A level 2 is expected to come out this year. Other science products in this series include: Life Science and Earth and Space. And you can see the complete Table of Contents and Supply List to see more of what this book entails. There are several samples available on the website: "Atom" student page, Student "State of Confusion" notebook page, "Atomic Numbers" lab instruction sheet. The print version is available at Rainbow Resource for $38.50 (retails for $48.00) or as a download directly from Pandia Press for $38.99. A suggested weekly schedule for teaching this over 36 weeks, 2 days a week is included. This 431 page book comes ready for your 1 to 1 1/2 inch 3-ring binder (mine fit in a 1 inch binder but it was tight) and is intended to be a full year curriculum. I really could not think of anything that I do not like about it! Even though I love color and graphics, it did not bother me that this is in black and white. Includes reading and website suggestions for each unit.A unit outline tells you what the "Big Idea" and what the "Small Stuff" is.Each unit contains a poem and crossword puzzle to reinforce key concepts and vocabulary.Student pages are easily identified and easy to print.Read aloud prompts make the material easy to present.Teacher instructions and student pages are in one book.Introduces the scientific method in a gentle, easy to understand way.Lots of hands on activities that reinforce the concept being taught are included.Vocabulary is worded so that it is easily understood by the student.Topics are presented in an engaging manner.Sequential each lesson builds on the previous lesson.My boys are really enjoying this curriculum! An element is a group of the same type of atoms.The number of electrons a neutral atom is the same number as the number of protons in its nucleus.
The thing that makes one type of atom different from another type of atom is the number of protons that the atom has in its nucleus.To wrap up this unit, they completed a crossword puzzle. We then read another poem and lesson on the parts of an atom and colored a "Parts of an Atom" page. During Lab #2: "Do Atoms Move," we saw that atoms move very slowly in cold water, but quickly in hot water. We then completed Lab #1: "Are Atoms Small?" We scented balloons and tested to see which ones we could smell. The lesson readings are very conversational in style are designed to be read aloud to your child. The second unit, "Starting Small," began with a little song called "The Atom Song" followed by a lesson on the atom. The lesson concluded with a crossword puzzle covering the vocabulary words. We completed 2 labs in this section: #1 Be A Chemical Detective and #2 Telling Things Apart. A hypothesis is your best guess about the outcome of an experiment.A chemist is a person who studies how chemicals interact.Chemistry is the science that studies chemicals.The first unit began with a poem called "I Am a Chemist" followed by a lesson introduction: "What Is Chemistry?"Īt the beginning of the book, it lists all the main points of each lesson by dividing them into "Big Ideas" and "Small Stuff." You are instructed to focus on the "Big Idea" and not sweat the "small stuff" - it's just bonus material. My boys are 4th and 5th grade so they fit right at the end of the target age range perfectly. I used this program with Nathan and Dylan and we completed Units 1 and 2 of Level 1 for this review. The story is then followed by hands on lab activities that reinforce that concept. Can you fill in the names of all ten categories of elements just by going by the symbols of elements in those categories? Which elements belong to which categories? Use colored markers to outline the elements and their categories in the same color.Each lesson begins with a fun story like format that introduces the concept in a very kid-friendly way. Hide element names and symbols and challenge students to complete the table. Just open the file in a PDF reader supporting layers and begin customizing! Show all layers for a complete view including groups, periods, legends, colored outlines, corners (for black and white printing), as well as the usual atomic number, weight, symbol, and name. Letters in element box corners show categories so no information is lost with black and white printing.Colored outlines rather than filled blocks save ink.Fill-in worksheets for students to build their own periodic table.Handouts can provide only necessary information during test taking.Create quizzes by hiding names or categories.Hide unnecessary or grade-level inappropriate information.Ptable's new, up-to-date periodic table PDF and wide periodic table PDF are layered so you can choose exactly what you want to print, and are the perfect companion to the periodic table classroom poster. Printable Periodic Table PDF - Ptable Printable Periodic Table PDF