{"id":221,"date":"2009-06-05T14:41:47","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T18:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2021-05-12T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T19:32:57","slug":"level-1a-year-2-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/level-1a-year-2-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Level 1A – Year 2 Science – ARCHIVED"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Universe in My Hands<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

This one year introduction to science uses The Universe in My Hands<\/a> by Mary Daly as a framework. It will teach your child how everything in the universe can be classified by order of magnitude. Your child will set up a binder in which his work, both at this level and in the future, can be kept in a logical scientific order. Certain topics will be explored in greater depth.

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Time requirement:<\/strong> Two weekly lessons of approximately 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Teacher involvement:<\/strong> You will need to work with your child for these lessons<\/p>\n

Key Texts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Universe in My Hands<\/a><\/strong> by Mary Daly (available from Ye Hedge School<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Note: You will require both the booklet and the set of dividers. We advise you to read through the booklet before starting the lessons with your child. <\/span><\/p>\n

Home Science Adventures: Microscopic Explorations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Adventures With Atoms and Molecules: Chemistry Experiments for Young People (Vol.1)<\/a><\/strong>, by Robert Mebane and Thomas Rybolt<\/p>\n

Home Science Adventures: The Astronomy Adventure<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Recommended Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heaven and Earth: Unseen by the Naked Eye<\/a><\/strong>, by Katherine Roucoux
\nThis book is a collection of photographs taken through either a microscope or a telescope, arranged in order of magnitude. This book will enable your child to see both the smallest items (electron trails in a bubble chamber) and largest items (a galaxy field) discussed in The Universe in My Hands – and items of every size in between. It is available in both a large hardcover or a mini paperback edition. The larger pictures have more impact, but pictures from the small book could be scanned, copied, or even cut out for inclusion in your child’s binder.<\/span><\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

Powers of Ten: a Flipbook<\/a><\/strong> by Charles and Ray Eames
\nAnother photographic journey, starting with a view of one billion light years and moving inwards by powers of ten down to subatomic particles. Directly correlates to magnitude studies, with postcard sized pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Optional Extras:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Films of Charles and Ray Eames, Vol.1<\/a><\/strong> is available on DVD and includes Powers of Ten, a nine minute film exploring magnitude.<\/p>\n

Usborne Internet-Linked Mysteries and Marvels of Science<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Teacher Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

CD for the Universe in My Hands and A Doorway of Amethyst (Beginning Geology)<\/a><\/strong> by Mary Daly
\n<\/a>Note: We highly recommend<\/span> listening to this talk if you are unsure about how the orders of magnitude work, or how to teach them.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

TERM 1<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The Visible World<\/strong><\/p>\n

MAGNITUDE: The Universe in My Hands <\/strong>(One lesson weekly<\/em>)
\nNote: When using The Universe in My Hands, try to have your child draw or paste in as many pictures as possible as each order of magnitude is studied<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Unit 1: What is size? What is small?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 1<\/strong>: Size and smallness; What is a magnitude? (pp.10-12)<\/p>\n

Have your child set up a binder with the tabbed dividers.
\nOptional activity<\/span>: Memorize Bible verse (Ws. 11:20)<\/p>\n

Lesson 2<\/strong>: Page Zero – One meter (pp.13-15)<\/p>\n

Lesson 3<\/strong>: Page (-1) – One decimeter (pp.16-18)<\/p>\n

Lesson 4<\/strong>: Page (-2) – One centimeter (pp.19-21)<\/p>\n

Lesson 5<\/strong>: Page (-3) – One millimeter (pp.22-24)<\/p>\n

Lesson 6<\/strong>: Magnitude review (pp.25-27)<\/p>\n

Unit 2: My Home on Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 7:<\/strong> Page (-4) – One tenth of a millimeter<\/p>\n

Lesson 8:<\/strong> Big Things (pp.33-34)<\/p>\n

Lesson 9:<\/strong> Page (+1) – Ten meters (pp.35-38)<\/p>\n

Lesson 10:<\/strong> Page (+2) – One hundred meters (pp.39-41)<\/p>\n

Lesson 11:<\/strong> Page (+3) – One kilometer (pp.42-43)<\/p>\n

Lesson 12:<\/strong> Page (+4) – Ten kilometers (pp.44-45)<\/p>\n

EXPLORATION<\/strong> (One lesson weekly<\/em>)
\nNote: Remember to relate your child’s studies to the orders of magnitude, and file activity sheets and narrations in the appropriate section of the binder.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Magnitude (-3) and (-4): MICROSCOPIC WORLD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Home Science Adventures: Microscopic Explorations<\/a><\/strong> (14 lessons)<\/p>\n

