EKS Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Does anyone have experience with both CPO and Science Explorer? Could you tell me how the two compare? I'm considering these for life science next year. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sunshine State Sue Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I don't have experience with both - only Science Explorer. One difference that is noted regularly is that SE is very busy visually and CPO is not. I really disliked that about SE, but learned to deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I own both, but really prefer CPO. I used parts of some of the SE books the year before we started with CPO. I didn't like the visual clutter of SE, and I also like that CPO was written by scientists, not anonymous textbook editors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula in PA Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I agree about the visual aspects of Science Explorer. I own all but one of the SE earth science books and CPO Earth. I let my dd go through and pick which one she liked better. She chose CPO because she felt SE was far too busy/distracting and loved the uncluttered pages of CPO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 CPO stands for what? I've been thinking of Science Explorer and am following threads on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 CPO stands for what? Cambridge Physics Outlet. The company was founded (and its first books written by) a scientist from MIT (in Cambridge), and the first books they wrote were on Physics (and all of their high school books still are). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Cambridge Physics Outlet. The company was founded (and its first books written by) a scientist from MIT (in Cambridge), and the first books they wrote were on Physics (and all of their high school books still are). Thanks! Here's their site for other lurkers :) (Yet more to add to my list for investigation...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 If you use CPO, what do you order? Can you get by with just the student set (text and investigations manual)? Can you do some of the investigations without all of the classroom equipment? Does the interactive DVD add much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 If you use CPO, what do you order? Can you get by with just the student set (text and investigations manual)? Can you do some of the investigations without all of the classroom equipment? Does the interactive DVD add much? This, and is there a place to order online, or do you have to call them? Thanks to everyone so far! I appreciate your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 This, and is there a place to order online, or do you have to call them? Thanks to everyone so far! I appreciate your input. I've always ordered "used" from Amazon or Ebay. My "used" books almost all came still shrink-wrapped (including the Investigations Manual), or like new. I'll admit I ordered the California Editions because they were easier to find cheaply used. I think I like the "regular" editions a bit better (it's mostly the same, but stuff has been moved around - the biggest difference I see is in the Earth Science), but not better enough to pass up getting the Earth Science text plus lab book for $12. :tongue_smilie: I've been getting by fine with the Text plus lab book. If you get the "regular" books rather than the California Editions, the labs are all availabe to print out free off of their website (I use some of them even with the CE). There are also lots of "Skill Sheets" - biographies, diagrams to fill in, extra math work that relates to the topic - free on the website. I like to have the TE because it has all the answers to the Assessments and lab questions. It also has other useful stuff - links, suggested readings, teaching tips - that are nice but not necessary. The TE is *not* a reprint of the Text with little extra bits around the edges like many are. I've done fine adapting the labs to equipment I can get elsewhere, or just skipping/substituting the occasional one. I haven't bought any lab stuff from CPO (I've done Bio and Earth so far). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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