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At the preschool level, science is all about exposure, not memorization of facts. It’s helping the youngest explorers understand that their world is discoverable. Through guided exploration of their world, young children learn how to naturally incorporate all aspects of language (expanding vocabulary), math (counting and recording), science (observing and experimenting), and art (drawing out ideas) into their understanding of how their world works. Most importantly, children will come to understand that their world is wonder-full, peace-full, and beauty-full because God created it full of His love and wisdom.

Preschool Science Curriculum Overview

Preschool Science: Exploring Creation Together is a spiral-bound curriculum with 2 distinct sections included. The first half is written in a story format that parents can read with their child. Activities are not inserted into the flow of the story, but icons will alert parents to corresponding activities found in the 2nd half of the book, which serves as the parent guide. It’s up to the parent whether the moment dictates more reading or an activity break. Since this is about exposure, if a student wants to keep reading, that’s fantastic. It is our hope that students will want to read this book over and over again. There will be plenty of opportunities to choose when and where activities fit into a family’s busy schedule.

The second half of this curriculum is written directly to the parent as the parent guide. It reviews the science topics being learned in the story and contains many age-appropriate activities that demonstrate the science concepts discussed in the story. These activities can help a child better understand the ideas presented in the text. It also has lots of fun activity sheets and games.

Preschool Science: Exploring Creation Together is an Apologia science title recommended for students ages 3-5. The goal of the course is exposure to topics, not science mastery. It is meant to be a fun course that parents read to their youngest explorers. The separate parent section is written to give parents activities that they can choose to use when they see the opportunity arise, letting science activities be natural extensions of their child’s regular activities (play in the backyard), their family activities (grocery shopping), or special events (field trips and vacations).

And what budding young scientist doesn’t want to get their hands on activities? As homeschooling parents, we know that hands-on play allows students to have their own “Ah Ha!” moment as they discover science. All activities in Preschool Science: Exploring Creation Together use common household materials. This science book includes 2 types of activities:

Hands-on Activities: These are self-contained, individual activities that allow your child to explore concepts at a deeper level. Some are experiments; others are games or worksheets that parents can choose from to develop ideas.
Project Activities: The “Window to My World” project is a trifold poster board that becomes a large picture window. Your child will add items to the window as the science is explained, eventually creating an entirely unique scene.

Daily Schedule and Supplies

There is no set schedule for this preschool curriculum. Parents are encouraged to let their days guide what to cover each day.

Encourage Interest with these Tips

Watch for opportunities to mentor in the moment.
Use open-ended questions.
Encourage your child to think aloud.

The curriculum encourages parents to be on the lookout for the impromptu adventure in science. Because there are 2 separate sections to this curriculum (one written to the student and one written to the parent), the curriculum can be done over multiple years with it being different every time.

Key Curriculum Components

This curriculum is designed around several key components essential to a successful preschool science program.

Enjoyable

The content is a story written to the student, interacting and engaging the child in an age-appropriate manner that is all about exposure. Carefully crafted activities are available in the parent guide, letting the parent decide when and where to interject more science.

Makes Christian Connections

As a God-honoring preschool science curriculum, Preschool Science: Exploring Creation Together connects God to science concepts in a natural manner.

Parent-Led

Parents are the ultimate teachers of their children. Apologia recognizes and honors this fact. This preschool science course is written in a manner that lets the parent lead the learning. Some parents may choose to do the story reading only. Other parents may wish to pick and choose which activities to insert. And all methods are equally valid. The child’s story portion of the science curriculum is carefully created to be complete. Activities add to the fun of the science discussed.

Open-and-Go

The structure of Preschool Science: Exploring Creation Together is simple. Parents can choose an appropriate time to read the story portion of the curriculum. Icons within the story portion alert the parent to age-appropriate activity materials found in the parent guide. It’s up to parents to decide if the moment is best served with more reading or if an activity break is a good idea. Because there are so many activities to choose from, each time the story is read, a new adventure can be inserted.

Meet the Author

Rachael Yunis is a coauthor of Apologia’s advanced biology textbook, the author of Apologia’s Young Explorer Earth Science textbook, and the science and math director at Apologia. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, a Master of Science degree in Molecular Genetics, and a Master of Arts degree in Biomedical Ethics. Preschool Science: Exploring Creation Together was written with her husband and technical editor, Sam Yunis, PhD. Dr. Yunis works in the aerospace industry. Together they homeschooled their boys through high school. Their children have degrees in the sciences and work in the aerospace and computer science industries.

