Exploring Creation with Physical Science Textbook (3rd Edition)

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9781946506511
Grade 8
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The soft cover Student Text includes all student reading, experiments, "On Your Own" exercises (with answers and discussion later in the chapter), and Study Guide questions at the end of each chapter.
Publisher's Description of Exploring Creation with Physical Science Textbook (3rd Edition)

The 3rd edition of Exploring Creation with Physical Science is not only an updated version, but a greatly improved version as well. Starting with the basics of science, students are walked through the processes and branches of science through the use of updated text and images, the use of newly created infographics that breakdown difficult scientific topics, as well as rewritten and redesigned experiments.

Four modules are spent exploring the basics of chemistry, including properties and states of matter, atomic structure and the periodic table, chemical bonds, and reactions and energy. Six modules are dedicated to physics and include the study of motion, forces, energy, light, and electricity and magnetism. Students finish out their year learning about Earth science.

This 15-module, creation-based science textbook is designed to be completed in 8th grade. It is the perfect complement to the new 14-module, 7th grade, 3rd edition of Exploring Creation with General Science. It also prepares students for the 16-module high school science courses that they will be introduced to in the 9th grade.

With plenty of formal experiments to help students learn difficult concepts, students will always be engaged. New to this updated edition is the addition of extra "You Do Science" mini experiments that take concepts even further for the student.

Category Description for Apologia Science

Apologia Science courses are written from a Biblical worldview with the homeschool in mind. At the elementary level, courses follow a Charlotte Mason-inspired methodology, with lessons organized around narration, notebooking exercises and hands-on activities or projects. Children at different ages can use these together, learning at their own level. Each course is designed to be teacher-student interactive, so teacher involvement is fairly high at this level. At the junior high and high school levels, science courses are more traditional in nature, with the textbook written to the student. Teacher involvement time at this level is much less than at the elementary level. Textbooks contain student reading, lab instructions, "On Your Own" questions and Study Guide questions. A Solutions Manual provides the answers to these and the test questions. Lab kits are available separately for both the elementary and upper-level science courses which include most of the harder to find items you will need.

The 3rd edition has been completely revised compared to the 1st and 2nd editions. Maintaining a Creation focused, rigorous approach to the sciences, the updated content changes are a more natural progression of Apologia's upper level scope and sequence that began with the General Science, 3rd edition. A careful introduction to the scientific process, methods, and measurement/data collection are covered in the first module, followed by a focus on chemistry (4 modules) and physics (6 modules). Additional chapters cover earth science (2 modules), and chemistry and physics in the life sciences. Physical Science Research concludes the course, showing students what is involved in research from brainstorming to making a presentation. A total of 15 modules are included, and will take 2 or more weeks to complete. Students should plan on spending one hour per day on science. Like the previous courses, the text is written to the student and most students will be able to complete the readings and most activities independently. Labs are integral, with 29 formal experiments and 47 "Explore More" activities included. Hands-on experiments use household supplies. Safety glasses are required. For your convenience, a Nature's Workshop Plus Lab Kit is available. Students will learn how to create both informal and formal lab reports in this course. Completion of all lab activities are expected, and students will document all labs through either the informal or formal report. One formal lab report is completed per module. Not compatible with the previous edition.

There are 2 required components. First is the softcover Student Text which includes all student reading, experiments, "On Your Own" exercises (with answers and discussion later in the chapter), and Study Guide questions at the end of each chapter. The second book, Solutions and Tests, contains the chapter test booklet, answers to the test questions and solutions to the "Study Guide" questions. Tests are not reproducible. Test booklets can be purchased separately.

Optional but recommended, the Student Notebook, provides a suggested daily schedule, a place to record study notes, lab charts and tables and space to answer the "On Your Own" and Study Guide questions. Not reproducible. Also available, the optional Audio MP3 CD provides an audio reading of the textual information and "On Your Own" questions.

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Product Format:Paperback
Brand:Apologia
Grade:8
ISBN:9781946506511
Length in Inches:11
Width in Inches:8.5
Height in Inches:1
Weight in Pounds:3.5
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