Teaching a high school
biology course at home can be challenging. Apologia's Exploring Creation with
Biology offers Christian homeschool families a college preparatory science
course with a comprehensive lab experience to meet high school requirements. Best
of all, the course is developed to be student-led and independent. Viewing God
as the Master Designer of life, this course offers a thorough explanation of
the scientific method, tools, limitations of science, and an evaluates the
theory of evolution through a Biblical worldview. Topically, students
will study the science and chemistry of life, ecology, genetics, bacteria,
viruses, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. There are 16 modules, each
taking approximately 2 weeks (1 hour per day/5 days per week.), exams follow
each module and quarterly exams are also included. Three types of lab exercises
are included: Household, microscopic, and dissections. Required lab equipment
includes a 400x microscope, concave and flat slides, prepared slide set sold
separately, dissection tools and specimens. Lab Kits are available. The
publisher recommends all three types of lab exercises for a science lab credit.
Required components include
the softcover Student
Text and the Solutions
and Tests Book. Numerous optional supplemental products include the
recommended Student
Notebook, Video
Instruction Thumb Drive, and the Audio MP3 CD.