SCIENCE CURRICULUM COMPARISON CHART ©2018 Grades Religious Content Price Range SCIENCE Comprehensive Programs PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Christian Neutral Secular $ $$ $$$ BJU Press Science • • • • • • • • • • • • • • LIFEPAC Science (AOP) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Switched-On Schoolhouse / Monarch (AOP) • • • • • • • • • • • • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Science Packages • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Apologia Elementary Science (Fulbright) • • • • • • • • • Apologia Middle/High Science (Wile, etc.) • • • • • • • • Gravitas: “Focus On” Science • • • • • • • • • • • • • Gravitas: Exploring the Building Blocks of Science • • • • • • • • • • Earlybird Start Up Science (Singapore Math) • • • • MPH Science Int'l Version (Singapore Math) • • • • • • • • Science Matters/Lower Secondary (Singapore Math) • • • • • • • • Science Fusion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) • • • • • • • • • • • Elemental Science • • • • • • • • • • • • Discovering Nature (Queen Homeschool) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Christian Liberty Science • • • • • • McRuffy Science • • • • • • Home Science Adventures • • • • • • • • • • Elementary Science in History (Dr. Wile) • • • • • • • • • Purposeful Design Science • • • • • • • • • • A Reason for Science • • • • • • • • • • R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey • • • • • • • • • • Sassafras Science • • • • • • • • Science Shepherd Introductory Science • • • • • • • • Starline Press Science • • • • • • • • • • • God's Design for Science • • • • • • • • Christian Kids Explore • • • • • • • • Investigate the Possibilities (Master Books) • • • • • • • • Master Books Science Courses • • • • • • • • • • • • Memoria Press Science • • • • • • • • Truth in Science • • • • • • Ellen McHenry's Basement courses • • • • • • • • • • Science Daybooks & Sciencesaurus • • • • • • • Lyrical Life Science • • • • • • Joy Hakim’s Story of Science • • • • • • Novare Science • • • • • • • • • Concepts & Challenges (Pearson Learning) • • • • • Science Power Basics • • • • • • • • • Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum • • • • • • • • DIVE Science • • • • • • • The 101 Series: Biology/Chemistry/Physics • • • • • • Conceptual Science Courses • • • • • • • • Single-Topic Programs Science Shepherd Life Science • • • • • Science Shepherd Biology • • • • • • Riot and the Dance • • • • • • Biology: Search for Order in Complexity • • • • • • Friendly Biology • • • • • • Friendly Chemistry • • • • • • • Discovering Design with Chemistry • • • • • This chart was assembled by Rainbow Resource Curriculum Consultants and is intended to be a comparative tool based on our own 586 Science understanding of these programs and is not necessarily reflective of publishers’ opinions. Some designations are “best fit,” not absolute. ©2018 Approach Teacher Involvement Charlotte Labs/Activities Notes Traditional Classical Low Med High Mason • • • Lab supply kits available • • • Lab supply kits available; Workbook format • • • Similar content; SOS is computer software; Monarch is accessed online • • • • • • Lab supply kits available • • • Lab suppy kits available • • • Covers science topically • • • Covers science by grade level • • • • • • • • • Lower Secondary program is for grades 7-8 • • • Teaching component of course online; includes 1 year of access • • • Additional text/reading resources required • • • No high school lab component; research is emphasized at all levels • • • • • • • • • • • • Lab supply kits available • • • • • • Lab supply kits available • • • • • • • • • Requires subscription to publisher's video content on their website • • • Workbook format • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Topical courses: Elements, Carbon Chem, Botany, Cells, Protozoa, etc. • • Complete program together, or use separately as supplementals • • Uses music. • • • • • • Old Earth; Kingdom perspective • • • 5th-6th grade reading level; good for struggling students • • 4th grade reading level; good for struggling students • • No High School Labs; Workbook format. • • • CD-ROM courses correlate w/ BJU, Abeka or Apologia texts; lab kits avail. • • • DVD based w/ PDF printouts. • • • Physical & Integrated Science, Physics and Chemistry. Has online items. • • • • • Lab supply kit available • • • • • • • • • • Available with co-op/class or 1-student teacher manuals • • • Online support; Algebra prerequisite; Kit available This chart was assembled by Rainbow Resource Curriculum Consultants and is intended to be a comparative tool based on our own understanding of these programs and is not necessarily reflective of publishers’ opinions. Some designations are “best fit,” not absolute. Science 587 SCIENCE / NATURE COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM Grade 6 (4th Ed.) Items