Targhee Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Any kind (website, book, DVD, etc.), any content (plants, rock cycle, quantum mechanics :confused:), any grade level (k-8, of course). I'm not looking for a curriculum, but if it's a curricular/textbook that makes a great reference that's surely welcome. And I'd love to know what about these books you like - great pictures and diagrams, treatment of vocabulary, age-appropriateness, depth of explanation, fun-factor, ???? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I love, love, love The Smithsonian & DK's Animal, Definitive Visual Guide which has a picture for each order of phylum. Also on my shelf as a general resource, The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia; The Everyday Science Sourcebook by Lowery (older book but worth looking at through the library); The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock, and I have loved these books by John Wiley publishers: The Earth Science Book by Zike The Geography Book by Caroline Arnold The Space Book by McCrutcheon The Ocean Book by the Center for Marine Conservation also Evan-Moor's The Giant Science Resource Book, which I highly recommend purchasing as an E-book so you can print out which pages you need. This is an excellent workbook for K-6. These are all secular and if you add nature study and a bunch of living books like Burgess' Bird Book for Children, Animal book for Children, Seashore book for Children and others- then you have our K-6 science approach. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieF Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I love, love, love The Smithsonian & DK's Animal, Definitive Visual Guide which has a picture for each order of phylum. Is this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Definitive-Collection-Dorling-Kindersley/dp/B000RIE4EI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214998767&sr=1-2 or would it be http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Definitive-Visual-Worlds-Wildlife/dp/0756616344/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214998767&sr=1-1 Hope it is the same as the first as it is much cheaper lol! Stephanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Heather Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I love, love, love The Smithsonian & DK's Animal, Definitive Visual Guide which has a picture for each order of phylum. Is this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Definitive-Collection-Dorling-Kindersley/dp/B000RIE4EI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214998767&sr=1-2 or would it be http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Definitive-Visual-Worlds-Wildlife/dp/0756616344/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214998767&sr=1-1 Hope it is the same as the first as it is much cheaper lol! Stephanie I have the second one you linked and it is wonderful! The photographs are amazing-- my boys just love to sit and flip through, reading tid-bits as they go... I highly recommend it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Wand Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 My oldest dd hauls this with us everywhere...it's been a terrific resource, particularly now that she's a bit older. (11) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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