Create Your Ritual Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I am planning on using Elemental Science's Logic Stage Biology next year with my 2nd/3rd grader (ds8) and my 5th grader (dd10). We were also planning on doing a bit of physical science with labs next year as well. The following year, for 4th / 6th grade I was moving into CPO Earth Science and wondered if by the time I got to 5th / 7th grade CPO Life Science would it be too much of the same information that we learned in ES Logic Biology. And if it is, can I easily enough DO CPO Life Science NEXT year with my students, or is the content too much? Both my kids are avid readers and love science. I did look at some of the extra sheets on their website and noted that the math might be a problem for my younger ds.. as my older dd is only now getting to +/- fractions, decimals, etc. in 4th grade. I think I might be rambling, but I just saw the most BEAUTIFUL lesson plan that KristineinKS put together for CPO Life Science and darn it, it made me want to do it NOW! I can certainly wait though a few years if someone tells me it's going to be too much for my dc at this age, or that it won't be redundant after having done ES Logic Biology. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 No answer but just wanted to say that I've had similar thoughts to yours. It's so hard to not want to do it all sometimes, isn't it? :) Glad to hear I'm not the only one. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Thanks Jane ... Let's hope someone out there can help us out! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 We've only done about half of CPO Life Sci but there isn't much math in it. It's very easy for my 5th grader. My 2nd grader is also doing it but he and I read it together sometimes and I let him answer the questions orally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hi Capt_Uhura - Did you all do CPO Earth first, or can I do these in reverse order by chance? I had planned Bio / Life for this upcoming year and then Earth the following (for 4/6th). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 From what I recall, folks feel that CPO Life is the easiest of the three. I think you're fine w/ CPO Life this year and Earth Sci the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Capt. are you planning on staying with CPO then? Did you use the free Focus series online, or the standard text? I am thinking I would use the standard text just so they could have an actual book in their hands, but I wondered was one better than the other? Are you staying with CPO? I think I saw where you had posted a Q about the higher physics level .. so you have enjoyed all the middle school classes then? Do the middle school levels offer an intro to science as far as concepts go? My dc have had science and all, but not chemistry or physics, since we are coming from ps where science wasn't really taught. This year we have done Astronomy and Botony and some Engineering studies along with an Electricity study from TOPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I posted my thoughts on CPO in another thread. I don't recall which one but maybe a search w/ CPO and my username will pull it up. I think one or two others agreed with me. I don't know where we'll be going in the future. I like the look so CPO PHysical science so we'll be doing that along w/ Exploration Education Advanced kit. The biology left me scratching my head. I gave examples in the post I mentioned above. I think it's just too shallow. But for a kid that has had no biology, it might be good for a quick and dirty introduction and then decide what DC wants to go deeper in. There just wasn't enough information on any of the topics I felt. And b/c I've struggled w/ this, we've not moved as far as I would have liked. B/c I'm a finisher, we'll likely finish it this summer. Then next year, we'll pick 3-4 topics to go deeper on....likely cell biology and human physiology, to go deeper on using Hoagland's Exploring the Way Life Work and Macaulay's The Way We Work. I'd like to see the high school level physics. I like the looks of the student textbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 You can look at the entire book (PDF) at this link http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/node/52 they've got all 3 CPO books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Create Your Ritual Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 Capt_Uhura, I found the other thread you were talking about, and now I am pretty much sold on sticking with ES Logic Stage and beefing it up with all the extra experiments she has, as well as that The Way Life Works book! That was a great one. ;-) From the sounds of it, I will most likely be tweaking anything I get and that order is already in and done, so maybe I should just try not to overthink it.. ha. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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