Content: Science Grade(s): K-8th Perspective: Christian Prep Time: Moderate Teacher Manual: Yes Teacher Involvement: Minimal Cost: $ || ? Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2013 Publisher: ** From the Publisher’s Website: ** This colorfully illustrated science text presents God as the Master Designer of the world around us. 1st Grade: Your student learns about plants, animals, insects, energy, health, the seasons, and the five senses, gaining an excellent introduction to science. With the emphasis on building children’s interests and augmenting their reading skills, the text includes hands-on activities to increase comprehension of basic science concepts. 2nd Grade: Children learn to enjoy God’s world as they study His plan for creation. They’ll increase their reading comprehension and learn scientific concepts about the human body, animals, plants, matter, energy, earth, space, and conservation from a Biblical view. By answering “how” and “why” questions, children satisfy their naturalcuriosity about the world around them and develop their thinking skills with hands-on activities. Designed to be used in grade 2. 3rd Grade: Beginning with the most special part of God’s creation, man, third graders learn about the human body, with an emphasis on the sense organs and how they work. Students then explore the world of plants, and later, the world of animals, becoming familiar with invertebrates and vertebrates and how to classify them. Students will “visit” the ocean, desert, pond, forest, and field, observing plants, vertebrates, and invertebrates in these environments from a Christian perspective. A study of the weather is also included. The book is designed for one semester. 4th Grade: Fourth graders will enjoy this fascinating presentation of things that they can see, observe, and understand in the world around them. They learn how to make an insect zoo, how to recognize the plants they see every day, how to attract birds to their own back yards, how to use fieldguides, how to interpret cloud formations, and how to identify rocks. Students will appreciate the miracle of plant germination, the causes of weather, the God-given provisions for life on earth, the design of the starry heavens, the ecology of the ocean depths, and many other aspects of God’s creative genius. Demonstrations and activities throughout the text keep learning lively, comprehension checks and Chapter Checkups provide for thorough review. 5th Grade: This text leads students from the known to the unknown by teaching important science concepts within the context of things they see and know. The aim is to help students understand basic principles of science rather than merely teach them science vocabulary. The world is presented as the creation of God and glorifies Him as its Sustainer and Upholder. The text introduces great scientists and naturalists who believed in the biblical account of Creation, and where appropriate, it refutes the materialist’s faith in evolution.Students learn about plants, animals, matter, energy, light, minerals, and more. Review questions, activites, and demonstrations make this a thoroughly teachable text. 6th Grade: This teachable, readable, and memorable book presents the universe as the direct creation of God and refutes the man-made idea of evolution. It is beautifully illustrated in full color with both photos and art, and features many charts and demonstrations. Projects and experiments for use at home and at school are included. Some of the topics covered are invertebrates, plants, forces of the earth, the universe, space travel, and matter. 7th Grade: Students are introduced to the scientific method and encouraged to apply it throughout this life science text. They investigate fields such as botany, anatomy, zoology, microbiology, and ecology with the goal of discovering the thoughts of the Creator through the ingenious structure and orderly function of His creation. 8th Grade: Students in grade 8 will investigategeology, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, and environmental science with the goal of discovering the thoughts of the Creator through the ingenious structure and orderly function of His creation. About the Author: Dr. Arlin Horton, founder of Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola Christian Academy, and A Beka Book, has been an outstanding leader in the Christian school movement since 1954. Thousands of administrators across America have been inspired and helped by his willingness to share his practical wisdom. His quiet leadership and desire to help others have combined to make A Beka Book America’s leading producer of textbooks for Christian schools. Because one opinion is never enough! Have you ever used Abeka Science, K-8? 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