The Home Study - Volume Two: Insects & Pollinators, Ancient Greece, Stars & Constellations, North America in Maps
The Home Study - Volume Two: Insects & Pollinators, Ancient Greece, Stars & Constellations, North America in Maps
Insects & Pollinators · Ancient Greece · Stars & Constellations · North America in Maps · The Nature Journal
Volume Two picks up exactly where Volume One stopped: from the oak to the insects in it, from Egypt to Greece, from the planets to the stars behind them.
The five units
| I |
Insects & Pollinators - the small workers What makes an insect · a flower’s bargain · four stages · eight insects to know |
pp. 6–13 |
| II |
Ancient Greece - many cities, one language City-states · everyone gets a vote (almost) · Athens and Sparta · the alphabet |
pp. 14–21 |
| III |
Stars & Constellations - beyond Neptune Every star is a sun · pictures in the dark · the life of a star · finding the North Star |
pp. 22–29 |
| IV |
North America in Maps - one continent up close The shape of a continent · lines on the land · five regions · a river to the sea |
pp. 30–37 |
| V |
The Nature Journal - look closely, draw slowly How to keep one · drawing in five steps · journal pages to reprint all year |
pp. 38–45 |
Back matter: answer key for all eight worksheets, pages 46–47.
How it works
Print one unit at a time - eight pages is roughly two weeks of short lessons. Read the read-aloud pages out loud (about three minutes each), put the poster on the wall, and keep the worksheets for last. Thirty minutes a day is a full lesson, and the same page works for a five-year-old and a twelve-year-old at the same table.
What you get
- 47 pages, US Letter, plus a cover - a single PDF, ready to print at home
- Five unit studies: opener, two read-aloud pages, two diagrams, a wall poster and two worksheets each
- Original watercolour artwork throughout, at 300 dpi
- Answer key for all eight worksheets, so nobody has to look anything up
- Parent guide, printing guide and a progress tracker in the front matter
- Prints fine in grayscale - no exercise depends on telling one colour from another
- Also prints on A4 at “fit to printable area”
Ages
5–12, multi-age by design. Each page carries three levels: what the youngest listens to, what the middle reads aloud, and what the oldest writes.
Delivery
Instant download after checkout. One PDF file. Print it as many times as you like for the children in your own home or classroom; please don’t resell or redistribute the file.
Part of The Home Study series from Earth & Compass. Each volume stands alone; read together they build one shelf.