Christian Homeschool Science: Review of Berean Builders Science in the Beginning

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Looking for a Christian homeschool science curriculum for your children?

Berean Builders creates engaging, thought-provoking science textbooks and classes for homeschoolers that are designed to encourage critical thinking for learners of all ages.

Ready to look at the very first book in their series, Science in the Beginning? Please continue reading below!

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About Berean Builders Books

Berean Builders is a bit different from most elementary science programs. Whereas most programs are built around a topical approach to science where students work through a unit focused on one area of science (weather, for example) before moving to a different topic, Berean takes a completely different approach, exploring science through a chronological journey.

Berean Builders strives to help parents teach their children to become critical thinkers by offering curriculum and online courses for elementary through high school students.

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Which Books Are Included in the Science in the Beginning Set?

You can purchase items bundled together or separately.

Science in the Beginning (a beautiful, hardback book)
Helps & Hints for Science in the Beginning
Science in the Beginning Audio Book
Science in the Beginning Set (includes Science in the Beginning and Helps & Hints for Science)

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Take a Look Inside Science in the Beginning:

Science in the Beginning is packed with colorful photographs and images as well as experiments, lesson reviews, a glossary, and an index.

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Science in the Beginning will take you on an educational journey through the six days of creation:

Science in the First Day of Creation
- Light
- Colors
- Energy
- How the human eye sees
- Reflection, absorption
- And more
Science in the Second Day of Creation
- Water and the expanse
- Solids and liquids
- Why things float
- What is water?
- And more
Science in the Third Day of Creation
- Land, sea, and plants
- Rock cycle
- Seawater
- Germination
- And more
Science in the Fourth Day of Creation
- The sun
- Earth’s motion
- Solar system
- The moon
- And more
Science in the Fifth Day of Creation
- Classification
- Osmosis and diffusion
- Vertebrates and invertebrates
- Flight
- Eggs
- And more
Science in the Sixth Day of Creation
- Land animals and people
- Insulation
- The sense of balance
- And more

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Each lesson includes an experiment and a review. I love that the lesson reviews include questions for the youngest students, older students, and oldest students; this makes it easy to make this a family-style lesson in which one textbook works well for multiple grades.

Some of the experiments in the text include:

Using light to carry information (you’ll need a flashlight to send short Morse Code messages)
Making a cloud
Making a toilet paper map of the Solar System
Flame tests
And more

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Take a Look Inside Helps & Hints for Science in the Beginning

The Helps & Hints for Science in the Beginning book includes the answers to the review exercises, as well as tests and their answers, if you choose to test your children on the material.

This is a great resource that I would definitely recommend purchasing in addition to the textbook.

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Why I Love Berean Builders

I love the different approach they take to their curriculum – exploring science chronologically.

I also love that the books can be used together as a family and for various ages.

The hardcover book is stunning and built well!

Berean Builders offers many curriculum options, including:

Science in the Beginning
Science in the Ancient World
Science in the Scientific Revolution
Science in the Age of Reason
Science in the Industrial Age
Science in the Atomic Age
And more!

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Check out our Video of Science in the Beginning!

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Where to Buy Berean Builders

You can purchase Berean Builders directly from their website. They offer many different curriculum options and FREE resources!

Some of their free resources include:

Text table of contents
Text sample
Lab supply list by lesson
Consolidated lab supply list
Scope and Sequence
Printable Notebook (Older)
Printable Notebook (Oldest)

If you’d like to stress less, save time, and infuse more joy into the time you spend educating your children, I highly recommend you look at Berean Builders today! They offer a wonderful homeschool science curriculum! I love that they’re very affordable, too!