me to teach the class flipped, so that our precious weekly meeting time is focused on labs and collaborative experiences. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Dee
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Thanks for your helpful response!
I don't know where to find the Customer Created Deployments. I was hoping someone else had found them! I'll keep you posted if I find them.
Thanks again - looking forward to this curriculum for the fall!
Here's a response I received from a BHP representative. Following the quote is a lesson plan for a two year scienced focused implementation of BHP, courtesy of Amy Hiebel - a teacher.
"We need to remove reference to those docs.
Middle school teachers that were teaching the course over two years generally found that the pace was too slow for their kids. All of the larger deployments moved back to a single year deployment, and adjusted the reading lists. We can reach out to some of these places to start a conversation if that would be helpful.
On the science front, we are about to start work on a more robust plan for science. We plan on starting this work in a month or so. There are a couple of schools that more deeply integrate science, but much of the science work is teacher generated. One of these is a two year middle school deployment. "
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Where did you find the Customer Created Deployments? I'm not seeing that. And I want to! Can you share a link?
Thanks for your helpful response!
I don't know where to find the Customer Created Deployments. I was hoping someone else had found them! I'll keep you posted if I find them.
Thanks again - looking forward to this curriculum for the fall!
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Teacher, definitely. That's where all the teaching resources - assignments, etc. - are.
Can anyone please help me locate the teaching resources that are under the "Customer Created Deployments" listed in the BHP Teaching Guide (and attached to this thread)? I'm particularly interested in the "Middle School" and "Science Integrated" deployments. Thanks so much!
Also, if you've used either of these, can you share how it went?
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We're thinking of doing Big HIstory too, either in 7th or in 9th, not sure which. So I'm interested in ideas for this, too. I was thinking of something like, "books that changed the world" and having the reading be not necessarily the very best literature, but the books that had the biggest impact - maybe created Thresholds like he talks about in BH. Most of the books I can think of are nonfiction, though, or books that may have changed society or culture, but that aren't necessarily that great of a read (I'm reading The Jungle right now, maybe that's why it's on my mind!)
Another thought would be to tie in some of the "classic" science readings to the course, things like Euclid, Aristotle's Physics, copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Boyle, Mendel, Farraday, Einstein, Watson. I know that would be a weird English Lit course, but it might be just the thin for a STEM student.
Anyway, I'll look forward to hearing other people's ideas!
I'm wondering if you completed the Big History Project class yet, and if so, what books did you use? Did you like the course, and was it easy to implement outside reading into the course? I'm planning on using the course for middle and high schoolers (different expectations for both), and am curious how your experience was. Thanks!
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ETA: The teacher materials on the website talk about how to adapt the class to jr. high or to a senior capstone project. It's designed for 9th grade, but officially adaptable to 7th-12th.
Can anyone please direct me to where the teacher materials are that discuss how to adapt the class to jr. high? I'm very interested in this!
I'm also interested in viewing two of the Customer Created Deployments for Big History Project:
- Middle School (simplified or extended version of Big History for younger students)
- Science Integrated (year long course combining history and science)
If you have any info on these, can you please send me links to access lesson plans for those versions of the class?
I'm using this class for a class I teach to a group of homeschoolers - middle and high schoolers combined. I'm hoping it will make sense to do this! Any suggestions?
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Hi all! Justin from Peace Hill Press here. Yes, the Well-Trained Mind Academy is a real thing--we're launching this fall! The www.wtmacademy.com site is a landing page where you can get some preliminary information, and where you can be added to our notification list, to be the first to hear about course offerings, registration, pricing, etc. I'm sure you'll also be hearing about it here on the Forums.
We're pretty stoked about this.
The Academy is also on Facebook now at www.facebook.com/WTMAcademy.
Is there pricing information available already, or is that something we need to wait to hear? Looking forward to the possibilities!
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Hello,
Can anyone suggest a good and engaging online "Art Appreciation" class that would be appropriate for Logic/Rhetoric learners? Ideally, there would be online video "lectures" and other supporting materials. Suggestions?
Thanks!
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Hello,
I'm considering this course for a co-op of middle schoolers.
https://www.coursera.org/course/howthingswork1
Does anyone have any feedback on this course? Is it engaging? Would it work for middle schoolers?
I would like to run the classroom "flipped" - meaning the students watch the videos at home, and we get together and discuss and do labs. Suggestions?
Also, can anyone recommend any resources (labs, quizzes, test, homework) to use with this course?
Thanks!
