Science resources - Gifted Issues Discussion Forum

I feel like I am not doing enough. I am not sure what other resources I can give to DS6. He is a PG Science kid. He has a lab set that he uses, we do experiments, and he has loads of science books/reference guides, but I feel like I need to give him more. Any suggestions?

A nice big science encyclopedia so he can work on his reading skills while also loving the science?

Really, it sounds like you're doing enough to me.

DeeDee

What kind of science is he interested in?

He is still mildly interested in Anatomy, but primarily in Chemistry. I was thinking of signing up for an online chemistry class for me to take, so he can do the work along side me? Does that sound like a dumb idea?

He literally read the set of enclopedias we got him already. He will still use them in reference though.

He might really enjoy Merlin's Academy / Principles of Alchemy.

Thank you! He will love that! I also just came across a magazine called Muse. Has anyone heard of that?

Hi Jtjt.

I have a science kid as well, so I'm racking my brain as to what he was into a few years ago. He is 11 now. We tried to feed his love of science by giving him a subject acceleration in school, as well as a full grade acceleration. Last year he was in 6th grade plus 9th grade for Science.

Several years ago, someone posted this link here, so I will pass it along again. It is called the Periodic Table of Videos. My son loved it, since he could click on each element in the Periodic Table and see a short video describing the scientific properties. You can also find videos on things such as Feynman Diagrams under the Physics topic.

This is not as rigorous as a class, but it is amusing. Hope you enjoy.
Periodic Table of Videos

Originally Posted by Jtjt

He is still mildly interested in Anatomy, but primarily in Chemistry.

A free and informative chemistry program for Windows is Periodic Table Explorer http://www.freshney.org/education/pte/ .

The videos look great! Thanks, ebeth

I can vouch for the Odyssey magazine. It is fabulous!

My son is absolutely going to freak over these videos!

Originally Posted by ebeth

Hi Jtjt.

I have a science kid as well, so I'm racking my brain as to what he was into a few years ago. He is 11 now. We tried to feed his love of science by giving him a subject acceleration in school, as well as a full grade acceleration. Last year he was in 6th grade plus 9th grade for Science.

Several years ago, someone posted this link here, so I will pass it along again. It is called the Periodic Table of Videos. My son loved it, since he could click on each element in the Periodic Table and see a short video describing the scientific properties. You can also find videos on things such as Feynman Diagrams under the Physics topic.

This is not as rigorous as a class, but it is amusing. Hope you enjoy.
Periodic Table of Videos

Originally Posted by cricket3

Muse is great, though I don't know if I would classify it as a science resource. It is published through Cricket magazines- if you like Muse, you might want to check their website and look at Odyssey (more geared towards science/tech stuff), and some of their other offerings. Our library gets several of these (and we do too

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Our kids also liked the Kids Discover magazine (more sciency, I think, but not as well-designed.)

Odyssey was actually the first one I was looking at. However, this months edition was all about addiction, both to drugs and alcohol, and it just had a much older feel to it.

I have a couple others:

Conceptual Chemistry (free video lessons): http://www.conceptualchemistry.com/...&layout=item&id=14&Itemid=57

Chem 4 kids: http://www.chem4kids.com/

...and just for fun, Physics Games: http://www.physicsgames.net/