Sweet Home Alabama Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Please make a suggestion for 8th grade earth/space science. This would be for the 2013-14 school year (next year), when I have Alg. I, Comp. I (outsourced), America the Beautiful, and Spanish I (outsourced) planned for ds. I would choose BJU's E/S science because we really enjoyed Mrs. Vick in 7th grade Life Science, but BJU is so expensive and time intensive. I think BJU would be the most interesting, but I don't have anything else to compare to it. I am aware of Runkles geography, but how interesting is it? How can I make E/S "fun" (you know what I mean) for this student? He is science minded, and would get a lot out of E/S if I could make it engaging.... much better word.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann@thebeach Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Plato Science has an Earth Science course for middle school. We are just starting it and plan to do it in 1 semester as many other here have. It's often offered through the Homeschool Buyers Co-op for about $40. My son also read the Earth/Space Science books in the Prentice Hall Science Explorer series for middle schoolers. These are very good books and you can get them cheap used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 We bought BJU E/S used for a great price and did not use dvds. It worked very well for us. The layout is easy to follow and the material is interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Home Alabama Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Thank you, ladies! Ann, if you covered Plato science in1st semester, what did you do in its place for 2nd semester? I wonder if CBD sells the lab portion only for BJU E/S like they do forBJU Life... that's a thought. Can anyone recommend any other type of video supplement for earth/space science? Holly, I do like BJU. I feel like it is wonderful prep for high school science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann@thebeach Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 We are planning on doing Plato Physical Science the 2nd semester. Not sure if this would be something of interest but Teaching Co has great videos too and many here use them as a supplement or stand alone with readings. Here are some for earth science: Intro to Geology: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1700 How the Earth Works http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1750 Intro to Astronomy: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1810 There are others too but these are the ones I'm most familiar with since we have these. We have only watched the astronomy so far and plan to use the others later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Home Alabama Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thank you, Ann! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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