Dee
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Here is my materials list:
Conceptual Physics, The High School Program, Paul G. Hewitt, 2006
GPB.org Physics video lesson supplements http://www.gpb.org/chemistry-physics/students/physics
The Physics Classroom website http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/
http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/Physics/syllabus/mechanics/linear/linear.html
Safe and Simple Electrical Experiments, Rudolf F. Graf, 1964
Hands-On Physics Activities, James Cunningham and Norman Herr, 1994
I have completed our lesson plans if you'd like me to email them to you....just pm me.
Has anyone completed this course:
GPB.org Physics video lesson supplements http://www.gpb.org/chemistry-physics/students/physics
I'm considering it for 8-9 graders in a co-op I teach. I would run the class "flipped" - having the students watch the videos at home, and going over problems and labs when we meet weekly. I like the looks of the course, but am not sure it is engaging for this age group. Can anyone share experiences - good or bad with this curriculum and experience? Thanks for sharing!
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I'm going to use Hewitt"s CP with my daughter next year. I've been looking at the TOPS units Lori D mentions above and they look great, but would be quite expensive to buy all of them. Are there other options for labs that would be less expensive. I'm so pleased to see the videos, and I've got tests from another kind person on the boards. Not sure about labs though. I haven't bought the book yet, so I don't know if labs are included in the chapters, and how good/doable they are at home. Any lab advice would be greatly appreciated.
Any chance you can share the tests you have? I'd be interested in possibly using these as well. Thanks!
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There are videos by Hewitt: Conceptual Physics Alive: The San Francisco Years Vol. 1 and 2. However they are outrageously expensive.
These videos are now on sale (probably only for a few more days) for $95, which is quite a bit cheaper than usual!
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I don't know if you can stream them in Canada, but the Georgia Public Broadcasting has chemistry and physics videos that create a complete curriculum. I am currently using them with my nine year old as more independent curriculum. And it works incredibly well. You would need to print off the note taking guide and the worksheets for each video lesson. The lessons are 30 minutes long approximately, and cover the basics. Combined with a list do living books it would be a solid curriculum. They include experiments, though we have not done that portion.
The whole thing is free. You might give it a try.
http://www.gpb.org/chemistry-physicsCan you please inform me... what is a "do living book?" Thanks!
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Thanks so much for sharing these!
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Actually, I'd also be interested in learning about Logic level history resources that could be used in a flipped classroom. Thanks!
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Hello,
I run a co-op which meets weekly. I'm looking for a rigorous, high school history curriculum that covers Medieval and Renaissance periods. I would like to run the class flipped, meaning students watch lectures online, and then we have discussions during our weekly meeting. Can anyone recommend any online lectures that would be appropriate for this?
Thanks so much!
Dee
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Both of Elinor's DC are in a local high school now, and I haven't seen her post here in about a year. :(
Here are Hewitt's videos for free -- I don't know if these are just excerpts/just a few videos, or full-length/all videos -- but at least it's a start to see what you think. Maybe these will be enough and you won't need to purchase, especially if you're also able to supplement with some of the videos linked above.
Thanks so much!
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Has anyone purchased the DVDs? Does Hewitt lecture, or mostly show demonstrations?
I'm wondering if the DVDs contain more information than what is available on youtube here:
The DVDs are expensive, and I'd like to know what they provide beyond youtube.
Thanks!
Dee
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Here is my materials list:
Conceptual Physics, The High School Program, Paul G. Hewitt, 2006
GPB.org Physics video lesson supplements http://www.gpb.org/chemistry-physics/students/physics
The Physics Classroom website http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/
http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/Physics/syllabus/mechanics/linear/linear.html
Safe and Simple Electrical Experiments, Rudolf F. Graf, 1964
Hands-On Physics Activities, James Cunningham and Norman Herr, 1994
I have completed our lesson plans if you'd like me to email them to you....just pm me.
Dear Elinor,
I'm teaching physics in the fall, and just saw your post. If you're still willing to share your lesson plans, I'd love to see them. I'm thinking of using Conceptual Physics, too.
Thanks so much!
Dee
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Dear Susan,
I've been using WWE Year two and am very happy with it. I'm looking forward to the workbooks for year 3 & 4. Do you know when those might be available?
Thanks!
Dee
Volume 2 will cover logic stage (5-8) and Volume 3 will cover high school (9-12). No pub schedule yet (sorry!). But you have good options available for logic and rhetoric-stage options--it's the development of those basic writing skills that I find REALLY lacking in writing programs.Yes, the books expand on the writing CD, giving much more detailed year-by-year breakdowns of what skills to teach when and how.
The writing book needs a grammar program to go along w/it, but you wouldn't do the R&S writing (or any other writing program) along with it.
HTH
homeschooling in Silicon Valley
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Thanks for the info! I have kids currently in 10th grade, 7 grade, and 5th grade, if that makes a difference in what you recommend. Thanks!