Real Science 4 Kids?

[Hera]

Hi,
I haven't been around this forum much lately...but my dd is interested in learning Chemistry, so we're looking for a science program for her. I found this one, Real Science 4 Kids, that looked very promising. However, we are not interested in books about intelligent design or creationism, and when I scrolled down to the bottom of this page I found some other books that gave me pause. So, I thought I'd ask here: Is Real Science for kids written for people who believe in creationism? Or are they safe for a non-religious family...

Thanks

ETA: Sorry to bother you all, I answered my own question

So...are there any good homeschooling science resources for people who do not want to "Teach the Controversy" and who are totally comfortable teaching straight science, Evolution included?

[melissel]

Originally Posted by Hera

Hi,
I haven't been around this forum much lately...but my dd is interested in learning Chemistry, so we're looking for a science program for her. I found this one, Real Science 4 Kids, that looked very promising. However, we are not interested in books about intelligent design or creationism, and when I scrolled down to the bottom of this page I found some other books that gave me pause. So, I thought I'd ask here: Is Real Science for kids written for people who believe in creationism? Or are they safe for a non-religious family...

Thanks

ETA: Sorry to bother you all, I answered my own question

So...are there any good homeschooling science resources for people who do not want to "Teach the Controversy" and who are totally comfortable teaching straight science, Evolution included?

RS4K is indeed written by an author who believes in creationism, but the books themselves, as far as I know, do not address the issue at all. There are very few, if any, HS science materials written by people who don't at least believe in intelligent design. I believe the Life and Earth science materials by Pandia Press are completely secular, written by secular authors. Those are the only ones I know of!

ETA: Oh, also K12 is completely secular in its presentation (don't know about behind the scenes, of course). I don't know how old your DC are, but maybe that would work?

[LilyGrace]

We're looking at NOEO science for next year. They seem to get really good reviews, and while the publishers seem to believe in Creationism, they use secular books and present science from a secular point of view.

[MSings]

I do not have this book yet but do plan to buy it. This review site (which does have a lot of Christian homeschoolers contributing)
http://www.homeschoolreviews.com/rev...ews.aspx?id=57 says that there is no creation or evolution involved. This make sense to me as Elementary Chemistry is unlikely to touch upon these topics. If you look at the Table of Contents on Amazon it is about molecules, chemical reactions, acid-base.

[mom2ponygirl]

http://msnucleus.org/curriculum/curriculum.html
free! k-12
www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.com has a group buy for CyberEd science - middle school to high school level.
http://www.howtoteachscience.com/coolstuff.html

I've used RS4K and it was okay but not great. I never recommend it though because I don't wish to give any more money to an ID fanatic.

[Hera]

Originally Posted by mom2ponygirl

I've used RS4K and it was okay but not great. I never recommend it though because I don't wish to give any more money to an ID fanatic.

You hit the nail on the head, there...even if the chemistry is good and they don't touch on origins at all, I'm just not interested in supporting her work.

I realized last night that the reason I'm looking for a curriculum is because I'm kind of scared of attempting to teach Chem without some kind of outline, but my dh thinks we can manage. I do have an Usbourne science encyclopedia, and he found a bunch of texts to download, and I think we're just going to try to put it together ourselves.

It kind of makes me want to write a science program for homeschoolers, though. I wonder how much of a market there is...it's still kind of a minority position in the homeschooling community, I think. Uh-oh, I just heard conflict involving the piano...