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Customize Your Course Set for General Science

General Science Curriculum Course Set

From $116

GRADE LEVEL: 8th-9th (recommended)

Key Features

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Award-Winning Curriculum
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Includes Hands-on Experiments
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Written in a Conversational Style
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Written from a Biblical Worldview

Build Your General Science Course

Choose from the options below to build your General Science course set and get the best value!

 Start with the Textbook
 Choose Your Testing Format
 Add a Student Notebook (highly recommended)
 Add Video Lessons (great for visual learners)
 Add an Audiobook (great for auditory learners)

To build your customized course:
  • Choose the quantity for each item
  • Click Add to Cart at the bottom of the page
Textbook
The student textbook serves as the foundation of the course and is written directly to the student in a conversational tone.
General Science Textbook Front Cover
General Science Textbook
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Testing
Choose from our online, auto-graded tests with AutoGrade+ or our traditional Solutions Manual with Test Pages. An extra set of test pages is also available as an add-on. 
General Science AutoGrade+
General Science AutoGrade+
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General Science Solutions and Tests Manual with Tests Front Cover
General Science Solutions Manual + Tests
Original price was: $27.00.Current price is: $24.30.

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General Science Test Pages Front Cover
Extra General Science Tests
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Student Notebook
The student notebook provides a place for students to take notes, review what they've learned, and document their hands-on experiments. One notebook per student is recommended.
General Science Student Notebook Front Cover
General Science Student Notebook
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Video Lessons and Experiments
The streaming video lessons and experiments offer comprehensive teacher guidance, including complete demonstrations of all experiments throughout the course. They are accessible for 15 months from the date of purchase.
General Science Video Lessons and Experiments
General Science Video Lessons and Experiments
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Audiobook
The audiobook version of the textbook is a great add-on option for auditory learners.
Apologia General Science MP3 Download
General Science Audiobook Download
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Description

Exploring Creation with General Science curriculum, 3rd Edition, is designed to equip middle school students with the tools they need to transition from elementary to middle school level sciences easily. 

Curriculum Overview

In Apologia’s Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition, students will understand the world surrounding them so they can appreciate the real-world relevance of scientific inquiry and the beauty of Creation.

This is a true General Science course covering a variety of branches of science, including astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, earth study, geology, paleontology, and environmental science modules, giving students a solid foundation in that broad field of study. 

Students will:

  • Learn how to utilize the proper scientific method in a detailed and engaging way
  • Record data and report it
  • Read, create, and utilize several types of graphs–a skill that is found in SAT and ACT exams
  • Read about the history of great, Godly scientists
  • Complete a final, hands-on project as the culmination of the course

Textbook

The Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition, student textbook is written in a conversational format with the author talking directly to your student. Your student is guided through key learning strategies like 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 General Science, 3rd Edition, is highly recommended. It is designed to help students foster the independence, organization, and preparation they will need to thrive academically.

The textbook references the notebook throughout and directs students to complete the guided note-taking prompts, add experimental data and observations, and complete the comprehension questions. Your student will need this component to gain the best educational experience.

The student notebook introduces students to several methods for taking notes to build this skill set. 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.

Students will learn to:

  • Outline the main concepts of a passage and list the minor concepts under the main ones.
  • Use the author’s style to guide their notes. As the author defines a term, students will include that definition in their notebook.
  • Compare and/or contrast two things using diagrams.
  • Classify items referenced in the text.
    Write notes in their own words instead of copying text word for word.
  • Look up and define new or unknown words to help build scientific vocabulary and better understand what they’re reading.

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 includes:

  • Suggested Daily Schedule
  • Breakdown of daily assignments, detailing exactly what needs to be done each day
  • Note-taking pages which include prompts to help teach the student how to identify and record important information from the text
  • Space to answer all study questions in the textbook, which serves as a review and prep for the tests.
  • Space to record results from hands-on activities
  • Lab report forms for each experiment found in the textbook
  • Creation Connection pages where students record their intellectual, emotional, and spiritual reactions to what they are learning

Video Lessons and Experiments

In the streaming video lessons for Exploring Creation with General Science, Sherri Seligson provides instruction on each module of the textbook, using visual animations and on-location video clips. Additionally, the videos include demonstrations of the 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.

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Audiobook

This audiobook version of the Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd Edition textbook is the perfect accompaniment to the textbook for students who are auditory learners, slow readers, or have learning challenges that make reading difficult.

Hands-on Experiments

In early modules, specific portions of the text are highlighted so students know where to find important information and are guided through the lab report process. Although students may complete more than one experiment in a module, they are given the opportunity to choose to complete a single formal lab report, thus building on interest-driven learning. Lab report samples are provided so the students learn proper formatting. All of the experiments in this course utilize easy-to-obtain household materials to demonstrate complex scientific principles, so no special equipment is necessary.

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Video Lessons and Experiments

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