Class Time:  1st hour (8:30-9:25)

Minimum Class Size: 10

Maximum Class Size: 18

Required Materials or Books: Supply fee covers the cost of the Apologia Exploring Creation with Botany hardcover textbook (retail $35). I was able to buy the books in bulk for $25.74 (including shipping/no tax). Students in the same family may share a textbook, if desired. The rest of the supply fee will be used for materials for experiments and projects for the year. I will provide your student with their notebook and folder for class.

Please have your child bring pencils and colored pencils to class each week.

We will begin the year looking at the nature of botany and the process of classifying plants. We will then discuss the development of plants from seeds, the reproduction processes in plants, the way plants make their food, and how plants get their water and nutrients and distribute them throughout the body of the plant. The children will learn about many different kinds of plants in Creation and where these plants belong in the plant classification system. Apologia texts continually stress the creationist world view and provide evidence relating to botany.

As with other Apologia courses, your child will work on their notebook each week. They will narrate what they have learned, make sketches, record data from experiments, and even put some of their plant collections in their notebook. By the end of the year, they can easily refer to their notebook to remind them of everything we studied. I will administer tests in this class, and there will be some homework. Of course, we will enjoy many experiments and projects in class, as well.

Teacher Information:

Terri is a homeschooling mom of four who has enjoyed co-op with her children for eight years. She studied elementary education at South Dakota State University and Dallas Baptist University.