Staceyshoe Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I recall a few years ago that someone put the BFSU level 1 information into easy-to-follow lesson plans. I cannot remember what it was called. Can someone point me in the right direction? TIA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 @73349 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Someone also tried to make it open and go, but there is a gap because they haven't completed their level 1 and 2 yet. https://scicurriculum.com/sci/ They do have the scope and sequence if that helps and you can't find these lesson plans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scandiacus Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Someone in the BFSU Facebook group has posted Lesson plans for vol 1, and parts of vol 2 and 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 14 hours ago, Scandiacus said: Someone in the BFSU Facebook group has posted Lesson plans for vol 1, and parts of vol 2 and 3. Bummer! I'm not on FB. I wish it wasn't the go-to place for groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm. Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, Staceyshoe said: Bummer! I'm not on FB. I wish it wasn't the go-to place for groups. Me too!! I’m not really on it either, I have no friends, use maiden name, unsearchable, and only use for homeschool.. especially the files for curriculum I use. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitgrl Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Is this what you were thinking of? https://outskirtspress.com/bfsu1abridged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, knitgrl said: Is this what you were thinking of? https://outskirtspress.com/bfsu1abridged Oh, maybe it is! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm. Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I have a pdf from google drive of vol 1 lesson plans that I downloaded from the forums here. I’m trying to find the post but am not seeing it… love it, haven’t used it yet though 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm. Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) not it.. ! This was fairly recently— she posted her pdf here. Can anyone find it?? I’m wondering if she had the other volumes. It is So so good! Edited November 11, 2022 by Lovinglife123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 3 hours ago, Lovinglife123 said: not it.. ! This was fairly recently— she posted her pdf here. Can anyone find it?? I’m wondering if she had the other volumes. It is So so good! I have it as well. The email associated with it should be able to be seen if you right click on the pdf you saved. I don't know if her username was the same, but the pdf I have (with the great pictures and everything in the workbook pages as a second file) was EmBrown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malam Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Can one of you two upload that PDF you mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Malam said: Can one of you two upload that PDF you mentioned? Check the other thread titled something close to "Talk me out of (or into) using BFSU vol. 3". The two pdfs, lesson plan and worksheets, are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm. Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) https://drive.google.com/file/d/10nqNcU7QWq7AkUyQYgRbD_PE7fhRrXDe/view?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1txP4vikMHgjxHGfKGjwHpT7ZGrHZoxH6/view?usp=sharing She said to feel free to share them. Here it is-Incase it gets buried. Edited November 12, 2022 by Lovinglife123 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 1:42 PM, Slache said: 🙂 We did BFSU level I in kindergarten (not that I recommend that for kids generally--mine had started asking science questions as soon as he could talk, so having the structure of the book to work from was partly self-defense on my part) and then level II across 4th & 5th. For the first book, I did this lesson order (sorry about the weird quotation marks), typically 1 week per topic: "D-3, Draw/read maps" "D-3A, N/S/E/W" "D-4, Land forms & Biomes "A/B-1, Categories" "B-2, Living/ Nonliving" "B-3, Plants/Animals & online tree of life" "B-4A, Same/Different" "B-4B, Species" Review. "A-2, Solid/ Liquid/ Gas chart & water activity" "A-3, Air (library book ""Air is All Around You"")" "A-4, Particles/ Matter" "C-1, Energy makes things go." "A-5, Distinguishing materials" "A-5A, Magnets (also in Science is Simple; pins)" Finish/review. "D-1, Gravity" "D-2, Day/Night" "D-5, Earth’s turning" "D-6, Seasons" Finish/review. "A-6, Air Pressure" "A-7, Air: a mixture "A-8, Evaporation & condensation" "C-2, Sound/ vibrations (also in Science is Simple)" "C-3, Kinetic energy" "C-4, Matter vs. Energy" "B-4, Life Cycles" "B-5, Food chains" "B-10, Plant structure" "B-11, Seeds" "B-12, Plants, Soil, Water" Finish/review. For the next level, typically 2 weeks per topic: D12 and D9: cabbage Earth and seasons (review) A11 particle motion A12 particle motion & temperature A13 particles, heat, and pressure A14 elements and compounds A15 intro to density A16 floating ships A17 heat, volume, density A18 convection D10 water cycle D13 climate D11 tectonics B13 cells B14 cell division B15 more cells B19 microscopic org. Req. Robbins' Louis Pasteur. B16 fungi/ bacteria B17 fungi/ bacteria II B18 fungi/ bacteria III And then continuing level II the following year as well, still at about 2 weeks per topic, interleaving BFSU with a book called Teaching Science Process Skills: TSPS Observing activities C8 flight TSPS Inferring C9 balance TSPS Inferring TSPS - begin variables Review/ Catch up C10 movement, energy, momentum more TSPS variables and BFSU C11 mechanics, levers Review/ Catch up C12 more simple machines TSPS - Predicting C13 electricity C13A more electricity C14 still more electricity C15 light and vision lenses, mirrors, prisms TSPS - Hypothesizing TSPS - Data TSPS - Investigating After this, my child was ready for Trefil and Hazen's The Sciences: An Integrated Approach. