Book Description

Comprehensive Science Curriculum For Homeschool FamiliesDeveloped by Hiram J. Bertoch. A former teacher of the year, who was also nominated as teacher of the year in a second school district, and was also selected as the Utah State science department chair of the year. Bertoch has a bachelors in Earth Science (covering astronomy, geology, atmospheric science, and oceanography), a masters in Biology, and a second masters in Instructional Design. More importantly than degrees though, Mr. Bertoch's students are successful! On average they score 20% higher than their peers on standardized tests.Everything You Need For Science Grades 5 - 8This curriculum includes everything you need to help your students become scientists. The goal of this curriculum is not to memorize a bunch of scientific facts, though we do this. Rather, the goal is to assimilate into the sciences. To learn to think critically. To demand evidence. To make decisions using data. To justify opinions with facts. To become a scientist.Your student will have unlimited free access to over 20 hours of instructional videos (via QR code) where Mr. Bertoch will teach them in all aspects of science. They will complete more than 120 hands-on labs. They will have unlimited free access to articles on each topic (via QR code) that amount to more than 150,0000 words. They will have unlimited access to hundreds of online quizzes (via QR code), and everything else they need for success.Curriculum Is Based on Next Generation Science StandardsThe NGSS are utilized by most states in the United States. They are designed to help your student become a scientist rather than to just memorize science facts. Mr. Bertoch sat on and participated in various boards on the state and national level that helped to forge these standards. He has also trained hundreds of teachers on the state and district level in the use of these standards.Crosscutting Concepts & The Eight Science And Engineering PracticesThis curriculum utilizes and refers back to the crosscutting concepts and eight science and engineering practices outlined in the NGSS standards.