5th Grade Science                                     
  We find this to be the only non-remedial secular science worktext on the market! 

Included below are:
  1) an overview
  2) criteria for selecting curriculum 
  3) course materials listed 
  4) sample pages from the worktext
  5) scope and sequence

OVERVIEW
Science courses are a source of concern for many parents. Of primary concern is the inclusion of the theory of evolution. You can relax because you will not find it here. Included with the two color 280 page worktext are the teacher’s manual with two full page 36 week school schedules, one for teacher reference and another for the student's bulletin board, test book, and three sets of materials lists one for your bulletin board and two shopper’s copies. The benefit of extra shopper’s copies is it enables you to keep a list with you while you are out and about so you can procure materials not already on hand. This provision is just one of many that make purchasing a program from Curriculum Services so workable. These extra aids enables you to provide the balance of text instruction to hands-on learning experiences you want. For experiments that cannot be done you and your student should read them through and predict the outcome using what has been learned.
     Experiments are provided as they are an excellent way to lock-in the science concepts taught. However, many will not have the resources to do all the book work and the experiments. There is no need to worry. It is enough to complete the text, take the tests, and hopefully do as many experiments as possible.. 
     If you want the most hands-on approach possible these worktexts are ideal! However if you want a basic text-based approach to teaching science there is no finer text available! As mentioned above we include multiple copies of materials lists so you can start acquiring supplies early. Most supplies are inexpensive and easily found, such as a chicken which can be purchased while grocery shopping. Because of the depth of science concepts we do not recommend adding supplements as they would only be burdensome.

Our Criteria For Selecting Course Materials
    First and foremost on our list is the curriculum must be visually appealing but not too "busy". See sample pages below. It must also have student appeal while being as self-instructing as possible. In addition it must be comprehensive and adaptable to different learning styles. Because we specialize in providing write-in texts for our text supported courses we focus first on consumable text books and then compare them to their hard-bound counterparts. We were delighted to discover, once again, that consumable texts came in first place in all categories.
    In addition, course materials whether consisting of one component or several together must offer a balanced amount of work. If, for example, there is not enough course material it may not be comprehensive enough while too much creates another host of problems. These include not allowing enough time to cover all the concepts, going over concepts not readily understood, or hands-on activities. There is also the problem of student and teacher burn-out in addition to not having enough time for recreation and other family activities. Parent and student feedback is very positive in this regard. See articles SACC, One Subject a Day, and Testing.

Course Materials include:
   1) a two color 280+ page write-in student text 
   2) a 32 page teacher's manual 
   3) test book
   4) a full page bulletin board schedule
   5) a ledger size (11" x 17") bulletin board materials list
   6) three sets of materials lists for shopping 

SAMPLE PAGES
The following three pages below were taken from Unit 5, Planet Earth - On It, Inside It, Beyond It.

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Living Things What Is A Living Thing? Protoplasm All Living Things Are Made of Cells There Are Many Kinds of Cells The Animal Kingdom The Kingdoms of Living Things The Invertebrates The Vertebrates The Plant Kingdom Simple Plants Higher Plants Seed Plants Energy For Life Where Energy Comes From How Do Green Plants Use The Sun's Energy How Do Green Plants Get Energy How Do You Get Energy? Tissues, Organs and Systems What Is Your Body Made Of? How Cells Do Their Work What Circulatory System Does What The Respiratory System Does What The Excretory System Does Keeping Your Body Working Well The Skin What Is The Purpose Of The Skin The Structure Of The Skin Care of Your Skin Skin Care And First-Aid Rules Health Problems You Don't Have To Have Weight Problems: Too Much/Too Little Alcohol: What Is It? Why Smoke? Drugs: What Are They? Matter, Energy, and Work What Is Matter? Physical Properties Chemical Properties States of Matter Changing the States of Matter Machines Do Work What Is Energy? Simple Machines There Are Many Kinds Of Energy Potential and Kinetic Energy Different Kinds of Energy How Matter and are Energy Related What Is Electrical Energy? Static Electricity Electricity That Flows Conductors Electric Circuits What Circuit Breakers and Fuses Do Electrical Safety Light Energy and How We Use It What Is Light Energy Why We Can See Objects How Are Images Formed? How Different Kinds Of Surfaces Reflect Light What Do Lenses Do To Light? Is Light Really White?

Planet Earth - On It, Inside It, Beyond It What The Earth is Made Of The Earth's Spheres The Hydrosphere The Water Cycle The Lithosphere The Barysphere How The Earth Is Built Up Movement of the Earth's Crust Different Types of Mountains How Volcanoes Form How Earthquakes Occur Hot Springs and Geysers How The Earth Is Worn Down Mechanical Weathering Chemical Weathering How Erosion Breaks Down The Earth's Surface How Can We Conserve Soil? What the Earth's Soil is Made Of The Layers of Soil How Soil Erodes How Erosion Can Be Reduced A New Frontier Look Before You Leap One Giant Leap Venus, Mars and Jupiter Saturn and Beyond Living and Working in Space The Earth's Changing Atmosphere The Atmosphere The Ocean of Air The Layers of the Atmosphere Air in Motion The Wind and the Energy It Gets From The Sun Does Every Place On Earth Receive The Same Amount Of Heat? Convection Currents High- and Low-Pressure Areas How Winds Are Named Movements of Air on the Earth Movement of Air Masses Water in the Atmosphere Physical Change Humidity How Clouds Are Formed Fog Precipitation Rain Snow Hail Sleet Dew and Frost How Storms Are Caused Cyclones Anticyclones Thunderstorms Tornadoes Hurricanes Blizzards Storm Safety Forecasting the Weather The Science of Weather The Weather Map Instruments a Weather Station Uses How Weather Satellites are Used Forecasting the Weather