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Weather and Water: Course Book: One Per Family

The full-color course book guides the parent through each lesson in the Weather and Water science course. Hands-on activities, engaging... videos, vocabulary words, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one course book is needed per family.

98 pages
Full-color
14 lessons
Wire binding; 8.5″x11″

A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.

Weather and Water: Student Journal Grades 3-6: One Per Student

$6.49

Each student grades 3–6 needs his or her own copy of the 32-page Weather and Water Student Journal which includes... interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the course book will direct the student regarding when to complete the student journal activities.

32 pages
Full-color
Saddle-stitch binding; three-hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″

Weather and Water: Student Journal Grades 7-8: One Per Student

$6.99

Each student grades 7–8 needs his or her own copy of the 64-page Weather and Water Student Journal which includes... interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities. The grades 7–8 journal also includes a student-directed Lesson Extension for each lesson. These allow your older students to dive deeper into the lesson concepts.

64 pages
Full-color
Saddle-stitch binding; three-hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″

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Weather and Water: Science Activity Book

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Grades K–2 The Weather and Water: Science Activity Bookis an engaging science resource for your students in grades K–2.... Now your younger children can join in with their older siblings and learn about the water cycle, the four unique seasons, and the awesome weather in our world! With fun activities—including mazes, coloring, cut-and-paste, and more—these unique, beautifully illustrated activity books are a valuable addition to family-style science or a wonderful resource to kick-start your child’s scientific learning.

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Paperback; saddle-stitch binding; 8.5”x11”

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Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Pack

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Three full-color, interactive books included in the optional Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Packexpand learning and provide a fun,... engaging addition to your Weather and Water study.
Learn about tornadoes, downbursts, hurricanes, trade winds, and more with Sam and his grandfather's letters that teach about different weather patterns without creating fear in Wild, Wild Wind by Shannen Yauger. (31 pages, full-color, 11"x8.5")

Fascinated by the atmosphere, June Bacon-Bercey, a bright and motivated young woman who excelled in school chose to study meteorology. What she didn't expect was to not be welcome to study meteorology. But undeterred, June became the first African-American woman to earn a degree in meteorology. In Changing Weather—The Story of June Bacon-Bercey you'll learn about this pioneer who blazed the trail for others to follow. (27 pages, full-color, 11"x7")

On January 12, 1888, in a small Nebraska town, the school children are caught in a sudden blizzard. Follow along with Tommy and Carrie Carter and their teacher Miss Penny as they decide whether to stay in the schoolhouse and freeze or brave the storm on foot to find warmth and safety in The Schoolhouse Blizzard (32 pages, full-color, 11"x8.5")

These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful and are designed to appeal to children of many ages. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.

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The Beauty of Weather: by Elle Staples and Shannen Yauger

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The beauty of weather has captured the imaginations of artists throughout history. Through spectacular paintings artists have brought snowcapped mountains,... tumultuous waves, windblown trees, and foggy mornings to life. Through awe-inspiring artwork and thought provoking questions, the beauty of our world’s incredible weather patterns comes alive in this remarkable collection of landscape paintings from artists around the world. Written by Elle Staples and Shannen Yauger

61 pages, full-color, 10.75"x6.75"

Hardcover

This book is recommended to accompany our Weather and Water unit as extra reading for students in grades 7-8.

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Wind and Waves: Course Set

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Through fun and interactive lessons, your family will explore and learn about rain and snow, rainbows, clouds, the water cycle,... what meteorologists do, and more in Little Hearts and Hands: Wind and Waves! With beautiful illustrations, captivating stories, hands-on activities, simple experiments, and interactive audio narrations, this course is a gentle introduction to science for the youngest learners.

Short, engaging lessons

Beautifully illustrated science storybook

Interactive audio narrations, activities, and experiments that explore scientific ideas

Perfect for preschool to 2nd grade

Foundational scientific learning presented in a child-friendly way

This course includes a full-color parent guide that walks you through teaching the lessons. Each lesson includes either a beautifully illustrated story from The Big Book of Science Stories: Wind and Waves, an interactive audio narration, or activities and experiments that explore scientific ideas.

Many families find that teaching one lesson per week or more is ideal. This course will take one full school year to complete if it is completed at a pace of one lesson per week. If you plan to teach more than one lesson per week, we suggest also purchasing one of our other Little Hearts and Hands Science courses.

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From thrilling storms and calming rains to heat waves and cold snaps, explore all the ways God keeps things growing and changing on our Earth in this engaging science unit. Create a Tornado in a Bottle, solve a Misty Mystery, locate clouds with a Cloud Viewer, and conduct many other exciting weather-related experiments throughout this new 14-lesson unit! Immerse your children in hands-on activities, fun experiments, captivating videos, and beautiful illustrations and images as they gain an appreciation for the weather and water in our world.

