Jun. 26, 2008 Nature Study
We are going to start doing nature study in addition to science. Science will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays; nature study will be on Saturdays. Or on whatever day of the week happens to work out the best. We'll start by joining in the Outdoor Hour Challenges presented weekly by HarmonyArtMom. If you are interested in incorporating nature study into your homeschooling, she has a lot of articles and resources on her blog to help you get started.
I will not follow the seasonal terms that she has suggested, though, as studying birds in summer here is a pointless endeavor. Birds migrate here in the winter! What shall we study in summer instead? Mosquitoes?
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Apr. 26, 2008 Dylan's 8th Grade Science 08/09 Apr. 26, 2008 Jesse's 3rd Grade Science 08/09
This is what Jesse and Emily will be doing for science next school year. Jesse will be in 3rd grade and Emily will be in 1st grade.
Curriculum
- Living Learning Books Level 3 ~ Chemistry
The only thing I will need to order is a copy of student activity pages for Jesse ($8.00), because Emily is not reading/writing well enough to use them, and I already own the Teacher's Manual. Emily can just listen to the readings and participate in the experiments. She can also draw pictures of the experiments and/or give an oral narration of what she learned.
The curriculum and experiments should be plenty for their ages, but if for some reason it's not then I have a list of books from Jessica @ Trivium Academy to supplement with:
Supplementary Reading List from Trivium Academy
Our 3rd Grade Chemistry
We will be using Living Learning Books Chemistry but I've decided to add a few living books and other items.
- How Science Works by Reader's Digest
- Chemistry: Learn about Chemical Elements and Compounds CD(The Science Series)" Twin Sisters Production
- What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?" Robert E. Wells
- What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room?" Michael Elsohn Ross
- Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant Scientists (level 4) (Hello Reader)" Lynda Jones
- The Periodic Table (True Books)" Salvatore Tocci
- What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2)" Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
- Switch On, Switch Off (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)" Melvin Berger
- The Periodic Table of Elements Magnets" SMART by Simple Memory Art
- The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals (The Best Book of)" Chris Perrault
- Science Verse (Golden Duck Awards. Picture Book (Awards))" Jon Scieszka
- How to Think Like a Scientist: Answering Questions by the Scientific Method" Stephen P. Kramer
- Electric Storm, Magic School Bus Chapter Book
Besides a Periodic Table poster and Atom chart, that will be it for our 3rd grade chemistry.
(Of course after she posted these plans she decided to do something different for her daughter's 3rd grade science!)
Other Possible Supplements
Connecting Color Tiles Periodic Table
http://www.etacuisenaire.com/catalog/product?deptId=&prodId=55694&q=Periodic+Table+tiles
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Feb. 8, 2008 Geology Unit Study
This is a rough draft of what we are doing for science over the next four weeks. It's not a lot but we have a baby due in a month so we are taking it easy. In fact, science this whole school year has been pretty relaxed. We just read out loud, discuss, and do a project or experiment here and there.
Geology Unit Study Schedule (4 Weeks)
Bill & Dylan ~ Main Text: The Geology Book by Dr. John D. Morris, with Study Guide (www.nlpg.com/store/images/studyguides/GeologyBook.pdf)
Bill ~ Additional Reading: The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, by Simon Winchester
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Jesse & Emily
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Week 1
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Monday
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Introduction
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Tuesday
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Chapter 1 ~ Planet Earth
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The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, by Joanna Cole
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Wednesday
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Chapter 2 ~ The Ground We Stand Upon ~ Igneous Rocks
- sort and classify igneous rocks from our collection
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Thursday
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Chapter 2 ~ The Ground We Stand Upon ~ Sedimentary Rocks
- sort and classify sedimentary rocks from our collection
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Dig It! How to Collect Rocks and Fossils (Reader's Digest)
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Friday
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Chapter 2 ~ The Ground We Stand Upon ~ Metamorphic Rocks
- sort and classify metamorphic rocks from our collection
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Week 2
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Monday
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Chapter 3 ~ The Earth's Surface ~ Plains & Plateaus
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Tuesday
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Chapter 3 ~ The Earth's Surface ~ Mountains
- Create a "mountain" and an "earthquake"
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Earthquakes, by Seymour Simon
- Create a "mountain" and an "earthquake"
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Wednesday
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Chapter 3 ~ The Earth's Surface ~ Erosional Features
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Thursday
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Chapter 4 ~ Geological Processes and Rates ~ Erosion
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Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface, by Robin Michal Koontz
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Friday
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Chapter 4 ~ Geological Processes and Rates ~ Deposition
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Week 3
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Chapter 4 ~ Geological Processes and Rates ~ Sediments Become Sedimentary Rock
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Chapter 4 ~ Geological Processes and Rates ~ Fossilization
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Fossils Tell of Long Ago, by Aliki
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Wednesday
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Chapter 4 ~ Geological Processes and Rates ~ Volcanism, The Deformation of Rocks
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Volcanoes: Mountains That Blow Their Tops, by Nicholas Nirgiotis
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Thursday
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Chapter 4 ~ Geological Processes and Rates ~ Were the Continents Once Connected?, Metamorphism of Rocks, Radioisotope Decay
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Chapter 5 ~ Ways to Date the Entire Earth
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Chapter 6 ~ Great Geologic Events of the Past ~ Creation, The Fall
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Chapter 6 ~ Great Geologic Events of the Past ~ The Flood
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Planet Earth/Inside Out, by Gail Gibbons (for review)
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Chapter 6 ~ Great Geologic Events of the Past ~ The Ice Age
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Thursday
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Chapter 7 ~ Questions People Ask
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I Can Be A Geologist, by Paul P. Sipiera
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Chapter 8 ~ The Future Earth
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Jul. 24, 2007 This Year's Science
I guess we are now officially year-round homeschoolers. We are still finishing up last school year but at the same time we are starting this school year. Plus daily doing those things like reading the Bible and character training books that we should never take a break from anyway. I am hoping we can get the rest of our curriculum ordered this week so we can start the rest of our subjects soon. I hope to be 3/4 done with this school year before the baby comes. I'm not sure how realistic that is but I can at least try, right?
So far for the new school year we have started science. This year we are doing science as a family instead of each one studying something different with each one having a different curriculum. Our science theme this year is earth and space science. The first semester will be earth science and the second semester astronomy. For earth science we are not using any prepared curriculum but are using the Master Books Wonders of Creation series and lots of library books, plus science experiments and worksheets I've found online. For astronomy we are going to use Classical Astronomy. I've ordered it but not seen it yet, so I'm hoping it will be enough for a whole semester.
Our first earth science topic is weather. Now you have to understand that I never learned about the weather in school except for a few weeks in 6th grade, and I didn't understand a bit of it. And as an adult my only interest in the weather is when a tropical storm is coming. Aside from that, what's to know? This is Florida, it's hot and humid 9 months of the year and the other 3 I check the weather report to see if it's going to get chilly or stay warm. But my firstborn is a weather nut and he understands WAY more than I do, so he sits there and shakes his head at me as I try to teach what I don't know. So starting tomorrow HE is the teacher! I said when he was ONLY TWO YEARS OLD that he was going to be a meteorologist when he grew up and despite his other interests, I still think this is true. That boy is more passionate about the weather than anybody I've ever known!
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