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The secular story of man's origins is a simple equation: slime + time = the world as we know it. Sometime in the primordial depths of history, an amoeba-like being crawled out of the sludge and into posterity. Sludgy-boy was the father of all that is, and through limitless permutations and evolutions his little one-celled self became the majestic Living World with its kingdoms, genera, and species.

God's Word tells a different story. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. God made man, the planets, Earth, rivers, the ozone layer, electricity, bullfrogs, and volcanic activity. It's a strange inversion from the story atheists and naturalists like to tell—where they posit the simplest form gave birth to increasing complexity, Christians believe the most complex Being in the universe created a plethora of simpler living things out of absolutely nothing.

But arguing "Creationism" vs. Evolution is not the soul or substance of science. If atheists want to waste their breath, effort, and money trying to "prove" a phony theory, let them. Not that we shouldn't counter their claims, but we have to keep in mind that the battle is spiritual, not scientific and not even merely ideological.

To contrast, real science—observation, hypothesis, theory, and correction—glorifies God by attributing to Him the honor and praise for everything learned about the world, its inhabitants, and its mechanics. For Christians, it should be a joyful and positive pursuit, not simply a retort against secular rebellion. Man is commanded by God to subdue the Earth, to care for it, develop it, and use it, and our duty is to see that done in ways that honor Him.

It's essential that we not think of phenomena in isolated terms. The laws of physics aren't true by themselves, they're true because God decreed them and sustains them. The planets and stars don' crash into each other because mathematical equations keep them on trajectory; God keeps them on their appointed paths, and the equations only describe their movement.

Technology is often equated with science, but technological development is only one aspect of science. It's more broad than we tend to think, too—it's not just electronics and iProducts, it includes the wheel, shovels, stickframe construction, and gas stoves. Our responsibility is to make and use technology in ways that don't negatively affect the rest of God's creation, that help others, and that glorify the Creator of all things.

