| I absolutely love Apologia Science and I believe it is the | | | | Apologia Science is great for the experiments, |
| best homeschool science curriculum out there. What I | | | | because you won't usually need to purchase anything |
| love the most about it, is the fact that if I didn't teach it | | | | for them. Most things that you will need are things that |
| to my children, they would still learn it! | | | | you already have in your home. The immersion into the |
| This is because Apologia Science is written in such a | | | | world of science with Apologia Science is what |
| way that it requires no instructor. It talks directly to the | | | | makes the children love learning the material. |
| student and teaches them the same way an instructor | | | | Since the Apologia Science curriculum is based on |
| would. However, I do still like to participate in teaching it | | | | Christian teachings I know that none of the material will |
| to my children as well, the text just makes it a whole | | | | ever contradict with our religious beliefs. Everything is |
| lot easier on both me and my kids. | | | | based around the fact that God created the world. |
| Apologia Science was designed by a former university | | | | This makes it the perfect science curriculum for |
| professor to take advantage of the best ways to | | | | Christian families. |
| express ideas to children so that they will be excited | | | | For an average lesson we will start by reading over |
| about learning. | | | | the lesson material. After we have done this, I will use |
| The experiments that Apologia Science offers are | | | | the scripted questions to get input and answers from |
| very engaging and get my children very excited about | | | | my children. We discuss things for a while, and when I |
| science. In fact, because of Apologia, science is my | | | | know that they have a great grasp on what the |
| son's favorite subject. | | | | concepts are, we will do the included experiment. |
| One really fun experiment we just did was about the | | | | I will then have them write their thoughts about the |
| sun. First, we learned about how far away the sun | | | | lesson, and any notations about the experiment that |
| was, how long it takes for the sun's light to reach the | | | | we thought were interesting. Before we're ready to |
| earth, and the danger of looking at the sun for too long. | | | | stop learning, the lesson is complete, and my children |
| Although there is a lot of really great information and | | | | have learned a lot! |
| instructions in the Apologia Science curriculum, the | | | | Having a curriculum like Apologia Science one that |
| experiments are what truly set it apart. To show the | | | | your children look forward to learning, is invaluable to a |
| damage that the sun could do to our eyes, we used a | | | | home-schooling parent. This is one of the reasons that |
| magnifying glass to set a piece of paper on fire. My | | | | I stick by Apologia, their ideas and views, and their |
| children tell everyone about that experiment and the | | | | curriculum. |
| danger of looking at the sun for too long! | | | | |