Charlotte Mason Institute

Science Instruction

Intro
About this Course
Introduction
Course Description and Purpose
Books and Resources
Course Schedule
Assessment
TWCF Survey
Week 1
Science Education Before 1900
School Exams
The Students
Royal Commission Report
Education 1900-1923
Week 2
Home Education
Parents and Children
School Education
Philosophy of Education
Week 3
Charlotte Mason Digital Collection
Week 4
The Changing Year
Week 5
The Sciences
Tuning Fork Experiments
Friendship
Week 6
Chapter 5 Eros
Charlotte Mason's Philosopy
Week 7
Narrate: Volume 6
Narrate: Science Education in 1965
Read: Chapter 6 "Charity"
Week 8
Read: 1985 to New Millenium
Explore: Arthur Stinner
Narrate: Arthur Stinner
20th Century
Narrate: Finish your timeline
Week 9
Modern Science Education
Reflect and Narrate on this case study
Mason’s program scaffolded relationship
Read Tracking Trash
Read Model Ocean Currents.
Week 10
Reflect on Case Study
Week 11
Aristotle Leads the Way
Week 12
Introductory Physics
Consider a final case study
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
Week 13
Science Blossoms
Parents and Children
The Fool and the Heretic
Lab Work
Week 14
Congratulations
Form 1:
Form 2:
Forms 3:
Form 4:
Form 5b:
Form 5a and 6:
Final exam questions for the course:
Survey
Appendix
Week 1
Week 5
Week 6
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Selected Bibliography
Course
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Week 1

Excerpt from Chipmunks on the Doorstep by Edwin Tunis

Click to access FORMATTING-CM-Methods-of-Science-Instruction-1.pdf

Click to access FORMATTING-CM-Methods-of-Science-Instruction-2.pdf

Click to access FORMATTING-CM-Methods-of-Science-Instruction-3.pdf

Click to access FORMATTING-CM-Methods-of-Science-Instruction-4.pdf

Excerpt from Children of Summer by Margaret Anderson