The Young Explorer Series from Apologia Exploring Creation with Earth Science is part of the award-winning Young Explorer Series–voted the #1 homeschool science curriculum for over 14 years in a row. This course is for elementary grades. As with all other titles in the Young Explorer Series, Exploring Creation with Earth Science is designed to have no prerequisites. We encourage you to follow your student’s interests when choosing a Young Explorer title. There is not a particular order in which to complete the books in the series. Encourage your young explorers to interact with their world by choosing an elementary homeschool science course that walks alongside students and talks with them as it investigates and points out the science behind everyday occurrences. Let’s dig in the dirt, not just talk about it. What is it? How did it get made? Why is it different depending on where you dig? What will you find living in it? Let’s realize that we don’t get deliveries from outer space so everything we need, literally everything, is given to us and made fresh with the systems created to keep life forms alive throughout time. How does the Earth replenish its resources again, and again, and again? Join us in Exploring Creation with Earth Science and find out! Your young explorer will begin this course with an overview of our cosmic address in the observable universe and then grow in knowledge of what, in the entire universe, makes Earth special and capable of sustaining life. An awareness of the world will develop as students interact with the Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. By digging deeper into the many different layers of the Earth and the cycles that renew the face of the Earth, your student will acquire not only wisdom that will endure for a lifetime but also an appreciation for our Creator. Your young explorer will begin this course with an overview of our cosmic address in the observable universe and then grow in the knowledge of what, in the entire universe, makes Earth special and capable of sustaining life. An awareness of the world will develop as students interact with the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere of the Earth. By digging deeper into the many different layers of the Earth and the cycles that renew the face of the Earth, they will acquire not only wisdom that will endure for a lifetime but also an appreciation for our Creator. What does it cover? There are 14 lessons included in this one-year earth science course. A detailed lesson plan is included in the Notebooking Journal(sold separately). Lesson 1: The Observable Universe Lesson 2: Life in the Habitable Zone Lesson 3: Spheres of the Earth Lesson 4: Mapping Your World Lesson 5: The Geosphere Lesson 6: Making and Shaping the Land Lesson 7: The Hydrosphere Lesson 8: Th Atmosphere Lesson 9: Climate and Weather Lesson 10: Weather Forecasting Lesson 11: The Biosphere Lesson 12; Cycles of Life Lesson 13: Places on Earth Lesson 14: God in Creation Features: Based on the Charlotte Mason philosophy of learning Filled with spectacular photos and graphics Easy to incorporate into your homeschool plan with the Suggested Weekly Schedule, which is included in the Notebooking Journal (sold separately) Packed with a wide variety of engaging hands-on activities Has one special project that winds its way through its lessons. Students build and map out a globe as they grow in their understanding of our planet. It will remind them of all that they’ve learned as they display it through the years. Activities include: Listed below are just a few of the many engaging hands-on activities in this course. Create: A Galaxy Mobile A Goldilocks Zone A Globe and add features to it throughout the course! Maps Crystals Use Hands-On Activities to Understand: Invisible Forces Tectonic Plate Movement Landforms Sunlight and Seasons Weather and Climate Investigate: Soil Rocks Water Air Life Discover: Unique Places on Earth and the Science Behind Them Cycles and Scientists Journal: Personal Thoughts Fascinating Facts And So Much More… SAMPLE PAGES - View a sample lesson from the textbook, Notebooking Journal, and Junior Notebooking Journal. Also included are the Table of Contents, Supply List, and FAQ Guide. ISBN 9781946506726, SKU 1006726
