A Reason For Science, Level B: Student Worktext

A Reason for Science makes Science Fun!  Filled with hands-on activities, colorful discover sheets, and lots of discussion and exploration.  You'll discover many exciting new things as you explore God's world!  Topics covered Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science.   

Life Science topics include how materials move through a plant’s system, how colors and patterns relate to survival, creatures are sorted by characteristics, stages in a plant’s life cycle, ways seeds are spread to help plants survive, living things have life cycles, how creatures interact, adapt and relate to their environment.

Earth Science topics include the properties of rocks, soil, water, and air, the properties of color and texture in soil, properties of porosity and nutrient values, properties of the eight major planets, basic properties of stars, major changes in the Earth’s surface, wind speed and direction, rainfall and temperature, climate, extreme changes in weather.

Physical Science topics include how recycling helps conserve resources, understand the importance of recycling, the concept of density, physical properties, surface tension, how matter changes from one state to another, concept and meaning of inertia, the relationship of motion, mass, and force, the concept of action/reaction, air resistance affects motion , position and motion, air pressure to motion, what happens when light is absorbed, two primary ways that heat is produced, the movement of heat, how atoms relate to static electricity, difference between open & closed circuits, push and pull of magnetic forces