Today, I thought I would share what we are using which is free middle school science curriculum and magazines. Also, look at my page homeschool middle school for more fun tips
First, the earth science book is one that Tiny just started reading.
One of the reasons we loved these books were because of the hands-on activities spread throughout.
Free Middle School Science Curriculum
Next, purchase a few fun science supplies from Home Science Tools and boom – you’ have fun hands-on science for the year.
Also, The Life Science book is a 448 page download. So give it some time to download. It’s geared toward 7th grade-ish. But you know how I feel about grades – they’re subjective.
Download here Focus on Life Science.
Besides, I love the fact that these books give ideas for hands-on activities, have vocabulary words in the margin and have challenges throughout the book. A nice bonus for a freebie.
Note: The Earth Science book is a 391 page download, so it give some time to download also. It’s geared toward 6th grade-ish. But you know how I feel about grades – they’re subjective.
Download here Focus on Earth Science
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The last science book is an 8th grade Physical Science book. It is 468 pages long.
Download the physical science book here.
Next, we have been loving these free science magazines for middle school kids.
They are from National Inquirer, a middle school science education journal.
There are several free issues to download and read.
When you click on each issue, it tells you what the theme will be and some of them have additional lesson plans to download.
Each free issue is chock full of pictures, ideas and questions to stimulate the science mind.
Lastly, we have been using them as part of our reading time too. If you just need a break or want to try something different, you can’t go wrong with free curriculum.
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Alice Hess says
Thank you very much for these science books! You said that the physical science book is for 8th grade. What is the grade level for the Focus on Life Science and Focus on Earth Science?
Tina Robertson says
Hey Alice, great to hear from you. I added the grades the book was geared toward on my post here. Thanks for your question.
So earth science is geared toward 6th grade-ish and life science toward 7th grade-ish.
Tamara says
Hi Tina, thank you for these books! I am having trouble downloading the Earth Science book. The link will not work, it just sits there. Also, I am wondering if there are answer keys to these books.
Thanks again!!
Tamara
Tina Robertson says
You are welcome for all of it. I just checked every link because I check often and ALL of them open up in .pdf.
Are you using an updated browser. Try using Chrome or Mozilla and not a ‘default” browser by a phone and use adobe pdf reader. See if that works. Sometimes it’s an updated browser problem meaning it’s needs updating or could be some default browser used by devices.
and no I don’t have answer keys. When I find something free, I share all I find……or what is offered….