This is my big secret.  I really don't like science.  I don't like the mess it takes to do experiments.  I don't like the math involved.  I just don't like it.  My children, however, don't know that.  They LOVE science.  I guess I'm doing a reasonable job, if they haven't developed my aversion to science.  The turning point was when I started doing a Science Co-op.  My curriculum choices are below, but the secret is doing it with other families to keep me motivated and on task.

In the past I've used Apologia, RS4K Physics, CHC science grades 2 & 3.

Right now, we're doing science according to Susan Wise Bauer's suggestions in The Well Trained Mind (full-disclosure, here:  I don't own the book, I just borrow it from the library once a year to see what it said because my mind is pretty faulty, implement a little more of this overwhelming book, and make my plan for the next year)

I use the elementary Apologia series by Jeannie Fulbright in the summers as a supplement. My children know that everything comes from God and are familiar with the creation story in the bible, so it hasn't bothered them a bit that it's from a creationist point of view. Many of their
good friends are protestant and they have healthy discussions about all their religious differences. The Charlotte Mason writing style is lovely to sit on the couch in the air conditioning during the heat of the afternoon and read together and the experiments are easy (for the most part) to pull-off and quickly throw together. It lends itself well to narration and TWTM lab write-ups. The feel of the books are a cuddle on the couch & read and they have interactive questions in the text (that I wouldn't have wanted to stop the text to think of to ask - I'd rather read right through & get it done), but the questions really draw the kids in.


What we're doing for this year - I wasn't sure I could pull off putting together my own program a la TWTM. My kids haven't found David Burnie's book very engaging, but the pictures are cool. We are using the chapter-headings as our spine, mainly getting our information from KFSE and pulling exp & activities from lots of other sources we've been gathering (the zoo has teacher boxes / DK & Nat'l Geographic movies / Magic Tree House Books & TM / CHC Sci 2&3 / Sam's club books / Anatomy coloring book for memorization of body systems...)
It's going really well and the kids LOVE science. I even pulled science off our academic schedule because they think it's just a fun-day when we have Science Co-op (although they don't love the write-up part afterward).