~Amanda~ Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 For a "general science" course that maybe briefly touches base on all 4 of the levels of science at about an 8th grade level, secular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 How about using Science Matters by Hazen & Trefil as a spine/Scope & Sequence, and then getting books from the library to fill in the details? Or even better, the combo of Science Matters & Dawkins The Magic of Reality. I think a kid with a good grasp of the basic concepts discussed in those two books would be more than ready to tackle high school science. Or, if you wanted something more self-contained, you could get Trefil & Hazen's The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, and do selected chapters. It's got all the textbook bells & whistles, end of chapter questions and whatnot. It's an intro college text for non-science majors, and like it sounds, it covers the sciences in an integrated way. I think it's nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 To do something similar, we combined Conceptual physical science by Hewitt and Suchocki and parts of Exploring Life by Campbell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 How about using Science Matters by Hazen & Trefil as a spine/Scope & Sequence, and then getting books from the library to fill in the details? Or even better, the combo of Science Matters & Dawkins The Magic of Reality. I think a kid with a good grasp of the basic concepts discussed in those two books would be more than ready to tackle high school science. Or, if you wanted something more self-contained, you could get Trefil & Hazen's The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, and do selected chapters. It's got all the textbook bells & whistles, end of chapter questions and whatnot. It's an intro college text for non-science majors, and like it sounds, it covers the sciences in an integrated way. I think it's nicely done. I agree, although The Magic of Reality might be too young for an 8th grader. There's also Conceptual Integrated Science by Hewitt (he of Conceptual Physics fame) et. al. Used practice workbooks are available cheap if you need them. (ETA: posted at the same time as regentrude) If you can find them on sale/ discount/ used/ library, Hazen's The Joy of Science lectures are supposed to be good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Amanda~ Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 I KNEW someone here would know! Thank you for willingly sharing your wealth of information. You've saved me a lot of search time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Amanda~ Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Beautiful. I love it. Thank you for bringing this book to my attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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