SWITCHED-ON SCHOOLHOUSE Horizons CURRICULUM WEAVER CURRICULUM GO TO SEARCH MODE AND ENTER KEY WORD: ALPHA OMEGA GO TO SEARCH MODE AND ENTER KEY WORD: SWITCHED-ON SCHOOLHOUSE GO TO SEARCH MODE AND ENTER KEY WORD: HORIZONS GO TO SEARCH MODE AND ENTER KEY WORD: WEAVER EXCHANGE RATE PRICE REDUCTION!! Canadian Academic Supply has for over 20 years provided the very best home study materials for the most affordable prices. Due to the exchange rate reduction and the strength of the Canadian dollar the price on the following items have been reduced as of May 15, 2007: Alpha Omega Box Sets Apologia Science ACE Ministries Paces Saxon Phonics & Math Switched-On Schoolhouse IF YOU FIND ITEMS LISTED ABOVE PRICED FOR LESS ELSEWHERE IN CANADA, WE WILL, MATCH THAT PRICE!! ALPHA OMEGA LIFE PAC. The value of Scripture is established in our Bible curriculum and flows throughout each subject to add Scriptural truth to each study area. We take pride in our biblical guidelines because Alpha Omega Publications knows that nurturing your child's spiritual growth spells success for the future. LIFEPAC As AOP’s very first curriculum, LIFEPAC is the foundation of our company. AOP carefully selected a team of seasoned educators with years of classroom teaching experience to develop the curriculum. LIFEPAC teaches your child in a classic worktext format. Monitoring progress is key to a successful education, which is why AOP equipped LIFEPAC with ample checkpoints to ensure your child has a firm grasp of study material. The curriculum regularly prompts students to test their understanding of a subject, plus backs up their findings with periodic tests from you, the teacher. Of course, LIFEPAC isn’t entirely confined to worktexts. AOP has enhanced the LIFEPAC curriculum with hands-on projects that challenge students to put into action what they’ve learned in their worktexts. The drills provide an excellent change of pace for your child while building independence and encouraging self-discipline. LIFEPAC’s proven formula for learning has made AOP a dependable home school curriculum provider for 25 years! Mastery Learning LIFEPAC’s full-color worktext curriculum for students in grades K-12 is based on the principle of mastery learning, in which students truly master the content and skills of one unit before progressing to the next. Different students learn at different speeds, so mastery learning ensures success by allowing each student to spend as much time as he needs in a particular subject area before moving ahead. Students achieve mastery learning through LIFEPAC’s systematic review of learned concepts at three levels. First, each new concept or skill is reinforced within the LIFEPAC worktext in which it is introduced. Second, concepts and skills are integrated across all five-core subjects in the curriculum. And third, mastered material is treated as the building block of new material in the higher-grade levels. Many specific LIFEPAC curriculum activities and questions require students to go beyond simple objective recall, asking them instead to think analytically and draw conclusions that require a conceptual understanding of the material. Parental Involvement As your child’s teacher, you guide your student through LIFEPAC’s pre-designed lesson plans, pacing the material and creating the spontaneous learning opportunities that make home schooling so effective. You chart your child’s academic growth through parent-directed activities, self-tests, and final unit tests. Critical Thinking Skills You will teach your child to think conceptually through LIFEPAC’s Cognitively challenging lessons and questions. More than just recalling facts, your student will grasp concepts through analytical and evaluative thinking skills. Reinforcement Activities The use of independent projects to reinforce learned concepts is an important part of the LIFEPAC curriculum. Projects stimulate creativity and imaginative through and provide the student an opportunity to use and demonstrate the skills her has learned. Curriculum Organization LIFEPAC organizes five-core subjects- Bible, Language Arts, Math History & Geography, and Science-into one –year curriculum units composed of 10 LIFEPAC worktexts per subject. Each work text takes approximately three to four weeks to complete, and the teacher’s guide helps keep you on track. GO TO SEARCH MODE AND ENTER KEY WORD: ALPHA OMEGA GO TO SEARCH MODE AND ENDER KEY WORD: SWITCHED-ON SCHOOLHOUSE SWITCHED-ON SCHOOLHOUSE 3-D ANIMATION AND CUTTING EDGE MULTIMEDIA, THE FULLY INTERACTIVE FOR GRADES 3-12, BIBLE, HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY, LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH AND SCIENCE-PLUS A VARIETY OF ELECTIVES: FRENCH, HEALTH QUEST, CONCUMER MATH, SPANISH AND