NatureGlo’s eScience

I love it when I can show my children the interrelation between subjects, so I was very interested to review the MathArt Online 4-Class Bundle from NatureGlo’s eScience.  I chose to have Allie, our 7th grader, take the MathArt in Ancient Cultures class because she is also studying Ancient History and I felt this would be a good tie in.  The other courses available are MathArt Patterns in Nature; MathArt in the Arts & Sciences; and Math Connections in the Real World.  While NatureGlo does offer live online classes, we reviewed the pre-recorded classes.

MathArt Online

Each class is composed of six lessons, and each lesson is comprised of about six components.  The students have two options for viewing the lessons themselves.  The first is to watch the video of the live streaming class, where you hear the instructor explaining the slideshow or the interactive web page and the children who were part of the live class read the material out loud.  The second is to just watch the slide shows yourself or go to the web page and click through and read everything on your own.  My daughter preferred to do it on her own because she got impatient waiting for them to catch up to where she was.  I think the first option is good for students who perhaps have trouble reading, or may need help navigating a website on their own.  

The other lessons are typically videos or selected readings from web pages to further explain the topic.  Allie’s two favorite sections were the Literature Connection and the History Connection.  The Literature Connection she liked because there would usually be videos where they played music from other cultures, or in one lesson in particular, there was a video of an animated version of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.  She always found the information to be interesting.  The History Connection she appreciated because it typically fell in line with her Ancient History studies and so it allowed her to learn more about that particular topic, which was what I was hoping for.


The classes also allow the children to earn achievements for completing certain assignments.  


Some of the lessons also have projects that you can complete.  Allie had fun making a Rangoli after studying about them and also learning how to draw Islamic Art.

Rangoli

Islamic Art

I liked that the lessons showed how math could be found in history, art, literature, etc.  I also liked that it helped my daughter to see math as fun and interesting. In the second lesson, it introduces an interactive math game to help learn about polygons and suggests asking to set up a free account if they want to play more.  We allowed our daughter to set up an account and she had a lot of fun playing math games and learning.

There is also a section at the bottom of each lesson where students can leave or reply to comments.  Several of the directions include a step to leave a comment about a specific part of the lesson or to reply to someone else’s comment.  We did not utilize this, but it is available.  Also, of the lessons I previewed, I only saw one comment, so I’m not sure how well this is being utilized by other students either. It is, however, an option.

Allie has one week left in the course and then she can get her completion certificate.  My fourth grader has plans to take the Patterns in Nature course, because she loves science and is interested in seeing mathematical patterns in nature.  I will probably have my kids do all four courses, just because they are interesting.  Overall, we have enjoyed this course.


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  2. Thank you for your thorough and kind review. I hope your family enjoys the rest of the classes!

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