I'm sorry, I hope I'm not being annoying...but this site occurred to me, too: http://www.physicscentral.org/ There's a bonanza of great things there--physics comic books, tons of experiments, pictures, podcasts, neat stuff.

A couple of ideas--not sure they'll work, but maybe worth a look?-- -Bite-Size Physics; I haven't used it, though the samples look a little light on the math for him, I think, but definitely has that gifted 10 year-old boy vibe, lots of experiments, lots of videos, online classes available. http://www.bitesizephysics.com/index.html -some of the TOPS modules, maybe? We've used a few of these, and the amount of reading and writing is fairly limited. There's a good amount of math in the physics-related ones; there are cute little cartoon guys wandering around every page, and the science is well done.... http://topscience.org/ -NASA has "space math" lessons available online (I think it was from Arcadia I first learned of these). http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/books.html and http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/media.html -maybe some trade books? Here are a couple from my bookmarks, but I haven't seen them for real: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0471569615/ref=rdr_ext_sb_ti_sims_1#_ (Mad About Physics: Braintwisters, Paradoxes, and Curiosities, Jargodzki & Potter) http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Physics-Understandable-Practical-Reality/dp/0935218084/ref=pd_sim_b_2 (Lewis Carroll Epstein--love the name!, Thinking Physics: Understanding Practical Reality) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0471762733/ref=rdr_ext_sb_ti_hist_3#_ (Jearl Walker, The Flying Circus of Physics) Hope something there will work... ETA a couple more ideas: Laura Corin used Teaching Physics with Toys, I think; it might be worth asking her more about that one--it sounded interesting. I enjoyed James Kakalios's Physics of Superheroes http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=kakalios%20physics ; it's text-heavy, but maybe a good read-aloud? The NSTA recommends various resources in several formats; this list might be worth a look? http://www.nsta.org/recommends/SearchResults.aspx?title=physics&author=&grade=(5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12)&format=&review=&sciencetrade=no&recentreview=no Some of the Zome kits are oriented toward chemistry or physics: http://zometool.com/products/categories/section/project-kits ETA again because I am Queen of the Afterthought: how about some of the GEMS guides? http://lhsgems.org/gemsguidestopic.html#Physics Horrible Science? http://www.horrible-science.co.uk/

There are the Mathematical Quilts and More Mathematical Quilts books; here's one: http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Quilts-Required-Blackline-Activity/dp/155953317X And here's the other: http://www.amazon.com/More-Mathematical-Quilts-Sewing-Required/dp/1559533749/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384636494&sr=1-2 Does she crochet? This looks fun (somebody here suggested this once, but I can't remember who--or I'd give credit where it was due!): http://hyperbolic-crochet.blogspot.ca/ Patty Paper Geometry is really good, too: http://www.amazon.ca/Patty-Paper-Geometry-Michael-Serra/dp/1559530723 There are some nifty books here: http://www.tarquingroup.com/tabs/books.php?main=Books&sub=Geometry And books, puzzles, toys, etc., here: http://mathartfun.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/index.html Hope something there might be fun!

What about this: http://www.amazon.com/Problem-Solving-Through-Recreational-Mathematics/dp/0486409171 ?

Catherine, I wonder if he would enjoy some recreational math books? I'm thinking of things like Martin Gardner's collections of puzzles. It's a similar sort of problem solving, I would say, but with the added advantage of humour and/or whimsy, and the further advantage of having no grade level marked on the front cover. Just a thought...

Just a book suggestion...has she read Carol Deppe's book on developing one's own vegetable varieties? It's great (though you don't share a climate--but maybe there would be some information of interest there in any case). http://www.caroldeppe.com/byovv.html

I completely agree! We like math books by mathematicians around here, and language books by linguists. We have found these useful so far: David Crystal's Discover Grammar, Linda Thomas's Beginning Syntax, and the Routledge Language Workbooks (we've used Phonetics and Morphology so far, and have Language Change on deck; there are many other titles in the series as well).

For more on medicinal plants (and other uses of plants by indigenous populations), one could look at some ethnobotany resources. Here's an online course, for instance: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci_online/courses/introduction-to-ethnobotany/winter-2014 . It looks from a quick google around as though searching for ethnobotany will turn up all sorts of resources if that is of any interest.

Dear marbel, I have no idea how American high school credits work, but can't resist one book recommendation. Does she like gardening at all? Here's my favourite gardening book (really also a science book, and written by someone with a Harvard PhD in biology, no less!): http://www.caroldeppe.com/byovv.html It's a fascinating exploration of plant breeding--and you can eat the results of your experiments! Hope that helps! ES PS: Someone I know has two botany degrees--she had to take at least one course on medicinal plants for her first degree, so there must be some good university-level textbooks on that subject out there.

Dear ezrabean, Here are some ideas: -Math: Strayer-Upton Brown (covers grades 5 and 6) ($15 at Rainbow Resource) -Literature: Harold Bloom, Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children ($13 on Amazon). Use this for literature, vocabulary, to generate your own spelling lists, for copywork, narration, dictation, etc...... -Foreign Language: Getting Started with Latin (or Getting Started with Spanish) ($20 on Amazon); you could also look at Latin for Dummies (sorry, hate the name! for $15). Use this also for grammar. -Then you could buy a nature guide (trees, birds, wildflowers, fish, insects, whatever) to your own area, and call that good for science with nature notebooks, sketching, rock collection, leaf collection, observing when trees bud out, when birds begin to fly, keeping track of the weather, etc. I'm assuming even a not-great library would have a decent dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia, other reference books you could use. For social studies, could your child interview some elderly people, perhaps, and do an oral history project? Or do you have local museums, historic sites and so on? I think sometimes less is more, and that a perfectly fantastic learning year can be had without too much stuff. You can do it! Good luck to you, my dear-- ES

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