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Review: Supercharged Science

4/8/2014

 
Videos, experiments, text, learning, questions, answers, Supercharged Science has all this and more.    Come on in and see what my son and I thought of thishomeschool science curriculum. 
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Vendor: Supercharged Science
Product Name:  e-Science Premium Membership
Received: a six month e-Science Premium Membership online subscription
For use: Free Copy of the Science Activity Video Series and Guidebook.
Age Range: This resource is intended for all grade levels (K-12).
Price: K-8 students, the membership is $37 per month, add highschool $57/month
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Supercharged Science has tons of information on their site, all sorts of material to study, to experiment with and just learn from while having some fun experimenting.
Here are the units they have.
  1. Mechanics
  2. Motion
  3. Matter
  4. Energy 1 (Levers & Pulleys)
  5. Energy 2 (Potential & Kinetic)
  6. Sound
  7. Astrophysics (Astronomy, Space)
  8. Chemistry 1 (Molecules, Atoms & Chemical Kinetics)
  9. Light
  10. Electricity (circuits and robotics)
  11. Magnetism
  12. Alternative Energy (solar cells, wind power etc)
  13. Thermodynamics (heat and temperature)
  14. Electronics
  15. Chemistry 2 (Reactions, Bonds, Acids & Bases)
  16. Life Science 1 (Living Organisms, Cells, Genetics, Microscopes)
  17. Life Science 2 (Prokaryotes, Plants, Protists & Fungi)
  18. Biology 1 ( Invertebrates, Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds & Mammals)
  19. Biology 2 (Skin, Bones, Muscles, Cardiovascular)
  20. Earth Science
You can also engage in science experiments, mathemagic, science e-camp and learn tips and strategies for doing science with your children.


Aurora Lipper is articulate and has a clear passion for helping children understand science and to ask questions about what they are learning.  

The e-Science website is organized in a few different ways. You can search for materials by topic or by grade level.   I simply went by grade level, and then explored the topic as much as my son was interested in it.   It's nice to be able to go back and forth so easily.  It shows Aurora's responsiveness to her customers.
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How we used this program:
I'd go the page where we can pick a topic we want to study.  I'd ask the lad what he was interested in of of 2-4 choices, he would tell me and then we would do the introductory material.  We'd watch the videos, I'd ask him some questions in order to gauge where his interests would most lie and then we read the text.

SINCE the experiments have print outs I was able to print off the experiments for later use during the week.   My lad does best if I let factual learning sit in his head for a bit before continuing with the learning so this approach worked well for him.  We would do the experiments later in the week from the print outs I had done.  This gave me the chance to pull together the items we would need and for me to occasionally ask him questions such as... Do you remember what electrons do?   What happens to the density of an object if you crush it?   What is an atom again?   I loved the fact that I could print off all the experiments at once, made it so easy.   AND since each experiment comes with a video, if we ran into an issue later I could simply pull it up again so we could watch it actually being done.  


Below are some of the experiments that we worked on.
   I have to admit, he really enjoyed doing the electricity experiments... and much of what he did with it wasn't part of the experiments that Ms. Lipper listed....he wanted to do his own thing and then tell me what he figured out rather than do what he was supposed to be doing.   I gotta give Aurora kudos for that....the fact that she gets a child interested and thinking about stuff is good in my book.
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This is the litany I have grown used to with Supercharged Science.
Mom... do we HAVE to do Supercharged Science?
Oh... mom.. that's neat.
Why does it do that mom?   LET ME DO IT MOM!  

Mom.. Do We HAVE to do Supercharged Science?
Oh.. Can we learn about electricity today mom?

So I've have to admit I have mixed feelings about my review for this all grades level science program.  I like that I can look at materials in random order, picking and choosing what we are interested in on any given day.  I like that everything is laid out in a logical manner, that materials are, for the most part, easy to gather together.  I like that I am able to easily answer my son's questions.