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“Exploring Creation with Astronomy, 2nd Edition is a homeschool science curriculum for elementary students. This astronomy course set introduces the wonders of our solar system, the stars, and even black holes as they reveal the marvel and might of our loving Creator.

Curriculum Overview

We believe that your child’s education is at its best when their learning begins with a spark of curiosity. Through practical concepts and things in their world, students will learn and experience that science isn’t just a class–it’s a means for them to discover their world and its Creator!

Your young explorer will begin by learning about the sun, the planets in our solar system, the stars, galaxies, and space travel. Their awareness of the beauty of the universe and its Creator will expand as they expand their studies to the far reaches of what we can see out in space.

This elementary Astronomy course set has 14 lessons that cover the following topics:

Lesson 1: What is Astronomy?
Lesson 2: The Sun
Lesson 3: Mercury
Lesson 4: Venus
Lesson 5: Earth
Lesson 6: The Moon
Lesson 7: Mars
Lesson 8: Space Rocks
Lesson 9: Jupiter
Lesson 10: Saturn
Lesson 11: Uranus
Lesson 12: Neptune
Lesson 13: The Kuiper Belt and Dwarf Planets
Lesson 14: Stars, Galaxies, and Space Travel

Astronomy Textbook

Packed with vivid photos and graphics that bring astronomy to life, the textbook provides engaging hands-on experiments and activities to help make learning stick.

Students will build a model solar system, make a solar eclipse, compass, and telescope, watch a meteor shower, launch a rocket, make clouds, and locate constellations. All of the activities and experiments use easy-to-obtain household items and truly make the lessons come alive!

Notebooking Journal

The Astronomy Notebooking Journal provides everything your student needs to complete this study of astronomy. It will serve as your child’s place to complete every assignment.

What’s Inside the Astronomy Course Set?

A Suggested Schedule with a breakdown of exactly what students need to complete each week
Templates for your student to record what he or she learned in each lesson, using both words and illustrations
Note-taking pages with prompts to help teach the student how to identify and record important information from the text
Creative templates for completing the notebooking assignments
Project Pages and other sheets for your student to use to keep records of experiments, projects, and activities completed throughout the course
Beautiful, full-color Miniature Books for your student to create, encouraging him or her to record facts and information learned in each lesson
Helpful and engaging graphics to help your student visualize and understand concepts

The Benefits of Using a Notebooking Journal

Facilitates retention and provides documentation of your student’s education. The unique personal written and artistic expressions incorporate both sides of the brain.
Allows flexibility for multilevel learning. A twelve-year-old student may write an essay and make an elaborate illustration, while a six-year-old may write one sentence with a stick-figure drawing.
Improves writing skills and penmanship.
Helps students record experiences, observations, and thoughts.
Engages students in the scientific process.
Provides a written history that students can reference as they explore new subject areas.
Gives your students a place to record and organize experiences and observations.
Provides a place for students to review their notes, create opinions, and draw conclusions about how their world works.

Activity Videos

Introduce your child to a whole new level of hands-on learning with Apologia’s Elementary Science Activity Videos. Designed as an add-on to our award-winning elementary science series, these engaging videos feature dynamic instructor Ezra, who brings each lesson to life with energy, clarity, and curiosity.

Students will watch Ezra introduce new scientific concepts and demonstrate every experiment and hands-on activity from the textbook—making even complex ideas easy to understand. Whether you’re a brand-new homeschool parent or simply want extra support, these videos help your child see science in action while giving you added confidence and flexibility in your homeschool routine.

Perfect for visual and kinesthetic learners, the Activity Videos enhance comprehension, spark curiosity, and keep kids excited about discovering God’s world. Bring the joy of learning to your home—one experiment at a time.

Audiobook

The audiobook version of the Exploring Creation with Astronomy textbook is the perfect accompaniment to the textbook for students who are auditory learners, slow readers, or have learning challenges that make reading difficult.

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Look inside the Exploring Creation with Astronomy textbook and notebooking journal.

Meet the Author

Jeannie K. Fulbright

Help your student explore God’s creation while developing essential note-taking and writing skills. The Astronomy Notebooking Journal is designed to be used alongside Exploring Creation with Astronomy, 2nd Edition Textbook, giving students a meaningful place to record observations, reflect on new ideas, and document their journey through space.

