astrid Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 What are your favorites for middle school / 8th grade? Thanks! astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 We did Ellen McHenry's 2 Chemistry programs for 8th grade. Ds liked them, but didn't do much of the hands on stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyW Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 We're using CPO Life Science for logic stage Biology. If we like it, we'll do other CPO science texts for the other sciences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) Supercharged Science (physical science and, in September, Biology) http://www.sciencelearningspace.com/ Exploration Education http://www.explorationeducation.com/ Oak Meadow http://www.oakmeadow.com/curriculum/k-8.php Isn't R.E.A.L. Science http://www.pandiapress.com/real_science.htm and NEO secular http://www.noeoscience.com/? Edited July 21, 2010 by lisabees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoife Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 RSO is secular but it isn't out yet for the older grades. However NOEO I would not consider secular. I recently bought and returned it for the specific reasoning that it was definitely not secular after reading it. I am just not one for having anything religious added into other subjects and like to do my religious teaching on it's own and in our own way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 We're trying Singapore's My Pals are Here 3/4 and Singapore's Interactive Science for Inquiring Minds. One thing that appeals to me is that the Singapore programs seem to have a really good focus on skills as well as content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I really like the Oak Meadow materials for sciences. It's rigorous, but not textbooky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 RSO is secular but it isn't out yet for the older grades. However NOEO I would not consider secular. I recently bought and returned it for the specific reasoning that it was definitely not secular after reading it. I am just not one for having anything religious added into other subjects and like to do my religious teaching on it's own and in our own way. Thanks for the heads up. I only used the first three on my list. I thought of some more. I don't know if anyone has any reviews of them though. Connect the Thoughts, Simple Schooling, Plato Science (usually available thru homeschool buyer's co-op). http://www.connectthethoughts.net/upper--science.php http://www.thesimplehomeschool.com/products/project/default/min1-products/min2-Interactive-Middle-School-Physics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 RSO is secular but it isn't out yet for the older grades. However NOEO I would not consider secular. I recently bought and returned it for the specific reasoning that it was definitely not secular after reading it. I am just not one for having anything religious added into other subjects and like to do my religious teaching on it's own and in our own way. Do you have a specific example from Noeo? I have used all of their level 1 courses and the content is secular. It is all from non-religious books. The course materials just tell you what to read--they don't espouse any kind of opinion about the materials. They have a statement about their company philosophy that is definitely not secular, but I have not encountered any materials that are religious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) RSO is secular but it isn't out yet for the older grades. However NOEO I would not consider secular. I recently bought and returned it for the specific reasoning that it was definitely not secular after reading it. I am just not one for having anything religious added into other subjects and like to do my religious teaching on it's own and in our own way.FWIW, the only religious content in NOEO is in the introduction. The materials used are all secular. However, the introduction is enough to put some people, like yourself, off it completely, and I respect that. There was a huge thread on this last year. Is Noeo Science secular? And here's a post from that thread with a copy of an email sent to me by the author in response to my asking whether evolution is explicitly covered (as opposed to their being unreferenced sections in the books used). I wouldn't use a program that doesn't at least touch on the evolution by the middle grades. NOEO covers evolution is briefly in Biology II. There are numerous "Old Earth" references and no "Young Earth" ones. Edited July 21, 2010 by nmoira jumblies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 We used Science Explorer, TOPS, and Exploration Education for 6th-7th-8th. Secular Science is the bane of my existence. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 There's another thread about Galore Park science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 We used Science Explorer, TOPS, and Exploration Education for 6th-7th-8th. Secular Science is the bane of my existence. :tongue_smilie: Secular history is mine! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I have been looking at this, Merlin Science I know that the Alchemy(Chemistry) offers the first part of the program for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoife Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I believe it was the introduction that put me off immediately. Dh looked it over a bit too and didn't like it either and wasn't really comfortable with it. That being said the book selections are good and we own all those and plan to use them separately. However when we got RSO and read through it we fell in love right away so that is our game plan for now at least :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Secular history is mine! :lol: Secular history has only been a bane since we finished SOTW. :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisperry Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I'm keeping my eyes on this one: http://classicaleducationresources.com/main.sc I haven't used this but the sample looks interesting: http://www.thesimplehomeschool.com/science-courses/ms-physics We are going to use Math and the Cosmos this year: http://www.wildridge.com/mc_overview.html main website http://www.tip.duke.edu/independent_learning/science/math_cosmos.html Duke Tip has a much better sample and overview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 We've used Prentice Hall Science Explorer and K12. Both were good, although I'm still looking for something better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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