Florida Science: An Ecology Adventure

32 weeks
$300
6th-8th Grade

Take an adventure with us in the Sunshine State! This course will explore Florida animals, plants, flowers, trees, geography, geology, climate, weather, and is a good introduction to the science of ecology. Using the richly illustrated secular textbook Priceless Florida, this will be a great opportunity for the students to learn how to translate evolutionary interpretations into a Biblical worldview. Floridians will understand and appreciate their home state in a whole new way. This is a great ecology study for students anywhere!
(Depending on the reading level of your student, approximately 1 hour of homework per day)

A list of suggested field trips is offered for your family to enhance your Sunshine State Science adventure! Online fieldtrips and activities are assigned to further the student's experience (we recommend that parents accompany students with all internet activities).

Required Textbooks:
(Textbooks are sold separately)
Priceless Florida: Natural Ecosystems and Native Species (ISBN 9781561643080)
Florida Science Workbook written by Catie Frates

A Survey of Man

32 weeks
$225
6th-8th Grades

This course will focus on our Creator's grand finale, mankind and how we are to exercise proper stewardship of our bodies. We will explore the creation model of man for 3 weeks, medical history for 5 weeks, and then dive into 10 of the 11 body systems. We will not cover the reproductive system in class due to its delicate nature. Then after 1 week exploring how our body fights foreign invaders, we will spend 8 weeks on what the Bible says about how we should fuel our body and what the health benefits are when we follow God's instructions. Mrs. Frates likes to call this study, "Make your Home a Cancer Free Zone" in hopes that this information may help some families prevent this dreaded disease. This class includes dissections of a sheep's heart, calf's eye, and fetal pig among other experiments.
(Depending on the reading level of your student, approximately 1 hour of homework per day)

Required Textbooks:
(Textbooks are sold separately)
Margaret Matt Human Anatomy Coloring Book (Dover Coloring Book) (ISBN: 9780486241388)
Your Body and How it Works by Pat and Barb Ward (ISBN: 9781580371117) (available through Christian Book Distributors)
Exploring the History of Medicine by John Hudson Tiner (ISBN: 9780890512487)
Biblical Nutrition Workbook by Catie Frates

The History of Medicine and Biblical Nutrition

17 weeks
$150
6th-8th Grades

This class is a piece of "A Survey of Man" course described above. We will explore the creation model of man for 3 weeks and medical history for 5 weeks. Then after 1 week exploring how our body fights foreign invaders, we will spend 8 weeks on what the Bible says about how we should fuel our body and what the health benefits are when we follow God's instructions. Mrs. Frates likes to call this study, "Make your Home a Cancer Free Zone" in hopes that this information may help some families prevent this dreaded disease. This course does not include the anatomy portion or the dissection labs.
(Depending on the reading level of your student, approximately 1 hour of homework per day)

Required Textbooks:
(Textbooks are sold separately)
Exploring the History of Medicine by John Hudson Tiner (ISBN: 9780890512487)
Biblical Nutrition Workbook by Catie Frates

Biblical Nutrition

8 weeks
$75
6th-8th Grades

This class is the last 9 weeks of the above course. After 1 week exploring how our body fights foreign invaders, we will spend 8 weeks on what the Bible says about how we should fuel our body and what the health benefits are when we follow God's instructions. Mrs. Frates likes to call this study, "Make your Home a Cancer Free Zone" in hopes that this information may help some families prevent this dreaded disease.
(Depending on the reading level of your student, approximately 1 hour of homework per day)

Required Textbooks:
(Textbooks are sold separately)
Biblical Nutrition Workbook by Catie Frates

"The Lord God Made Them All" Science Series

Part One - All Things Bright and Beautiful

Available Fall 2010
32 weeks
$300
6th-8th Grades

We will focus on the sciences that are included in the first four creation days. Our adventure will include an introduction to chemistry, meteorology, oceanography, geology, botany, and astronomy studied in the order in which God created them. This course will be taught from an uncompromising Biblical Worldview including the latest Biblical Scientific Creation Model of Origins which includes a knowledge of fossils, Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Model, the post Flood ice age, dinosaurs, and ancient man. We will glorify the "God of wonder beyond our galaxy" as we worship by studying God's creation.
(Depending on the reading level of your student, approximately 1 hour of homework per day)

Required Textbooks:
(Textbooks are sold separately)
All Things Bright and Beautiful - Study Guide by Catie Frates (Available Summer 2010)
God's Design for Heaven & Earth: Our Planet Earth by Richard Lawrence, Debbie Lawrence (2009 Edition, ISBN: 9781600921544)
God's Design for Heaven & Earth: Our Universe by Richard Lawrence, Debbie Lawrence (2009 Edition, ISBN: 9781600921537)
God's Design for Heaven & Earth: Our Weather & Water by Richard Lawrence, Debbie Lawrence (2009 Edition, ISBN: 9781600921551)

We recommend purchasing the God's Design for Heaven & Earth textbooks in a package here.

"The Lord God Made Them All" Science Series

Part Two - All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Wise and Wonderful

Available Fall 2011
32 weeks
$300
6th-8th Grades

Students will be fascinated with the creatures created on the 5th and 6th days of creation from the smallest microbes to the most gargantuan dinosaurs and whales. The second semester will focus on God's grand finale of creation, mankind. We will explore human anatomy and how we are fearfully and wonderfully made, completing our adventure by looking at health and biblical nutrition.
(Depending on the reading level of your student, approximately 1 hour of homework per day)

Required Textbooks:
(Textbooks are sold separately)
All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Wise and Wonderful - Volume 2 of "The Lord God Made Them All" Science Series by Catie Frates (Available Summer 2011)