Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology (Young Explorer Series) Young Explorer Series Edition

Excellent for elementary & middle school science curriculum- great creation science reading for anyone! Everything points to our original creation, and how everything has intelligent design. This is one of the better creation science curriculums out there. It can be used alone, or supplement with other anatomy books- but really, this teaches quite a lot on the subject, and is pretty well put together. Although it does teach enough for a standalone science curriculum, I like to go online or use some of the better known mainstream kids/young adult science series for supplementation (though usually only for imagery- we agree with Jeannie Fulbrights Creation Science model). Our above average 4th grade reader can sit and read this on her own and learn a lot. I do read it with all 3 of our kids (from K-4th grade) but I allow our oldest to read ahead on her own as well. I learn just as much as them as I'm teaching-- some I was taught and forgot- but some new things as well! It really is a good book to use as home school curriculum from Kindergarten all the way through middle school. Most high school aged kids may actually learn a lot from this book as well- it all depends on what they have learned in their schooling thus far. Everybody will get something from this book. As a homeschooling mother of 3, I have been- and continue to teach a bit of everything in Science- but I do like to teach from a platform that Creation based. The whole Exploring Creation series should be purchased and used throughout Elementary & Middle school if you can buy them all! They can even be used into high school if you haven't gone through them all by then. Great for any Creation Science curriculum.

We love this book. I am using it with my 5 children ranging in ages 8-11 (with a 3 year old along for the ride). Reasons I love it:1. Captivating- The lessons are communicated in a way that is interesting enough to keep attention and aid in memory retention-thorough education (and more) of anatomy and physiology without being dry.2. Activities- simple and easy to throw together at the last minute. I usually just look over what I plan on covering for the next 2 weeks to make sure I have supplies and do last minute prep right before teaching.3. I am able to easily make this work for our variety of age ranges/styles- They all have the notebooks that accompany this book and it took me a while to figure this out- but I just assign something simple for each of them to do before/after or during the reading.4. Christian apologetic perspective. I hear a lot of arguments against Christianity. It's so nice to have an intelligent fun curriculum that helps the children defend their faith. I debated in college. This stuff rocks.Highly recommend- what I would change/add? Something that is not necessary but has been helpful is for me to read through the part we will be reading for the day and to have some kind of simple introductory activity or question or thought to get us started- it seems to help in making the lessons seem more complete. Also, There is not a lot of instruction for the accompanying notebooks for the children to write in/complete. But, it's flexibility in what you can do with it is helpful as well. The notebook has a lot of great activities.

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I want to be very clear here. If you believe in evolution you will not like any apologia resources such as this. I haven't read any other reviews but I wanted to be completely forthright with that information. This is a creationist anatomy and physiology book. It is excellent! I have a degree in biomedical engineering and I got very excited reading this book and my son also has been really enjoying it! We have read several chapters together and he is taking it for a class in our homeschool co-op this year. Like I said, many things tie back to creation. we really like apologia resources a lot!

My son is 11 and autistic, his reading level is 3rd to 4th grade. We read this book together and spend a lot of time talking about the words we are reading. I have to explain everything in great detail so the lessons are long. I am a nurse so I am a bit critical about the material but I find everything is well written and accurate. I like the book however I find the material to be beyond what children have to know, as in MEMORIZE. I would not try to have my son memorize the material since such details are given to the material and the introduction to new large words are given at every turn. I use this more as an introduction to the body as a whole, to organs, to functions, bones, blood, and all in between. Pictures included.

We love this book! I was expecting it to be sort of hokey with cheesy Christian references, but I am super impressed at the detail and level of biblical instruction included in each chapter. My children love reading about science in terms of religion, and so do I. We will continue to buy textbooks from this company. The science experiments require just the right amount of involvement--not too much, not too little--which works perfect for me as I'm not a parent that likes a lot of prep work for a science experiments that cause clutter or will be quickly thrown away.

A great introduction to anatomy for elementary, or even middle school.Good teaching suggestions and plenty of hands-on projects.

This is very well done and excellent for a variety of ages. We use it for home schooling our boys, ages 12 and 6, and it works well with both learning levels. Yesterday my older son helped my younger to fill in the names of the bones on their skeleton print-outs. There are some good activities included and the lessons are clear, easy to understand, and their review methods help us to remember what we've learned.