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Exploring Creation with General Science - Advantage Set 3rd Ed (H703)
Exploring Creation with General Science - Advantage Set 3rd Ed (H703)
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~ General Science, Textbook 3rd edition
~ General Science, Student Notebook 3rd Edition
~ General Science, Solutions and Test Manual 3rd edition.
Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd edition, is part of Apologia's award-winning homeschool science curriculum for middle school students.
This is a true general science course covering a wide range of the branches of science. There is a large component of Earth Science (modules include astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, earth study, geology, paleontology, and environmental science) to give students a great foundation of that broad field of study.
Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd edition, has been rewritten to truly walk each student through middle school's transition time from the elementary years to the high school sciences. Specifically designed to be the first course taken during junior high, it was created to give middle school students a basic understanding of the world that surrounds them each day of their lives so that they can appreciate the real-world relevance of scientific inquiry and the beauty of creation.
The students will learn what science is and, in a detailed and engaging way, how to utilize the proper scientific method.
Lesson Plans and Materials: The course is designed to be done 4 days a week (as compared to 2 days a week for our elementary series and 5 days a week for our high school courses).
Experiments: In early modules, specific portions of the text are highlighted so students know where to find important information for lab write-ups, and they are guided through that process. Although the students might complete more than one experiment in a module, they are given the opportunity to choose a single experiment on which they want to complete a lab report, thus providing the opportunity to build on interest-driven learning. Lab report samples are provided so the students learn proper formatting and what is expected of them. All of the experiments in this course utilize easy-to-obtain household materials, so no special equipment is necessary, yet complex scientific principles are easy to explore and understand.
Bonus Hands-on Work: Middle school-aged children still greatly benefit from hands-on exploration, so like our elementary series, we include several optional activities (called Explore More) to allow students to further explore the scientific concepts presented in each module.
Tests: There are tests provided for each module, however, students are given many study helps via their student notes within the Student Notebook, and a practice Study Guide they complete once they finish a module. The first two module tests are assigned to be given as open-book tests so that students learn the format of this course and more easily transition to improve the skill of test-taking, thus preparing them for upper grades and even college work.
Character-building: Middle school-aged students are in a transition period between childhood and adulthood, and we believe it is important to emphasize the importance of character. Thus in each module, parents are encouraged (and guided) to incorporate character performance into their student's grade.
Grading: Complete, step-by-step grading rubrics are provided to the parents, showing how to calculate a module grade from the student's module test, lab work, and character displayed throughout the module.
Student Notebook
The General Science Student Notebook Includes:
-Daily Lesson Plan
-Breakdown of the assignments, detailing exactly what needs to be done each day
-Pages where the student takes notes. These pages include prompts to help teach the student how to pull out pertinent information from the text.
-Space to answer the On Your Own questions that are listed in each module.
-Space to record their results from the many hands-on activities.
-Creation Connection pages where students record their intellectual, emotional, and spiritual reactions to what they are learning.
-Space to record answer to the On Your Own questions. These questions serve as review and prep for the tests.
Solutions and Test Manual
The Solutions and Test Manual only for Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd edition, contains answers to Study Guide questions, tests, and test solutions. One test packet is included with this manual.
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