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Sharon Riegel or Charlene Harris   800-329-8547

Unit Studies have a new look in Ten Terrific Weeks!  Adventure Programs. These programs were created to combine books and the power of the Internet into a coordinated but simple curriculum that could be used at home or in diverse learning situations.

The curriculum guide is full of activities that are age-appropriate, and interactive ideas that make learning fun. 

The activity sets are so comprehensive that they even come with shopping lists for supplies or food (if applicable).  Our goal is for every child to be excited about learning! 

The subjects are coordinated and interrelated in a unit study style so that many skills are being utilized while learning the material.

Our Internet-linked books are an integral part of the program with even further opportunities for expansion than are utilized in the curriculum. Read more about them here.

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10 Week Programs

Include books and daily activities guide

Preschool/Lower Elementary -  $50

Adventures on Apple Tree Farm

Adventures of Fairy Princesses

Adventures of the Human Body

Adventures At Sea

Adventures with the Dinosaurs

Upper Elementary -  $75

Adventures of the Human Body

Adventures of Knighthood

Adventures in Space

Sample week:

From Adventures in Space, Week 3:  Stars

Monday:  Read “About the stars,” from Pocket Scientist, pages 108 – 109, “Stars,” from Science Encyclopedia, pages 158 – 161, and “Star Groups,” from Astronomy & Space, pages 46 – 47 and explore internet links.  Do “See for yourself,” from Science Encyclopedia, pg 159.

Tuesday:  Read “Life of a star,” from Space, pages 32 – 33, “Birth of Stars” and “Life of a Star,” from Astronomy & Space, pages 50 – 53 and explore Internet links. 

Suggested topics for discussion/journaling:

Create a baby announcement for a new star.  Remember to describe what kind of star it is and how it came to be.

Wednesday:  Read “Variable Stars,” “Star Patterns,” and “Describing Stars,” from Astronomy & Space, pages 54 – 58 and explore Internet links.

Suggested topics for discussion/journaling:

Write a biography of a star.  Include information about its size, brightness, color, if it is a part of a pattern, and how it died.

Thursday:  Read “Maps of the Stars,” “Home Astronomy,” “Star Photographs,” and “Telescopes,” from Astronomy & Space, pages 60 – 80 and explore Internet links.  Go stargazing!  Take binoculars or a telescope if you have them, or just go for it!  Can you recognize any of the constellations?

Friday:  Read “Looking at stars,” from Pocket Scientist, pages 158 – 159, “Stargazing,” from Space, pages 36 – 37, and “Famous Constellations,” “Stars at-a-glance,” “Landmarks of Astronomy,” from Astronomy & Space, pages 82 and 84 – 89 and explore internet links.  See how many of the “Questions and Answers,” from Astronomy & Space, pages 90 – 91 that you know.

Sharon Riegel                 Charlene Harris