Description
Our Exploring Creation with Biology, 3rd Edition, course is designed to provide your student with a foundational understanding of biology while also preparing them for college-level biology and the ACT.
Curriculum Overview
In Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Biology, 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.
Topics covered include:
- 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
- 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!).
Textbook
The Exploring Creation with Biology student textbook is written in a conversational format with the author talking directly to your student. Your student is guided through key learning strategies such as thinking critically about what they are learning, identifying important parts of the information presented, taking meaningful notes, and completing experiments.
Testing
There are two testing options for this course. You can choose AutoGrade+, our auto-graded online testing, or the traditional Solutions Manual and Tests containing answers to study guide questions, test solutions, and a set of student test pages. An extra set of test pages is also available as an add-on.
Student Notebook
The student notebook for Exploring Creation with Biology, 3rd Edition, is highly recommended. It is designed to help students foster the independence, organization, and preparation they need to thrive academically.
Notetaking helps students retain information, review for tests, and record their thoughts as they connect the concepts presented in the textbook with their own ideas. Taking good notes can bridge the gap to mastering a concept with the following advantages:
- Students stay focused on what they are reading.
- Students pay closer attention, which increases their retention.
- Students have notes in their own words to review for tests.
- Students learn to connect new information to what they already know.
Additionally, the student notebook helps students keep a carefully organized, detailed, and complete lab notebook. Students can use the included lab report forms to record the information gathered during experiments and master writing a formal lab report.
The student notebook contains:
- Note-taking pages
- Instruction in the Cornell note-taking system
- Space to answer all study questions found in the textbook
- Lab report forms for each experiment in the text
Video Lessons and Experiments
In the streaming video lessons for Exploring Creation with Biology, Sherri Seligson provides instruction on each module of the textbook, using visual animations and on-location video clips. Additionally, the videos include experiments and activities so parents and students can better understand how to complete them at home.
These engaging video lessons help students absorb the concepts in a richer and more engaging way, and visual animations help explain more difficult concepts in a three-dimensional, interactive way.
These streaming videos are a 15-month rental and are accessed through your Apologia account.
Watch a sample video lesson with Sherri Seligson.
Audiobook
The audiobook version of Exploring Creation with Biology 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, student notebook, solutions manual, and tests for Biology.
