Eric Sloane's Weather Book
by Eric Sloane
This book was included in the revised lesson plans for Level 4 (eighth grade) science at Mater Amabilis, which are a great improvement over the older plans. I bought it for Second Daughter to use a couple of years ago, when the revised plans were new.
First Son did a weather study using a different book by the same author, Eric Sloane, called Look at the Sky and Tell the Weather. You can find my original post on that book and the Sabbath Mood Homeschool plans here, but overall, the Weather Book is a better fit for an introduction to the study of weather. It's more straightforward and better organized.
Two years ago, I decided not to buy the suggested weather kit for Second Daughter. (First Daughter had already finished Level 4 and ended up missing out on studying weather officially in Levels 4-6.) Now the kit seems to be difficult to find. It's no longer listed on the company's website, so perhaps they have decided to stop making it.
For Second Son, therefore, I'm going to go back to the Sabbath Mood Homeschool plans I used with First Son, just for the activities. I also already own most of the supplies for them, so I should be able to pull together a set of lesson plans that don't take too much of an additional investment. If I were looking at Level 4 for my oldest child or didn't already have the Sabbath Mood plans, I would be very tempted by the Home Science Tools weather experiment kit. It looks more expensive than the Sabbath Mood plans at first, but when you factor in all the equipment you need, you might end up at a similar price point. The activities would be different, but I think they'd meet the needs of a Level 4 student. Plus, the Home Science Tools kit is more open-and-go than the Sabbath Mood activities.
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