HELTH. With 3-D animation and cutting edge multimedia, the fully interactive Switch-On Schoolhouse for grades 3-12 draws students to the computer and engages them in both fun and learning. The five core subjects are all here- Bible, History & Geography, Language Arts, Math, and Science-plus a variety of electives: Secondary French and Elementary French, Health Quest, Consumer Math, College Planner, Elementary Spanish, Secondary Spanish and Secondary Health. The CD-ROM format of Switched-On Schoolhouse is popular with parents and students alike. Through Alpha Omega’s Focus Learning System, the software coach’s students through the entire curriculum while guiding their rate of progress. Switched-On Schoolhouse makes it easy for the parent to gauge when students have grasped lesson concepts and allows them to proceed with the course when ready. As a result, you have assurance that your child has mastered each concept before moving on the next. Switched-On Schoolhouse reduces your workload significantly. With 90 percent fewer administrative tasks, just think of the extra time you’ll have to spend with your child. Introduce your family to the new way of learning DESKTOP THEMES Our desktop themes invite kids to take ownership of their education. Students and parents alike can personalize their desktops to reflect their favourite hobby, pet, or color. New themes this year include Kingdom Under the Sea, Steel, Summer, and Swirl. Choose from a total of 27 themes. BOOK REPORTS Deigned to integrate reading, writing, and thinking, Language Arts book-report projects feature genre highlights, annotated book lists, and links to additional resources. Thought-provoking questions provide a structure in which students can reflect upon, evaluate, and write about the books they choose. Available in grades 3-8. INSTALLATION AND SETUP WIZARDS With the Install Shields Wizard, Switched-On Schoolhouse 2.0 R2 is easier to install then ever! With a few clicks of the mouse you’ll have Switched-On loaded and ready to use. WELCOME VIDEOS Instructors greet students with an energetic welcome, complete with an overview of the curriculum and key study tips. These teachers, partnered with our “Tiny Tutors,” provide students with added guidance and help them get the school year off to a promising start. OPTIONAL VOICE AUTOMATED LESSON TEXT With the new “Text-to-Speech” feature, students will be able to highlight the passages they want to hear and Switched-On Schoolhouse will read to them! Use this feature for students, who struggle with reading long passages, are not yet fluent readers, or to focus and review specific passages within Switched-On. ONLINE ANSWER KEYS Switched-On Schoolhouse Answer Keys are available online at www.AOP.com. This library now offers FREE Answer Keys for Math grades 7-12, Consumer Math, Physics, and Chemistry. DYNAMIC LEARNING ACTIVITIES Dynamic Learning Activities are lessons disguised as action-packed games. The activities challenge students to use their knowledge in a fun and exciting way. Students can choose to practice timed math computation on “chalkboards,” mix beakers of chemicals to balance equations in a virtual chemistry lab, or race the clock to assemble a map. HIGH-TECH TUTORING Switched-On Schoolhouse lets you swap messages with your students by attaching virtual “sticky Notes” to subject material. You can also send instructions or comments to your child’s electronic mailbox. You’ll appreciate the efficiency, and your child will enjoy the computer-based communication. AUTOMATIC GRADING, LESSON PLANNING If the administrative aspect of your child’s home school education is taking up too much of your teaching time, AOP can help. Switched-On Schoolhouse cuts your administrative work greatly, allowing you more time with your child! Generated a year’s worth of lessons with a few simple clicks of the mouse. Most of your child’s work is graded instantly, strengthening your child’s learning with immediate feedback. Switched-On Schoolhouse also automatically tallies grades and records them once the lesson has been completed. SWITCHED-ON SCHOOLHOUSE IS FLEXIBLE Switched-On Schoolhouse some with default settings in place to serve as a starting point. However, the program lets you alter the settings to meet your family’s needs. You can: • Assign extra projects or skip lessons and individual problems. • Clear student work and send a section back to be Redone. • Enable or disable web links and games. • Allow for “open book” or “open page” quizzes and test • Reorganize subjects and add your own projects. • Adjust the grading scale. • Override computer grading. • Enable or disable a penalty for spelling errors. • Use with up to five students in your home. GO TO SEARCH MODE AND ENTER KEY WORD: SWITCHED-ON SCHOOLHOUSE |