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3rd Edition

Self-Paced General Science

$269.00

With Apologia’s award-winning Self-Paced General Science course, students will receive 1 year of access (from the date of purchase) to a self-directed, online homeschool curriculum.

This course includes a digital version of Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition; an audio narration of the textbook; video lessons and hands-on experiments; and automatically graded tests.

You can try a free demo of Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition, which features Module 1 as a test drive! The demo has no time limit and includes all the features found in the paid course.

Recommended Grade Level: 7th-8th

Description

Apologia’s online homeschool General Science course provides students with self-directed learning tools to ensure they thrive and master the concepts of general science throughout this course.

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Try a free demo of Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition, which features Module 1 as a test drive! The demo has no time limit and includes all the features found in the paid course.

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One-Year Access

Students will receive access to the self-paced version of Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition for 1 year from the date of purchase. They will complete the course via the Canvas learning platform.

What’s Included?

This online course includes the following:

  • Textbook – Students receive access to a digital version of the textbook Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition.
  • Audiobook – An audio narration of the textbook enhances online reading and is beneficial for auditory learners or students with reading difficulty.
  • Video Lessons – Instructor Sherri Seligson provides video lessons throughout each module to strengthen students’ learning of the concepts presented in the course.
  • Hands-on Experiments – Easy-to-do, at-home experiments are featured via video instruction to help students conduct hands-on experiments themselves.
  • Review Questions and Answers – Independent review questions and answers and a Study Guide are included in each module to allow students to practice the concepts taught and prepare for end-of-module tests.
  • AutoGrade+ – AutoGrade+ provides dynamic online testing for Apologia courses with multiple attempts, immediate answer feedback, and automatic grade recording. AutoGrade+ can be purchased separately for an additional student if needed.

NOTE: You will not receive any physical copies of the textbook, MP3 Audio CD, or Solutions and Tests Manual. These items are incorporated into the online, self-paced portal.

Technical Requirements

Before purchasing, please be sure you have read the browser and system requirements for Canvas, the platform on which Apologia’s self-paced courses are built. If you are unsure whether your system meets these requirements, please try the free demo.

Return Policy

Refund requests for an Apologia self-paced course must be sent to customerservice@apologia.com within 30 days from the date of purchase, with only module 1 having been accessed.

Course Overview

In Apologia’s Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition, students will gain a better understanding of the world that surrounds them so they can appreciate the real-world relevance of scientific inquiry and the beauty of creation.

All Apologia courses are written directly to the student, so even complex topics are accessible and easy to understand.

This is a true general science course covering a variety of branches of science, including the following:

  • Astronomy
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Earth Study
  • Geology
  • Paleontology
  • Environmental Science

Engaging Video Lessons

Each section of the textbook features engaging videos to help your student better absorb the information presented in the text. Instructor Sherri Seligson uses visual animations and on-location video clips to explain more complicated concepts in a three-dimensional, interactive way.

We’ve also included video demonstrations of all the experiments so your student can easily set up experiments at home.

Hands-on Experiments

Throughout this homeschool course, your student will connect video lesson instruction with hands-on experiments for maximum learning. Experiments utilize easy-to-obtain household items.

Automatically Graded Tests

The tests for the self-paced version of this course have been exclusively designed with automatic grading. After completing a test, students receive immediate results and explanations for any incorrect answers so they can re-review concepts as needed. They may repeat the test a second time to ensure they’ve understood all the material. The higher score of the two attempts will be recorded as the test grade.

Recommended Course Materials

Student Notebook

The Student Notebook for Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition is highly recommended and is sold separately.

Purchase Student Notebook

Apologia Student Notebooks are specifically designed to help students work independently and take responsibility for their studies.

In the Student Notebook, students will learn to:

  • Use the author’s style to guide your notes. If the author defines a term, make sure you include that definition in your notebook.
  • Compare and/or contrast two things using diagrams.
  • Classify items referenced in the text.
  • Write notes in your own words instead of copying text word for word. This helps students make their own connections to the ideas they’re learning.
  • Look up and define new or unknown words to help build scientific vocabulary and better understand what you’re reading.

Notetaking helps students retain information, review for tests, and produce a record of their thoughts as they connect the concepts presented in the textbook with their own ideas. Taking good notes can make the difference between mastering a concept and not quite understanding it.

Additionally, our Student Notebooks help students keep a carefully organized, detailed, and complete lab notebook. Using the included lab report forms, students can record the information they gather during experiments and master the process of writing a formal lab report.

Purchase Student Notebook

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03/12/2024
Amy R.
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Self-Paced Review

My daughter recently started the Self - Paced General Science course. She is enjoying many aspects of the course. She is also currently taking a self paced math course through AoPS. She wishes that the Apologia self paced course would use some of the same organizational techniques. For example, she has to go back to check the schedule, rather than having a side bar with the list of daily tasks. The tasks also change color as they are completed in AoPS and she likes that feature. As the parent, I wish more of the student notebook was incorporated online. It seems a little disconnected to have to go through and check to see if she has any missing assignments. I like that the tests are integrated, but it would be nice if there was an option to have lab reports and or notes or other pieces also graded online. Her AoPS is taught by a bot, but she does have a few assignments graded by a real person. The feedback she receives on those few assignments is very encouraging, and valuable. She also has a forum where she can ask a teacher her or other students questions. So while she definitely prefers the Apologia self - paced over just reading a text book, if it incorporated some of those other features it would be even better!! I also wish that there would be an assignment for her to prep her materials first the upcoming experiments. We’ve had to skip some and come back or push them to the next day, because we didn’t have or couldn’t find the materials while she was working through the lesson. Overall, we are much happier using this than our previous curriculum. Hopefully, some improvements will continue to be made to make the experience even better!

03/13/2024

Apologia

Thank you for your thorough and detailed feedback, Amy. We do also offer Apologia live classes which are closer to the format you are describing. Live class instructors are able to provide individual student feedback, and they provide a detailed class syllabus and schedule throughout the year. You can view our available classes at apologia.com/live-classes/

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10/26/2021
Parent

Very Satisfied

We plan to use Self-Paced by Apologia for our daughter's middle and high school science curriculum. We are very satisfied customers.

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10/26/2021
@HodgePodgeMom

Great for Auditory Learners

My son is doing General Science, 3rd edition, through Apologia Self-Paced. There are videos to accompany every lesson. The videos are embedded in the online textbook! This is huge because this is the way he learns best since he is an auditory learner.

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10/19/2021
Student

All Together in One Place

I love General Science so much! I'm using the Self-Paced by Apologia version of the course, and everything is right there. You don't have to scroll or visit another site; it's all together in the one portal.

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