ummtafari Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I am preparing to purchase materials for next school year and plan to study Earth Science with a second grader and a fifth grader. Can I combine this? If so, what do you recommend? If not, what do you recommend? Debra in VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbaby Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Are you looking for secular or Christian materials? Right off hand, I know that the following are for grades 2-6. God's Design Series Considering God's Creation Apologia Science- elementary series All are Christian and you can find them at Homesciencetools.com or Rainbow Resource.com. I'm not too familiar with some secular resources but maybe others can chime in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummtafari Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 I am open to all suggestions! Debra in VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra in va Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Christian Kids Explore Earth and Space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inashoe Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 We follow what is recommended in WTM. ds6 and dd8 read a section from Usborne First Encyclopedia of Space and First Encyclopedia of Our World. They then write a sentence or two about what they read and draw a picture. ds10 enjoyed Apologia's Exploring Creation with Astronomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristineinKS Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I'm brand new here, but plan to combine earth science for my 3rd/4th & 6th graders starting in just a few weeks. Because I couldn't find anything that I absolutely loved for science, I'm putting together my own curriculum. For our main text, I ordered Earth Science Made Simple (a secular text) by Edward Albin PhD. I also ordered The Geology Book by John D. Morris, but have some reservations about using it, so will have to check it out further when it arrives. Free online lesson plans for that book can be found here. We may also be using Earth by James Luhr. With any of these main books, I'll be supplementing heavily from other books as needed (books by DK, Usborne & Kingfisher are generally our favorites). I also really like the National Geographic Reading Expeditions books and they have a great selection of science titles (and again, free lesson plans online). They're a bit expensive, but the books are very nice and suitable for a wide range of ages I believe. Another fun resource I've found is Lyrical Earth Science Vol. 1, and the Science in a Nutshell kits from Delta Education. Home Science Tools has a great Rock Hound's kit that looks fun, as well as many other great supplies, as do American Sci & Surplus and Edmond Scientific. Lastly, Blue Yonder's blog had some fun ideas here: Rock On, Oklahoma Homeschool's website has a geology unit that you may be able to borrow some ideas from and Geology.com has tons of ideas also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 You could take a look at R.E.A.L. Science Earth & Space to see if it would fit the bill. http://www.pandiapress.com/earth_space_level1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I have a list of living books that I used with my second grader a few years ago. I've just been putting together my program for sixth grade, next school year. I'm going to use the Earth Science grid at MSNucleus.org this time around as my "spine", or base, adding in some living books (but also a lot more written work this time around). I'm happy to share what I have done of my plans thus far, if you're interested. There are limits on the site now as to the total length of a document that can be posted, so I will probably need to email those to you. You can access my email by just clicking on my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2fiveboysnc Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Winter Promise has several science programs for k-5. They have one that we have ordered but haven't used yet "Rock Around the Earth" that looks good with Cd's, DVD's and rock/mineral kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallory Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 While we loved the R.E.A.L. Science that we have done, and are excited about Chem- I think thier upper limits are streaching a bit. I would not recomend it for much more then 3rd. You might also look at easyclassical.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 While we loved the R.E.A.L. Science that we have done, and are excited about Chem- I think thier upper limits are streaching a bit. I would not recomend it for much more then 3rd. You might also look at easyclassical.com Yes, results will vary from family to family, of course. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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