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Sometimes the best way to teach a subject is to lay some ground rules and then let students actually "do" what they're studying. This is especially true of science, a study predicated on activity, experimentation and the observation of physical properties. It's also one of the best ways to get kids interested in science in the first place.

If he hadn't stood atop the Tower of Pisa dropping things off the edge, Galileo would never have made his observation that objects of any weight fall at the same rate in a vacuum. Archimedes had to get in the tub to discover that it is volume that displaces water. And the only way Newton could discover calculus was by scribbling numbers on pieces of paper.

Your kid probably isn't the next Einstein, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't learn as much about science as possible, or that he should do so with his hands tied behind his back. The problem with a lot of science textbooks is that they emphasize book knowledge without taking into account the hands-on nature of science and science learning. Observation is often touted as an essential part of the science process, but rarely is it enforced in the typical school curriculum.

Science resources can change all that. There are plenty of fact-based books (particularly those from Usborne) that pair facts with vivid illustrations, and those are fun for rainy days—kids are a lot better at acquiring and retaining raw information than we often give them credit for. But those are just a place to start; the options are limitless.

One of the best sorts of science resource are books filled with experiments. Whether it's Explorabook from Klutz Press which focuses on fun activities and includes everything you need to complete them, or Vicki Cobb's Bet You Can! experiments using household items, or the more advanced Science for Every Kid books by Janice VanCleave, you aren't likely to run out of options.

Astronomy is more observation-oriented, and we offer plenty of books on that topic, too. The Stars by H.A. Rey is a now-classic guide to the night sky for beginners, while Starry Messenger explains some of the basic tenets of modern astronomy through the (detailed and beautifully illustrated) life of Galileo Galilei. Isaac Asimov has written a number of books on space science, as has Seymour Simon.

Just letting your kids outside with notebooks and maybe a magnifying glass is as good as any book for helping them develop a love of nature and nature study, though manuals to help them identify plants, animals, rocks, etc. is a good idea. One of our favorite such books is the Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock.

Keeping a well-stocked chemistry lab is a good idea for older students. Many experiments require chemicals, ingredients and equipment you aren't likely to just have lying around, so you'll need to be intentional about keeping a lot of those things stocked. Field trips are always a good idea as well, whether to a local laboratory, observatory, zoo, factory, or anywhere else that strikes your kids' fancy and has educational potential.

Whatever else you do, keep an open mind while guiding your kids' science education. The beauty of God's world and the excitement of learning about it should always be kept in view; whatever difficulty there is in physics, biology or chemistry should be met head on but not dwelt on or made cause for discouragement. Have fun, and don't restrict your science time to reading stuff—take time to actually do science, and you might find along with your children that it isn't such a bad thing to study after all.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

 

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102 Favorite Audubon Birds of America
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365 Starry Nights
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by Paul C. Morris, foreword by Edouard Stackpole
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American Ship Models and How to Build Them
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Atlas of Natural Wonders
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Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible
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by John Shewey & Tim Blount, edited by Hendrik Herlyn
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Book of Birds Volumes I & II
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Complete Guide to North American Trees
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Concerning the Nature of Things
by Sir William Bragg
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Creation and Change
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Darwin Strikes Back
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Destroyers for Great Britain
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Disappearing Spoon
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Disasters at Sea
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Discovery of Design
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Drawing Cute Birds in Colored Pencil
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Drawing Trees
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E=mc2 Picture Book of Relativity
by Gerald Kahan, illustrated by Charles Prodey
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Echoes of the Whistle
by Gerald Rushton, introduction by Leonard G. McCann
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
by Max Born with the collaboration of Gunther Leibfried and Walter Biem
2022 Reprint from Dover Publications
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$7.50 (1 in stock)
Einstein's Universe
by Nigel Calder
from Viking Press
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Elements of Faith Volume 1: Hydrogen to Tin (old)
by Richard Duncan
from Master Books
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Encyclopedia of Animals
from Fog City Press
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Encyclopedia of Mammals
by Professor David Macdonald, editor
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from Routledge
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Fabric of the Cosmos
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Field Guide to Bacteria
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From Conception to Birth
by Alexander Tsiaras
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Genesis Record
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Genius of Birds
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Getting There
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Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved!
by Ken Ham
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$2.00 (1 in stock)
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Great Iron Ship
by James Dugan
from Harper & Brothers
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Gregor Mendel
by Simon Mawer
from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
High Flew the Falcons
by Herbert Molloy Mason, Jr.
1st edition from J.B. Lippincott Co.
for Adult
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
History of Invention
by Egon Larsen
Revised from J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
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History of the American Sailing Navy
by Howard I. Chapelle
from Bonanza Books
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Honourable Schoolboy
by John le Carre
from Penguin Books
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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Hostile Skies
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
How Edison's Lamp Helped Light the West
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Hunters
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from Simon and Schuster
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Icons of Evolution DVD
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Icons of Invention: American Patent Models
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Illustrated History of Ships and Boats
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
In a Sea of Dreams
by Christopher Newbert & Birgitte Wilms
from Fourth Day Press
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Jack Nastyface
by William Robinson
from US Naval Institute Press
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Key to the Skulls of North American Mammals
2nd edition from Oklahoma State University
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Last Grain Race
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1st Printing from Houghton Mifflin
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$32.00 (1 in stock)
Liberty Ships
by John Gorley Bunker
from US Naval Institute Press
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Life Nature Library: The Desert
by A. Starker Leopold
from Time Inc.
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Living Amphibians of the World
by Doris M. Cochran
from Doubleday & Company
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Living Fossils
by Carl Werner
from Master Books
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$23.99 $20.00 (1 in stock)
Living Fossils - Teacher's Manual
by Carl Werner
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$13.59 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Manual of Celestial Navigation
by Arthur A. Ageton
from D. Van Nostrand Co.
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$18.00 (1 in stock)
Map That Changed the World
by Simon Winchester
1st edition from HarperCollins
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$10.00 (2 in stock)
Medley of Mast and Sail 2
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Microbe Hunters
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$8.50 (1 in stock)
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