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Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day
SKU
013236
ISBN
9781932012736
Grade K-6
Charlotte Mason
Christian/Religious
High Teacher Involvement
Multi-Sensory
Other Materials Required
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Description
Once students have learned all about the creatures of the air and the basics of zoology, they can take a trip into the depths and discover all the strange and unique creatures of the sea, lakes, and rivers. They'll learn about the special features of swimming creatures, the different watery environments they live in, what their lifestyles are like, and the special circumstances they deal with. Then they take a closer look at specific groups of swimming creatures, including whales, seals, sea cows, sea turtles, sea snakes, sea frogs and toads, primeval reptiles (like plesiosaurs), fish, sharks, rays, crustaceans, cephalopods, echinoderms, cnidarians, sponges, leeches, and more. As they study these creatures, they'll create replicas of them to add to an ongoing "Ocean Box," and conduct neat experiments like discovering the insulating power of fat, investigating how electrical current travels through salt water vs. fresh water, and determining how much of a role temperature plays in tadpole development. They'll also add to their notebooks by drawing the animals in them, comparing and contrasting animals, and much more. Whether the ocean is a familiar place to your children or not, they'll be equally fascinated by learning about the unique creatures beneath the water.
Publisher's Description of Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day
From the rivers and streams to the mighty ocean, God filled the Earth's waters with animals great and small. Upon His word, enormous whales sprung into being. At His command, billions of plankton leapt to life. On that day, millions of creatures like the strapping sea turtles, the skulking sharks, the delightful dolphins, and the soaring squid gladly joined their fellow sea animals. Strong swimming bass traveled the rivers past the creeping crayfish and the sluggardly snails. How joyously crammed with excitement was the fifth day of Earth's existence!
Apologia's second zoology book will take you and your family on an exploration into the wonders of the swimming creatures made on the fifth day of creation. You'll begin with a big splash from the whales and dolphins, then spy on seals and meet manatees before swimming with the sea turtles, snakes, and salamanders. You'll even peek in on the primeval plesiosaurus and its pals.
Following your frolic with fish and sharks, you'll uncover the world of crabby crustaceans, sea snails, clams, and their soft bodied friends like the octopus, squid, and nautilus. You'll consort with corals, find flowers that devour plankton, see stars and feathers that walk, leap and roll, and discover dollars that disappear in the sand and sponges that clean more than you might think.
From the microscopic to massive, no stone is left unturned in your student's passage through the waters of the world. The creatures your student studies will come to life as your student creates replicas of them and adds them to his "Ocean Box - a miniature hand-crafted aquarium. As always, each lesson ends with an experiment or project reinforcing the scientific method and the concepts studied. Among other experiments and projects, your student will try on blubber, investigate a shark's ability to sense electrical currents, explore how whales can hear sounds that come from far away, and learn through experimentation which creatures make the best fossils. No matter how near or far you live from the ocean, you and your students will wonder at God's designs in the amazing aquatic animals He formed on the fifth day.
Category Description for Exploring Creation with Zoology 2 (1st Edition)
Once students have learned all about the creatures of the air and the basics of zoology, they can take a trip into the depths and discover all the strange and unique creatures of the sea, lakes, and rivers. They'll learn about the special features of swimming creatures, the different watery environments they live in, what their lifestyles are like, and the special circumstances they deal with. Then they take a closer look at specific groups of swimming creatures, including whales, seals, sea cows, sea turtles, sea snakes, sea frogs and toads, primeval reptiles (like plesiosaurs), fish, sharks, rays, crustaceans, cephalopods, echinoderms, cnidarians, sponges, leeches, and more. As they study these creatures, they'll create replicas of them to add to an ongoing "Ocean Box," and conduct neat experiments like discovering the insulating power of fat, investigating how electrical current travels through salt water vs. fresh water, and determining how much of a role temperature plays in tadpole development. They'll also add to their notebooks by drawing the animals in them, comparing and contrasting animals, and much more. Whether the ocean is a familiar place to your children or not, they'll be equally fascinated by learning about the unique creatures beneath the water.
