Exploring Creation With General Science

This course is targeted for 7th grade homeschooled students, although it can be used for eighth grade, especially if the student has recently left the public schools. It is designed to be a student’s first systematic introduction to science. Covering such topics as the scientific method, designing experiments, simple machines, archaeology, geology, paleontology, biology, and human anatomy and physiology, its scope is wide. It includes roughly 30 hours of laboratory instruction, including experiments in which the student builds a density column, investigates the surface tension of water, grows crystals, makes a fossil cast, builds a model of DNA, makes a self-sustaining ecosystem, cultures bacteria, and measures the vital capacity of his or her lungs.

Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000

Exploring Creation With Physical Science

This course gives the student an introduction to the physical environment and the laws that it follows. It covers the basics of atoms and their structure, molecules, the composition of air, earth’s atmosphere, earth’s hydrosphere, and earth’s lithosphere. The student also learns the basic structure of the planet and plate tectonics. Much of this information is then synthesized into a discussion of weather and its predictions. In the second half of the course, the student learns the basic equations of motion, Newton’s Laws, and the four fundamental forces of nature. As the student studies these topics, he is introduced to the structure of the solar system, an overview of the contents of the universe, radioactivity, nuclear fusion, and nuclear fission. The student must be at least taking prealgebra concurrently, as many of the topics discussed consist of mathematical calculations. Approximately 32 hours of the course are devoted to laboratory exercises. These experiments include the electrolytic decomposition of water, adiabatic expansion and contraction of air, making an electromagnet, weather prediction, a study of static electricity, free fall experiments, and making an electroscope.

Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999

Exploring Creation With Biology

with Marilyn Durnell

This laboratory-based, college-prep biology course is designed for the student who is beginning algebra. It provides a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general biology. Heavily emphasizing classification, this text is ideal preparation for a university-level biology course. It provides the student with a strong background in the scientific method, the five-kingdom classification scheme, microscopy, biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics, evolution, dissection, and ecosystems. It also provides a complete overview of the organisms in all five kingdoms. The course covers 36 hours of lab instruction, 15 of which involve microscopy (pond life studies, analyses of prepared slides, plasmolysis, etc.), 15 of which involve general biology (enzyme activity, osmosis and diffusion, greenhouse effect, etc.), and 6 of which involve dissection (earthworm, crayfish, fish, and frog).

Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998

Exploring Creation with Physics

This course gives the student an introduction to the physical environment and the laws that it follows. It covers the basics of atoms and their structure, molecules, the composition of air, earth’s atmosphere, earth’s hydrosphere, and earth’s lithosphere. The student also learns the basic structure of the planet and plate tectonics. Much of this information is then synthesized into a discussion of weather and its predictions. In the second half of the course, the student learns the basic equations of motion, Newton’s Laws, and the four fundamental forces of nature. As the student studies these topics, he is introduced to the structure of the solar system, an overview of the contents of the universe, radioactivity, nuclear fusion, and nuclear fission. The student must be at least taking prealgebra concurrently, as many of the topics discussed consist of mathematical calculations. Approximately 32 hours of the course are devoted to laboratory exercises. These experiments include the electrolytic decomposition of water, adiabatic expansion and contraction of air, making an electromagnet, weather prediction, a study of static electricity, free fall experiments, and making an electroscope.

Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1997

Exploring Creation With Chemistry

This college-prep chemistry course is designed for the student who has completed Algebra 1. It provides a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general chemistry. Heavily emphasizing stoichiometry, this text is ideal preparation for a university-level chemistry course. It provides the student with a strong background in nomenclature, significant figures, units, classification, the mole concept, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases, redox reactions, solutions, atomic structure, Lewis structures, molecular geometry, the gas laws, and equilibria. The course covers roughly 36 hours of laboratory, including acid/base titrations, measuring the width of a molecule, calorimetry, the ideal gas law, limiting reactants, factors that affect reaction rate, and the conductivity of ionic and covalent compounds in water.

Apologia Educational Ministries 1995