foreverd04
- Reviewed on Monday, April 20, 2009
- Grades Used: 4th grade, but used 5th grade text
- Dates used: 2008-2009
Although my dd is in 4th grade we chose to use Abeka's 5th grade textbook, "Investigating God's World." I cannot say enough good things about this book. The text was interesting, and informative. The photos in the text were gorgeous. My daughter learned tons, and so did I. I don't even like science, and this book made it fun and interesting. (even rocks, bugs, and machines) We did not use the test or quizzes, because we had no need to. My dd remembers things we studied back in September, and still talks about them. The experiments, for the most part, were very simple to do, and easily done with household materials. I couldn't have asked for a better science text this year. My dd has chosen to study Apologia's Zoology books next year, but if not, I would definitely use Abeka Science again, and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a Christian science text.
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JennieB.
- Reviewed on Saturday, March 21, 2009
- Grades Used: 6th
- Dates used: 2009
I'm using A Beka's Observing God's World science text and we enjoy the colorful graphics throughout, but I find the pages of the text to be a bit thin. I also wish the text was hard bound (2002 edition). It feels more like a hefty workbook. However, it is a great science curriculum. I purchased mine through Christian Liberty Press along with an answer key and test packet. Here's what you'll be learning: the universe, space travel, trees, matter, physics, simple machines, and energy. But, there's so much! And it does seem a bit fast paced and advanced. I think, for us, Rod and Staff, though a bit dry, was a much better fit.
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talynnlang
- Reviewed on Thursday, February 19, 2009
- Grades Used: 6th
- Dates used: 2008-09
A Beka's science book is full of beautiful color photos that my daughter loved. I thought the material was well presented and covered the necessary amount of detail. My daughter just loved this science book.
I purchased my book through Christian Liberty Press along with CLP's answer key and tests. CLP does design nice tests and pretty good teacher supplement/answer key materials for this science book. However, science is something my daughter always wants me to participate in with her, and next year I may be looking into another teacher text and/or student text designed with more teacher-student involvement in mind. As mentioned, I bought mine from CLP, and the teacher's manual (basically an answer key for the book with some info for teaching aids) was not very useful otherwise, which is fine, but my daughter really missed the one-on-one teaching/lecture.
I haven't tried the teacher books from A Beka, which may provide a better accompaniment to their science text than CLP. (Not that I don't like CLP, I use several of their materials due to their superb quality and homeschool-friendly cost.)
Overall, the A Beka science for 6th grade has been a great choice for us this year and are very aesthetically appealing to children.
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Soaring Eagle
- Reviewed on Friday, September 05, 2008
- Grades Used: K
- Dates used: August-September 2008
I just used it as a reader so it took us only a month to go through it. A few activities, mostly coloring throughout the book. My daughter enjoyed looking at all of the colorful photos but skipped most of the coloring parts. I got my copy for free but don't think I would have bought it unless I was using ABeka's complete curriculum.
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