Science Unit Studies for Homeschoolers and Teachers

In the last few months we have discovered the wonder of unit studies and it has been delightful. Now I have had the opportunity to be introduced to a different author and program in Funtastic Unit Studies  ~  (http://FuntasticUnitStudies.com/). When I first discovered I would be give the opportunity to review the physical book Science Unit Studies For Homeschoolers and Teachers, I was intrigued as to what I would receive. The first thing I did was go and download some free samples and unit studies (see the bottom of this post). For the purposes of this review we were expected to use on unit study from the book which should take about two weeks of work. For us it took about three, but it was a neat experience.

Right now my daughter is loving science and has been begging left and right to increase our library, both with some read and find out type books as well as family read aloud living text books. Thus she was ecstatic when I said we would be doing some more unit studies in science. (The unit study we did earlier this year was also science.) However, Science Unit Studies for Homeschoolers and Teachers Ages 4-13 was different. The first half of the book (10 chapters) is for younger students and the second half of the book (10 chapters) is for the older students so it is not an all encompassing thing, but with some experiments perhaps that is a good plan. It is my understanding that Susan Kilbride, the author, is a homeschool mom with co-op teaching experience so her unit studies are tried and true tested.

In the first ten chapters, in the section for ages 4-7 the topics include:

1. Our Senses


2. The Human Body


3. Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life


4. Animals


5. Insects and Their Kin


6. Fun with Magnets


7. Stars and Planets


8. Health


9. Beginning Plants


10. Animal Ecology

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Freebies:
Here's a link to a page  that has two free pdf units from the book:
http://funtasticunitstudies.com/science-unit-studies-book/

And here's a link that has some other, unrelated, freebies:
http://funtasticunitstudies.com/lessons-and-activities/
Historical Chapter Book