Science Curriculum: Investigate the Possibilities

Investigate the wonderful world God has made with science that is both exciting and educationally outstanding in the comprehensive series,

INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES: ELEMENTARY SCIENCE CURRICULUM
Investigate the wonderful world God has made with science that is both exciting and educationally outstanding in the comprehensive series, "Investigate the Possibilities"! These remarkable full-color books are filled with experiments and hands-on activities. The main textbook can be combined with the student journal and teacher's guide for a complete educational set. An activity-focused science curriculum guaranteed to engage your student!

The overall goal for each workbook is to include three components: good science, creation apologetics, and Bible references. This goal underlines the rationale for the design of the workbooks. Science is a great area to teach, because children have a natural curiosity about the world. They want to know why and how things work, what things are made of, and where they came from. The trick is to tap into their curiosity so they want to find answers.

Many elementary-level science lessons begin with definitions and scientific explanations, followed by an activity. A more effective method is to reverse this order and begin with an activity whenever possible. The lessons found in these workbooks begin with an investigation, followed by scientific explanations and opportunities to apply the knowledge to other situations.

In addition to the investigations, there are sections on creation apologetics, written mostly in narrative forms; connections to Bible references; on your own challenges; pause and think questions; projects and contests; and historical stories about scientists and engineers. These sections encourage students to think more critically, to put scientific ideas into perspective, to learn more about how science works, to gain some expertise in a few areas, and to become more grounded in their faith.

It is not expected that students will do everything suggested in the workbooks. The variety provides students with choices, both in selection of topics and in learning styles. Some students prefer hands-on activities and building things, while others prefer such things as writing, speaking, drama, or artistic expressions. Once some foundational ideas are in place, having choices is a highly motivated incentive for further learning.

Every effort has been made to provide a resource for good science that is accurate and engaging to young people. Most of the investigations were selected from lessons that have been tested and used in our Discovery classrooms.

Careful consideration was given to the National Science Education Standards. BUY HERE

The Earth: Its Structure & Its Changes ..........................................................NEW!

THE EARTH: This fourth book in the 3rd through 6th grade Investigate the Possibilities series makes teaching Earth Science a delight! Explore the planet like never before with 20 fun and educational experiments, highlighted throughout this full-color book. The learning progression helps students engage, investigate, explain, apply, expand, and assess the scientific principles, and is filled with helpful images, diagrams, and inexpensive activities.

THE EARTH - TEACHER'S GUIDE & STUDENT'S JOURNAL: This combined teacher and student book includes insights and suggestions to help you more effectively teach science from a Christian perspective. In this combined book, you will find just what you need to instruct and explore the planet along with the main text, all through carefully guided hands-on projects, observations, reflections, and even digging a bit deeper.

Forces and Motions: From High-speed Jets to Wind-up Toys

	FORCES AND MOTION: A delightful first look at 3rd to 6th grade-level physical science! Complete with fun and easy to do activities, the book explains important concepts in easy to understand language and then helps to reinforce the educational material with activities that explore the world around us. From friction to speed and much more, this new elementary series is both creation-science based and built on National Science standards.
	FORCES AND MOTION - TEACHER'S GUIDE: In this Investigate the possibilities series, elementary physical science is simplified into 20 simple investigations that use household items for education experiments! This easy-to-use manual will help you direct the learning experience by providing additional guidance for hands-on projects, important concepts, structure, and insightful instruction notes.
	FORCES AND MOTION - STUDENT'S JOURNAL: Exercise your mind with fun activities - and record your results! This student journal for the Investigate the Possibilities series provides a vital place for you to save information about your investigations, projects, and ideas, as well as reflect on what you have learned and why it is important.

Matter: It's Properties and Its Changes

	MATTER: This dynamic full-color book provides over 20 great ways to learn about bubbles, water, colors, salt, and the periodic table, all through interactive lessons that ground students in their faith in God. Help tap into the natural curiosity of younger learners with activities utilizing common household items, teaching them why and how things work, what things are made of, and where they came from.
	MATTER - TEACHER'S GUIDE: In this Investigate the possibilities series for 3rd through 6th grade, elementary physical science is simplified into 20 simple investigations that use household items for education experiments! This easy-to-use manual will help you direct the learning experience by providing additional guidance for hands-on projects, important concepts, structure, and insightful instruction notes.
	MATTER - STUDENT'S JOURNAL: The journal is filled with helpful graphs for special projects, scripture reflections to pause and think about, questions to help you understand science better, useful charts to simplify your studies, and guidance for digging deeper into important scientific principles. You will come to understand the intricate and awesome nature of God's world while you have a lot of fun!

Energy: Elementary Physics

	ENERGY: This remarkable full-color book is filled with experiments and hands-on activities helping students learn how and why magnets work, different kinds of energy from wind to waves, and concepts from nuclear power to solar energy. Science comes alive as students are guided through simplified key concepts of elementary physics and through hands-on applications.
	ENERGY - TEACHER'S GUIDE: The Teacher's Guide provides clear aims throughout to help you guide the educational experience, historical stories about scientists and engineers, information that gives consideration to National Science Education Standards and good science, creation apologetics, and Bible references.
	ENERGY- STUDENT'S JOURNAL: Transform your investigations and research into a permanent record here! This student journal for the Investigate the Possibilities series provides all you need to record your ideas, any questions you may have, observations you make, and answers from the student book.

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Book Reviews

I’m very pleased to have discovered a chemistry book that doesn’t put God aside to teach the children.
The experiments look very fun to do.
I am particularly looking forward to do the one in lesson 2 which requires diapers.

I strongly recommend this book to every homeschooler who are teaching 3rd to 6th grades. You won’t be disappointed for sure...

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Investigate the Possibilities Curriculum

The Authors

Tom Derosa left seminary and the church thinking he was throwing away his faith, but in reality he had only found a new religion: evolution. In 1978, however, Tom accepted Jesus Christ as Lord of his life. Soon after he studied biblical creation at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, he came to the conclusion that a lack of knowledge of the biblical account of creation is greatly responsible for many barriers keeping people from Christ. His commitment to breaking down those barriers, and to filling believers with knowledge that will allow them to do the same, is what led Tom to form Creation Studies Institute in 1988. Today he is the organization’s president.

Founder and president of Creation Studies Institute, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Certified science teacher in public and religious schools for 30 years
Former chairman of the Creation Studies Department at Westminster Academy
(Ft Lauderdale)
Adjunct instructor in chemistry at Broward Community College (Ft. Lauderdale)
Presently directing and teaching creation studies at Calvary Chapel Bible Institute
(Ft. Lauderdale)
Adult and college Sunday school teacher at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
Host of ‘Genesis Connection,’ an hour-long weekly radio program

Dr. Carolyn Reeves and her husband make their home in Oxford, Mississippi where they are active members of North Oxford Baptist Church. Carolyn retired after a 30-year career as a science teacher, finished a doctoral degree in science education, and began a new venture as a writer and an educational consultant. The Reeves have three children, three in-law children and nine grandchildren.

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