Through guided notebook activities, students engage more deeply with each lesson by writing, illustrating, and interacting with scientific concepts. This flexible format encourages independent thinking while helping students build confidence in note-taking, communication, and creative expression.

What’s Included?

Suggested daily schedule for easy, consistent planning
Guided notebook pages for written responses and illustrations
Note-taking templates that help students identify and organize key concepts
Creative activities that encourage curiosity and personal engagement
Project and experiment pages to document hands-on learning
Full-color Miniature Book templates to reinforce important ideas
Helpful visual graphics that support understanding and retention

Why Notebooking Works

Notebooking strengthens learning by combining writing, drawing, and critical thinking. Students process information more effectively, develop communication skills, and create a personalized record of their discoveries. This approach encourages ownership of learning while helping concepts stick.

Designed for Multi-Age Family Learning

Perfect for homeschool families teaching multiple ages together, this notebooking journal allows each student to participate at their own level. Younger students can dictate responses or illustrate their ideas, while older students can write detailed answers and expand on what they’ve learned. The result is a meaningful keepsake of your student’s exploration of God’s universe—and a strong foundation for future learning.

In the Exploring Creation with Astronomy, 2nd Edition Activity Videos, students journey through space aboard Apologia’s Lab Exploration Spaceship, reviewing and reinforcing key concepts from the corresponding textbook. Guided by an experienced and enthusiastic host, students explore the galaxy as lessons come to life through storytelling, visuals, and hands-on demonstrations designed especially for elementary learners.

These videos walk students and teachers step by step through every activity in the textbook, allowing families to watch, learn, and complete experiments together at home. Whether used as a teaching aid or a confidence booster for parents, the videos make astronomy approachable, exciting, and memorable.

Streaming Video Rental

Streaming activity videos are available as a 15-month rental and will be accessed through your Apologia account.

Astronomy Activity Videos That Bring Science to Life

Each lesson in Exploring Creation with Astronomy, 2nd Edition. focuses on an essential topic that helps students understand our place in God’s incredible universe. As students move through the course, they can watch the corresponding activity video and complete hands-on activities that align directly with each lesson. Topics include an introduction to astronomy, the planets in our solar system, objects visible in the night sky, space exploration, and even what it takes to become an astronaut.

Each video highlights key concepts in a fun, engaging way before transitioning into the activity portion. Students are shown exactly what materials are needed and how to complete each activity, making learning smooth, interactive, and stress-free.

Hands-On Activities

Throughout the course, students use common household items to complete activities that reinforce and expand upon the lesson content. Projects include building a model of the solar system, creating an eclipse viewing box, making homemade ice cream to demonstrate freezing points, constructing a simple telescope, and more.

These hands-on activity videos clearly demonstrate each step, helping students and teachers feel confident while turning learning into an enjoyable, curiosity-driven experience that truly brings astronomy to life.

Lesson Plans and Materials

These videos include all activities found in Exploring Creation with Astronomy, 2nd Edition textbook, which contains 14 lessons.

These videos cover activities related to the following topics:

Lesson 1: What is Astronomy?
Lesson 2: The Sun
Lesson 3: Mercury
Lesson 4: Venus
Lesson 5: Earth
Lesson 6: The Moon
Lesson 7: Mars
Lesson 8: Space Rocks
Lesson 9: Jupiter
Lesson 10: Saturn
Lesson 11: Uranus
Lesson 12: Neptune
Lesson 13: Kuiper Belt and the Dwarf Planets
Lesson 14: Stars, Galaxies, and Space Travel

By the end of Exploring Creation with Astronomy, 2nd Edition, students gain not only a deeper understanding of the universe we are blessed to call home, but also a greater appreciation for the Creator who designed it all.

Meet Ezra, Your Video Instructor

Ezra Creighton is a curriculum developer, storyteller, children’s teacher, and video producer. With years of experience as a media director and children’s ministry leader, Ezra creates interactive lessons that blend teaching, storytelling, and engaging visuals to captivate young learners. He is the founder of KidONE Camps and the creator of the ReVerse Bible Curriculum, which together have reached hundreds of children across the United States.

Ezra and his wife, Victoria-Joy, are raising their son, Evander, while sharing a passion for helping the next generation fall in love with learning—and with the Bible.

Two Ways to Listen

The MP3 files are provided in two different formats.

