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science curriculum question
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Hi I just have a quick question about the elementary sciences on the curriculum guide. Would it be enough to choose just one of the courses on the list per year plus some living science books that correlate to that topic? It seems that with studying one area (ie. flying creatures) for one whole year that we wouldn’t be able to get through all of the areas that an elementary student usually would in school. So, should I also cover things like rocks and minerals, technology, weather etc. at the same time as the year-long courses? I just don’t know how important it is to cover ALL of the topics.
Advice from someone who knows what they are doing (at least more than I do
) PLEASE!I think that if you did one of the Exporing Creations courses per year, your child will know a LOT more than most Elementary students, even though there may be some topics that they don’t cover.
For that matter, I am learning things in the courses.
That will be plenty. You will never be able to “cover all the bases.” Just choose one, find some wonderful living books and enjoy learning along with your children.
Thanks for answering my question, I now have one more. My son REALLY wants to do astronomy this year. Does anyone have any good living book suggestions that fit this subject?
Thank you so much for clearing things up for me
! Sometimes I don’t know why I feel so insecure about our schooling. -Miranda
I have only looked at the Apologia courses through their free downloads and we are using something else this year but if this doesn’t work we will do Apologia. From what I have seen, I think those other topics you mentioned will be covered within the context of the books. For example, the sun and moon affect our weather patterns so they may mention that. You could always expand on weather a bit when it gets to that part or when discussing the atmosphere of Mars you could contrast it with the atmosphere of Earth. Maybe Apologia does that already, I would imagine it does since Earth is part of our solor system too. I bet you get a fair amount of technology in Astronomy and maybe even rocks and minerals if you look at what other planets are made of. You could also pick a topic to do nature study on or over the summer maybe do a week on weather. Taking library books on those topics to read outside of school time or on school breaks would work too. Mostly I think you will find things in the Apologia books that relate to these and other topics.
) PLEASE!
! Sometimes I don’t know why I feel so insecure about our schooling. 
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