Courses · Earth Science · Kindergarten to Grade 8
Earth Science
Rocks and minerals, soil and water, weather and the sky, volcanoes and earthquakes, fossils and rock layers, and the people who read the ground beneath our feet. Each lesson starts with a real person and a real moment, gives a hands-on experiment, and studies a public-domain picture. Long-age period names are taught as “museum words” with a ⏳ Thinking About Time box: what the sign says, what we observe, and how Christians read it.
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Ages 5–6
Kindergarten
God Made the Ground and Sky: Rocks, Dirt and Mud, Water, Weather, Day and Night, Seasons, Dinosaur Bones and Caring for the Earth.
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Ages 6–7
Grade 1
Rocks, Water and Weather: Rock Collecting, Sand and Soil, Rivers and Puddles, Clouds and Rain, Wind, The Moon, Fossil Hunters and Weather Watchers.
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Ages 7–8
Grade 2
The Earth's Surface: Mountains, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Caves, Glaciers and Ice, Oceans and Shores, Dinosaur Lands and The Grand Canyon.
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Ages 8–9
Grade 3
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils: Minerals, Igneous Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, Fossils, Dinosaur Digs, Gems and Ores and My Rock Collection.
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Ages 9–10
Grade 4
Weather and Water: The Water Cycle, Air and Pressure, Clouds, Storms, Forecasting, Rivers and Floods, Oceans and Climate Zones.
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Ages 10–11
Grade 5
The Sky: Sun, Moon and Stars: Day and Year, The Moon, The Planets, The Stars, Kepler and Newton, Telescopes, Seasons and Calendar and Navigation by the Sky.
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Ages 11–12
Grade 6
The Dynamic Earth: Inside the Earth, Plates, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Mountains, Erosion and Deposition, Catastrophes and Hazards and Engineering.
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Ages 12–13
Grade 7
Earth History and the Flood: Steno’s Principles, Layers, Fossil Record, The Flood Year, Ice Age, Dinosaurs in Depth, Dating Methods and Reading a Museum.
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Ages 13–14
Grade 8
Earth Resources and Careers: Soil, Water Wells, Minerals and Mining, Oil, Gas and Coal, Maps and GIS, Weather Careers, Origins Debate Fairly Told and Capstone.
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How every lesson works
Each course is one school year: 8 units of 4 lessons, one lesson a week in two sessions, plus an optional 4-lesson Lab unit of extra experiments.
- Warm-up. A few minutes of noticing, predicting or remembering.
- Learn. The true story, the big idea and how it was figured out, in short sections a parent can read aloud.
- Picture study. A public-domain painting, engraving, photograph or naturalist’s plate to look at closely and talk about.
- Experiment. A hands-on activity with simple materials and clear safety notes, recorded in a science notebook.
- Practice. Worked examples first, then practice with answers, common mistakes and a game.
Each lesson has a verse of Scripture (KJV) where it fits. Every course can also be downloaded as one printable PDF.