Teek Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I've tried a search, but I'm just not seeing what I'm looking for. Can anyone help me find some quality homeschool science resources that are Old Earth, or at least not pushing YE? Secular and Christian are both fine. My oldest will be moving into 6th in the upcoming school year. I'd love to find a company we can stick with through high school if possible. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Any secular school text. For homeschool specific materials, I like REAL Science Odyssey through middle school. For high school stuff there are pinned posts at the top of the high school board that go through the many options available for biology, chemistry, and physics. I don't think you need to worry about coordinating elementary and high school programs. Edited February 20, 2018 by maize 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Go to reasons.org. It's a Christian ministry that focuses on science and apologetics. I heard Hugh Ross speak once at my church, and it was really great to hear scientists speaking on topics of faith as well as current science discoveries. You will find curricula that they recommend that is either OE or OE friendly while scientifically sound.http://reasons.org/education/educators-help-desk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syllieann Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Novare has middle school and high school options. https://www.novarescienceandmath.com Memoria Press sells lesson plans for some of them. Chc has lesson plans for the earth science text. Haven’t used them yet, but fully intend to go that way soon. Chc also has life science for middle school. It is published by them so it is Catholic-specific. Novare is Christian (in the traditional sense of the word, not to mean Evangelical) so those should appeal to a wider audience. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teek Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thank you! I'll check into all of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Ivy Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Novare is my current favorite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 You should be able to find a lot of resources. If you're not, consider using an incognito search on Google. It may be, if you are a Christian, Google thinks you want resources tagged "Christian". Incognito will search without that history, and provide you with more options. Do not use "old earth" as a search term--only young-earth creationists use it. Instead, use specific terms related to the methodology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (Google "thinks" that because you may be frequenting a lot of sites and searching for things on Google that put you in a bucket. Not because they have a "Christian" monitor or anything.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Most of these go through grade 8 or 9, some higher. Noeo - uses Usborne books and aims to simply display God's wonders of the earth, not tell you what to think about them. Moving Beyond The Page science units - secular Intellego units - secular, old earth. Evan-Moor - secular Sciencesaurus/Science Daybooks - secular Bookshark - neutral PAC - jr high through high school secular (set up as independent study with workbooks/textbooks) I would make yourself two lists, one for middle school, one for high school texts. That way you can find the best of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) We are old earth Christians. I have let my dd do some Apologia in co-op, but she understands where we differ in belief, and we have covered it in other ways at home. Here is a website I like that links to old Earth Christian materials, and makes a few of their own. http://reasons.org/ Well, now that I posted, I can't find on the site where it does that anymore. It used to link to curriculum and texts from other publishers that they approved of. It looks like now that it only has their classes and videos on there. Or else I just can't find anything now. So I am may be no help. Sorry. Edited February 20, 2018 by 2_girls_mommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) 2_girls_mommy, They redesigned their webiste, you would find it in the education section. I linked the curriculum rec page above in my post. You need to scroll down and click on the grade range to see the recs. Edited February 21, 2018 by calbear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitgrl Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 You should be able to find a lot of resources. If you're not, consider using an incognito search on Google. It may be, if you are a Christian, Google thinks you want resources tagged "Christian". Incognito will search without that history, and provide you with more options. Do not use "old earth" as a search term--only young-earth creationists use it. Instead, use specific terms related to the methodology. Or you can use duckduckgo.com, which doesn't track you. And you can use extra search terms, like a minus (-) if you want a specific to not show up in your results, or quotes for an exact match of words together. Google no longer supports tweaked searches, and ignores those things in queries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 2_girls_mommy, They reseigned their webiste, you would find it in the education section. I linked the curriculum rec page above in my post. You need to scroll down and click on the grade range to see the recs. I totally didn't read all of the responses or I would have seen that you had already posted and linked the correct spot! Thanks for that. :) I met them at homeschool convention and used their 3rd-6th grade unit study with my kids and a niece one summer. Even I learned a lot of science that explained old earth and the Bible together that summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) I looked at the Catholic Heritage Life Science text last yr. Nice! OE, clearly Christian. I am Protestant snd could use that book just fine. It is a middle school book. I don't know if theirvother grade kevels are as good. Edited February 21, 2018 by ScoutTN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teek Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Thanks so much you guys! I really appreciate all the responses. I'm in the process of checking everything out that you suggested. We're Catholic, so I'll definitely look into some of those as well. The reason I'd like to stick with a series from middle through high school is because she struggles with school in general. Anything that is a familiar format goes a looong way towards helping her feel more comfortable and feeling like she's capable of doing it. Switching companies or formats throws her for quite a loop for a few weeks, sometimes even longer. We've used Apologia, and I liked it in general, but other than the Astronomy text, she hasn't really taken to it very well. The way YE is pushed so hard in literally every single topic is getting to me, especially in the materials geared towards older students. I figure it's best to look for alternatives now and try to find something she can resonate with before we get too far along. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrt Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 We're in the same boat (and Catholic) and having trouble finding things for early elementary. Novare looks great, but they don't have anything earlier than 5/6 grade level last I checked. Has anyone heard if they're coming out with an elementary series? Is CHC the same as Catholic Heritage? Do they have things for 1-4 grade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syllieann Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 We're in the same boat (and Catholic) and having trouble finding things for early elementary. Novare looks great, but they don't have anything earlier than 5/6 grade level last I checked. Has anyone heard if they're coming out with an elementary series? Is CHC the same as Catholic Heritage? Do they have things for 1-4 grade? Yes, CHC is catholic heritage, and yes, they have stuff for younger kids. The 1st-2nd grade books seem to be sequential. The 5th-6th grade books also seem to be sequential. I just feel like they randomly stuck the 3rd and 4th grade books into the sequence without much thought to the overal series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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