tori@thehomefront Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 My ds11 wants to study geology next year, and I'm looking for opinions on texts or programs that have a young Earth basis. TIA Also, do you think it would be possible to cover the basics of geology from a secular textbook, and simply skip the chapter that covers the age of the earth from an evolutionary viewpoint? Not interested in debates, just reviews. Thank you! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalLynn Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Have you looked at Answers in Genesis? They have lots of resources for young earth teaching. This looks interesting for your guy's age: https://answersingenesis.org/store/product/gods-design-heaven-and-earth-our-planet-earth/?sku=10-1-357& Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tori@thehomefront Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Have you looked at Answers in Genesis? They have lots of resources for young earth teaching. This looks interesting for your guy's age: https://answersingenesis.org/store/product/gods-design-heaven-and-earth-our-planet-earth/?sku=10-1-357& That does look interesting...thanks for the tip! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tori@thehomefront Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Master Books has some guides for using the Wonders of Creation series. BJU's Earth Science middle school textbook is pretty good. We've had no problem using secular science texts though. Our kids know what DH and I believe, and we don't shield them from contrasting views. *shrug* I'll look up those resources. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 My ds11 wants to study geology next year, and I'm looking for opinions on texts or programs that have a young Earth basis. TIA Also, do you think it would be possible to cover the basics of geology from a secular textbook, and simply skip the chapter that covers the age of the earth from an evolutionary viewpoint? Not interested in debates, just reviews. Thank you! :) I don't know anything about YE, but from my experience you won't be able to just skip a chapter about the age of the earth. Different ages of things are mentioned throughout all the texts I've seen, ie "This sedentary rock, xx million years old, was once an ancient seabed." It won't just be in a single chapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tori@thehomefront Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I don't know anything about YE, but from my experience you won't be able to just skip a chapter about the age of the earth. Different ages of things are mentioned throughout all the texts I've seen, ie "This sedentary rock, xx million years old, was once an ancient seabed." It won't just be in a single chapter. That's what I was thinking. I have a couple secular texts I was thinking about using, but now I'm not sure. I mean, for example, volcanoes work the way volcanoes work; that's an observable phenomenon. But getting into the origins of things is going to be too much work to differentiate between the two views. (At least, too much work for me!) :) Thanks for helping me to "think" it through out loud, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Surely at the age of 11, your son would already be aware that most people don't have YEC beliefs? If so, you might want to consider allowing him to learn geology wholesale from a mainstream textbook. After all, if he is going to study geology in later years, he will need to have some understanding of deep time and its ramifications as a concept, even though he personally believes it to be incorrect. You wouldn't have to individually contradict every single mention of old earth in the book: you could simply explain at the beginning the text is written from that perspective, with which you don't agree, but it's good for him to know because that's where most other people are coming at it from. You may well find some nice YE resources, however if you completely censor out conventional OE information, he's going to be at a disadvantage later on, should he wish to continue with his geology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrittanyM Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 My DH said that the Insititute for Creation Research (ICR) might have some materials you could use. The only other thing he knew of was The Geology Book and possibly searching Creation Ministries International's website for geology articles (they have a huge online database). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tori@thehomefront Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 BJU Space & Earth Science? My DH said that the Insititute for Creation Research (ICR) might have some materials you could use. The only other thing he knew of was The Geology Book and possibly searching Creation Ministries International's website for geology articles (they have a huge online database). Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha2U Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Here are three different articles from Answers in Genesis. There are recommended resources (possibly the same) at the bottom of each article. Geology Age of the Earth The 10 Best Evidences from Science that Confirm a Young Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolkitty Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Having reviewed many Science books for public schools, I would advice againt them. If you can do APOLOGIA or Master BOOKs that would be better, or even ABEKA. That would be great, as the other books, seculars, cannot help themselves. It looks like they have to proove their pholosophy on every page. To the point of photoshoping (unnecessarily) some pictures, as I vividly recall a recent review of a Prantice Hall. Now if you have older science texts, that would be better, but then the Science will be old. It is nice to get the pure Science and you get that from the Apologia books. The Science and Math is not compromized due to view point. hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalLynn Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Surely at the age of 11, your son would already be aware that most people don't have YEC beliefs? If so, you might want to consider allowing him to learn geology wholesale from a mainstream textbook. After all, if he is going to study geology in later years, he will need to have some understanding of deep time and its ramifications as a concept, even though he personally believes it to be incorrect. You wouldn't have to individually contradict every single mention of old earth in the book: you could simply explain at the beginning the text is written from that perspective, with which you don't agree, but it's good for him to know because that's where most other people are coming at it from. You may well find some nice YE resources, however if you completely censor out conventional OE information, he's going to be at a disadvantage later on, should he wish to continue with his geology. We believe in YEC, yet we've taught our daughter old earth and evolutionary theory so that she can discuss them all with anyone. Just because someone believes in YE doesn't mean they don't teach the other belief systems. I don't know why people always assume that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 We believe in YEC, yet we've taught our daughter old earth and evolutionary theory so that she can discuss them all with anyone. Just because someone believes in YE doesn't mean they don't teach the other belief systems. I don't know why people always assume that. I was not assuming that. I'm aware that many families follow a similar path to your own. I was going by the original post which mentioned "skipping the chapter that covers the age of the earth from an evolutionary viewpoint". :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warneral Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 My kids and I are really enjoying BJU science. The 8th grade level is earth science. You can go with or without video instruction but I hear Mrs. Vick is great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalLynn Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I was not assuming that. I'm aware that many families follow a similar path to your own. I was going by the original post which mentioned "skipping the chapter that covers the age of the earth from an evolutionary viewpoint". :) I apologize. I misunderstood your tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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