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KackyK
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Posted: July 15 2011 at 6:37pm | IP Logged Quote KackyK
Rising 7th graders ds is doing Earth Science next year.

Upon someone's recommendation I looked at Doorway of Amethyst. It looks way more interesting than the big textbook I have for a spine.

I was wondering if anyone has seen it and knows if it has activities, other than crosswords mentioned on the site? The website has a nice list of other websites links that go with the different chapters.

I'd also like to know if it would be meaty enough for a 7th grader?

Thanks ladies!

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Posted: April 19 2013 at 5:56pm | IP Logged Quote Amber-v
I was looking at Mary Daly's A Doorway of Amethyst for my daughter who will be in 6th grade next year. Does anyone have any experience with it? If so, how did you end up using it?

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I am interested in this too. Anybody?
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Posted: June 06 2013 at 8:50am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Isn't it funny that there are no responses?!

I've been looking at that and have not pulled the trigger because I haven't heard anyone's review.

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Posted: June 06 2013 at 9:23am | IP Logged Quote Aagot
Yes Jenn,
I think we are going to have to bit the bullet and write our own reviews. I will just tell dh that it is my duty
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Posted: June 06 2013 at 9:25am | IP Logged Quote myheaven1967
It looks good! If you like it let us know!

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Posted: July 23 2013 at 10:45pm | IP Logged Quote margot helene
Sorry I didn't see this thread sooner! We used Doorway last year with grades 8-10 and they loved it! They liked Mary's (the author's) conversational style and interesting tidbits. The chapters are short and doable. I think Mary says it's a semester course. Upon Mary's suggestion, we added The Field Guide to Geology, which I also loved. We used parts of it as they matched the Doorway text making a little notebook of the illustrations - kids drew and narrated. I also really liked Mary's illustrations in the book - a lot of it is in color, which is nice and it's printed on good quality paper. Some people have complained of typos, but I didn't notice them, nor did my students.
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Would younger kids enjoy this book, Margot? If so, how much younger? I'm wondering particularly about younger middle-school range, as I have a strong-reader 11-year-old who's very interested in geology.

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