listed in this section tend to be complete Revised in 2013. This study of God’s wonderful science programs with a teacher and student creation includes the earth, cells and organisms, component, requiring few supplements besides matter and energy, astronomy, heredity, and the science supplies. nervous and immune systems. Special features include a creation corner, technology tidbits, All Grades and opportunities to “meet the scientist.” Student Text includes student experiments, projects, BJU PRESS SCIENCE (1-12) diagrams and charts, and periodic review, while With so many secular materials infused with the Student Activity Manual provides pages for evolution, it’s sometimes difficult to find solid recording and evaluating the activities. science materials that are based on Creationism. 511956 Home School Kit ...181.84 136.35 BJU Press Science is thoroughly Christian, includ- 281311 Teacher Edition w/ CD. 63.61 ing many evidences and support of Creationism 280081 Student Text . 44.44 and many “holes” in the theory of evolution, Grade 2 (4th Ed.) 281329 Student Activity Manual 30.00 particularly at the upper grade levels. Vital to the Revised in 2017. Topics include living things 507517 Activity Manual Ans Key 17.50 program are the student activities, or labs. The and environments, fossils and dinosaurs, the 281345 Testpack ........... 15.46 scientific method is emphasized as children par- earth and its resources, how the earth moves, 281352 Testpack Answer Key .. 10.83 ticipate on hands-on activities and experiments light and shadows, how things move, forms of throughout the curriculum. The junior high matters, and the systems of the body. Elementary Multigrade Support Materials: and high school levels are full-blown laboratory 511667 Home School Kit ...181.84 136.35 002263 Rock Collection (1-6) 50.49 39.95 science courses, complete with a separate lab 502724 Teacher’s Edition w/CD 63.61 014739 Crystal Radio Kit (3-5) 12.00 7.95 manual. Experiments are excellent, but some 502690 Student Text . 44.44 031325 Spring Scale 5kg (1-6) 2.25 of them require unique materials or are difficult 502716 Student Activity Manual 30.00 003539 Butterfly Garden (1-6) 24.99 19.95 to do in a home environment. The revised texts 507475 Activity Manual Key... 17.50 are more home-friendly, though, and Bob Jones 502740 Testpack ........... 15.46 BJU Secondary Levels (7-12) also offers a Lab Manual Supplement for home 502757 Testpack Answer Key .. 10.83 There is more evaluation of science and its rela- schoolers, containing tips for doing lab activi- tionship to Scripture at the upper levels, and bib- ties in smaller groups. We have used many of Grade 3 (4th Ed.) lical Creationism is presented as truth. Teacher’s these upper level texts in our home school. We Science 3 (4th ed.) builds a biblical worldview Editions contain reduced student text pages on the also have accumulated a wealth of laboratory through the study of animal classification, plants, same page with teacher instructions, notes, and equipment and supplies over the years, which ecosystems, matter, sound, energy, rocks and answers. I would recommend a separate text for has made the lab work easier. I have sometimes minerals, weather, the solar system, cells, and the student, as it is difficult to discuss the material substituted labs from other resources where it’s skin. Students will develop science process skills with the student if you’re sharing a book. been too difficult to use a particular lab. Bob by participating in hands-on activities, projects, Jones has made it easy to obtain lab materials and experiments. Life Science (4th Ed.) (7) and chemicals (you can order almost anything 511758 Home School Kit ...181.84 136.35 Revised in 2013. Covers the history of life, you need for their courses on the Science Lab 299016 Teacher’s Edition w/ CD 63.61 microbiology, botany, genetics, zoology, ecolo- Materials Order Form), but some labs are still 298984 Student Text . 44.44 gy, stewardship of the earth, and the basic struc- complex for a home environment, requiring a lot 299024 Student Activity Manual 30.00 ture and function of the human body. A prepared of set-up and preparation time. For each grade 507483 Activity Manual Ans Key 17.50 slide set and microscope are recommended for level, essential materials are listed first, followed 299032 Testpack ........... 15.46 this course; however, most slide images are by asterisked (*) supplemental support materials. 299040 Testpack Answer Key .. 10.83 found in the lab manual and others can be found online if necessary. BJU Elementary Levels (1-6) Grade 4 (4th Ed.) 292771 Home School Kit ...235.79 176.80 Home Teacher Editions have reduced student Topics include the moon, light, electricity, 279950 Teacher’s Edition w/ CD 74.72 text pages, lesson information for the teacher magnetism, simple machines, water and oceans, 276832 Student Text . 67.50 and