there used to be a list of living science books by grade on thhe old free curriculum guide and I can no longer find it. Is it gone forever? Or just somewhere else.
I snooped around for the old link to it as I know it used to be somewhere on the site, but I can’t find it either. I did print out the list years ago and put in my homeschool binder, so I’ll just type it up for you.
Grades 1-3
Outdoor Secrets & OS companion
Bumbleebee at Apple Tree Lane
Butterfly House
The Salamander Room
Among the Forest People
Among the Meadow People
Among the Night People
Among the Pond People
Burgess Birth Book for Children
Burgess Animal Book for Children
Burgess Seashore Book for Children
By Pond and River
James Herriot’s Treasury for Children
Any of the series – The Tale of _____ by Arthur Scott Baily
Any of the series – The Adventures of ______ by Thorton Burgess
The Child’s Book of the Seasons
Pond and Stream
Things in Our Garden
Grades 4-6:
Jack’s Insects
Owls in the Family
Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark
The Children’s Life of the Bee
Venus Among the Fishes
Gentle Ben
A Dolphin Named Bob
Grade 7:
Gale and the Gateway to Medicine
Along Came Galileo
A Piece of the Mountain: The Story of Blaise Pascal
Johannes Kepler: Giant of Faith and Science
The Geology Book
The Fossil Book
Grade 8:
The New Way Things Work
The Mystery of the Periodic Table
Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison
The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton
The Astronomy Book
The Weather Book
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Grade 9:
It Couldn’t Just Happen: Fascinating Facts about God’s World
Louis Pasteur: Founder of Modern Medicine
Paddy: A Naturalist’s Story of an Orphan Beaver
Grade 10:
Crucibles: The Story of Chemistry
Grades 11-12:
Physics:
Six Easy Pieces
The Human Body:
The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Human Body
Wow, that is a lot of books and I hope that is what you’re after.
Wow, thanks Melissa that was a lot of work. Exactly what I am looking for. I have looked at Sabbath Mood and like their lists, but I find SCM recommends very conservative books that I feel more comfortable with. They seem to line up well with our philosophy.
Maybe….we could ask nicely and the SCM team could make the old book lists from the old curriculum guide available again somewhere on the site.
I would venture a guess that if you searched the Bookfinder with the science tag, you would find all of the science books that used to be on the old curriculum guide. Same thing with literature, history, etc. I kind of doubt they removed any of those books, but they are just lumped in together with any newer recommendations.
You are right, they are there. It is just harder to find the topic and grade you are looking for. I relied heavily on the free curriculum guide to make sure I was covering everything and to get ideas. Now it mostly just points to the SCM resources and doesnt seem to have any of the book suggestions and free ideas. I am a little sad about this although I do understand they are running a business. I wish I could buy every resource SCM offers, but my budget just doesn’t allow it, so I relied a lot on their generous free advice. I am hoping they will maybe add some of the living book suggestions back in, for folks like me who have to be selective on what we can purchase and what we have to wing with library books. Of course I am sure I will get used to the new format and wonder what I thought was so great about the old way…..
I agree, Crystal. I liked the old format much better. Unfortunately we have to pick and choose as well, and I appreciated all the lists and just the way it was set up seemed easier to use. It would be nice if there was an option to see the old system for those of us who found it more helpful.
When some of you refer to the old format, do you mean what was there last week, or the old, old charts we had a couple years ago before switching over to more of a list format?
We are moving things around but just about everything is still there. If you go to the Our Curriculum menu at the top of any page and select Grades 1–12 Overview you’ll see the familiar chart that leads to the book lists.
I’ll post later about our goals, what we’re trying to accomplish with the changes, and plans to make things easier to find.