Need help to figure out science for this year

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  • September 28, 2009 at 8:29 pm
    karoleeg
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    Hello!

    I recently withdrew my oldest son (age 10) from a virtual academy and am embarking on a CM education for him and his siblings. His sister is still in public school but I hope to bring her home soon. She’s in 2nd grade.

    I am having trouble finding an idea for science to use for this year. We have virtually no funds to work with so I’m at a loss. I have looked longingly at the 106 days of Creation study, but can’t afford the books and they aren’t available at our library (we live in a small town in Idaho). I don’t know what to do. Can anyone give me some good, cost effective ideas? I already plan to do nature study but he is really into science and would love to dig deeper. I would like to give him a firm basis in Creation science, since he has said he’d like to be a paleontologist since he was old enough to say the word.

     

    Thanks,

    Karolee

    September 29, 2009 at 2:49 am
    crazy4boys
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    Here are some lower/no cost science options.  I totally understand the library dilemma.  We move around a lot with the military and it seems we always get sent to places with small libraries.  Interlibrary loans can get expensive and can take a long time to arrive, often way after we’ve finished a topic, or before we’ve even started!

    http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/ – some great ideas with links to various crafts, videos, book sections, etc.  

    This is a link to The Handbook of Nature Study (so you don’t have to buy one!) – http://www.archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp

    Here is a study of the human body.  It does use some books that your library may have, but it also has lots of links to online videos and lapbooks.  http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/science/otters_science/otters_science_main.html

    This site has the life science book available free online.  http://www.eequalsmcq.com/classicsciinfo.htm

    All of the Real Science 4 Kids books can be viewed free online also.  (This is my favorite science series!)  http://gravitaspublications.com/

    One of the things I do with my boys is to pick a topic and then check out as many books as we can at the library on that topic (and often they aren’t the greatest books, but you do what you can with what you have).  We also search the internet for pictures, videos, lapbooks, coloring pages, etc.  We’ve done the human body, birds, dinosaurs, chemistry, gardening, etc.  I have a list of topics for them to choose from so I feel like we’re covering everything.  We spend anywhere from a week to several months per topic – we just work on it until they feel like they’re done with it.  

    http://www.mainlesson.com has a lot of living nature and science books that you can read and/or print out.  www.gutenberg.org also has a lot of great science books.

    This website has some fun unit study type ideas.  http://www.easyfunschool.com/IndexScience.html  

    That’s all I can think of for now.  If anything hits me at 3 a.m. I’ll let you know.

    Best of luck!

    Heather

     

     

     

    September 29, 2009 at 3:58 am
    floridasweets
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    Try http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/1stgrade.htm It’s all free. I too do not have alot of money, so I rely heavily on free internet and free library books. I got an HDMI cord so I could hook my laptop to the t.v. It’s like having an overhead projection screen. I also read them off the internet through my phone, and print some pages through the library. Hope this helps. 

    September 29, 2009 at 12:17 pm
    knechtslodge
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    Last night as I was reading some homeschool blogs I can across a site that has a life science program for free for the year. it is really not CM and at this point I am not sure if it comes from a Christian viewpoint but it could be used as a starting off point and then add living books that you do have from your library. Here is the site http://www.eequalsmcq.com/classicsinfo.htm. Click on the Life Science Unit which is the free one, the others cost about $50.00 for the year. Hope this helps a little.

    Blessings

    Diane

    September 29, 2009 at 12:45 pm
    Rachel White
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    HI Karolee,

    Have you tried using an interlibrary loan system at your library? I have found many creation books through the interlibrary loans. Look for books by Buddy Davis, D. Deyoung, Micheal Oard and his wife’s, too; The book “Men of Science, Men of G-d” to read bio’s of other creationists, The “Wonders of Creation Series”, I have found them thru my interlibrary and at library sales; here’s the list of them:

    http://www.libraryanded.com/store/WONDE101B.html

    My method is to go to the Master Books, the Nature section from Yesterday’s Classics, and Answers and Genesis website, scroll thorugh the books and make a wish list for my children. Then I take that list and browse through my library website, write down which books I can get at the library and then put the others on a wish list and keep an eye out for them on sale, used at Amazon, at used books stores, library sales, etc. If your library doesn’t have a site, then go through the list with the librarian.

    As for online resources, any books by Jean Henri Fabre, Mrs. Alfred (Margaret) Gatty,  Arabella Buckley “Eyes and No Eyes Series”, Ernest Seton.

     Two online sources I like are Baldwin online (http://www.mainlesson.com )and http://www.manybooks.net

    but use wherever you find them and like the format. These ideas also apply to the 2nd grader (who is getting indoctrinated to evolution while she’s still in the gov’t school), who can start reading creationsim books now while she’s still there. Again, the Buddy Davis books, Don DeYoung, the Answers books for Kids, etc., through the library, from Masterbooks and Answers in Genesis and books in her age group from Yesterday’s Classics at http://www.yesterdaysclassics.com  under the Nature section.

    Even though you didn’t ask, if you subscribe to Netflix, thereare a few Creationist videos there and check for them from the library, too.

    HTH,

    Rachel

    September 29, 2009 at 2:21 pm
    nerakr
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    Homeschool Freebie of the Day has a nature book from 1949 on the site today only. It looks like it is for gr. 2-3 or so. You’ll have to sign up today to get it, though.

    Karen

    September 30, 2009 at 2:17 am
    Rachel White
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    I meant to offer the idea of using the “Handbook of Nature Study” by Comstock, with the aid of this blog:

    http://www.handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/

    You can download the book itself witout purchasing and be guided on how to use it.

    Rachel

     

     

    September 30, 2009 at 3:00 am
    crazy4boys
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    Can anyone else see my comment?  I can only see it if I’m logged in, but can’t see it if I’m not.  I’ve never had that happen before.  Weird….

    September 30, 2009 at 3:14 am
    Shanna
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    Also, check out Google Books. You can find lots of old books many of which are from a Christian Worldview to print and enjoy. Even at this age though I would not stress over science. I would spend lots of time outdoors and give them lots of books to read. No need to have a seperate curriculum.

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