Description
Exploring Creation with Biology textbook,
3rd Edition, is designed to be your student’s first high school science
course. It is also a college-prep biology course that provides a
detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general biology.
In this course, your student will learn:
- Scientific principles while seeing evidence of God’s creation
- How to think critically beyond the textbook and contextualize to real-life
- How to conduct experiments methodically and interpret results
- How to design their own experiments from beginning (concept) to end (results interpretation)
- How to hold a logical discussion on God and science based on facts and beliefs
Curriculum Overview
In Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Biology,
3rd Edition, your student will gain an appreciation of God’s creativity
and the world around them as they discover how the designs of the
simplest living things point to the fingerprints of the Creator. This
biology course covers the science and chemistry of life, ecology, cell
structure and function, cellular energy, DNA and, genetics, evolution,
prokaryotes and viruses, protists and fungi, plant diversity and
reproduction, plant structure and function, and the biology of various
types of animals.
Students will learn:
- How to utilize the proper scientific method in a detailed and engaging way.
- How to record data and report it.
- How to read, create, and utilize several types of graphs (a skill that is found on SAT and ACT exams!).
Lesson Plans and Materials
The Exploring Creation with Biology, 3rd Edition,
is written in a conversational format with the author talking directly
to your student. Your student is guided through key learning strategies
like how to think critically about what they are learning, identifying
important parts of the information presented, taking meaningful notes,
and completing experiments. Sold separately, the student notebook
complements the textbook by providing easy-to-understand graphics,
space to record answers, and note-taking instructions designed to help your student make a successful transition to high school science.
This course is designed to be done 5
days a week. A suggested daily schedule is found in the student notebook
with clear daily assignments that include study days for test prep.
Hands-on Experiments
Throughout this course, your student
will connect textbook instruction with hands-on experiments for maximum
learning. The experiments your student will conduct come in three types:
microscope labs, dissection labs, and household labs. Household labs
utilize easy-to-obtain household equipment. The microscope labs,
however, will require that your student has access to a microscope and several blank and prepared slides, while the dissection labs require an additional dissection kit with specimens.
As the person overseeing your
student’s education, you get to decide which assignments you expect your
student to complete. However, we recommend that they complete them all
as they are designed to add to the foundational knowledge that your
student is gaining. The Student Notebook contains lab report forms for each experiment in the text, which will help your student master the process of writing a formal lab report.
Explore More with Bonus Hands-on Activities:
As high school students are
developing critical thinking skills, they benefit from the opportunity
to explore an idea from multiple points of view. With this in mind,
we’ve included callouts throughout the modules labeled “Creation
Connection” and “Think About This”. These are conversational in nature
and designed to help students see connections to a Designer and give
students another way of thinking about the concept that they are
studying.
Additional Course Materials Needed
The Solutions and Tests for Exploring Creation with Biology, 3rd Edition, contains answers to study guide questions, test solutions, and a set of student test pages.
Meet the Author
Vicki Dincher
