Exploring Creation With General Science [Hardcover]

Jay L. Wile (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Apologia Educational Ministries (June 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932012060
• ISBN-13: 978-1932012064
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #527,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top quality science text book., June 30, 2004

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Marcy Jackson (Barrie, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exploring Creation With General Science (Hardcover)

Very complete and organized. Solid foundation of general science from a Christian perspective, without being sappy. Goes into The progress of Science,Scientific Inquiry, How to Analyze and Interpret Experiments, Applied Science, History of Life: Archaeology,Geology, and Paleontolegy. The Fossil Record, Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism, What is Life? The Human Body-Digestive System,Resiratory and Circulatory Systems,Lymphatic,Endocrine, and Urinary Systems, Nervouse Sytems. Energy and Life. All Experiments can be done in the home using house hold items, and have organized supply lists for each Module.
A+++++ Curriculum.

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes Scientists of Science-Haters!, January 20, 2006

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CD "devotedmomof7" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exploring Creation With General Science (Hardcover)

I do not have praise enough for Jay Wile's Science books. This book sets the stage for all the further Apologia courses with an introduction to science history, the Scientific Method, the correct process of scientific experiments, an analyzation of scientific dating processes, and the overall benefits of science via introduction to various branches.

It's difficult to articulate how skillfully Wile unveils a student's OWN recognition of truth...not the student's OWN TRUTH, but his recognition of THE truth through carefully sequenced experiments or revelation of information. Wile guides through each module with a completely understandable dialogue and completely achievable experiments uncommon to most textbooks.

When a student can read with understanding, perform experiments with accuracy and comprehension, discern intended outcomes through their own deductive reasoning, they are going to remember it! When a student succeeds, they are more likely to ENJOY it!!

This overview course whets the appetite for more study and more than adequately prepares the student to approach the successive books with mastery of the basic process of scientific study.

ONE minor warning: The first chapter is initially boring and somewhat intimidating. It gives a quick-shot overview of the history of science and covers a lot of ground and a lot of information in short order. We feared the whole of the book would be the same. We eventually discovered some very necessary information emerging throughout the module...primarily an explanation of how the church gradually became considered an enemy of science and how essential the church was in its development. I just mention this as a caution not to give up with the first module!!

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am a (...)home schooler and I love this book., December 19, 2005

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S. Glaser "Great Beyond" (Manning, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exploring Creation With General Science (Hardcover)

At first I wasn't too interested in science. I never even knew that there was another science side. I thought that there was only Evolution. At first I thought "eh" with science, but I was actually lovin' it when Mom bought this book for me! If a parent or kid is reading this, I recommend buying it: It is very good and it will give you a choice: Believe Uniformitarians, or Catastrophists. Those two words you will learn about when you buy this book.