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This Dr Jay L. Wile Science book, Earth Science, is a set consisting of both the textbook and the solutions and tests booklet containing everything the parent/teacher needs to know for the subject.
Textbook (556 pages) - An answer key & tests book (113 pages)
This laboratory-based earth science course can be used for either eighth or ninth grade. Most homeschooled students should be ready for it in eighth grade, but privately- and publicly-schooled students will be more comfortable with it in ninth grade. It covers the general properties of the earths geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. Students learn about all the sections of the geosphere (such as core, mantle, crust, etc.) and then they study each in more detail. When studying the earths crust, they learn about minerals, rocks, and the rock cycle. Plate tectonics is then covered, which leads to a discussion of seismic waves, earthquakes, and volcanoes. Students then learn about fossils and how both uniformitarians and catastrophists interpret those fossils as well as the sedimentary rocks in which they are found. A discussion that compares uniformitarianism and catastrophism follows, in which the strengths and weaknesses of each view are covered.
After that, the hydrosphere is discussed. Students first learn the properties of water such as polarity, the ability to hydrogen bond, and heat capacity. That leads to a discussion of the hydrologic cycle and residence time. Students then learn about the waves, currents, and tides in the ocean. They then move on to the ice reservoirs on the earth and then the freshwater reservoirs. Water in the air is the last part of the hydrosphere that is covered. The atmosphere is then discussed, including the composition of air, the sections of the atmosphere, temperature gradients, and pollutants. This leads to a discussion of weather. The course ends with two chapters on space, one that covers the solar system and one that covers the universe as a whole.
There are roughly 55 hours of laboratory instruction in the course. A kit that contains specific minerals, rocks, and fossils allows students to do very detailed experiments related to the geosphere. These include mineral tests, rock analyses, fossil studies, density investigations, and magnetic property explorations. Students also get hands-on experience with waves, gases, wind, water purification, cloud formation, the Coriolis effect, precipitation, and acid/base interactions.
List of resources for the kit:
(currently the kit for Earth Science is not available through Oikos but we give you the list of resources here in the hopes that you can source these items while we continue to work on attaining the kit to make it available for you)
VERY IMPORTANT: Please read special note at the end of this list.
SPECIAL NOTE
Recorded Classes are available for this subject. The classes are taught by Mrs. McKeeman. There are two recordings per chapter of the textbook.
If you are unable to source the items for the experiments we hope that watching the lesson/experiments shown in the recorded classes link will help you in the interim.
As soon as we can make the kit for this course available we will add it as a product for you to purchase here on the Oikos site.
We asked Dr Wile this question regarding the need for the kits.
While we are trying to get the kits here in South Africa, be that locally or imported, would students be able to use this Earth Science book while waiting for us to have kits in stock?
here is Dr Wiles answer:
Students can use the book without the kits, but they won't be able to do many of the experiments. Some of the experiments don't require anything special, but a lot of them require something from the kits. The experiments aren't necessary, but they do add a lot.
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