Optional Reading
\n<\/span>Usborne Internet-Linked Complete Book of the Microscope<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p><\/div>\n

TERM 2<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Beyond the Visible<\/strong><\/p>\n

MAGNITUDE: The Universe in My Hands<\/strong> (One lesson weekly<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Unit 3: Down to the Quarks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 13<\/strong>: Page (-5) – Cells (pp.48-49)<\/p>\n

Lesson 14<\/strong>: Page (-6) – Light, Bacteria (pp.49-50)<\/p>\n

– discovery of the microscope<\/p>\n

Lesson 15<\/strong>: Page (-7) – DNA, Molecules (pp.50-52)<\/p>\n

Lesson 16<\/strong>: Pages (-8) and (-9) – smaller molecules (pp.52-55)<\/p>\n

Lesson 17<\/strong>: Page (-10) – Water molecules, atoms (pp.55-57)<\/p>\n

Lesson 18<\/strong>: Pages (-11), (-12) and (-13) – Electrons (pp.57-59)<\/p>\n

Lesson 19<\/strong>: Pages (-14) to (-19) – Quarks (pp.59-61)<\/p>\n

Lesson 20<\/strong>: Page (-34) – Planck’s Constant (p.61)<\/p>\n

Lesson 21<\/strong>: Review<\/p>\n

Unit 4: Up to the Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 22<\/strong>: Page (+5), 100 kilometers (pp.64-66)<\/p>\n

Lesson 23<\/strong>: Pages (+6) and (+7), 1,000 and 10,000 kilometers (pp.66-67)<\/p>\n

Lesson 24<\/strong>: Pages (+8), 100,000 kilometers (pp.68-69)<\/p>\n

EXPLORATION<\/strong> (One lesson weekly<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Adventures With Atoms and Molecules<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Choose any twelve experiments from the book.
\nNote: If you are enthusiastic scientists and have time, do two experiments each week<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Optional Reading:<\/span><\/p>\n

Pasteur’s Fight Against Microbes<\/a><\/strong> (Beverley Birch)<\/p>\n

Marie Curie’s Search for Radium<\/a><\/strong> (Beverley Birch)<\/p>\n

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System<\/a><\/strong> (Joanna Cole)<\/p>\n

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TERM 3<\/span><\/h3>\n
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MAGNITUDE: The Universe in My Hands<\/strong> (One lesson weekly<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Unit 4: Up to the Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 25<\/strong>: Pages (+9), (+10) and (+11), 1 million to 100 million kilometers – Stars (pp.69-71)<\/p>\n

Lesson 26<\/strong>: Pages (+12 to +15), 1 billion to 1 trillion kilometers – Comets (pp.71-72)<\/p>\n

Lesson 27<\/strong>: Page (+16), 1 light year – Measurement (pp.72-74)<\/p>\n

Unit 5: A Universe Just Your Size<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 28<\/strong>: Page (+17), 10 light years – Why stars burn (pp.76-78)<\/p>\n

L<\/strong>esson 29<\/strong>: Page (+18), 100 light years – Constellations (pp.78-79)<\/p>\n

Lesson 30<\/strong>: Page (+19), 1000 light years – Orion (pp.79-80)<\/p>\n

Lesson 31<\/strong>: Pages (+20) and (+21), 10,000 and 100,000 light years – Milky Way (pp.80-82)<\/p>\n

Lesson 32<\/strong>: Pages (+22) and (+23), 1 million and 10 million light years – Andromeda Nebula and Virgo supercluster (pp.82-83)<\/p>\n

Lesson 33<\/strong>: Pages (+24), 100 million light years – Galactic superclusters (pp.83-85)<\/p>\n

Lesson 34<\/strong>: Page (+25), 1 billion light years – Universe and time (pp.85-86)<\/p>\n

Lesson 35<\/strong>: Page (+26), 10 billion light years – Creation (pp.86-89)<\/p>\n

Lesson 36<\/strong>: Review<\/p><\/div>\n

Note: These are complex ideas! Don’t worry if your child doesn’t grasp them at this stage. This is just a first introduction to the universe, and will be revisited again at Level 3.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

EXPLORATION<\/strong> (One lesson weekly<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Home Science Adventures: The Astronomy Adventure<\/strong><\/a> (16 lessons)
\nLessons 1 to 11 and 16 to be used during class time. Lessons 12 to 15 are observations of the night sky, one for each season.<\/p>\n

Optional Reading<\/span><\/p>\n

The Stars: a New Way to See Them<\/a><\/strong> by H.A.Rey<\/p>\n

Find the Constellations<\/strong><\/a> by H.A.Rey<\/p>\n

One Small Square: the Night Sky<\/a><\/strong> by Donald M.Silver<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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