Cycle 3 Science & Nature: Chemistry Forms 1, 2 & 3+
March 18, 2023 by Brenda
Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Chemistry
Chemistry is the topic of this year’s Science memory work. If you would like to give context to the memory work, choose one or more of the following books.
Form 1+ (or whole family read aloud)
Claritas Cycle 3 Chemistry for the Grammar Stage
This book is scheduled all four terms at a pace of one lesson per week and lines up perfectly with the Cycle 3 memory work.
Claritas Publishing ebook
DK Eyewitness Chemistry by Ann Newmark
This book is scheduled all four terms, at a pace of
Guest Hollow Actions and Reactions
This is a complete curriculum with it’s own schedule. It is a 32-week program, and 28-weeks of it are scheduled on the STAR schedule. The time requirement for this curriculum is thirty minutes per day.
Form 2+ (or whole family read aloud)
Exploring Creation with Chemistry & Physics by Jeannie Fulbright
This book is scheduled all four terms, at a pace of three pages per week. The physics lessons will be read in Cycle 4, so only the chemistry lessons are scheduled for Cycle 3.
Sabbath Mood Living Science Guide Chemistry Form 2
This curriculum is scheduled at a pace of three lessons per week (approximately 30 minutes each), over the first eleven weeks. You will also need the books Molecules, Matter and Atoms and Handbook of Nature Study to complete this curriculum.
Form 3+ (or whole family read aloud)
Sabbath Mood Living Science Guide: Form 3-4 Chemistry
This curriculum is scheduled at a pace of one to two lessons per week. You will also need the book The Mystery of the Periodic Table for this curriculum. See the Sabbath Mood website for more information.
My First Book About Chemistry by Patricia J. Wynne and Donald M. Silver
This book is scheduled all four terms, at a pace of one to three pages per week.
Amazon paperback
The Good and the Beautiful Chemistry
This book is scheduled during terms 1 and 2, at a pace of one lesson per week.
The Good and the Beautiful PDF
The Good and the Beautiful spiral-bound
Form 4 Chemistry students will read the following books:
The Wonderbook of Chemistry by Jean Henri Fabre
Yesterday’s Classics ebook
Exodus paperback
Amazon paperback, hardcover, or Kindle
The Way the Cookie Crumbles by Dr. Joe Schwarcz
Amazon paperback or Kindle
The Chemical History of the Candle by Michael Faraday
Project Gutenberg free
Exodus paperback
Amazon paperback, hardcover, or Kindle
LibriVox Audio free
The Joy of Chemistry by Cathy Cobb
Amazon paperback, hardcover, or Kindle
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Amazon paperback, hardcover, or Kindle
Chemistry Labs
Students who attend STAR Homeschool Community also do labs in the chemistry class. Below, you will find the list of labs we used in the 2023-2024 school year.
