Spectrum Grade 7 Science Workbook, Middle School Books Covering Natural, Earth, Life Sciences, and More With Scientific Research Activities, Classroom or Homeschool Curriculum (Volume 59)

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Seventh Grade Science Book for kids ages 12-13 Support your child’s educational journey with Spectrum Seventh Grade Science Workbook that teaches basic science skills to 7th grade students. Seventh Grade Workbooks are a great way for middle school students to learn essential science skills surrounding space, life science, Earth science, science and technology, and more through a variety of activities that are both fun AND educational! Why You’ll Love This Science Book Engaging and educational activities. “Sports Science”, “The Martian Question”, and “Science’s Modern Mysteries” are a few of the fascinating lessons that help inspire learning into your child’s curriculum. Testing progress along the way. Chapter reviews, a mid-test, and a final test are included to test student knowledge. An answer key is included in the back of the middle school book to track your child’s progress along the way before moving on to new and exciting lessons. Practically sized for every activity The 176-page 7th grade workbook is sized at about 8 ½ inches x 10 ½ inches—giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. About Spectrum For more than 20 years, Spectrum has provided solutions for parents who want to help their children get ahead, and for teachers who want their students to meet and exceed set learning goals—providing workbooks that are a great resource for both homeschooling and classroom curriculum. The 7th Grade Science Book Contains: 7 chapters and bonus research extension activities Chapter reviews, mid-test, a final test, and an answer key Perfectly sized at about 8 ½” x 10 ½” Review: Excellent - I am using this book for home school, as a backup to other science education that we cover. While not being equivalent to a "full course dinner" of science, this book to me is the equivalent of a "high quality daily multivitamin" of science, if that makes sense. It is very helpful and provides an easy way to learn and retain the information necessary for a broad overview of the subject, with a lot of specifics included. My son consistently scores very high on any standardized science tests, and I will give this series credit for helping with that. We started with this book in grade 3 or 4, and have continued every year since we found it. My son also likes this book very much, and looks forward to the reading and exercises as a pleasant and enjoyable part of his school day. He likes this book (not so with everything). The stories and workbook questions are very interesting, and stimulate further thought. It's a great resource and supportive material for teaching science, in my opinion. I just hope that they make these books through 12th grade. Edit June 2018: Based on other reviews, I feel that I must emphasis that I previously categorized this book as a "backup to other science education" and a "supportive material," never saying that this is all you need for a science curriculum. Again, it's a vitamin, not a meal. While some reviewers have pointed out that there are factual errors, and of course I would prefer these books to be factually correct, that didn't matter at all in the big picture for us, because we used these when he was younger. We never used this series to "study for science tests." He never tried to memorize anything in these books, he just happily did the reading and filled out the worksheets. This series sparked a real interest in science in a way that made it fun and enjoyable, and that right there is worth way more than the cost of this book. If you are looking to prepare a child for a specific science test, I would find a study aid specific for that test. My son did score very high in science on the IOWA when these books and the Magic Schoolbus videos were a big and fun percentage of his science learning, as well as going to environmental classes at a wildlife refuge and also an organic farm, going to science museums, etc. But I also had him do the study guide for the IOWA, now that I think of it, which may have helped (can't remember what was in it). My son moved on in 7th grade to much harder science classes, and we just didn't have time to keep up with these. He just finished AP Biology in 9th grade and though we don't have the score yet, he'll get an A for his class. He's currently at a 3-week aerospace engineering camp at a big university, which was hard to get into. I'm sure he looks back on these pleasant books very wistfully, and interestingly, he still is helped in science by things he remembers learning from the Magic Schoolbus series, which he watched more than once. We laugh about that. He probably doesn't remember much from these books, but they helped him to decide that he enjoyed learning about science. Edit August 2025: My son graduated from college this spring, Summa Cum Laude, yay! He still loves science. He got college credit for AP Biology (4) and AP Chemistry (5). I can remember that at some fantastic homeschool classes on an organic farm, the teachers confessed to me that "he knows more than we do," about ecology and all of their classes involving science. When I asked him how he knew so much, he said it was mostly from the Magic School Bus series and there was also another good science show on PBS around 2012 that he soaked up. Can't recall the name. I fully believe that this workbook helped very much too, because it's the love of learning that makes the learning really happen. He ended up majoring in software engineering which was his choice and has a great job that he loves, as well as a second part-time job in video engineering for the college sports events, which he sometimes loves even more. While science research isn't a part of his daily life, he has a vast understanding and appreciation of science in general which informs his enjoyment of life, including the entire chronological history of natural science from Dr Christe McMenomy of Scholars Online. That course is a full course meal on the level of a humongous international banquet where it's incredibly amazing and nourishing, yet very hard to chew and swallow fast enough. It's an extremely challenging two year course of study. I learned all of this alongside my son and appreciate science in my 50's and 60's in a way that I totally missed out on in my first four decades. And back again to this book, I loved it and learned from it, too. I even bought the 3rd grade version for my elderly mom to do to keep her brain sharp. This workbook was always a very fun part of our days. Review: Spectrum workbooks are awesome - You can't go wrong with spectrum workbooks! I buy these for my granddaughter who has autism and they have helped her tremendously in school!