Paradigm Basic Science Mysteries Curriculum

Paradigm Basic Science Mysteries Complete Bundle (Print)

Publisher: Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum (PacWorks)

Item #pac76096

Designed as a seventh-grade science course, Basic Science Mysteries cover earth and life sciences, plus studies on the Periodic Table of the Elements and the solar system.

Features of Paradigm Basic Science Mysteries Curriculum

• Our sons enjoyed using this course. Customers tell us their sons like it, too.
• Use this course to teach your child to read for comprehension and to find answers to questions in the activities.
• Each Paradigm course is formatted in the same manner.
• If your student does well with one Paradigm course, he will probably like the others, too.
• Most question occur in the same order as they are found in the text. Each question is phrased from the text which is the old-fashioned way that worked.
• Introduces your student to reading to find the answer with a curriculum designed to do that.
• It’s a beautiful way to teach homeschool students who didn’t use a textbook approach in the elementary grades.
• It is available as a full course kit with the text, activities and teacher’s Resource Key in print or as a digital download.

The Paradigm Basic Science Mysteries Kit includes one of each of the following:

• One set of Basic Science Mysteries Text Booklets for Chapters 1-5 Item #pac62927TBS
• One set of Basic Science Mysteries Activity Booklets for Chapters 1-5 Item #pac62937ABS
• Basic Science Mysteries Teacher’s Resource Kit Item #pac76068 Has the Activity Keys, Quizzes, Quiz Keys, Tests, and Test Keys.

Download samples of Basic Science Mysteries at the publisher’s website:

• Scope and Sequence
• Text Sample
• Activity Sample

Topics Covered in Paradigm Basic Science Mysteries

1. Organisms and their systems: nervous, endocrine, muscular/skeletal, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, immune; five senses, genetics, lifestyle factors and ecosystems;
2. Fish, simple machines, electricity, health and bacteria, snakes, Sun and Moon, nocturnal creatures, motors, Moon phases, spiders, Earth’s tilt and orbit, metals, telescopes, caves, thunderstorms;
3. Crop rotation, fossil fuels, photosynthesis, nitrogen and carbon cycles, environmental factors of organism survival, wind, water, glaciers, minerals, food groups, rock formation and transformation, food chains, soil composition, wheels and oils, measuring work and energy, water reservoirs, gas, liquids, solids, first aid, temperature;
4. Solar system distances, composition, energy; theories of origin, scientific laws, gravity, velocity, friction, constellations, star magnitude, scientific law, premises and theories; and
5. Meteorologists, humidity, precipitation, latitudes, climate zones, clouds, coalescence, weather systems, mountain formations, volcanoes, earthquakes, theories of formation, transitional forms, geologic column, law of superposition, fossils, theories on extinction, smog, rain, hazardous materials, recycling, deltas, sediment.

Grade 7

List $97.95

Price $85.99