This was an excellent walk through of this program. My children love doing lapbooks, so this curriculum looks perfect. Thank you for sharing! This was very helpful!
This is not a dumb question! Printing the little books can be confusing. The Great Science Adventures were designed to cut out the pages from the back of the book. If you need more than one set, you do have permission to make additional copies for your family. If that proves to be too difficult, let us know, and I'll send you a .pdf to print from. Frankly, we felt printing the little books was often frustrating. That is one reason we have been working for the last couple of years converting the books into a much easier form. You can check out the new series, Common Sense Science, to see what I mean. It is the same material and graphic organizers but you don't have to cut your book up and everything is much clearer. Let us know what you think!
@@Nar3lle You are probably right! I know other programs use graphic organizers as well, and I thought maybe she had seen one for a student's graduation. Every book has a section at the beginning about how to use the graphic organizers, but it still may be a challenge for those of us who are not extremely crafty (including myself!). You can browse that section of the book here: www.commonsensepress.com/uploads/9/5/0/7/95072726/gsa_using_graphic_organizers.pdf. Take a look at let me know if you still have questions!
This did help quite a bit but I need an explanation of the Investigative Loop and how that works. I’m not really fully understanding the concept of this and how to implement it into the lessons.
The Investigative Loop is a procedure we use for the labs. It is designed to teach students that there are steps to follow in such a process. Have you had a chance to look at how the books describe the process? You can find that starting on page 4 here: www.commonsensepress.com/uploads/9/5/0/7/95072726/gsa_space_how_to_use_the_book.pdf. Does that help?
It depends on how deeply you dive into the information and how old your students are! For the most part, though, it should be very easy to get through 2 books in a school year.
@@andreagarcia3934 I hope that the curriculum works well for you and your family! Feel free to give us a call if you have any questions while working through the books!
@@jenniferharley8987 Hi Jennifer! Yes, they can absolutely be used with just one child! I recommend taking a look at the sample lessons on our website to get an idea of how the lessons are structured.
