Jan Lyn Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Just wondering if any of you use or have seen this book. I am in need of some thing easy for science, grades 3 and 7....unfortunately a book that my children can basically read and that has comprehension questions, but limited experiments as I am struggling a bit with chronic illness. I cannot keep up with all the experiments in our science this year and need them to be a bit more independant. Also wanting some thing that meets national requirements. Is this a black and white text? I checked out Spectrum and it looks dull and tedious even for grade 3. So, now I am searching for info on this and can't find any samples really....... Any information would be appreciated....thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melmc Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 When I was first looking into homeschooling, these came highly recommended by a homeschool mom who has a science background. She combined the book with RS4K with her son, but said the book would be fine as a standalone curriculum if need be. I didn't go that route, but know Steck-Vaughn would be a great backup plan if science starts to go south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I am using a different science curriculum from Steck-Vaughn, "Focus on Science", which is geared for kids with LD's, or in special ed. It is not colorful, just black-and-white, but that's fairly common in special ed books (less distracting). I'm guessing it follows a similar scope and sequence to the Steck-Vaughn regular science books though, and it is quite good. DS isn't a fan of science, but does tolerate Focus on Science quite well. We have used several Steck-Vaughn textbooks, and all were good. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Lyn Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Thank you both.....that was helpful. Can either of you tell me if the Steck-Vaughn books are full of experiments every day? Just trying to figure out how teacher intensive they are. And now I have to decide what grade level to get my daughters being it's midyear.........ugh. How I'd love to go through just one year without changing one book/curriculum. Oh well! Change can be good.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Thank you both.....that was helpful. Can either of you tell me if the Steck-Vaughn books are full of experiments every day? Just trying to figure out how teacher intensive they are. And now I have to decide what grade level to get my daughters being it's midyear.........ugh. How I'd love to go through just one year without changing one book/curriculum. Oh well! Change can be good.......... Focus on Science only has a hands-on activity every six lessons or so. This works well for me, as DS hates such activities. I don't know if the grade specific books are the same, though. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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