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Becky Parker
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Posted: Feb 07 2011 at 4:12pm \| IP Logged

Has anyone used Elemental Science ?
I am considering it for my 2nd grader next year and would love to hear your opinions.

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Posted: Feb 07 2011 at 5:53pm \| IP Logged

I am going to use it for my 2nd grade next year as well, so I'll tag along on this thread.

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Posted: July 19 2011 at 5:20pm \| IP Logged

Becky and Lara,

Did you end up going this way? What do you think?

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Posted: July 20 2011 at 7:09am \| IP Logged

I did one section of it (the human body), and the kids enjoyed the experiments and putting parts on the body diagram; but I just didn't put the effort into supplementing with living books. It did get us through a dry spell in science, and it uses Janice Van Cleave's books which I really like. It also sparked an interest in noticing their body and how it works, so I can't complain. I think it's a good way to help organize your thoughts on a subject, if you need direction (like me). It was very easy to implement, and the supplies are listed out in the front of the section.

It's definitely a classial style - short bursts of information from encyclopedia, short narration on subject in notebook with a picture, experiment sheets, and keeping a notebook. It was written for those using TWTM and uses the guidance from that book to form the study. So, it is a great resource for that style of learning/eduation. It's not a CM approach.

I haven't looked at the upper levels, and there is also a history version (written my someone else) that they are now providing.

HTH

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Becky Parker
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Posted: July 20 2011 at 8:33pm \| IP Logged

No, I decided I should really just use what I already have on hand. I'm notorious for going over budget, and this year there ended up being a few other things I really wanted to get, so I passed this one up.

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