happycc Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 10 reasons not to buy Elemental Science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajag Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Grammar Stage Biology was disturbingly light. We added R.E.A.L. Science Life Science mid year and will go on to their Earth & Space next year. I think if the 2 were combined they would make a very good program, and that's likely what we'll do next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Too dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDmom Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The encyclopedias that were used in the physics level were too abstract for my then-4th-grader (maybe she was just too young for that level). Very few of the physics experiments worked as advertised the first time. I spent a lot of time fiddling to make them work while my dd slowly came to the conclusion that she hated physics. Too much writing. We go tired of doing the same thing week after week--read the encyclopedia, do a notebook page, do an experiment, fill out the same lab forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Because BFSU is so much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 The encyclopedias that were used in the physics level were too abstract for my then-4th-grader (maybe she was just too young for that level). Very few of the physics experiments worked as advertised the first time. I spent a lot of time fiddling to make them work while my dd slowly came to the conclusion that she hated physics. Too much writing. We go tired of doing the same thing week after week--read the encyclopedia, do a notebook page, do an experiment, fill out the same lab forms. We had the same problem. We switched to RS4K Physics and are really enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_midori Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Too dull & repetitive. Too much coloring & cutting & pasting. Too few experiments that are relevant to subject matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Because BFSU is so much better! :iagree:This! I was excited by Elemental when I first saw it (I thought it was sooo much better than RS4K) but then I saw BFSU, and we were *done* talking!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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