Exploring Creation with Chemistry & Physics, Textbook

by Jeannie Fulbright

From atoms and molecules to the laws of motion and thermodynamics, this amazing course will introduce your child to the properties of matter and the basic building blocks of life. Your family will bond over this exploration of God s design for the universe as you investigate states of matter, energy in its many forms, magnetism, and simple machines. Dynamic projects for this course include mixing materials to make a bouncy ball and creating a smoke bomb. Your child will also build a solar oven, a working periscope, and a miniature motor!

Genres: Science, School, Textbooks

277 pages, Textbook Binding

First published August 1, 2013

About the author

Jeannie Fulbright, veteran homeschooler of more than 20 years, is the author of the best-selling, multi award-winning Apologia elementary science series: Exploring Creation with Astronomy, Chemistry and Physics, Botany, Zoology, and Anatomy & Physiology.
She is also the author of the Charlotte Mason Heirloom Planner, an action-packed historical kid’s time travel book series Rumble Tumbles Through Time, as well as the Mason Jar Manna preschool science books and activity kits, the Charlotte Mason Heirloom Planner, and many Charlotte Mason education necessities. She is also writing The Chronicles of Liberty with Angela O’dell, picture books that teach about the founding of our country, the Constitution, and Government.

Jeannie and her husband Jeff, a practicing lawyer, became empty nesters in 2019. All four of their children went to the University of Georgia on scholarship (Yes! Homeschooling works!) For more than 20 years Jeannie has traveled around the country speaking to homeschoolers at conventions, covering a plethora of topics from Charlotte Mason homeschooling and college prep and teaching science and developing a powerful prayer life.

Jeannie grew up in Austin, Texas and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. She is also a Certified Christian Life Coach and is dedicated to serving the homeschool community through her books, blog, articles, speaking engagements, and podcasts.

Jeannie loves to connect with fellow homeschoolers. In addition to her website, you can find Jeannie on Instagram, Pinterest, her Facebook page or her Charlotte Mason Christian Homeschoolers Facebook Page and Group, as well as on the Homeschool Solutions Show podcast where she hosts once a month.

Reviews

[Angel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has been my least favorite of the Young Explorer series by Jeannie Fulbright. Now granted, Chemistry and Physics are NOT my jam, so that plays a part in it. The book was bright and colorful, and I did learn some things. We used it this year for a very advanced 6th grader who loves chem and physics, and I would say that it was a lot of information. A LOT. Personally, I see this as an 8th grade type book. I know lots of rigorous homeschoolers would disagree, but it was very technical. There were plenty of "Try This" activities, which I thought would be nice, but some were very simple, while others were more complex and I felt need extra visual instructions. I am a very visual person so I would have appreciated better instructions to some of the "Try This" experiments. We skipped a lot of them. Personally, I would go with the Astronomy or any of the animal books over this one!!

[Jennifer Hunt]

I survived

[♡Chloe♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative

[Brittany Gunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

We are loving all these Apologia Exploring Creation books! My kids and I have all learned a lot!

[Dorothy Vandezande · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved 12/14 chapters of this book. Great experiments, engaging text, wise perspectives.

The last two chapters on electricity were a bummer. None of the experiments worked and this aspect of science is not my thing so I don't know how to tweak the experiments to make them work. We turned science over to Dad for the rest of the year.