Description
Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics is part of the award-winning Young Explorer Series.
From the laws of motion to
electricity and magnetism to the very building blocks of creation, this
course is a God-honoring study about some of the most impactful
scientific principles that are at work all around us. As your student
works through this course, their scientific curiosity and confidence
will explode as they engage with the vivid graphics, thought-provoking
lessons, and hands-on experiments that will bring theory to life.
Curriculum Overview
We believe that your child’s
education is at their best when their learning begins with curiosity.
That’s why this course was designed for elementary students with no
prerequisite. We use the practical concepts and things in their world to
help them to learn and experience that science isn’t just a class–it’s a means for them to discover their world!
Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics course
is written in a conversational tone, and takes complex and abstract
concepts and makes them approachable for curious young minds. As your
student engages with the lessons, projects, and experiments, they will
better understand the fascinating world of chemistry and physics, and
the Master Designer who created it all.
Throughout this course, they’ll study
and explore the basic building blocks of creation, atoms and molecules,
simple chemicals, the laws of motion, energy in its many forms, as well
as concepts of electricity and magnetism. Your student will get to put
their learning to work as they have fun making a bouncy ball, developing
a smoke bomb, building a solar oven, constructing a working periscope,
fashioning a miniature motor, and creating a lava lamp!
The Chemistry and Physics textbook covers the following lessons:
- Matter and the properties of matter (including density, mass, volume, luster, hardness, smell, and more)
- Solids
- Liquids
- Gases
- Atoms
- Electrons
- Periodic Table of Elements
- Compound Chemistry: crystals, plastic
- Acids and Bases
- Chemical Reactions
- Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Mixtures
- Motion and Newton’s Three Laws of Motion
- Friction, Gravity, Acceleration, and Force
- Types and Forms of Energy: Kinetic, Potential, Chemical, Nuclear, Wind, Solar, Hydrogen, Geothermal, and more
- Sound Energy
- Light – Sources and Properties
- Thermal Energy
- Electricity: Electrons, Static Electricity
- Types of Circuits,
- Magnetism
Lesson Plans and Materials
There are 14 lessons in this one-year chemistry and physics course. Detailed lesson plans as well as a suggested daily schedule
are included in the student notebooking journal (sold separately). This
will set you and your student up for success as they work through the
course, while also providing flexibility to meet the needs of your
student and your family.
Packed with vivid photos and a variety of hands-on activities and experiments that bring chemistry and physics to life, the student textbook
and provides engaging hands-on activities to help solidify the concepts
learned. The hard-cover textbook and notebooking journals (sold
separately) are recommended for your student to make the most of this course.
All of the activities and experiments use easy-to-obtain household items and truly make the lessons come alive!
Hands-on Activities and Experiments
Some of the activities and
experiments your student will complete in this course include making a
lava lamp, creating a Periodic Table of Elements out of cookies (yum!),
growing crystals, filtering water, creating a soundproof box, making a
periscope, building a flashlight and a solar oven, and many more!
All activities and projects in this course use easy-to-find household items and truly make the lessons fun!
Meet the Author
Jeannie Fulbright
