LittleIzumi Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Or both? :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 As part of our history study, but we just have the textbook and not any of the study guides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 hijack: Where can one find this the cheapest? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetoschool Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Definitely science. There really isn't any peripheral history in it but is almost exclusively about the science and scientists. We do use it in line with the time period we are studying in history though, so many of the names come up in our history books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnTeaching Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Ds used it with his science (Science Explorer) in Middle School. I assigned it as additional science reading and did not try to "line it up" in anyway. He really enjoyed just reading the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 History :) But - we just read the book - we don't use the other resources available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 We use it as a supplement for both. It's our science/history combo on Fridays. We use the extra resources with it. We don't try to line it up with our main history or science programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 History :)But - we just read the book - we don't use the other resources available. Yep. History or perhaps just part of our "broad reading". We do a lot of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniseibase Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I've been teaching it as a co-op class all year, and most of the families seem to be using it as a supplement to their regular science course. That said, I've been trying to teach it as cross-disciplinary with math and history. Honestly, in the first book there's more history than what we would consider modern science, and there's almost more math than either! :D It's interesting to read about how cosmology developed over time and why, but I have a hard time thinking of a discussion of Aristotle's idea of the stars being in a fixed crystal sphere as science - that, to me, is history. We are in the second book now, and now it is getting closer to what we think of science - we're starting to read about discoveries that are still canon, at least ;) The third book is even more 'science' than 'history' :) But even with that, I don't think I'd have kids study this to the exclusion of another science program or history program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 We used them asa science course. The supplemental guides add the science to the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Listening in. I think I'm about to purchase this. I'm trying to decide if I should purchase the extras that go with it and use them as a main science course or use it as an extra science read a-loud in addition to a study of grammar stage chemistry next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Listening in. I think I'm about to purchase this. I'm trying to decide if I should purchase the extras that go with it and use them as a main science course or use it as an extra science read a-loud in addition to a study of grammar stage chemistry next year. Here is a review I did of the guides. Perhaps it can help you with your decision. http://missmoe-thesearethedaysofmylife.blogspot.com/2011/02/teacher-and-student-quest-guides-for.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Here is a review I did of the guides. Perhaps it can help you with your decision. http://missmoe-thesearethedaysofmylife.blogspot.com/2011/02/teacher-and-student-quest-guides-for.html Thanks so much! This is a great review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 We do history and science separately, and we use SOS for fun reading together... maybe a chapter a week or so. It sometimes has lined up with history and sometimes with science. We've tried the quest guides but they just got to be too much for us. We're on Newton. I can't wait for the book about life science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 My current plan is to use these alongside another science program, but I'm not sure whether to do it next year or in 8th grade. I have earth science planned for 7th and physical for 8th. The subject matter goes better with physical, but I also think chemistry/physics will be a bit more challenging for my daughter (due to total lack of interest in physics, for one thing, she loves bio), so may do them next year along with earth science. I'm planning CPO earth science in 7th, then the ACS Chemistry and working through the Thames and Kosmos Physics Workshop in 8th. I have the quest guide for Aristotle, but haven't decided whether I want to work through the guides or just have her read the material. There are materials for "Einstein Adds a New Dimension" currently available from the National Science Teachers' Association. http://www.nsta.org/publications/press/extras/hakim3.aspx They are not the same as the Quest guides. I haven't used the Quest materials yet, and haven't ordered the NSTA ones, so can't give a full review. The website says that the NSTA supporting materials are free if you buy the book from NSTA ($19.95 nonmember price). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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