Each family will need one copy of the course book and one student journal per child. Don’t miss the read-aloud book pack and 7–8 extension book available below to expand learning and immerse your children in the beauty and wonder of weather and water!

Lesson 1: Introduction to Weather
Lesson 2: Weather, Climate, and Seasons
Lesson 3: Water and Our World
Lesson 4: The Atmosphere
Lesson 5: Air
Lesson 6: Wind
Lesson 7: The Water Cycle
Lesson 8: Clouds and Weather Fronts
Lesson 9: Rain and Rainbows
Lesson 10: Snow, Sleet, Hail, and Freezing Rain
Lesson 11: Thunder and Lightning
Lesson 12: Severe Weather: Tornadoes and Tropical Cyclones
Lesson 13: Weather Forecasting
Lesson 14: The Beauty and Power of Water

The Good and the Beautiful science team has created original, high-quality videos to accompany our science units, making the courses even easier to teach! The Weather and Water science unit includes access to helpful, engaging videos modeling every experiment in the course plus additional videos that highlight specific topics such as seasons, the earth’s atmosphere, and severe weather. Access the Weather and Water videos here.

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Weather and Water: Science Activity Book

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Grades K–2 The Weather and Water: Science Activity Bookis an engaging science resource for your students in grades K–2.... Now your younger children can join in with their older siblings and learn about the water cycle, the four unique seasons, and the awesome weather in our world! With fun activities—including mazes, coloring, cut-and-paste, and more—these unique, beautifully illustrated activity books are a valuable addition to family-style science or a wonderful resource to kick-start your child’s scientific learning.

33 pages
Black-and-white illustrations
Paperback; saddle-stitch binding; 8.5”x11”

Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Pack

$22.97

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Three full-color, interactive books included in the optional Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Packexpand learning and provide a fun,... engaging addition to your Weather and Water study.

Learn about tornadoes, downbursts, hurricanes, trade winds, and more with Sam and his grandfather's letters that teach about different weather patterns without creating fear in Wild, Wild Wind by Shannen Yauger. (31 pages, full-color, 11"x8.5")

Fascinated by the atmosphere, June Bacon-Bercey, a bright and motivated young woman who excelled in school chose to study meteorology. What she didn't expect was to not be welcome to study meteorology. But undeterred, June became the first African-American woman to earn a degree in meteorology. In Changing Weather—The Story of June Bacon-Bercey you'll learn about this pioneer who blazed the trail for others to follow. (27 pages, full-color, 11"x7")

On January 12, 1888, in a small Nebraska town, the school children are caught in a sudden blizzard. Follow along with Tommy and Carrie Carter and their teacher Miss Penny as they decide whether to stay in the schoolhouse and freeze or brave the storm on foot to find warmth and safety in The Schoolhouse Blizzard (32 pages, full-color, 11"x8.5")

These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful and are designed to appeal to children of many ages. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.

The Beauty of Weather: by Elle Staples and Shannen Yauger

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The beauty of weather has captured the imaginations of artists throughout history. Through spectacular paintings artists have brought snowcapped mountains,... tumultuous waves, windblown trees, and foggy mornings to life. Through awe-inspiring artwork and thought provoking questions, the beauty of our world’s incredible weather patterns comes alive in this remarkable collection of landscape paintings from artists around the world. Written by Elle Staples and Shannen Yauger

61 pages, full-color, 10.75"x6.75"
Hardcover

This book is recommended to accompany our Weather and Water unit as extra reading for students in grades 7-8.

Wild, Wild Wind: by Shannen Yauger

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When Sam experiences a downburst while visiting his grandparents, he can’t help but want to learn more about wind and... what it can do. Filled with facts that learners of all ages will enjoy, Wild, Wild Wind teaches about the power of wind without creating fear. Learn about tornadoes, downbursts, hurricanes, trade winds, and more as Sam and his grandpa exchange letters on these exciting topics.

31 pages
Full-color illustrations
Paperback, perfect binding, 8.5"x11"

This book is included in the optional Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Pack and is designed to appeal to children in grades 3–8, although younger students may enjoy reading along with older siblings who are completing the Weather and Water science unit.

