Read by: Margo Trueblood
Language: English
Length: 14 hours and 58 minutes
Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries
Release date: 2020-11-19
Exploring Creation with Physical Science, 3rd Edition was created to give middle school students an understanding of the basic world that surrounds them each day of their lives and the forces in creation so that they can appreciate the real world relevance of scientific inquiry and the beauty of creation. We believe that students’ educations should prepare them for life, not just an academic year.
The text discusses atomic structure, periodic table, chemical bonds, reactions and energy, motion, forces, energy, waves and sound, light, electricity and magnetism. This course is designed to be the last science course the student takes before high school biology. We generally recommend it as an 8th grade course, but students can use it for their 9th grade coursework.
Students will conduct controlled experiments where they observe a problem, ask a question, formulate a testable hypothesis, and then conduct the experiment and analyze the data to see if their results support their hypothesis. It involves quantitative data that require measurements.
What’s inside the 3rd Edition:
A typical week requires studying science for about one hour a day for four days. During this time, students listen to an assigned portion of their textbook, stopping throughout each section to answer “on your own” questions to test their comprehension before moving forward. Students self-check their answers against the detailed answers provided at the end of each module.
Laboratory exercises are conducted throughout each module so that students have a hands on lab component in their scientific study. These have been designed to easily work in the homeschool environment.
At the end of each of 14 modules which take about two weeks each to complete, there are study guides to help students review their materials before taking their exams. Detailed answers to these questions are provided in the solutions and test manual.