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I noticed that these 2 programs both cover physics and chemistry. From what I've read, they are both heavy on hands-on and light on text. Has anyone used both of these programs that could comment on these two?
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Ds12 is just finishing Chapter 8 of Math Mammoth 5B. He did the review today in preparation for the test tomorrow...and he got at least something wrong in almost every single question. For example, he didn't remember the formula for the area of a parallelogram (even though we had watched online videos about that in addition to the lesson), he didn't remember what surface area was at all (he answered with the area of a single face instead of all the faces together), he got the area of triangles wrong (despite being able to tell me the formula when I asked him), etc...
I know Math Mammoth is a mastery-type curriculum. Do you think he might benefit more from a spiral-type approach? We had used Saxon many years ago, and I'm thinking of switching back. Or maybe trying something like Teaching Textbooks or Math U See?
Any advice or recommendations?
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Can the Hive provide suggestions and/or links to lists of good science documentaries for middle school kids?
Thanks!
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I used Sonlight Science F with ds12 this year, and he really enjoyed it. It covers anatomy, nutrition, genetics, survival skills, and medicine. His favorite books was "Genes & DNA" and least favorite was "Food and Nutrition."
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We are taking a history break next year as well. Dd (7th grade) finished her 4 year rotation this year. We are focusing on geography. I'm still waffling on books/curriculum (BJU cultural, Runkles, Paradigm World). We will also add literature, music, art from the regions. I'm getting excited about it! We've already selected several literature books, I have quite a few atlases, and I have some art studies and music. But, I really need to chose a curriculum or book as the spine.
This sounds great too. I've never been good at pulling together all my own resources, so I really admire you for doing this.
Why not do gov't/elections? With an election coming up and all.I had thought of doing a civics/government year, but I have not seen any age-appropriate curricula that appeal to us. Do you have any recommendations?
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Thanks for the links! I will check them out. I'm also thinking of doing Hakim's Story of Science as history.
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As I understand it, both of these programs are interactive and computer-based (or at least have components which are). Can anyone give a more detailed comparison? This would be for middle school level.
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WOW! I wonder if this is just for schools or are what the hs package includes also. I LOVE the list of leveled readers you can just pull up as a pdf. I find it odd it lets you in without a password though.
I'm not seeing the leveled readers y'all are talking about. I'm looking at grades 6-8. Are these only in 1-5?
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Well I do think it could be appealing to some kids because it is on the computer. My fear would be that my son wouldn't actually read it, but skim it. I too tend to skim things on the computer (but not so much in a book).
From the sample I looked at, the student goes through the interactive presentation on the computer, and then there are slides at the end where you have to click on the answers to questions. If the student has skimmed, they won't get these right. And the presentation covers the information again for wrong answers.
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I bought PDF Expert for writing on PDFs, it's more expensive but it works great for us :).
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The Sinking of Titanic
A massive iceberg was noticed, and the first officer commanded the vessel turned to port. However, the ship collided with the iceberg at 11:41 p.m., 37 seconds after notification. The jagged edge of the berg cut the right side of the ship.
Not long after, the captain realized the ship was sinking. Ship builder Thomas Andrews informed the captain the ship would go down in one and a half hours. Captain Smith said, "Give the command for all passengers to be on deck with life-belts on." Unfortunately the lifeboats could only carry half the passengers on the boat. The second officer asked, "Hadn't we better get the women and children into the boats, sir?" The lifeboats were filled with women and children at 12:25 a.m., and the first ones were launched at 1:10 a.m. Many people didn't want to get into the lifeboats. They said, "It is only a matter of waiting until another ship comes to pick us up." As a result, at first the lifeboats were only one-fourth full; later they were overloaded. The last lifeboat was launched at 2:05 a.m. The captain went down with the ship but told the officers to save themselves.
Rescue arrived at 4:10 a.m. Only 711 of the 2222 people were saved in lifeboats. The Carpathia picked passengers up until 8:55 a.m. and then set out for New York. Five people died on board, and the survivors reached New York on April 18.
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Ds12 will complete the 4-year history cycle this year, and we would like to take a 'history hiatus' next year before restarting the cycle. Of course, the problem is that all the programs we have used and love such as SL and TOG are heavily history-based. I was considering doing something like SL Core F, which is still history based but, being focused on the Eastern Hemisphere, is somewhat out of the traditional history cycle. The only thing is that ds and I are not into missionary books, and I have not yet researched how much of the core would be left if we were to cut those out.
