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living science for middleschool
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Are there good living science books that you can use for a curriculum for middleschool. My children are not a Apologia kind of kids. I did pick up The Story Book of Science and Physics Lab in the Home. Abmleside has alot of living Scince books and there are people who strickly use living books but how?
Have you looked at Masterbooks science curriculums? They do not specifically claim to be CM, but they do build their curriculum on real books written by passionate writers. They have courses using the Tiner books as well astronomy, geology, etc. The parent lesson planner provides a schedule and worksheets, tests, etc. if you choose to use that. The planners are cheap enough that I do not feel I am throwing away money purchasing it just for the reading schedule and narration ideas based on the worksheet questions. Check it out, it might give you some ideas.
My son is still in the elementary years, but I too have often searched and thought about what we will do in middle school for science. We love our living books, and I need something that is from a Christian point of view. I’m thinking that Apologia will not be our resource in the future, as well. Have you checked out, “The Wonders of Creation” books? They are Christian science books, and they differ from Apologia in several ways. We just purchased the Wonders of Creation Astronomy book to use as a spine for our solar system unit, along with our living books. You can use them for multiple ages through high school, as there are 3 levels for each lesson, with the upper level being a springboard for independent research/activities. This would make it easy to teach multiple ages, while staying on topic as a family. And, you could easily add some living books in to accompany. For instance, the first 2 chapters in the Astronomy Book are, “The Night Sky” and “The Moon.” I like that I can use it now, and come back to it in the later years to read the Level 2 or 3 sections to build upon what we already learned.
She’s a CM mom with some great suggestions; I know it’s a “high school science” post, but some of the resources listed could be used in middle school: https://www.joyinthehome.com/successfully-teaching-high-school-science-the-charlotte-mason-way/
Jill, Sabbath Mood is definitely Christian curriculum. I just ordered a curriculum from there and am excited to use it this coming year.
My daughter just completed AO Year 7 Science in her 8th grade year. It was great! I wrote a reflection post if you’re interested in seeing how we used it….
http://reflectionsfromdrywoodcreek.blogspot.com/2018/05/reflections-on-ambleside-year-7-science.html
Basically, she read and narrated through a completed notebooking page. I love the way her notebook turned out. She also enjoyed the process.
Some of the books were favorites and some were not, but I can’t say I regret scheduling any of them.
Now, I’m trying to decide how to proceed for 9th grade. Ideally, she would complete AO Year 8 science since it’s the second half of Year 7. However, I’m not sure whether we are going to take a more traditional approach (textbook) to science or stick with the living book approach. She much preferred the living book approach so most likely I will try to do a combination.
Thanks for sharing this notebooking idea.
Very helpful as I plan our youngest daughter’s science studies for the year.
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