Streaming – Listen to the streaming audiobook in your Apologia account.
Download – Download the audiobook MP3 files and listen on the device of your choice.

How to Access and Use the Astronomy Audiobook

You must create a customer account in order to access the audio files. During checkout, either log in to an existing account or create a new account.
After purchase, the files will be available in your Apologia account and can be accessed at any time.
This product is non-refundable

This ebook version of the textbook, Exploring Creation with Astronomy, 2nd Edition, can be purchased on Amazon or Apple Books.

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Exploring Creation with Botany, 2nd Edition is a homeschool science curriculum for elementary students. As your student works through this botany course set, they will get an overview of botany and dive deeper into plant anatomy and classification, and will walk away with a foundational and working knowledge of plants. Each lesson is written in a conversational tone and created using vivid graphics, engaging lessons, and hands-on projects that will make learning about botany fun!

Curriculum Overview for Botany Course Set

God’s ability to blend creativity and order together is so clearly seen in this award-winning study of botany. As your student works through the lessons and activities, they will explore the life cycle of seeds to plants, how plants reproduce and make their food, and how to identify and classify a variety of plants.

This elementary Botany course has 14 lessons that cover the following topics:

Lesson 1: Why Botany Matters
Lesson 2: Seeds
Lesson 3: Angiosperms
Lesson 4: Pollination
Lesson 5: Fruit
Lesson 6: Leaves
Lesson 7: Roots
Lesson 8: Stems
Lesson 9: Gardening
Lesson 10: Trees
Lesson 11: Gymnosperms
Lesson 12: Seedless Vascular Plants
Lesson 13: Nonvascular Plants
Lesson 14: Mycology

Botany Textbook

Packed with vivid photos and a variety of hands-on activities and experiments that bring botany to life, the textbook provides engaging hands-on activities to bring learning to life. All the activities and experiments use easy-to-obtain household items and truly make the lessons come alive!

Designed to captivate your student’s curiosity, this botany course has 75 different activities for your student to choose from! Some of the activities and experiments your student will complete in this course include building (and harvesting) a raised garden, making a tree field guide, building a light hut, growing edible mushrooms, and building a lichenometer.

Notebooking Journal

The Botany Notebooking Journal provides everything your student needs to complete this study of botany. It will serve as your child’s place to complete every assignment.

What’s Inside?

A Suggested Schedule with a breakdown of exactly what students need to complete each week
Templates for your student to record what he or she learned in each lesson, using both words and illustrations
Note-taking pages with prompts to help teach the student how to identify and record important information from the text
Creative templates for completing the notebooking assignments
Project Pages and other sheets for your student to use to keep records of experiments, projects, and activities completed throughout the course
Beautiful, full-color Miniature Books for your student to create, encouraging him or her to record facts and information learned in each lesson
Helpful and engaging graphics to help your student visualize and understand concepts

The Benefits of Using a Notebooking Journal

Facilitates retention and provides documentation of your student’s education. The unique personal written and artistic expressions incorporate both sides of the brain.
Allows flexibility for multilevel learning. A twelve-year-old student may write an essay and make an elaborate illustration, while a six-year-old may write one sentence with a stick-figure drawing.
Improves writing skills and penmanship.
Helps students record experiences, observations, and thoughts.
Engages students in the scientific process.
Provides a written history that students can reference as they explore new subject areas.
Gives your students a place to record and organize experiences and observations.
Provides a place for students to review their notes, create opinions, and draw conclusions about how their world works.

Audiobook

The audiobook version of the Exploring Creation with Botany textbook is the perfect accompaniment to the textbook for students who are auditory learners, slow readers, or have learning challenges that make reading difficult.

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Look inside the textbook and notebooking journal for Botany.

Meet the Author

Jeannie Fulbright

Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day, 2nd Edition is a homeschool science curriculum for elementary students. In this book, students will explore animal classification and the dynamics of flight and will be able to connect the design they see in these incredible creatures to their Creator.

They’ll also have fun engaging with the birds and animals around them as they complete the exercises from the textbook and Notebooking Journal. They’ll learn how to attract local bird species and then identify them by looking at their unique physical characteristics, diverse nests, and intriguing domestic practices.

Curriculum Overview

We believe your child’s education is at its best when learning begins with curiosity. That’s why this course was designed for elementary students with no prerequisite. We use practical concepts and things in their world to help them learn that science isn’t just a class—it’s a means for them to experience and discover their world!

In Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures, 2nd Edition, students will soar to new heights as they learn about the dynamics of flight and the uniqueness of birds, the value and misconceptions of bats, and the anatomy of insects (they’ll even get to collect and study some for a project!). After students complete this zoology study, they will never view or interact with nature in the same way again.

This elementary Zoology 1 course has 14 lessons that cover the following topics:

Lesson 1: What is Zoology?
Lesson 2: Entomology
Lesson 3: Butterflies and Friends
Lesson 4: Supremely Social
Lesson 5: Bee Happy
Lesson 6: Battling Beetles, Filthy Flies, and Bona Fide Bugs
Lesson 7: Interesting Insects
Lesson 8: Tyrannical Pterosaurs
Lesson 9: Birds in Abundance
Lesson 10: Fascinating Feathers
Lesson 11: Fabricated for Flying
Lesson 12: Nature’s Nifty Nests
Lesson 13: Matching and Hatching
Lesson 14: Beloved Bats

Textbook

Packed with vivid photos and a variety of hands-on activities, the textbook provides an engaging experience that lifts learning off the page. All the activities use easy-to-obtain household items and truly make the lessons come alive!

Some hands-on activities your student will complete include designing and experimenting with gliders, crafting a field notebook, building a suet feeder and seed feeder, testing which colors attract birds, building a birdbath, constructing a birdhouse, and much more.

Notebooking Journal

The Zoology 1 Notebooking Journal provides everything your student needs to complete this study of flying creatures. It will serve as your child’s place to complete every assignment.

What’s Inside?

A Suggested Schedule with a breakdown of exactly what students need to complete each week
Templates for your student to record what he or she learned in each lesson, using both words and illustrations
Note-taking pages with prompts to help teach the student how to identify and record important information from the text
Creative templates for completing the notebooking assignments
Project Pages and other sheets for your student to use to keep records of experiments, projects, and activities completed throughout the course
Beautiful, full-color Miniature Books for your student to create, encouraging him or her to record facts and information learned in each lesson
Helpful and engaging graphics to help your student visualize and understand concepts

The Benefits of Using a Notebooking Journal

Facilitates retention and provides documentation of your student’s education. The unique personal written and artistic expressions incorporate both sides of the brain.
Allows flexibility for multilevel learning. A twelve-year-old student may write an essay and make an elaborate illustration, while a six-year-old may write one sentence with a stick-figure drawing.
Improves writing skills and penmanship.
Helps students record experiences, observations, and thoughts.
Engages students in the scientific process.
Provides a written history that students can reference as they explore new subject areas.
Gives your students a place to record and organize experiences and observations.
Provides a place for students to review their notes, create opinions, and draw conclusions about how their world works.

Audiobook

The audiobook version of the Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day textbook is the perfect accompaniment to the textbook for students who are auditory learners, slow readers, or have learning challenges that make reading difficult.

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Look inside the textbook and notebooking journal for Zoology 1.

Meet the Author

Jeannie Fulbright

They’ll also have fun engaging with the birds and animals around them as they complete the exercises from the textbook and Notebooking Journal (sold separately). They’ll learn how to attract local bird species and then identify them by looking at their unique physical characteristics, diverse nests, and intriguing domestic practices.

Curriculum Overview

We believe that your child’s education is at its best when learning begins with curiosity. That’s why the Zoology 1 textbook was designed for elementary students with no prerequisite. We use the practical concepts, and things in their world to help them learn that science isn’t just a class—it’s a means for them to experience and discover their world!

In Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures, 2nd Edition, students will soar to new heights as they learn about the dynamics of flight and the uniqueness of birds, the value and misconceptions of bats, and the anatomy of insects (they’ll even get to collect and study some for a project!). After students complete this study of zoology, they will never view or interact with nature in the same way again.

Lesson Plans and Materials

This 1-year Zoology 1 textbook contains 14 lessons. Detailed lesson plans and a suggested daily schedule are included in the Notebooking Journal (sold separately) to set you and your child up for success.