Does anyone have suggestions about non-history-based curricula?
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:bigear: This is what I want to do too.
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What I did was scan the workbook page and save it as a PDF file on my computer. Then, having Dropbox installed on both the iPad and the computer, I would put that saved filed into Dropbox. Then I would open Dropbox on the iPad and, voila, there's the workbook page. Now in order to actually complete the page on the iPad, you need to have an app such as PDFexpert, which is the one we use. I believe iAnnotate could also be used, but I have no experience with that one. When you click on the workbook page in Dropbox, you have an option to open the file in certain programs. I select PDFexpert, and then my son can mark it up to his heart's content. He fills in the blanks using his stylus and emails the completed page back to me so I can check it. This works great for us because my son is often overseas with his dad for extended periods of time, but if he was at home I wouldn't think the effort of scanning, etc., would be worth it...unless the workbook was downloadable from the publisher in PDF format, such as Math Mammoth.
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The TWSS is for you to learn the program and how to teach. The kids don't watch the TWSS.
With the kids, start with the SWI. Have them watch the first lesson on the DVD. Make sure to follow the schedule included with the SWI to know where to stop the DVD and which handouts to use for that lesson. Then follow along with the schedule to complete the lessons associated with the lecture the kids just watched.
Does that make sense?
:iagree:This exactly.
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I used TOG at one point for UG level but decided that the things I liked best about the curriculum would be best left until a later level. We went back to Sonlight. This year, I'm using TOG again at dialectic level, and we are so much more successful and not so overwhelmed with the program at this level. We are using Y2, but since we just studied American History for the past 2 yrs, we are only doing TOG Y2U1 and U2, maybe bits of U3. Therefore, the pace is more relaxed, and I don't feel pressured to skip things that I want to cover just to keep up. Also, compared to the first time we used TOG, my son is a much better reader and has no problem reading everything on the primary charts as well as additional literature and worldview selections from the secondary charts. So, basically, TOG is working great for us at dialectic level but was overkill and just plain overwhelming at lower levels.
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If you happen to have an iPad, you don't even have to print Math Mammoth at all. My son opens MM in PDFexpert and completes the work directly on the screen using a stylus.
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We use the iPad with KISS Grammar and Math Mammoth, completing the pages directly on the screen using the stylus. LOVE IT!
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Thank you, everyone, for the great suggestions!:001_smile:
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Does anyone know of something like KnowledgeQuest's Wonders of Old: Medieval Timeline app for iPad....only interactive whereby we could add our own events?? Does this exist??
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No. You don't have to do anything and are the best judge of whether or not your son even needs to continue in the subject. It's not as if, after grasping the foundational concepts, he needs to study grammar as an isolated subject for the remainder of his K-12 education. Grammar is a means to an end, not an end in and of itself. As for something fun & light, let him peruse Nitty Gritty Grammar (and More Nitty Gritty Grammar) at his leisure.
You're right of course, and I realize this. I guess this thread could also be titled "How Much Grammar Is Enough" :tongue_smilie: Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check them out.
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For the past few years, I have been using Rod & Staff for grammar (we use something else for the writing component). Ds12 made it about halfway through R&S 6 before we stopped for the summer. The thing is...I'm just dreading picking it back up again. It's a very good program, very thorough. I think we're just burned out on it and need a change. Have any of you just skipped doing grammar for a year at this age?? Or do you have any suggestions for something fun and light for this year before picking back up and doing R&S 6 again next year? Or this a bad idea?
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I'm rethinking Science for this year because I can't find a traditional curriculum that suits me. Does anyone have suggestions for online middle-school science curricula? I'd like something that's meaty enough that it could be used as a stand-alone curriculum without much supplementing. I like the looks of Adaptive Curriculum, but I can't find a lot of information about how it's used in a homeschool setting, if there's a curriculum to follow, etc...
So, please share any suggestions you might have for ds12.
Thank you!
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How do you use KISS grammar?
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We also do the lessons on the iPad. For most of the year we did one exercise most days. Now we are doing about 5 min of Kiss on Monday thru Thurs, which seems to be about half a lesson, and a Grammarlogues lesson on Friday. My son has learned so much from this program. I can't say enough good things!