RE: Considering Gods's Creation

On a couple of occasions I have stood in a home school book store done a cursory flip of  Considering God's Creation by Mortimer and Smith.   I always found the black and white content underwhelming.   When it arrived my my mailbox for review purposes it was a bit of a let down.  However,   when I actually sat down and examined the material and content, I found it impressive and easy to implement despite the lack of color.

What immediately drew my attention were experiments, I always look at those first.  So many times with science curriculum the labs end up bombing, not the case with those we have tried with Considering God's Creation.  Probably the favorite so far has been a shoe box, flashlight and some paper slides of constellations.  It ends up being a homemade slide projector.   Simple, fun, and it worked.

For me, another appeal to this curricula is the student book, it contains some great cut, paste and color elements that my daughter loves.  Additionally there are some simple detective sheets in each unit for your child to use, scientist, rock, animal tree, flower to name a few.  If you have a child that is on the younger side or not particularly fond of writing these are a great way to gather information and in some places check off elements rather than do tons of writing.

This curricula is set up in units, thusly it is really easy to skip around.  I like that.  We live in a fairly rainy climate and it is always disappointing when science requires being outside and the time of year is disagreeable for doing so.   The units covered are:  creation, astronomy, earth, rocks and minerals, weather, plants, animals and man.  For me, it is a good fit to have a variety of topics covered, rather than spending a year on an intensive study of one thing.

The teachers guide contains, a CD of information set to music, the lesson, vocabulary, Bible reading, activities, and a book list you would want to pursue if you were using this with an older child.  There is also a preparation area where you are told of any supplies you will need and which pages from the student book are being used that day.

Overall, I think this is a solid and fun science program that I would recommend taking a look at.   This curriculum is economically priced and easy to use.  Everything you need aside from household items for labs will cost you $29.95 and additional student books are only $13.95  This can be purchased from the vendors website:

http://eagleswingsed.com/products/cgc.html