Science Courses
Listed below (in alphabetical order) are elementary and junior high grade level courses available through Christian Liberty Homeschools. Information for each course includes suggested grade levels, cost, description, and a listing of the materials used. Linked course names will take you to a "look inside" of the primary text.
If you are looking for high school level science courses, see High School Choice.
60215 Discovering God's World
Suggested Grade Level: 1st
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This general science course focuses on a world of discovery, looking at the basics of the human body, simple machines, animals, insects, plants, and seasons.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Discovering God's World, 4th edition | ©2015 Abeka Book Publishers | 130 pages
• Answer Key – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press
• Test Packet – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 6 tests
60325 Enjoying God's World
Suggested Grade Level: 2nd
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This general science course addresses the curiosity young students have about the world around them. Topics of exploration include the human body, plants, animals, matter, energy, and space.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Enjoying God's World, 5th edition | ©2017 Abeka Book Publishers | 200 pages
• Answer Key – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press
• Test Packet – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 6 tests
69215 Exploring Creation With General Science
Suggested Grade Level: 8th
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This course examines a wide range of science branches (such as archaeology, astronomy, geology, meteorology, chemistry, physics, and the life sciences), providing a solid transition between elementary and high school level science. As they complete the fourteen subject modules, students will learn the scientific method, how to record data and report it, and how to create and read several types of graph types.
Course Materials [Answer key and test packet are sent in a pre-packaged bundle]:
• Textbook – Exploring Creation With General Science, 3rd edition | ©2019 Apologia Education Ministries | 434 pages
• Answer Key – Solutions and Tests for Exploring Creation With General Science, 3rd edition | ©2018 Apologia Education Ministries | 83 pages
• Test Packet – Test Packet for Exploring Creation With General Science, 3rd edition | ©2018 Apologia Education Ministries | 13 tests
69920 Exploring God's Creation
Suggested Grade Level: 3rd
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This course exposes students to basic science concepts in the fields of physics and chemistry, geology and botany, astronomy and weather, and biology and health, often utilizing hands-on experiments.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Exploring God's Creation, 2nd edition | ©2021 Christian Liberty Press | 193 pages
• Teacher's Manual – ©2021 Christian Liberty Press | 30 pages
• Test Packet – ©2021 Christian Liberty Press | 10 tests
60330 Exploring God's World
Suggested Grade Level: 3rd
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: With material presented in the order of the days of creation, this course presents a study on energy, atmosphere, the earth's surface, plants, the solar system, animals, and the human body. The scientific method is also taught through hands-on experiments.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Exploring God's World, 5th edition | ©2018 Abeka Book Publishers | 344 pages
• Answer Key – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press
• Test Packet – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 10 tests
69525 God's Wonderful Works
Suggested Grade Level: 2nd
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This course uses the six days of creation as a launching pad for a basic study of numerous scientific concepts, such as the solar system, weather and seasons, plants, animals, and the human body.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – God's Wonderful Works: The Creation in Six Days | ©1999 Christian Liberty Press | 140 pages
• Teacher's Manual – ©2000 Christian Liberty Press | 28 pages
• Test Packet – ©2008 Christian Liberty Press | 9 tests
60115 God's World
Suggested Grade Level: Kindergarten
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This course helps to build a student's love for science through the introduction of concepts such as health, weather, seasons, seeds, animals, and the seashore.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – God's World K5, 4th edition | ©2012 Abeka Book Publishers | 86 pages
• Answer Key – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press
60350 Investigating God's World
Suggested Grade Level: 5th
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This general science course examines the scientific method; mammals; light; rocks, minerals, and soil; the sea and sea creatures; energy and engines; astronomy and weather; and vertebrate animals. Activities and experiments are included to enhance the student's understanding.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Investigating God's World, 4th edition | ©2009 Abeka Book Publishers | 322 pages
• Answer Key – ©2010 Christian Liberty Press | 33 pages
• Test Packet – ©2010 Christian Liberty Press | 5 tests
60460 Observing God's World
Suggested Grade Level: 6th
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This general science course examines topics such as plants, invertebrates, the Earth, the universe, space exploration, and the building blocks of chemistry. Activities and experiments are included to enhance the student's understanding.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Observing God's World, 4th edition | ©2010 Abeka Book Publishers | 348 pages
• Answer Key – ©2011 Christian Liberty Press | 43 pages
• Test Packet – ©2011 Christian Liberty Press | 6 tests
69910 Our Father's World
Suggested Grade Level: 1st
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This course follows a more traditional format to studying science by examining the things that God has made: everything, day and night, seasons, plants, insects, animals, and people. Activities, vocabulary words, and review questions are included to engage and help with comprehension.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Our Father's World, 2nd edition | ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 103 pages
• Teacher's Manual – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 23 pages
• Test Packet – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 8 tests
60480 Science: Earth and Space
Suggested Grade Level: 8th
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This general physical science text investigates the fields of geology, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, and environmental science. It is written from a Christian point of view with the understanding that God both created and sustains the universe. One goal of the text is to help students understand what it means for mankind to have dominion over and take proper care of the environment as good stewards of Creation.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Science: Earth and Space, 2nd edition | ©2018 Abeka Book Publishers | 551 pages
• Answer Key – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 58 pages
• Test Packet – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 13 tests
60375 Science: Order and Design
Suggested Grade Level: 7th
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This life science course covers topics such as plants; the human body (interrelated systems and living a healthy life); creation and science; classification, mammals; birds; fish, reptiles, and amphibians; insects; invertebrates; cells and other microscopics; forestry; and ecology. Activities and experiments are included to enhance student understanding.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Science: Order and Design, 2nd edition | ©2017 Abeka Book Publishers | 536 pages
• Answer Key – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 49 pages
• Test Packet – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 13 tests
60240 Understanding God's World
Suggested Grade Level: 4th
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This general science course examines topics such as scientific method, insects, plants, birds, water, air, weather, sound and hearing, geology, oceanography, and astronomy. Activities and experiments are included to enhance the student's understanding.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Understanding God's World, 4th edition | ©2008 Abeka Book Publishers | 237 pages
• Answer Key – ©2009 Christian Liberty Press | 51 pages
• Test Packet – ©2009 Christian Liberty Press | 8 tests
69905 The World God Made
Suggested Grade Level: Kindergarten
Additional Course Charge: None
Description: This course uses each of the six days of creation as a launching pad for a broad discussion of scientific concepts, including the solar system, plants, animals, and the human body. Activities and review questions are included to help with comprehension and retention.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – The World God Made, 2nd edition | ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 92 pages
• Teacher's Manual – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 23 pages