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Intermediate Physical
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Recommended to be taken during one of the highlighted years.
In homeschooling, many parents track their children together even though they are different ages. Our courses are designed to allow for this while still challenging and thoroughly addressing the upper grades with added content and course work..
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 Suitable for 4th to 6th grades. This course is presented in such a clear, concise, and interactive manner, that students find themselves enjoying and succeeding in science. Students use “real life” projects in their experiments, helping to make the scientific principles they are learning tangible. The course covers all of the standards and benchmarks set by the National Science Education Standards for Physical Science: 4th to 8th grade. |
 7th or 8th grade physical science course. Additional chapters, lessons, and experiments (included with the standard course) for 7th and 8th grades make this an engaging and thorough middle school level physical science curriculum covering all of the standards and benchmarks set by the National Science Education Standards for Physical Science: through 8th grade. |
| If a student has a limited background in physical science, this can be used in 9th grade as well. |
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Comes complete with the interactive and thorough textbook (on CD) of 36 chapters (120 lessons), a student logbook, teacher's manual, and all necessary materials to complete each project and experiment. |
Designed for ease, the student completes one chapter each week (three lessons) for thirty six weeks. Each lesson includes an experiment or activity and takes between 30 and 45 minutes to complete. There are extra chapters specifically for the middle school students who are taking this course called "further studies." See below for more information. |
There are a few
basic tools and supplies that will be needed such as a
pencil, scissors, and low-melt glue gun. For a specific list, click here. |
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Below is an explanation of how each lesson is laid out.
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Chapters & Questions
Each lesson begins
with a chapter on the scientific principle the student is learning,
followed by comprehension questions. For a sample lesson, go to our sample lesson page. |
Projects & Experiments
Students build projects and use them to conduct experiments applying what they have
learned during
the lesson. The
step-by-step
pictorial
instructions ensure success. |
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Student Logbook
Students use the logbook to record answers to the questions in their lessons and to record experiment data. They also use it to review for the quizzes and the unit exam.
For the parent/teacher it becomes a great portfolio and documentation of the course work completed by the student. For sample pages, go to our sample lessons page. |
Teacher's Manual
The teacher's manual includes an overview of assessment and grading, scope and sequence, a complete answer key with sample hypothesis and theories, and unit reviews/tests. |
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Section Reviews
Each section is
followed up by a
review that assesses
the student’s understanding of the major topics covered. |
Captain Code
After each review, a code is given to the
student to do a fun “Captain Code” activity. |
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Further Studies
The CD includes chapters called “Further Studies”. These lessons, experiments and activities are designed as additional tools to further challenge the student’s scientific skills. The regular year-long course meets all of the National Science Education Standards for physical science -- grades four through six. Adding the “Further Studies” section meets all of the National Science Education Standards for physical science -- through eighth grade. |
Minimum
System Requirements |
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Works with: Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000,
Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista |
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• Intel Pentium II 450MHz or faster processor
(or equivalent)
• CD-ROM drive
•128MB of RAM
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• PowerPC G3 500MHz or faster processor
• CD-ROM drive
•128MB of RAM |
Free disk space required
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116 MB Elementary curriculum
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284 MB Intermediate Curriculum
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Free disk space required
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116 MB Elementary curriculum
• 284 MB Intermediate curriculum |
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complete project based curriculum
All materials included Hands on projects experiments interactive cd
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