Details
| Product Format: | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Grades: | K-6 |
| Brand: | Apologia |
| ISBN: | 9781932012736 |
| Length in Inches: | 11.25 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.3125 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.75 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 2.375 |
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Reviews
11 Ratings
1-10 of 11 Reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
Aug 25, 2022
Love this series and this book is no exception, great work.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 10, 2022
Swimming Creatures will be an exciting study this year.
Wonderful text. Easy for children to read and understand and includes many hands on activities for the children.
Rated 5 out of 5
Mar 5, 2019
Fantastic Resource
This is our second year with Apologia Science and we all couldn't be more thrilled. The text is written interestingly, the activity ideas build upon the text, pictures are lovely, questions for narration helpful and the kids really enjoy making the ocean box. The links the author provides online are wonderful and are one of our favorite aspects of the program! It really makes the animals "come alive" with the video links; no more searching youtube. The Junior notebook is great to use with it too. I like that this is multi-aged and am using it with a 1st grader and 3rd grader but it could easily go up or down a couple of years both ways and be enjoyable. Children seem to retain the information as well, the author doesn't try to cover too much at once. Thanks to this text, we have raised tadpoles and triops and that has been a great delight too ;)
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 16, 2016
Good and wholesome
I have a 2nd grader, kindergarten, and preschooler. I like that the pages have pictures to help keep the younger ones interested. I also really enjoy that scriptures are used to help explain things.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 7, 2016
Love this approach
This is my second year using "exploring creation" books for home school science. I love the fact that my children really get to know a subject! This approach challenges and equips students to be in depth instead of glossing over material. The Creation Confirmation sections are fantastic examples of how real science can be used to support the Bible. I highly recommend the use of the Junior Notebooking journal alongside the text book unless you are majorly organized and crafty. It had made teaching much easier for me.
Rated 5 out of 5
Aug 6, 2016
Love Apologia Science & check out this new supplemental board game that goes with this curriculum!
We love Apologia science curriculum and have used it for so many years!
Rated 4 out of 5
Jun 27, 2016
Engaging
Very interesting and love the way it leads you through the material.
Rated 5 out of 5
Oct 30, 2015
Great Textbook
My son has really enjoyed this science text book. He has always had a great interest in all things oceans and lakes related. He reads the lessons and retains the information he is learning. That is a win for me. The book has great photos and illustrations. It is well written with an easy to understand content while still challenging the reader with new vocabulary.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 30, 2012
This was our first experience with Apologia Science and we have thoroughly enjoyed it My children are in 5th grade and K and they both have learned so much this year Easy to read and follow enjoyable engaging reading never boring always educational My 6yo has learned as much as my 10 yo I read to them and then we discuss 5th grader does his notebook work on his own My little guy dictates to me and draws in his notebook Awesome science curriculum
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 14, 2009
The Apologia Elementary Science books have been just what I have always wanted We participated in a Co-op this past year where they used Zoology 2 for the 1st - 6th graders All of my children learned things I had never known We were so excited about it that we are doing another volume with a smaller group over the summer The children don't mind doing summer work when it is this interesting and fun!
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Why did you choose this?
do you NEED the lab kit?
No, but it is very convenient. We didn’t purchase one our first year, so I was sometimes scrambling to find supplies needed for projects/experiments. It’s mostly common items needed, but occasionally, there were items I couldn’t find. This year we purchased the lab kit, & it has made life easier to just open up the corresponding lesson package & have everything I need. It really comes down to whether or not you want to pay for the convenience.
Do you have to do the first zoology book before you do this one?
No not at all. This is actually my first year homeschooling my 6th grader and we actually get together once a week with two other families to teach each lesson. There is a mix of ages of the kids from 6 years to 12. This book is very thorough and easy to understand.
for a student keen on sea creatures
for our homeschool connections class, Grade school unit
per our homeschool co-op
co-op class