Courses · Life Science · Kindergarten to Grade 8
Life Science
Animals and their homes and families, plants and how living things depend on one another, classification, the human body, animal design, cells and microbes, heredity and origins. Each lesson starts with a real naturalist, doctor or scientist, gives a hands-on experiment, and studies a public-domain picture. Long-age claims are labelled as museum words with a ⏳ Thinking About Time box.
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Ages 5–6
Kindergarten
God Made the Animals: Farm Animals, Pets, Birds, Bugs, Seeds and Plants, My Body, Dinosaurs and Noah’s Ark.
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Ages 6–7
Grade 1
Animal Homes and Habits: Forest, Pond, Ocean, Desert, Arctic, Trees and Flowers, Dinosaur Days and My Senses.
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Ages 7–8
Grade 2
Animal Families: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Insects, Dinosaur Kinds and Life Cycles.
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Ages 8–9
Grade 3
Plants and Animals Together: Plant Parts, Seeds and Growth, Pollinators, Food Chains, Habitats, Animal Defenses, Sea Monsters and Flying Reptiles and Nature Journal.
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Ages 9–10
Grade 4
Classification: Linnaeus, Vertebrates, Invertebrates, Birds in Depth, Mammals in Depth, Plants Classified, Dinosaur Classification and Field Guide Project.
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Ages 10–11
Grade 5
The Human Body: Cells (first look), Skeleton and Muscles, Heart and Blood, Lungs, Digestion, Brain and Nerves, Senses and Health and Medicine.
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Ages 11–12
Grade 6
Animal Design and Behavior: Flight, Migration, Echolocation, Camouflage, Instinct, Social Animals, Giants: Whales and Dinosaurs and Biomimicry.
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Ages 12–13
Grade 7
Cells and Microbes: Microscope, The Cell, Single-Celled Life, Germs and Disease, Photosynthesis, Fungi, Animal Physiology and Dissection Lab.
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Ages 13–14
Grade 8
Heredity, Design and Origins: Mendel, DNA, Variation Within Kinds, Design in Nature, Fossils and Life’s History, Origins Fairly Told, Ecology and Stewardship and Careers in Life Science.
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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.