Nestof3 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Are you printing the entire thing out? This website has great prices on black and white printing -- less than $20 for the entire thing. But, some of the photos are in color. I was thinking of having the whole thing printed in B&W and then printing off the activity sheets from my own printer. What is/has everyone else doing/done? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim C Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Are you printing the entire thing out? This website has great prices on black and white printing -- less than $20 for the entire thing. But, some of the photos are in color. I was thinking of having the whole thing printed in B&W and then printing off the activity sheets from my own printer. What is/has everyone else doing/done? Thanks! As of now, I am planning to print out the lessons as we go. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Are you printing the entire thing out? This website has great prices on black and white printing -- less than $20 for the entire thing. But, some of the photos are in color. I was thinking of having the whole thing printed in B&W and then printing off the activity sheets from my own printer. What is/has everyone else doing/done? Thanks! Which website? Could you have the kids look at the color pages online while doing the activity sheets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 Which website? Could you have the kids look at the color pages online while doing the activity sheets? Bestvaluecopy.com I chose to order one black and white metal-spiral bound copy for $25 shipped. I know that makes it not free, but I wanted the ease of reading it without needing my laptop. I will just note if I think the kids would benefit from seeing a color diagram, and use the laptop or print those individually. I also like making notes next to things when I need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I'm leaning towards using this program next year too. Are you going to supplement it with something else? Or does it look complete enough for a year of middle school science? My DD will be in 6th grade. :bigear: I work better with a hard-copy text so once I settle on my plan, I will also purchase the B&W copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 I'm leaning towards using this program next year too. Are you going to supplement it with something else? Or does it look complete enough for a year of middle school science? My DD will be in 6th grade. :bigear: I work better with a hard-copy text so once I settle on my plan, I will also purchase the B&W copy. I'm starting with Ellen McHenry's Elements, then this, then Carbon Chemistry if we have time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiKC Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I'm not going to print the entire thing out. I can't remember all the parts right now, but I'm just going to print out some of it and read the rest online. So I think it is the student part I'll be printing out (the activity sheets and something else, I think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I'm starting with Ellen McHenry's Elements, then this, then Carbon Chemistry if we have time. Thanks! The Elements looks great. I love all the games it shows. Now I need to rethink what to do with my younger two. It lists this program for ages 8-13. It would be great for my other two (or maybe just DS9) use this too. I had been planning to use RSO Chem with them. Decisions, decisions.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I used Elements when my son was younger. It is a great program, but I found it difficult to use. There aren't really discrete lessons. It is a lot of reading and I ended up just sort of stopping mid chapter, when I got tired of reading it to him. There are lots of games to play and songs etc but hardly any experiments. Many of the games and plays etc are more geared towards a co-op situation. My son was fairly disappointed. He wants chemistry to involve a good amount of things blowing up. Honestly, I think there was ONE experiment in the whole thing. But, my memory of it is fuzzy now, so that might not be correct. Elements seems mostly focused on memorizing the periodic table. There is also a good discussion on the structure of the atom and on the different kind of molecular bonds. There isn't much hands on work. I felt like I spent most of my time just reading it to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 This seems like a good assessment of what I have seen looking through it. That is why I am pairing it with the heavily lab focused Middle School Chemistry by ACS. Every lesson involves a lab. I wanted a very friendly introduction to the periodic table, their elements, etc. prior to high school. The Carbon Chemistry, I assume, is set up the same way. I used Elements when my son was younger. It is a great program, but I found it difficult to use. There aren't really discrete lessons. It is a lot of reading and I ended up just sort of stopping mid chapter, when I got tired of reading it to him. There are lots of games to play and songs etc but hardly any experiments. Many of the games and plays etc are more geared towards a co-op situation. My son was fairly disappointed. He wants chemistry to involve a good amount of things blowing up. Honestly, I think there was ONE experiment in the whole thing. But, my memory of it is fuzzy now, so that might not be correct. Elements seems mostly focused on memorizing the periodic table. There is also a good discussion on the structure of the atom and on the different kind of molecular bonds. There isn't much hands on work. I felt like I spent most of my time just reading it to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 This seems like a good assessment of what I have seen looking through it. That is why I am pairing it with the heavily lab focused Middle School Chemistry by ACS. Every lesson involves a lab. I wanted a very friendly introduction to the periodic table, their elements, etc. prior to high school. The Carbon Chemistry, I assume, is set up the same way. I think the Elements, ACS, and Carbon Chemistry if there's time would be a great year of chem. I had the same experience as PP with The Elements - not enough hands-on for my dd, who promptly forgot we even did the program. :glare: However, I think there's a lot of great content in it - my friend's ds did The Elements and memorized the whole periodic table for fun and loved the games and it really launched him into a love of chemistry. Ah, how different kids are... I think if I had followed The Elements up with ACS for the hands-on portion, it would've balanced it out really well and made her remember what she learned in the Elements. ACS seems more like light reading and lots of hands-on and video demonstration - a good complement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Redsquirrel, thanks for the BTDT review. Looks like I'll do what I so often do and spend some time this summer with both programs and write up a schedule combining them. Maybe a few weeks of Elements, then a few experiments, back to Elements and so forth. I'll also highlight the lessons that my younger ones can participate in. Dawn, thanks again for suggesting to add Elements.:001_smile: i wonder if there will ever come a time, when I'll have a summer that won't be spent tweaking or combining plans...;) not that i mind....I love curriculum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnL Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I'm starting with Ellen McHenry's Elements, then this, then Carbon Chemistry if we have time. Are these free online as well? Does anyone happen to have a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 The are not free. You can get them from Rainbow Resources or http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnL Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Thanks! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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