Level: Form II (4th–6th grades)
Subject(s): Science/Nature Study
Description:
Current for 2026–27
Elementary Science students at Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative uses materials from a variety of sources including TOPS Science, Sonlight Curriculum, The Good and the Beautiful, Elemental Science, and living books. The curriculum harmonizes with our gentle, Charlotte Mason approach while still offering substantive coverage of the subject at an age-appropriate level. Students will use scientific practices in collaborative groups to implement simple experimental investigations as well as communicate valid conclusions through both speaking and writing/drawing.
Concepts covered follow a three-year thematic cycle:
- Cycle Year 1 (2026–2027): The solar system, animals, and plants
- Cycle Year 2 (2027–2028): Physical properties of matter, the water cycle, weather & seasons, land forms, changes to the Earth, and natural resources
- Cycle Year 3 (2028–2029): Force & motion, forms of energy, pressure & buoyancy, engineering (ramps, levers, pulleys, gears)
Materials:
Parents provide the following supplies for all students:
- One dedicated section of a 3-ring binder OR pocket folder with brads
- Sharpened pencils and erasers in a pencil pouch
- Colored pencils or crayons
- Scissors
For students in the Science 2a (4th-grade) class, parents should purchase the following two journals:
- Fall Semester: Grades 3–6 Space Science Student Journal
- Spring Semester: Grades 3–6 Botany Student Journal
For students in the Science 2b (5th- & 6th-grade) class, parents may choose to purchase either the Grades 7–8 Journals listed below or the same Grades 3–6 Journals which are also listed above.
- Fall Semester: For students who want additional challenge purchase Grades 7–8 Space Science Student Journal — or purchase the Grades 3–6 Space Science Student Journal
- Spring Semester: For students who want additional challenge purchase Grades 7–8 Botany Student Journal — or purchase the Grades 3–6 Botany Student Journal