The world is a fascinating and wonderful place. Christians have more basis than anyone for saying this, since it isn't simply a randomized collection of cells and life forms but the creative work of God. Our study of science and nature should reflect this knowledge, and guide us in our research and development. Our prayer is that increased scientific knowledge will translate to increased thanksgiving and praise of the Maker of all things.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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Adventures in the Physical World
Let's Talk Science Level 2
by Carrie Lindquist
from Master Books
for 2nd grade
in Master Books Science (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$39.19
All About Space: Explore the Universe! Journal
by Sarah Janisse Brown, Melissa Knorr, Alexandra Bretush and Notika Pachinko
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for 2nd-6th grade
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Amazing Thing Called Memory
by Kelley Williams
from The Good and the Beautiful
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Atoms (Simply Science series)
by Melissa Stewart
1st edition from Compass Point Books
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Berean Builders Science Through History - Elementary Boxed Set
by Jay Wile
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Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature
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$15.99
Big Book of Science Stories: Fields and Flowers
Science for Little Hearts and Hands
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Biology for the Grammar Stage - Student Workbook (really old)
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Biology for the Grammar Stage - Teacher Guide (old)
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Building Blocks Book 2 - Laboratory Workbook (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
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$29.00 $19.00 (1 in stock)
Building Blocks Book 2 - Package (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
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Building Blocks Book 2 - Teacher's Manual (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
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$9.00 (3 in stock)
Caterpillars and Butterflies
Usborne Beginners
by Stephanie Turnbull
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$3.00 (2 in stock)
Changing Weather
by Ashlee Klemm, illustrated by Vanessa Toye
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Christian Light Science - LightUnit 205
Sunrise Edition from Christian Light Education
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$3.50 (1 in stock)
Creation Astronomy
by Felice Gerwitz & Jill Whitlock
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for Kindergarten-12th grade
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method
by Sally Kneidel
from Fulcrum Resources
Science Curriculum for Kindergarten-6th grade
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Curious Reptiles and Amphibians
The Good and the Beautiful Library
by Nyree Bevan
from The Good and the Beautiful
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$5.50 (1 in stock)
Developing Critical Thinking through Science - Book 1
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$24.99 $15.00 (1 in stock)
DK Eyewonder: Stars and Planets
DK Eyewonder
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$16.99
DK Eyewonder: Weather
by Lorrie Mack
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$10.99 $7.00 (2 in stock)
DK Findout! Earth
by Maryam Sharif-Draper
from DK Publishing
for 1st-4th grade
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
DK First Animal Encyclopedia
Revised from DK Children
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$17.99
Earlybird Start Up Science - Set
by Godfrey Hall
from Marshall Cavendish Education
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$25.20 $14.00 (2 in stock)
Earth Science & Astronomy for the Grammar Stage - Set (old)
by Paige Hudson
Updated from Elemental Science
for 2nd-5th grade
in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
Earth Science & Astronomy for the Grammar Stage Updated Edition (old)
by Paige Hudson
Updated 2nd Edition from Elemental Science
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
Eggs and Chicks
Usborne Beginners
by Fiona Patchett
from Usborne
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$3.00 (3 in stock)
Enjoying God's World - Worktext
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
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$18.00 (7 in stock)
Exploring Creation Field Trip Journal (Apologia)
by Rachael Yunis
1st edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Apologia Science (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$12.79 $9.50 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Botany - Junior Notebooking Journal
by Jeannie Fulbright
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 1st-3rd grade
in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$17.50 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation with Botany - MP3 CD Audio Book
from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 2nd-6th grade
in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Creation with Earth Science
by Rachael Yunis
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$44.00
Exploring Creation with Earth Science (old)
from Apologia Educational Ministries
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$39.00
Exploring Creation with Earth Science - Junior Notebooking Journal (old)
from Apologia Educational Ministries
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$27.75
Exploring Creation with Earth Science - MP3 CD Audio Book (old)
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$22.50
Exploring Creation with Earth Science - Notebooking Journal
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$31.20
Exploring Creation with Earth Science - Notebooking Journal (old)
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$27.75
Exploring Creation With Human Anatomy - Junior Notebooking Journal
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Exploring Creation With Zoology 2 - Junior Notebooking Journal (old)
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$26.40
Exploring Creation With Zoology 3 - Junior Notebooking Journal (old)
by Jeannie Fulbright
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$29.60
Fields and Flowers - Parent Guide
Science for Little Hearts and Hands
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$10.50 (1 in stock)
Fields and Flowers Course Set
Science for Little Hearts and Hands
by Jenny Phillips
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$28.00 (1 in stock)
Focus On Elementary Astronomy - Package
by Rebecca W. Keller
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Focus on Elementary Biology - Package
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
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Focus on Elementary Biology - Teacher's Manual
by Rebecca W. Keller
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for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
$21.00 (1 in stock)
Focus on Elementary Biology - Teacher's Manual (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
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$14.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Focus on Elementary Chemistry - Student Textbook
by Rebecca W. Keller
3rd edition from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
$29.00 (1 in stock)
Focus on Elementary Chemistry - Teacher's Manual
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Focus On Elementary Geology - Package
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
Focus On Elementary Geology - Teacher's Manual
by Rebecca W. Keller
3rd edition from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Fossils Tell of Long Ago
