The Common Sense Science Insects Book Package includes the Insects Book and Student Materials Packet.
Common Sense Science Insects is organized into 18 weeks of science at a pace of three days per week. The Book includes an introduction to the course and the philosophy of multilevel teaching, followed by vocabulary and lesson information and the lab and activity instructions. Lab activities are easy to do at home and use household items. Parents/teachers are encouraged to include topical library books, videos, or supplemental teaching tools from the internet to enrich student learning. To help students conceptualize, analyze, review, and apply the knowledge gleaned, the lessons each have at least one activity that involves the construction of 3D Graphic Organizers, a sort of cut-and-create method to create individual booklets. The activities focus on skills such as compare/contrast, observation, describing a process, or explaining functions. Most of the activities include writing about the subject matter, although families may choose to orally discuss some of the activities.
The Common Sense Science Insects Materials Packet contains all the templates necessary for the Graphic Organizers that are integral to the Common Sense Press Insects Course. Black-and-white templates are reproducible for the purchasing family, which makes this an affordable, fun way to learn science as a family. Packet is staple-bound, which allows for easy removal for student use. Index cards are used to record predictions, observations, experiments, and conclusions. Additionally, students will need pencils, scissors, glue, colored pencils/crayons, letter-size manila file folders (or 12” x 18” cardstock), multi-colored 8.5” x 11” paper, and a large ziplock bag.