Properties of Ecosystems

by Debbie Lawrence, Richard Lawrence

Elementary and middle schoolers will love the exciting, easy-to-understand, and easily taught lessons in the God's Design textbooks by Debbie and Richard Lawrence. All twelve books in the God's Design series are very comprehensive, richly illustrated, and cover material that is often left out of other curricula. You'll love the flexibility of this popular series, which is designed to be used with students ranging from first through eighth grade ... all at the same time!

Best of all, God's Design textbooks help you teach science from a biblical, creationist perspective, emphasizing God's handiwork in the world around us. Using the God's Design curriculum from AiG will help strengthen your student's faith by showing how science consistently supports the Bible's written record. Students will learn to think critically and logically examine arguments presented by all sides in the creation/evolution debate.

Take your children on a journey to discover grasslands and forests, aquatic and extreme ecosystems, animal behaviors, and even valuable lessons on conservation. At the end, sum up everything studied with exciting hands-on final projects fitting for all ages!

Also by Richard " Fatal Transaction " - A fast paced high-tech Christian thriller (rated 4.6/5)
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Genres: School, Science, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[What April's Reading · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent elementary level science.

[Ebookwormy1 · Rating 1 out of 5]

An overview of Ecosystems that pairs well with the BBC Planet Earth DVD Series. However, later chapters on environmentalism were disappointingly spartan and lacking apologetic application. My student was thoroughly confused by the inability to elucidate a clear response to climate change. We will be watching the documentary "Blue" in small sections to try to make up for what this text is lacking.

Given the generally available information on ecosystems, this book is a complete disappointment. I buy these books so that we can have a Biblical perspective as we explore the various areas of scientific inquiry. Eliminating references to evolution and giving glimpses to the alteration of the world through the flood is not sufficient. I would rather the author have completely eliminated the discussion of climate change than handled it so poorly.

As you can see from my other reviews, we are generally pleased with this series, so I still recommend it, despite this regrettably missed opportunity.

[Amy Meyers · Rating 2 out of 5]

This went well with MFW ECC, which is why we read it. For the most part, it was very dry, however, and over the kids' heads, with worksheets and experiments that were often impractical or not geared well for the children's ages. It was just okay. I was surprised that they couldn't do a better job in regards to climate change, considering they're creation scientists. Perhaps my version is old, and they could do better now, now that it has shown to be part of the left's political agenda.

[Marisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great source of information. Each chapter has projects to further children's learning. Used for homeschooling purposes.