This course covers the following lessons:

Lesson 1: What is Zoology?
Lesson 2: Entomology
Lesson 3: Butterflies and Friends
Lesson 4: Supremely Social
Lesson 5: Bee Happy
Lesson 6: Battling Beetles, Filthy Flies, and Bona Fide Bugs
Lesson 7: Interesting Insects
Lesson 8: Tyrannical Pterosaurs
Lesson 9: Birds in Abundance
Lesson 10: Fascinating Feathers
Lesson 11: Fabricated for Flying
Lesson 12: Nature’s Nifty Nests
Lesson 13: Matching and Hatching
Lesson 14: Beloved Bats

Packed with vivid photos and a variety of hands-on activities, the Student Textbook and Notebooking Journal (sold separately) together provide an engaging experience that lifts learning off the page. All of the activities use easy-to-obtain household items and truly make the lessons come alive!

Hands-on Activities

Some of the course activities from the Zoology 1 textbook your student will complete include designing and experimenting with gliders, crafting a field notebook, building a suet feeder and seed feeder, testing which colors attract birds, building a birdbath, constructing a birdhouse, and much more.

Meet the Author

Jeannie Fulbright

Help your student explore God’s creation while developing essential note-taking and writing skills. The Zoology 1 Notebooking Journal is designed to be used alongside Exploring Creation with Zoology 1, 2nd Edition Textbook, giving students a meaningful place to record observations, reflect on new ideas, and document their journey studying flying creatures.

What’s Included?

Suggested daily schedule for easy, consistent planning
Guided notebook pages for written responses and illustrations
Note-taking templates that help students identify and organize key concepts
Creative activities that encourage curiosity and personal engagement
Project and experiment pages to document hands-on learning
Full-color Miniature Book templates to reinforce important ideas
Helpful visual graphics that support understanding and retention

Why Notebooking Works

Designed for Multi-Age Family Learning

Two Ways to Listen

The MP3 files are provided in two different formats.

Streaming – Listen to the streaming audiobook in your Apologia account.
Download – Download the Zoology 1 audiobook MP3 files and listen on the device of your choice.

How to Access and Use the Zoology 1 Audiobook

You must create a customer account in order to access the audio files. During checkout, either log in to an existing account or create a new account.
After purchase, the files will be available in your Apologia account and can be accessed at any time.
This product is non-refundable

Take a journey under the sea with God’s amazing creatures in Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day, 2nd Edition, geared toward elementary students. In this special ocean-centered zoology book, students will learn all about God’s glorious design of swimming creatures.

Young explorers will also have fun conducting interactive experiments and hands-on activities from the textbook and Notebooking Journal. They will even create their very own ocean box, adding in creatures as they learn about them.

Curriculum Overview

Students’ journey under the sea begins with an introduction to oceanography, which includes topics such as the oceans’ structure, salinity, tides, and waves. After becoming young oceanographers, students will continue their adventures by studying marine biology. They will learn all about God’s amazing swimming creatures, including whales, cephalopods, mollusks, gastropods, and more. They’ll learn not only about the creatures’ historical, physical, and behavioral significance but also about their important connections to humans.

This elementary Zoology course has 14 lessons that cover the following topics:

Lesson 1: Amazing Aquatic Animals
Lesson 2: Habits and Habitats
Lesson 3: Cetaceans of the Sea Part 1
Lesson 4: Cetaceans of the Sea Part 2
Lesson 5: Sweet Sirenians & Playful Pinnipeds
Lesson 6: Fishing for Bones
Lesson 7: Super Sharks and Racing Rays
Lesson 8: Stupendous Turtles of the Sea
Lesson 9: Ancient Aquatic Animals
Lesson 10: Armored Arthropods
Lesson 11: Mighty Mollusks
Lesson 12: Sensational Cephalopods
Lesson 13: Notable Cnidarians
Lesson 14: Enchanting Echinoderms and Purposeful Porifera

Textbook

Packed with vivid photos and graphics that bring swimming creatures and the oceans to life, the textbook provides engaging hands-on experiments and activities to help make learning stick.

Students will investigate topics such as powerful water pressure, dazzling density, and stupendous hagfish slime by conducting at-home experiments using common household items. These engaging, hands-on activities bring learning to life and create an atmosphere of fun!

Notebooking Journal

The Zoology 2 Notebooking Journal provides everything your student needs to complete this study of swimming creatures. It will serve as your child’s place to complete every assignment.

What’s Inside?

