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    Looking for resources on ancient Greek/Roman diorama project

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    I'm planning to do a hands on art history project with 10th graders soon, and would like to know if anyone has suggestions, resources, pictures or whatever for creating dioramas on ancient Greek/Roman architecture.

     

    Has anyone done this before?

     

    Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have to offer.

     

    :bigear:

     

    Blessings,

    Lucinda

     

    :bigear:

    This sounds like an interesting idea. I hope you get some good ideas so I can steal them. ;)

     

    What we plan to do four our end of the year project is use the molds I found on the Internet to make Roman Arches out of plaster.

    RhondaM.

    WWS in high school question

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    I cannot decide how I want to do it.

     

    I'm thinking of having him do day 1 & 2 on Monday, day 3 on Tuesday, day 4 on Wednesday, leaving Thursday and Friday to apply what he has learned to a chapter in other subjects ( history, science, literature.)

     

    But moving through the book at a faster pace sounds good too.

     

    Decisions, decisions.

     

    I know one thing, I wish it had been available when my son was younger. This has all the hand holding that I have been looking for!

     

    Thank you SWB! You ROCK!

     

    RhondaM.

    Passionate, hyper focused DC who throws himself on the floor

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    We used to lovingly call my youngest son our temperamental artist. He loved to draw, had a talent for it, but was ever frustrated (to say the least) for not being able to draw exactly what he wanted.

     

    When he Would have a melt down over it, and over many irritations I used to send him to take a bath in my big tub. He would fill up the tub, chill out and the world would be right again. Until the next time.

     

    Not suggesting you send your dc to the bath. I'm just remembering going through it myself. You are not alone.

     

    RhondaM.

    Biology Lab Notebook contents???

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Exactly what information do you put in your lab notebook?

     

    Do you write the whole experiment out?

    Do you just write what happened during the experiment?

    Do you have your student write pre-lab information and then have them fill in what they observed, and how it went? Plus include any illustrations if needed.

     

    We are part of a co-op that meets for 1 hour a week, to do the labs. So we would like to stream line out time spent, to the actual time spent doing the experiments.

     

    Thanks

     

    :bigear:

    Mr. Q's Advanced Chemistry too advanced for my dd?

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    My kid's in Algebra 1 and having trouble with it. To be honest, it's a LOT of math. There are conversions and scientific notation together in chapter 3 and each chapter requires the student to think carefully about what is being asked and then doing the work. It's tough. My kid worked on chapter 4 for a good two hours yesterday.

     

    I wouldn't say rule it out entirely, but know that you may get in over her head if it's not a good fit for this year.

     

    Thanks so much. I think we will wait until she has a bit more math.

    RhondaM.

    Mr. Q's Advanced Chemistry too advanced for my dd?

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    My dd is almost 12 but working a year behind in math (CLE 5). (she does not struggle in math, she made an A last year in CL4 doing the work almost independently. I was there for her, but she just didn't need my help much. We got behind a couple of years back due to my breast cancer and various other health issues.)

     

    Would she be able to do this science program? She loves to cook and I think she would enjoy the style of his book as well.

     

    Thanks,

    RhondaM.

    Illustrated Guide to Home Bio Experiments and ??

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    Why does your 6th grader have to do labs? Can't she just observe her older brother? I guess I don't really do a ton of labs until middle school, or even really high school, when they can actually understand what they are seeing and doing. I use the earlier years to build a general base of scientific knowledge, but not trying to do formal labs. Is she really advanced in science?

     

    No, she is not. And observing is what I had mostly intended.

    So many people seem to do so much science in the early years that I feel like I've been neglecting an important subject by just reading about science.

    And I know that she would enjoy doing some experiments.

    RhondaM.

    If you have used the TC lectures to supplement a Great Books study...

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    We did the Illiad over the summer. We listened to the lecture first and then read. I purchased the book on audio cd's (which are abridged but not like a normal abridgement. Whole books were left out so we read those books separately then followed along with the CD with the sections it covered). Now we are doing the Odyssey the same way except the audio book is not abridged. I really wanted my kids to love this time and when we tried to read it aloud together we just couldn't get into a groove with it. But we are all enjoying the auio book. I don't usually use audio books. I love the teaching Company lectures! It's made the study so rich.

     

    This is exactly what we intend to do. Listen to the lecture then read along with the book while listening to the audio. We start Monday with the Iliad and we are both looking foreword to it.

     

    RhondaM.

    Illustrated Guide to Home Bio Experiments and ??

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    I'm using IGHBE with the boys in the high school biology class I teach. I also teach a jr. high life science class, but we use BJU Life Science for that, and we just do the labs associated with that. IGHBE is laid out really well and gives clear explanations. I really like it! I don't see why a jr. higher couldn't use it, except that they probably won't understand quite fully all the concepts about each lab, unless they are pretty advanced in biology. But they could probably follow the instructions and do the labs.

     

    I agree with the previous poster though--what will you do when you hit high school and need a high school level lab course? I would just have the 6th grader observe, I think, but not really "do" the labs. Save it for high school, when they will understand and appreciate the actual science more!

     

    Good point about saving it for high school. Thanks to both of you for pointing that out. But now I am back to square one. And I really don't have time to do two different sets of science labs. Not sure what I'm going to do. I could really use some suggestions.

     

    Thanks,

    RhondaM.

    Please help me pull curriculum together!

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    We've gotten off to a late start. My 11 year old wanted to go to public school this year so bad so I enrolled her. She hated it, as I expected she would, so after two weeks I pulled her right back out. So I'm quickly trying to pull together everything for the year.

     

    I'm short on time, money and patience! :tongue_smilie:

     

    I'm trying to find something that I already own for a history spine (ancients) and all I can come up with is Spielvogel's Human Odyssey. I know that this is a high school text but is there any reason I should not use this with a good reader. I even own the teacher's edition. I'd be adding in lots of good literature to go along. I'm not trying to push her into a high school text, but it just does not look too difficult for her.

     

    Next is science. It needs to be easy to use or it will NOT get done.*

    I like the idea of using Holt Science and Technology Life Science, (anyone care to review it?) but I am not sure what all I would need to go with it. (I'm using the Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments with my 10th grader, not sure she could join us or not for those labs, though the web site says it is for middle and high school)

     

    Can someone help please??

     

    Thanks in advance

    Just need to vent!

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I am mostly a lurker these days, but I just need to vent.

     

    We have just gotten into the swing of school this year. We worked hard all week so that today and tomorrow could be spent on science review, labs, math work and some writing. It was working out perfect! First thing this morning my 10th grader broke his glasses!!!! He can't see well enough to do much of anything! :banghead::banghead: it's just one thing after another!

    RhondaM.

    Illustrated Guide to Home Bio Experiments and ??

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    This year my 10th grader is doing the Miller/Levine Biology text along with The Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments. The Illustrated Guide is supposed to be suited to Middle Grade students as well (according to their web site.) I'd love to be able to use this lab book with my 6th grader as well.

     

    So..

     

    1. Is anyone else using this lab book for middle school? If so, IS it suitable for this age level?

     

    And

     

    2. Do you think I could line up Elemental Science to go along with it? If not, any suggestions for something (that is inexpensive) that WOULD go along with it?

     

    Thanks,

    RhondaM.

    Rime of the Ancient Mariner - what grade?

    in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges

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    Sorry for the late response. This is the edition we have.

     

    When my son was in 5th grade he discovered this poem and fell in love with it. We never studied it though, and I am sure most of it went right over his head. A couple of years later I found the book that you have linked. It is on his desk right now (he is in 10th now). I guess we should actually study it at some point.

     

    RhondaM.

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