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 5:47 AM, 73349 said: We did BFSU level I in kindergarten (not that I recommend that for kids generally--mine had started asking science questions as soon as he could talk, so having the structure of the book to work from was partly self-defense on my part) and then level II across 4th & 5th. I'm doing it in Kindergarten. I actually think it's one of the better ones for starting in Kindergarten because the hands-on/experiments part is more age appropriate. Since you can discuss the actual concept that the experiment covers as opposed to making Obleck or a baking soda volcano. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emery Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 BFSU Lesson Plans Vol 1 Notebook Pages Vol 1 Links were broken. Volume 2 coming soon. 🙂 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bean Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Emery- that’s incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyn2108 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 8:34 PM, Emery said: BFSU Lesson Plans Vol 1 Notebook Pages Vol 1 Links were broken. Volume 2 coming soon. 🙂 Emery, Thank you so, so much. I’ve paid for other BFSU supplements and found them basically useless. This is the very best I’ve ever seen. So grateful to you for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emery Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) Here's Volume 2. I'm glad y'all are finding the Vol 1 supplement useful! I haven't actually finished using all of Vol 2 with my kiddos yet, so there may be some kinks that still need to be worked out. Fair warning. 🙂 Lesson Plans Vol 2.pdf Notebook Pages Vol 2.pdf If these aren't working, see working links below. Edited April 23, 2023 by Emery 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nm. Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Wow I think I want to just skip volume 1 and do volume 2.. the topics are better for my older kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 @Emery Thank you so much for these. I bought BFSU and erroneously bought ebook instead of actual book. (I erroneously thought I could print off the parts that I wanted thus saving shelf space but alas the ebook can't be printed.) So even just your front pages are godsend to me. The notebook pages are just gold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaO Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 @Emery This is absolutely amazing! I gave up on using BFSU for my older kids because I just didn't have the time to get it organized. I think I'll give it another go with my younger two when they reach kindergarten thanks to you! Do you plan to repost the links for Volume 2 in the future? If those become available, I may even try it with my older kids again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emery Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Sorry, I didn't realize the links were broken already! I'll repost everything. Let me know if there are still problems!! Lesson Plans Volume 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cTfSBloVdeYzIpPDGxIFYj777E_WWVEy/view?usp=sharing Notebook Pages Volume 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ABlFJ6Rd34c1uCqI54M6Gi0zA90YaPs-/view?usp=sharing Lesson Plans Volume 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10W58Ke0azladmIQ75VeArFn8Y_fPp3E5/view?usp=sharing Notebook Pages Volume 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eFDHDRWj4dP72TtoVdSd8HP5sC3ggf8W/view?usp=sharing 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allison Roberts Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Thanks so much, Emery. Do you have plans for Volume 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermom800 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 On 4/23/2023 at 9:35 AM, Emery said: Sorry, I didn't realize the links were broken already! I'll repost everything. Let me know if there are still problems!! Lesson Plans Volume 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cTfSBloVdeYzIpPDGxIFYj777E_WWVEy/view?usp=sharing Notebook Pages Volume 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ABlFJ6Rd34c1uCqI54M6Gi0zA90YaPs-/view?usp=sharing Lesson Plans Volume 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10W58Ke0azladmIQ75VeArFn8Y_fPp3E5/view?usp=sharing Notebook Pages Volume 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eFDHDRWj4dP72TtoVdSd8HP5sC3ggf8W/view?usp=sharing Emery, I cannot thank you enough for this! It has saved my dumpster fire of a science life! I have to ask, if you plan to make the same type of plans for level 3? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 32 minutes ago, Supermom800 said: Emery, I cannot thank you enough for this! It has saved my dumpster fire of a science life! I have to ask, if you plan to make the same type of plans for level 3? Thanks again! Emery hasn't been on the boards since last September, so if you want to discuss BFSU, you're probably better off starting a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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