A Suggested Schedule with a breakdown of exactly what students need to complete each week
Templates for your student to record what he or she learned in each lesson, using both words and illustrations
Note-taking pages with prompts to help teach the student how to identify and record important information from the text
Creative templates for completing the notebooking assignments
Project Pages and other sheets for your student to use to keep records of experiments, projects, and activities completed throughout the course
Beautiful, full-color Miniature Books for your student to create, encouraging him or her to record facts and information learned in each lesson
Helpful and engaging graphics to help your student visualize and understand concepts

The Benefits of Using a Notebooking Journal

Facilitates retention and provides documentation of your student’s education. The unique personal written and artistic expressions incorporate both sides of the brain.
Allows flexibility for multilevel learning. A twelve-year-old student may write an essay and make an elaborate illustration, while a six-year-old may write one sentence with a stick-figure drawing.
Improves writing skills and penmanship.
Helps students record experiences, observations, and thoughts.
Engages students in the scientific process.
Provides a written history that students can reference as they explore new subject areas.
Gives your students a place to record and organize experiences and observations.
Provides a place for students to review their notes, create opinions, and draw conclusions about how their world works.

Audiobook

The audiobook version of the Exploring Creation with Zoology 2 textbook is the perfect accompaniment to the textbook for students who are auditory learners, slow readers, or have learning challenges that make reading difficult.

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Look inside the textbook and notebooking journal for Zoology 2.

Meet the Author

Jeannie K. Fulbright

Young explorers will also have fun conducting interactive experiments and hands-on activities from the textbook and notebooking journal (sold separately). They will even create their very own ocean box, adding in creatures as they learn about them.

Curriculum Overview

Hands-On Experiments

Lesson Plans and Materials

This 1-year Zoology 2 course contains 14 lessons. The notebooking journal (sold separately) includes a suggested detailed lesson plan and daily schedule to set young explorers up for success.

The Zoology 2 course covers the following topics:

Lesson 1: Amazing Aquatic Animals
Lesson 2: Habits and Habitats
Lesson 3: Cetaceans of the Sea Part 1
Lesson 4: Cetaceans of the Sea Part 2
Lesson 5: Sweet Sirenians & Playful Pinnipeds
Lesson 6: Fishing for Bones
Lesson 7: Super Sharks and Racing Rays
Lesson 8: Stupendous Turtles of the Sea
Lesson 9: Ancient Aquatic Animals
Lesson 10: Armored Arthropods
Lesson 11: Mighty Mollusks
Lesson 12: Sensational Cephalopods
Lesson 13: Notable Cnidarians
Lesson 14: Enchanting Echinoderms and Purposeful Porifera

Once students have completed this course, they will have gained not only a deeper understanding of the sea and the creatures that live within it but also a greater knowledge of the One who created it all!

Meet the Author

Jeannie Fulbright

Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day is a homeschool science curriculum for elementary students. Each lesson is written in a conversational tone, and created using vivid graphics, engaging lessons and hands-on projects that will help your student understand animals and their ecosystems in a whole new way!

Curriculum Overview

Zoology involves much more than just animals! This is why, in Apologia’s Zoology 3 course, your student will be taken on an adventure around the Earth’s biomes to explore and understand land animals and the environments they live in. They’ll explore jungles, deserts, forests, and farms and even venture into their own backyard to investigate and enjoy the creatures God has created.

This elementary Zoology course has 14 lessons that cover the following topics:

Lesson 1: Introduction to the Animals of Day Six
Lesson 2: Carnivorous Mammals
Lesson 3: Caniforms Continued
Lesson 4: Feliform Carnivores
Lesson 5: Marsupials
Lesson 6: Primarily Primates
Lesson 7: Rodentia and the Rest
Lesson 8: Ungulates
Lesson 9: Order Artiodactyla
Lesson 10: Orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia
Lesson 11: The Rest of the Reptiles…and Amphibians
Lesson 12: Dinosaurs
Lesson 13: Arthropods of the Land
Lesson 14: Gastropods and Worms

Textbook

Packed with vivid photos and a variety of hands-on activities and experiments that bring Zoology to life, the student textbook provides engaging hands-on activities to bring learning to life.

Some of the activities and experiments your student will complete in this course are playing a predator with colored candies that hide in camouflage, acting like a primate to judge depth perception, discovering why giraffes have high blood pressure, identifying animal tracks, dissecting owl pellets and its last meal, and much more!

All activities and projects in this course use easy-to-find household items and truly make the lessons fun!

