plain jane Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I am wondering if there is a lab book available out there that is a good, solid resource for middle school Bio, similar to this one. Or can this be done at a middle school level? I'm looking for something similar to this but for Bio. I do not plan to do all the labs in the book but I am searching for an introduction to formal labs for my 7th grader. She's a willy-nilly sort of kid and all over the place and I want to begin teaching her proper procedure and technique. I want her to be able to do a lab write up as well as follow detailed instructions as she puts together a lab by herself. I'm basically wanting something to guide her in being more systematic about things while gearing up for high school in a low pressure sort of way. Currently when she is done an experiment she is very blah about doing the write up follow it, and could do a better job of her diagrams (she does well if she's interested but this isn't always the case). A good resource for us would encourage her to follow a lab through to the bitter end, even if she doesn't want to. I don't intend to do a whole ton with her but would like to do some of the more interesting ones. We did CPO Earth Science this year and I like how they introduced their lab work which included a graphing activity at the end. It was a bit of an eye opener for dd that there is a way to do things and took her some time to get used to the idea. I don't know for certain what the future holds so part of my goal in attaining such a lab book would be to prepare her should she have to go to PS in the near future. I don't have any resources chosen for next year so something that offers interesting experiments/labs would be valuable to me as well. What says the Hive... does something like this exist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Any reason you don't want to use CPO Bio? I actually liked that better than their Earth Science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Any reason you don't want to use CPO Bio? I actually liked that better than their Earth Science. I'm thinking about it but after searching past threads it seems a lot of people here are using it with their 5th graders so I am wondering if it is going to be enough for my 7th grader who, despite her struggles with math, is quite advanced in all other areas. It is something I am considering. I sure wish I could get the teacher book for less than $45. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 Anybody? Please! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I had looked at this one when I was still making plans for next year's science: http://www.amazon.co...70531488&sr=8-2 They offer kits on their website, too. I decided that I wanted everything put together for me, so I went with RSO Biology 2 instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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