Pink and Green Mom Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I tried to search the forums and didn't come up with anything. Has anyone used the RFWP problem based learning Plague materials? I have a rising 4th grader. I looked at the samples online and it looked like something he could do and would enjoy. I found some posts discussing other RFWP problem based learning topics, saying how they were geared more toward co-ops (meaning a single child couldn't do it on his own). Anyone know with this unit? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I have never heard of this (but it sounds awesome! I would have so loved this when I was a kid -- I was a morbid little kid) but when I went to look at their website, they have two versions of it -- Plague! is the one adapted for a single homeschool student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Yeah, the homeschool version is pretty new. I don't think there are any reviews of it yet -- someone asked about the Ferret unit a month or two ago and got no takers. Hope it works out for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Thank you - it was the first I ever heard of it today and it looked so interesting. I will order it and be the guinea pig :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 What is this? Is there a link? Dd and I are doing interest-led science next year and she wants to do a unit on plagues and viruses. This sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space station Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 We did the coop version this year. The single student version is brand new, but I'm sure it will be similar. It was very good. We will do more of these in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I am having a hard time pasting a link (and my "Tech Support guy" is studying for his English final...) but if you go to www.rfwp.com and click on "Problem Based Learning" there is a description of several different units/topics. Hope that helps. What is this? Is there a link? Dd and I are doing interest-led science next year and she wants to do a unit on plagues and viruses. This sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzvahmommy Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I recently purchased it and LOVE it, so do the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 We're doing the ferret study next year. I haven't purchased it yet, but will soon when I have time to dive in and plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I am planning on doing it this year. I saw S. Gallagher speak at the RFWP conference last year, and that was very helpful in understanding more about these units. Now that they have PB unit studies for one, and there's a middle ages one to correspond with our SOTW history cycle, I'm all in :) I haven't purchased yet, but will be very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 My DD has her eye on this curriculum, as well. Can you tell me what you like about it? Is there anything you dislike about it? Is it terribly time-consuming? I recently purchased it and LOVE it, so do the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I read an extremely interesting book on the Plague. Norman Cantor, "In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It made". He has the theory that it was mostly Anthrax, at least in the interview. Any kid old enough to study plagues would be old enough for this book. It doesn't get ... oooky. I had trouble with the disease descriptions in The Stand, but never in this book. One of the things he says is that an animal based disease will kill the men because they go into the stables and the poor because they buy the meat that is cheap because it was from a diseased animal. He talked about families where the young heir and owner of large properties was penniless because there were three surviving widows each of whom got 33% of the income due to the dowager law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitzvahmommy Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 It is thought-provoking, puts the kids into the middle of the problem, works on so many skills at once that it is practically an entire curriculum (math, graphing, history, science, social skills and collaboration, report writing, logic, ethics, more!), and it is just fun! Nothing I don't like so far. It was mostly open-and-go, except that I did read through everything first, and arrange for an interview with a local specialist in the area (to work on social skills, an area we need extra practice in) and brought in a local actress to be in character of someone from the period to spice things up. I can't wait to do the next curriculum in here series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black-eyed Suzan Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 It is thought-provoking, puts the kids into the middle of the problem, works on so many skills at once that it is practically an entire curriculum (math, graphing, history, science, social skills and collaboration, report writing, logic, ethics, more!), and it is just fun! Nothing I don't like so far. It was mostly open-and-go, except that I did read through everything first, and arrange for an interview with a local specialist in the area (to work on social skills, an area we need extra practice in) and brought in a local actress to be in character of someone from the period to spice things up. I can't wait to do the next curriculum in here series! What are your kids' ages? The lowest recommended age is 10, but we are finishing up the Middle Ages this summer, so I'm tempted now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I saw it at a conference earlier this month and it looked very good. I did buy the general Problem-Based Learning book, though. If you're unsure you could look at that first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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