Changing Weather—The Story of June Bacon-Bercey: by Ashlee Klemm

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June, a bright and motivated young woman, always excelled in school. The atmosphere fascinated her, so she chose to study... meteorology. A person as intelligent and capable as June should be a welcome addition to any science, but that wasn't the case. June was African-American, and never before had an African-American woman earned a degree in meteorology. Undeterred, June persisted and blazed the trail for others to follow. This is the story of how meteorology and broadcasting pioneer June Bacon-Bercey forever changed the face of weather. 27 pages, full-color, 11"x7" This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Weather and Water Science Unit and is included in the optional Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.

The Schoolhouse Blizzard: by Shannen Yauger

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On January 12, 1888, Tommy and Carrie Carter start their day like any other school day. As they work their... sums, practice reading, and enjoy their friends, a major blizzard is brewing. When the storm suddenly hits their small Nebraska town, all the children are caught in the schoolhouse! As the schoolhouse begins to fall apart, their teacher, Miss Penny, only has two choices for herself and the fifteen scared children: stay in the schoolhouse and freeze or brave the storm on foot to find warmth and safety. 32 pages, full-color, 11"X8.5" This book is an optional read-aloud for our Weather and Water Science Unit.

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Find a digital download of the parent guide and student journals here. *NOTE: Downloads are final sale and may not be refunded, returned, credited, or exchanged.

Weather and Water: Course Book (PDF)

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The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Weather and Water science course. Hands-on activities, vocabulary... words, access to captivating videos, vocabulary words, mini books, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one Course Book is needed per family.

PDF for self-printing
98 pages
Full-color
14 lessons

Weather and Water: Student Journal Grades 3-6 (PDF)

$9.99

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PDF forself-printingEach student grades 3–6 needs their own copy of the Weather and Water Student Journal which includes... interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities.

PDF for self-printing
32 pages
Full-color

Weather and Water: Student Journal Grades 7-8 (PDF)

$9.99

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PDF for self-printingEach student grades 7–8 needs their own copy of the 64-page Weather and Water Student Journal which... includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities. The grades 7–8 journal also includes a student-directed Lesson Extension for each lesson. These allow your older students to dive deeper into the lesson concepts.

PDF for self-printing
64 pages
Full-color

Weather and Water (PDF): Science Activity Book

$9.99

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Grades K–2Print-at-home PDFThe Weather and Water: Science Activity Bookis an engaging science resource for your students in... grades K–2. Now your younger children can join in with their older siblings and learn about the water cycle, the four unique seasons, and the awesome weather in our world! With fun activities—including mazes, coloring, cut-and-paste, and more—these unique, beautifully illustrated activity books are a valuable addition to family-style science or a wonderful resource to kick-start your child’s scientific learning.

Print-at-home PDF
33 pages
Black-and-white illustrations; 8.5”x11”

*NOTE: Downloads are final sale and may not be refunded, returned, credited, or exchanged.

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Weather and Water: Course Book: One Per Family

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The full-color course book guides the parent through each lesson in the 98-page Weather and Water science course. Hands-on activities, engaging videos, vocabulary words, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one course book is needed per family.

98 pages
Full-color
14 lessons
Wire binding; 8.5″x11″

A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.

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Weather and Water: Student Journal Grades 3-6: One Per Student

Details:

Each student grades 3–6 needs his or her own copy of the 32-page Weather and Water Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the course book will direct the student regarding when to complete the student journal activities.

32 pages
Full-color
Saddle-stitch binding; three-hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″

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Weather and Water: Student Journal Grades 7-8: One Per Student

Details:

Each student grades 7–8 needs his or her own copy of the 64-page Weather and Water Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the Course Book will direct the student regarding when to complete the Student Journal activities. The grades 7–8 journal also includes a student-directed Lesson Extension for each lesson. These allow your older students to dive deeper into the lesson concepts.

64 pages
Full-color
Saddle-stitch binding; three-hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″

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Weather and Water: Science Activity Book

Details:

The Weather and Water: Science Activity Book is an engaging science resource for your students in grades K–2. Now your younger children can join in with their older siblings and learn about the water cycle, the four unique seasons, and the awesome weather in our world!

33 pages

View Sample

Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Pack

Details:

Three full-color, interactive books included in the optional Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Weather and Water study.

Includes:

Wild, Wild Wind by Shannen Yauger
Changing Weather—The Story of June Bacon-Bercey by Ashlee Klemm
The Schoolhouse Blizzard by Shannen Yauger

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The Beauty of Weather: by Elle Staples and Shannen Yauger

Details:

We recommend this book as extra reading for students in Grades 7–8. The beauty of weather has captured the imaginations of artists throughout history. Through awe-inspiring artwork and thought provoking questions, the beauty of our world’s incredible weather patterns comes alive in this remarkable collection of landscape paintings from artists around the world.

61 pages