A New Earth Science Course for High School by Dr. Jay Wile
Discover earth science presented with a Christian viewpoint. This is a laboratory-based homeschool science course designed for eighth or ninth grade. [Features…]
Discovering Design with Earth Science Set
Discovering Design with Earth Science Set
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One of each of the following books is included in the Discovering Design with Earth Science Set:
Discovering Design with Earth Science Textbook [ISBN-13: 9780996278430]
Dr. Wile writes with a conversational tone as in his other science textbooks. It is refreshing to read the text as if you are in the classroom listening to his lecture. It is a hardcover textbook. [Features…]
Answer Key & Tests for Discovering Design with Earth Science [ISBN-13: 9780996278447] contains:
- Answer keys for all textbook to review questions
- Tests
- Answer Keys for the tests
Preview Samples and Resources at the publisher’s website:
- Text table of contents
- Text sample
- Lab supply list
- Experiment Overview
- Worksheets
- Student Workbook
- Scope and Sequence
Grade 8 or 9
Prerequisite: 7th Grade Math
Price $79.00

Discovering Design with Earth Science Set with Audio Book
Discovering Design with Earth Science Set with Audio Book
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One of each of the following books is included in the Discovering Design with Earth Science Set:
Discovering Design with Earth Science Textbook [ISBN-13: 9780996278430]
Written with a conversational tone as in Dr. Wile’s other science textbooks. It is refreshing to read the hardcover text as if you are in the classroom listening to his lecture. [Features…]
Answer Key & Tests for Discovering Design with Earth Science [ISBN-13: 9780996278447] contains:
- Answer keys for all textbook to review questions
- Tests
- Answer Keys for the tests
The Audio Book for Discovering Design with Earth Science [ISBN-13: 9780996278454] :
- It comes on a USB flash drive with MP3 files.
- Works on any computer, portable player, or vehicle which accommodates that format.
- Great for auditory learners and those with reading difficulties.
Preview Samples and Resources at the publisher’s website:
- Text table of contents
- Text sample
- Lab supply list
- Experiment Overview
- Worksheets
- Student Workbook For you to print from your copier as needed.
- Scope and Sequence
Grade 8 or 9
Prerequisite: 7th Grade Math
Price $100.00

Features of Discovering Design with Earth Science
- Discover earth science with a laboratory-based homeschool course designed for eighth or ninth grade.
- Cover the general properties of the earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
- Learn and study the sections of the geosphere (core, mantle, crust, etc.)
- Study minerals, rocks, and the rock cycle.
- Discuss plate tectonics, seismic waves, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
- Learn about fossils and the sedimentary rocks where they are found and how both uniformitarians and catastrophists interpret those fossils.
- Compare uniformitarianism and catastrophism and cover the strengths and weaknesses of each.
- Study the hydrosphere, learn the properties of water such as polarity, the ability to hydrogen bond, and heat capacity.
- Discuss the hydrologic cycle and residence time.
- Learn about the waves, currents, and tides in the ocean.
- Study the ice reservoirs and freshwater reservoirs on the earth and then the freshwater reservoirs.
- Cover water in the air is the last part of the hydrosphere that is covered.
- Discuss the atmosphere, including the composition of air, the sections of the atmosphere, temperature gradients, and pollutants.
- Study the weather.
- Cover space with chapters on the solar system and the universe.
- Has nearly 55 hours of laboratory instruction in the course. Find Lab Experiment Kits.
- Offers hands-on experience with waves, gases, wind, water purification, cloud formation, the Coriolis effect, precipitation, and acid/base interactions.
- Presented with a Christian viewpoint.
Lab Experiment Kits for Discovering Design with Earth Science
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