Notebooking Journal

The Zoology 3 Notebooking Journal provides everything your student needs to complete this study of land animals. It will serve as your child’s place to complete every assignment.

What’s Inside?

A Suggested Schedule with a breakdown of exactly what students need to complete each week
Templates for your student to record what he or she learned in each lesson, using both words and illustrations
Note-taking pages with prompts to help teach the student how to identify and record important information from the text
Creative templates for completing the notebooking assignments
Project Pages and other sheets for your student to use to keep records of experiments, projects, and activities completed throughout the course
Beautiful, full-color Miniature Books for your student to create, encouraging him or her to record facts and information learned in each lesson
Helpful and engaging graphics to help your student visualize and understand concepts
Scripture copywork in both cursive and print

The Benefits of Using a Notebooking Journal

Facilitates retention and provides documentation of your student’s education. The unique personal written and artistic expressions incorporate both sides of the brain.
Allows flexibility for multilevel learning. A twelve-year-old student may write an essay and make an elaborate illustration, while a six-year-old may write one sentence with a stick-figure drawing.
Improves writing skills and penmanship.
Helps students record experiences, observations, and thoughts.
Engages students in the scientific process.
Provides a written history that students can reference as they explore new subject areas.
Gives your students a place to record and organize experiences and observations.
Provides a place for students to review their notes, create opinions, and draw conclusions about how their world works.

Audiobook

The audiobook version of the Exploring Creation with Zoology 3 textbook is the perfect accompaniment to the textbook for students who are auditory learners, slow readers, or have learning challenges that make reading difficult.

Product Flip Through

Look inside the textbook and notebooking journal for Zoology 3.

Meet the Author

Jeannie Fulbright

In Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day, 2nd Edition, elementary students are invited to strap on their safari hats and go on a journey to discover God’s glorious design of land animals. Students will learn about different behaviors, eating habits and even different physical characteristics. Young explorers will also have fun conducting interactive hands-on activities from the textbook and Notebooking Journal (sold separately). They will even create their very own zoo, adding in animals as they learn about them.

Curriculum Overview

The adventure begins with an introduction to animals that were created on the sixth day. Students will then learn more about the field of zoology, including the different careers available to those interested in working with animals. They’ll continue their adventures by learning all about God’s amazing land animals, including bears, felines, canines, snakes, and more. They’ll learn not only about the creatures’ historical, physical, and behavioral significance but also their important connections to humans and the environment.

Hands-On Activities

Students will use the skills learned in each lesson to complete activities that are expanded upon as they work through the course. Activities include creating a model zoo and adding animals as the students learn about them, going out in the great outdoors to find animal tracks, and conducting other at-home activities using common household items. These engaging, hands-on activities bring learning to life and create an atmosphere of fun!

Lesson Plans and Materials

This 1-year Zoology 3 course contains 14 lessons. The Notebooking Journal (sold separately) includes a suggested detailed lesson plan and daily schedule to set young explorers up for success.

This course covers the following topics:

Lesson 1: Introduction to the Animals of Day Six
Lesson 2: Crafty Carnivores
Lesson 3: Unparalleled Ursidae
Lesson 4: Feliform Carnivores
Lesson 5: Magnificent Marsupials
Lesson 6: Primarily Primates
Lesson 7: Common and Curious Creatures
Lesson 8: Dynamic Dinosaurs
Lesson 9: Unequivocal Ungulates
Lesson 10: Astounding Artiodactyla
Lesson 11: Slithering Squamates
Lesson 12: Radical Reptiles and Amphibian Friends
Lesson 13: Abundance of Arthropods
Lesson 14: Grievous Gastropods and Wayward Worms

Once students have completed their study of Zoology, they will have gained a deeper understanding of the different environments on land and the animals that live within them and a greater knowledge of the One who created it all!

Help your student explore God’s creation while developing essential note-taking and writing skills. The Zoology 3 Notebooking Journal is designed to be used alongside Exploring Creation with Zoology 3, 2nd Edition Textbook, giving students a meaningful place to record observations, reflect on new ideas, and document their journey studying land animals.

What’s Included?

Suggested daily schedule for easy, consistent planning
Guided notebook pages for written responses and illustrations
Note-taking templates that help students identify and organize key concepts
Creative activities that encourage curiosity and personal engagement
Project and experiment pages to document hands-on learning
Full-color Miniature Book templates to reinforce important ideas
Helpful visual graphics that support understanding and retention