I don't like that he is NOT eager to do science using Supercharged Science.  He always has this hesitation and dragging of feet when it comes to this program, unlike other science programs that we have used.   I'm not sure what it is, since I can get easily get him curious about different things we can try, but he always has something he'd rather do.. like his own creations, or coming up with questions and ideas out of the science book we are going through or pretty much using any other science program.   When I ask him why this is he can't come up with a definitive reason other than "I like the other stuff we do better mom".
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I think that It is worth visiting the Supercharged Science website and signing up for the money-back guarantee 30 day trial—especially when it’s being offered for only one dollar!   It's a dollar, so no risk to you.  Check out if Supercharged Science will work for you and your children.    Find out more at the TOS Special Offer.  Once your registered, you’ll also receive emails from Ms. Lipper with invites to free online seminars and other bonus materials.  You can find out more about it here. 
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Weigh and measure, test it out. See if it's a good fit. Perhaps you'll run hot with it and it will meld together quickly, Perhaps you'll run a bit colder with it and need to figure if the meld will work. Give it a shot.
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Today's actions

2/27/2014

 
the lad started off doing Reading Kingdom before we had breakfast.
We moved from there to learning about 1st, 2nd and 3rd class levers through Supercharged Science.
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We then learned what Migdal-oz means how it relates to God. 
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From there we moved on to Science and History which coincided well with each other today as both talked about the Chinese inventing gunpowder.  The reasons varied... from seeking the elixir of eternal life or trying to make gold.
then we headed out to take a walk in our blustery weather.  :) 
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Upon arrival at home the lad sat down to work on his math, and then relaxed for an hour before we needed to head out to the store for a bit.   Cheques to deposit and all. :)

It's been a cold, blustery day but overall a very good day.  :)
My headache is diminished over what it has been for which I am very grateful.

SuperCharged Science - Review

4/9/2013

 
This is a review for SuperCharged Science that I've had the privilege of reviewing for the past month or so.  I reviewed the k-8 program.
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Vendor Information

Vendor: SuperCharged Science.
Program: e-science
Cost: $37.00/ month for the K-8 section and $57.00/month for the 9-12 section.
What it contains:
  • Access to self-guided lessons
  • Detailed video instruction taught by a real Rocket Scientist
  • Step by step videos to show how the experiment is to be done
  • Comprehensive parent/teacher guides
  • Textbook readings
  • Exceeds most K-8th State Standards
  • Exercises and Quizzes
  • Unlimited support for teachers and students
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My thoughts

Supercharged Science looks confusing when you first enter the site but Aurora does a good job of helping you get your feet wet.  :)   She even has a "getting started" section for people who are new to the site to help get them acclimatized.

It's a unit study approach, VERY organized...I love that she has supply lists that are easily printed off so you can assemble everything you need before you start off a unit.   Basically, all you need to do is pick a unit, put together a Science Journal, assemble supplies, and GO.   It's as easy as that.

As you can see from the graphic below there are LOTS of units to choose from, and each unit has lots of experiments complete with explanations.
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We didn't actually complete any one unit completely but we did touch on a number of them.   We basically would go to the site, check out the listings and then make a choice.  The beauty is that we can go back and pick up where we left off quite easily.   The lessons are designed to work with how your child learns best.   Sometimes we read the facts before we did an experiment and sometimes we just did the experiment and learned some facts and at other times the lad just wanted to DO stuff and figure out the whys as he went.    This aspect of the program is probably what I like best.    It's not a "you have to do this step in order to go to that step"  you can go back and forth in whatever way suits you best.

Magnets:
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Blowing up soap
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Experiments in Motion and Matter

Do I recommend it?

Yes.  I do.   I like this program.  I absolutely adore that it spurs on my son to creating his own experiments and discovering new ones.   When doing the magnets my son learned he can make a snake that wags his tail. :)  He had so much fun with the magnets.   Even "scaring" the iron filings (you can make them be like a cat in raising their hair to make themselves look bigger). 
Making a hovercraft was just a hoot and the lad learned a lot as he took the experiment further.  I was unable to get a video of his "taking it further" but I did manage to capture the hovercraft working.  Suffice it to say it resulted in excited yelling of MOM!   Look at what I did!!!  (very cool bud, can you do it again???  Great...now quick clean it up before Dad comes home).  :)  Then we talked about why it worked and he came up with some good thoughts.  And just so you know.... a hovercraft CAN carry a homemade angry bird as long as the balloon is big enough.   Though cat food and balloons combined with air pressure....you really don't want to go there.  :)

Concerns

Much of the step by step guides are done using videos.   Actually seeing the videos makes it easier for children to follow the instructions.  I like this but here's my BUT..... when the internet is being wonky...lets you see the page but not download the videos, you can't get enough information to actually DO the experiments.   Adding in written how-to's would be extremely helpful in this situation and is something I would dearly love to see added.

