Teaching your children about the wonderful world God has created for us can be extremely reward- ing.;Hatching;butterflies,;sprouting;seeds,;observ- ing chemical reactions, and dissections can become
favorite memories of your homeschool years.
Young children are naturally curious about our world.
Plants and animals lend themselves to early science lessons
that;they;will;never;forget.;Plant;seeds;and;keep;track;of;their
progress;together.;When;they;are;fully;sprouted,;plant;them
outside. Or order butterfly larvae and chart them through
their;metamorphoses.
Older;students;need;laboratory;time;each;week;for;experi-ments;and;dissections,;which;are;important;to;reinforce;con-cepts;learned;the;rest;of;the;week.;Don’t;be;afraid;to;invest;in
some;high-quality;dissection;kits;or;chemistry;experiments.
The;hands-on;quotient;of;an;upper-level;science;class;is;in-credibly;important.
Consider;finding;another;family;who;is;studying;the;same
subject—Physics,;Chemistry,;or;Biology—and;combine;forces
each week to do labs together. Involve your younger students
in;each;lab;as;well,;and;be;sure;to;teach;good;lab;report
skills.
The wonderful thing about homeschooling science is that there is an abundance of material
available;to;help;homeschooling;parents.;Check
out;some;of;these;great;options.
Apologia
www.Apologia.com
Apologia;science;believes;students’;educations;should;prepare
them;for;eternity,;not;just;a;semester.;Our;award-winning;sci-ence;curricula;teach;elementary,;junior;high,;and;high;school
students;to;recognize,;appreciate,;and;understand;the;won-ders;of;Creation.;By;writing;our;texts;in;a;conversational;tone,
challenging;science;concepts;can;be;presented;in;a;personal-ized format that is easy to understand.
Our;Young;Explorer;Series;actively;engages;elementary;stu-dents;in;the;scientific;process.;Notebooking;Journals;provide
a;written;history;of;experiences,;observations,;and;thoughts
that;students;can;reference;to;create;opinions;and;draw;con-clusions about the way their world works.
Apologia’s;junior;high;curricula;prepare;students;for;the
rigorous high school sciences. The Student Notebooks teach
students how to take notes while guiding students toward be-coming;more;structured,;logical,;and;independent!
High;school;students;are;prepared;by;our;college;prepara-tory curriculum to understand and evaluate the discoveries
that will occur during their lifetimes. Our academically rigor-ous;curriculum;can;be;studied;independently,;with;the;aid;of
instructional;DVDs,;or;through;live;interaction;of;Apologia
Academy.
Each;of;our;Creation-based,;award-winning;science;curri-cula;have;experiments;that;require;only;readily;available;ma-terials,;online;resources;that;expand;textbook;concepts,;and
access;to;the;Apologia;helpline.
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