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by Aliki
Revised from HarperCollins
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Dinosaurs & Fossils (Location: SCI-DINO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Geology Rocks!
by Cindy Blobaum
from Williamson Publishing Company
for 1st-7th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$7.50 (2 in stock)
Giant Science Resource Book
by Jo Ellen Moor
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 1st-6th grade
in Evan-Moor Science (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$20.29
God's Design for Heaven and Earth for Beginners
from Master Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Master Books God's Design (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$39.19 $34.00 (2 in stock)
God's Design for Life for Beginners
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence
4th edition from Master Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Master Books God's Design (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$39.19
God's Wonderful Works
God's World Series
by Eric Bristley & Edward Shewan
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in CLP Science (Location: SCICUR-CLP)
$16.75
God's Wonderful Works (old)
God's World Series
by Eric Bristley & Edward Shewan
from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI)
$9.50
God's Wonderful Works - kit (old)
God's World Series
by Eric Bristley & Edward Shewan
from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI)
$18.50 $12.00 (1 in stock)
God's Wonderful Works - Set
God's World Series
by Eric Bristley & Edward Shewan
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in CLP Science (Location: SCICUR-CLP)
God's Wonderful Works - Teacher Manual
from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in CLP Science (Location: SCICUR-CLP)
$10.60
God's Wonderful Works - Teacher Manual (old)
from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
God's Wonderful Works - Tests
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
for 2nd grade
in CLP Science (Location: SCICUR-CLP)
$6.45
History Science Health 2 - Activity Book Teacher Key
from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Science (Location: SCICUR-ABK)
$8.50 (3 in stock)
Homeschool History, Science, Health 2 - Curriculum Lesson Plans
from A Beka Books
for 2nd grade
in A Beka Science (Location: SCICUR-ABK)
$14.50 (2 in stock)
How Do You Lift a Lion?
by Robert E. Wells
from Albert Whitman & Company
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$8.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
How Flowers Grow
Usborne Beginners
by Emma Helbrough
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
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$4.99 $3.00 (1 in stock)
How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
by Faith McNulty
from HarperCollins
Non-fiction for 2nd-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.49 $3.60 (2 in stock)
InquisiKids Discover & Do Level 1 - DVD
from InquisiCorp Corporation
for 3rd grade
in Inquisikids Discover & Do (Location: SCI-INQ)
$7.50 (2 in stock)
InquisiKids Discover & Do Level 2 - DVD
from InquisiCorp Corporation
for 2nd grade
in Inquisikids Discover & Do (Location: SCI-INQ)
$7.50 (3 in stock)
InquisiKids Discover & Do Volume 1 - DVD
from InquisiCorp Corporation
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Clearance: Science & Health (Location: ZCLE-SCI)
$4.00 (2 in stock)
Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?
from Albert Whitman & Company
for K-2nd grade
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$9.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion
by Andrea Gianopoulos
1st edition from Capstone Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.76 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Kingdoms & Classification - Course Book
by Jenny Phillips
from The Good and the Beautiful
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in GATB Science & Health (Location: CUR-GABSc)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Kingdoms & Classification - Student Journal Grades 7-8
by Jenny Phillips
from The Good and the Beautiful
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in GATB Science & Health (Location: CUR-GABSc)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Kingdoms & Classification Unit Study K-6 (old)
by Jenny Phillips
1st edition from The Good and the Beautiful
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Science 2 - Book 1
from Alpha Omega Publications
in AOP Lifepacs: Science (Location: SCICUR-AOP)
$11.50
Lifepac: Science 2 - Book 10
from Alpha Omega Publications
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$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Science 2 - Book 2
from Alpha Omega Publications
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$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
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$11.50 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Lifepac: Science 2 - Book 4
You
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Lifepac: Science 2 - Boxed Set
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Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip
by Joanna Cole
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Magic School Bus (Location: SER-MSB)
$7.64
Magic School Bus at the Waterworks
Magic School Bus
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from Scholastic Inc.
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Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
by Joanne Cole
Reprint from Scholastic Inc.
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$7.64
Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body
Magic School Bus
by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
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$7.64 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System
Magic School Bus
by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Magic School Bus (Location: SER-MSB)
$7.64 $3.60 (2 in stock)
Mankind Marvelously Made
for 1st-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Science Curriculum (Location: SCICUR-MISC)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Mission Migration
by Ileana Martinez Board, illustrated by Anna Speshilova
from The Good and the Beautiful
for 2nd-5th grade
in GATB Science & Health (Location: CUR-GABSc)
$5.50 (2 in stock)
My Pals are Here 2 - Activity Book
by Sulin
2nd edition from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 2nd grade
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$11.80 $8.00 (2 in stock)
My Pals are Here 2 - Teacher's Guide
by Sulin
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$50.00 $34.00 (1 in stock)
My Pals are Here 2 - Textbook
by Sulin
2nd edition from Marshall Cavendish Education
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$19.70 $13.00 (1 in stock)
My Pals Are Here Science 2B - Teacher's Guide (old)
International Edition from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 2nd grade
in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI)
$30.00 (1 in stock)
Night Animals
Usborne Beginners Level 1
by Susan Meredith
from Usborne
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$4.99
Noeo Biology 1 - Instructor's Guide (old)
by Randy Pritchard
3rd edition from Noeo Science Curriculum
for 1st-3rd grade (ages 5-8)
in Miscellaneous Science Curriculum (Location: SCICUR-MISC)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Noeo Physics 1 - Instructor's Guide (old)
by Dr. Randy Pritchard
2nd edition from Noeo Science Curriculum
for 1st-3rd grade (ages 5-8)
in Old Edition Science (Location: OSCI)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Official Sassafras SciDat Logbook 2
Sassafras Science
by Johnny Congo & Paige Hudson
2nd edition from Elemental Science
for Kindergarten-5th grade
in Sassafras Science (Location: SCICUR-SAS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
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