My second concern is this is a unit for ages k-8.   Breaking down some of the language for younger students is at times a challenge.  Often my lad would say MOM, what does that word mean (and sometimes I didn't know) so I'd have to look it up.   Not sure how the creators can get around this aspect though.  Hard to balance it out for all ages.

Try it out for yourself

Here's a link for you to go to.  Mini Lessons in SuperCharged Science.

To hear what others have to say

Many people have touched on different aspect of this program, so please, go check them out by either clicking here or clicking on the image below
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Magnets are Fun (and other things)

4/2/2013

 
Before I get to our magnets are fun aspect of learning today, let me talk about some of the other things we did today first.

1. read the paper.  No...didn't read the whole paper with a seven year lad but I read headlines and the comics and then we talked about them.   Whatever grabbed his interest or mine.   This leads to some interesting discussions at times.

Garfield's comic this morning had Jon reading from the paper
 "If space aliens were to invade earth, they could take the form of animals"
Jon stares at Garfield
"do you come in peace"
Garfield
"take me to your refrigerator".

I asked the lad....(after he finished laughing)... why was that funny?
BECAUSE mom... Garfield didn't say Take me to your leader...He likes food too much! 

Then I asked....do you see what Jon did with the paper?
(that drew a blank)
...he read it! 
yes, he read it...but what else did he do?
He believed it mom.

Ah...he believed it.   Do you think he should have?
No...he's being silly mom.  

Exactly.  :)

It's good to read the paper, but one always needs to be aware that it's not always telling the truth.

We read a bit from his current breakfast book "Ghosts don't eat potato Chips".
Then did Adventus (at lesson 12 now I think?),  A-Tutorsoft Math (continuing our work on multiplication), and Target the Question.
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We took a side trail to do some air pressure experiments with balloons.

The lad's been making balloon pigs and said MOM....do you think we can make a pig inside another balloon.  I told him TRY.  He tried, he failed and so he asked his mom to help.  I blew and blew and about gave myself a heartattack (not really)....but that was tough going.   BUT finally we got the balloon to expand...and it popped out of the other balloon mostly...can you see how we have a covered expansion?   Fascinated the lad but we couldn't get it to duplicate with another balloon (and I ran out of breath).
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Magnets

We decided to take a break from learning about motion to learn about magnets this morning.   We are doing this for our review for SuperCharged Science.

To that end we made magnet dance, we made a snake that could wag it's tail, learned we have some super strong magnets that will pinch your skin if you aren't careful, had fun with iron filings - scaring them and calming them down, and just generally were well amused by how magnets work.  We are hoping to see how to do electomagnets works as well...but not today. :)

Do forgive the blurriness that lad tried mightily.
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magnets work even through a seven year olds hand
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This was an unexpected result. The lad wanted to see if he could make the paperclips move the iron filings when the magnets literally jumped out of his hands and grabbed the iron filings through the paper.

HOPE Days and Science

3/15/2013

 
This morning we to HOPE days as a family.  This is our cooperative teaching time with our homeschool group HOPE.

I am teaching a class on rabbits and other small animals as well as assisting in a Drama Class.  My son is attending a gardening class and a trip involving six countries.   It's a good experience all round.

Anyways, when we got home the lad wanted to play with some of his toys but I kept falling asleep on him due to a short sleep night, so I suggested instead that we do an experiment.   We are using Supercharged Science as our science at the moment and for a while I've been wanting to the hovercraft experiment.

Being the scientists  that we are we switched it up a bit.

Aurora experiment called for paper cups, CD discs, juice lids, balloons and hot glue.   We chose  that the lad would use a CD disc and I would use a plastic protection ring.  We wanted to know if there would be a difference in how they worked.   The directions Aurora gave didn't work for us, due we think to the difference in juice lids.  We found what worked best was popping open the lid.


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my plastic disc and the popped up lid
The lad chose to conduct some of his own experiments as well.  He tried hard to use the pop lid to make a rocket but couldn't figure out how to do it.  The balloon just couldn't release air fast enough for him through the lid regardless of what he tried.  Though he did succeed in making a cat food rocket.  Sprayed cat food all over the kitchen and it was just a hoot (at least to the lad, I was somewhat unimpressed with having cat food fall on my head).  :)
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see the hovercraft in action.   I tried to get the lads but well.....he doesn't like his face showing on-line and I just couldn't get one without his face.  (too happy that it worked he was).

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