The Apprentice’s Companion for Life Science is part experiment book and part field manual with a lab journal and sketch book. Through the activities, students are prompted to form hypotheses, record data, and evaluate the hypotheses to determine if they are supported by the data. The book also includes illustrations, poems, and quotes from respected scientists and naturalists. Time for activities varies from a few minutes or a class period to several days of observation and documentation. Not reproducible, each student will need their own copy. Please note that there is a separate teacher's PDF that accompanies this book that you can download above - see the "Teacher's Guide" PDF linked above. This resource includes Teacher Notes, a lab supply list, and three activity documents.
The Apprentice's Companion for Novare Life Science + Digital Resources
Product Overview
- Required to successfully complete the Novare Life Science Program
- Contains 26 activities corresponding to the Textbook lessons
- Consumable and not reproducible. Each student will need their own copy
Description
The Apprentice’s Companion for Life Science is a valuable new combination of experiment book, field manual, lab journal, sketch book, and commonplace book. Throughout the book, students are prompted to form hypotheses, take data, and revisit those hypotheses to assess, wherever possible, if they are supported by the data. The book is enhanced with images of art, poems, and quotes by respected scientists and naturalists.
Twenty-six activities are included, each keyed to one of the chapters in Life Science. For each chapter in Life Science, the Apprentice's Companion includes short activities requiring only a few minutes and longer experiments requiring the entire class period. Some activities extend over a period of several days.
With minimal mathematics, Novare Life Science provides sixth grade students with an in-depth look at life science from the structures and features of different types of organisms to cellular and molecular biology. Topically, students begin with an introduction to life science and learn the scientific method, scale and goals of life science and scientific measurement. The following chapters build on this foundational information and cover molecules and cells with an overview of biochemistry, the human body systems, genetics and plant and animal reproduction, photosynthesis, metabolism, and homeostasis, human and plant sensory systems, ecosystems, climate and the biosphere, major biomes and biodiversity. Evolutionary theory and variations, natural selection, and adaptation are included.
The author strongly believes Christian students should study and
understand evolutionary theory. Young Earth Creationism, Old Earth Creationism,
Intelligent Design, and Evolutionary Creationism are compared showing how each
interpret scripture, the age of the earth/universe, and the creation of living
things. Families unfamiliar with Novare Science should note the core
philosophy of Novare Science is that science education in our country needs to
be renewed using research, scientific evidence, and forward-thinking strategies
while keeping God at the helm. Students are taught to see God in creation,
while learning current secular scientific theories that support an old-earth
creation. Looking at the scope of content, this course would also meet the
needs of 7th-8th grade students.
Novare Life Science is an academically rigorous course that focuses on content mastery, and not just the cram-pass-forget cycle that is common in middle and high school sciences. Required components include the Student Textbook with introductory information for parents and students and all the student readings, and the Apprentice’s Companion which is a consumable experiment book and field manual. Purchase of the Apprentice’s Companion includes access to a PDF with teaching support for the activities. Optional components include Digital Resources which offers printable student reviews, quizzes and exams, a lesson schedule, and a convenient Lab Kit. The Novare Life Science Program includes the Student Textbook, Apprentice’s Companion, and the Digital Resources.
| Product Format: | Other |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 6-8 |
| Brand: | Novare Science and Math |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.3125 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.75 |