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Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day
Let your child s imagination soar with this fascinating study of birds, bats, and flying insects. Your young zoologist will investigate the dynamics of flight, learn classification skills, keep a field journal, and explore how the design we see in flying creatures points us toward our Creator. High-flying projects for this course include building a bird feeder, working with nesting materials, and even bringing a flying insect back from the dead !
236 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2005
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Jeannie Fulbright
31 books53 followersJeannie 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.
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.
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August 17, 2023
This is the most enjoyable science curriculum I have found for my elementary students! I especially love how God is woven through every lesson. We are looking forward to reading more from this series!
August 22, 2011
I coveted these books for a very long time before buying them. I never wanted to use them as a curriculum but rather as reference books. There is SOO much information packed into these books about creatures that it is hard to find interesting information about elsewhere. I wasn't sure the children would like reading through these but I decided to give it a go for the summer term. They LOVED this book and are anxious to start the next and won't even hear of waiting till next summer to start Zoology 2. They could not get enough of this book even when we got to flying insects where I thought their interest might wane. We tried one or two of the experiments but we were unimpressed and will stick to using this as a living book only. Just read and narrate, no notebooks or silly experiments that don't seem to go with the content. I was pleasantly surprised that my kids enjoyed this so much.
May 3, 2024
Excellent Zoology curriculum. I learned so much as I read it to our kids and it was very interesting. The way it was laid out was really nice. It has review questions at the end of each chapter and there is an answer to those questions in the back of the book which made it easy to make sure we were covering the right material. It was enjoyable for my Kindergartener all the way up to my 7th grader.
June 25, 2021
This was my science book this year. My sister and I did this together. My favorite lesson was probably lesson 11. The reason is because I, thought it was interesting learning about bees ants, wasps, and termites. It told what they had to do to survive. Anyway, I thought it was the most interesting.
May 24, 2018
Great book. We learned so much!
July 5, 2021
I really like these books and was sad when I had to get rid of them due to a move.
November 3, 2021
Enjoyable science curriculum for my K- 7th grade. Having finished the other 2 books in the series we are beginning the zoology 3 next. Highly recommend!
March 9, 2012
Well, I feel like I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like this series, but I don't. And here are the reasons why:
1. The author likes to "chat", have little conversations with you like she's sitting right there with you. That bugged. It was confusing for my kids because I kept reading "I" but it wasn't me, it was the author. And it takes up so much stinking time. I kept thinking "get on with it - I have a ton of other things to do today!" I found myself skipping over those parts so we could just get to the "information".
2. There is a TON of information here. Minute little details. That's both good and bad. We tried this in the first grade and most of it was just too advanced for them. I can see that this might work as they get older though.
3. The activities she recommends are HUGE. Like building 2 identical bird feeders and tracking what birds visit over a few weeks. Building bird houses and several other BIG projects. I didn't have the time with a toddler and a preemie newborn. We kept skipping over stuff and I felt we weren't really understanding because we didn't have that reinforcement it would have provided. And dad didn't have time to help either.
I think the book is beautiful. Wonderful pictures and lovely glossy pages. It just didn't work for us. I've kept the book though and may use it again when they're a little older. Or have them read through it in middle school/junior high and do the stuff on their own.
UPDATE 2009 - We're using this for the third grade and it's working much better. I do edit out the 'chatty' junk and sometimes paraphrase things. We sometimes do the experiments and sometimes we just modify them. My boys seem to enjoy it and I've learned to loosen up and not expect perfect retention. This book (and the series) is more about gaining a love for science. I still feel it is too textbooky for my taste, but it's so difficult to get all the books I need from the library in all the subjects that I caved on science and use this, with whatever books I can find thrown in.
We will most likely finish this series and also the Real Science 4 Kids series (which I LOVE) and then use whatever science books we can get our hands on. This does the job, especially when you're in a book poor area.
UPDATE 2012 - Well, we picked it back up again. We just kept losing interest and stopping. But this time we finished!!! Towards the end, when we hit the insects, they started to enjoy it a little better. It would have been better had I timed it with spring/summer when we could actually FIND bugs. Overall it's a good book. Not my favorite, but it does the job.
1. The author likes to "chat", have little conversations with you like she's sitting right there with you. That bugged. It was confusing for my kids because I kept reading "I" but it wasn't me, it was the author. And it takes up so much stinking time. I kept thinking "get on with it - I have a ton of other things to do today!" I found myself skipping over those parts so we could just get to the "information".
2. There is a TON of information here. Minute little details. That's both good and bad. We tried this in the first grade and most of it was just too advanced for them. I can see that this might work as they get older though.
3. The activities she recommends are HUGE. Like building 2 identical bird feeders and tracking what birds visit over a few weeks. Building bird houses and several other BIG projects. I didn't have the time with a toddler and a preemie newborn. We kept skipping over stuff and I felt we weren't really understanding because we didn't have that reinforcement it would have provided. And dad didn't have time to help either.
I think the book is beautiful. Wonderful pictures and lovely glossy pages. It just didn't work for us. I've kept the book though and may use it again when they're a little older. Or have them read through it in middle school/junior high and do the stuff on their own.
UPDATE 2009 - We're using this for the third grade and it's working much better. I do edit out the 'chatty' junk and sometimes paraphrase things. We sometimes do the experiments and sometimes we just modify them. My boys seem to enjoy it and I've learned to loosen up and not expect perfect retention. This book (and the series) is more about gaining a love for science. I still feel it is too textbooky for my taste, but it's so difficult to get all the books I need from the library in all the subjects that I caved on science and use this, with whatever books I can find thrown in.
We will most likely finish this series and also the Real Science 4 Kids series (which I LOVE) and then use whatever science books we can get our hands on. This does the job, especially when you're in a book poor area.
UPDATE 2012 - Well, we picked it back up again. We just kept losing interest and stopping. But this time we finished!!! Towards the end, when we hit the insects, they started to enjoy it a little better. It would have been better had I timed it with spring/summer when we could actually FIND bugs. Overall it's a good book. Not my favorite, but it does the job.
February 10, 2014
This book is a highlight of our school day. It is an exceptionally well written book and full of photos and diagrams that fully explain to a young grade school student what might otherwise be difficult terms like "echolocation", "airfoil", and "binomial nomenclature." Sprinkled in are some pretty fun and easy to do at home experiments. One simple one has been to set an egg on our counter and candle it everyday to see the changes that take place. And YES it is most emphatically CHRISTIAN, so if that is not what you are interested in you will want to steer clear of this whole series.
It is a book that can very easily be covered in one year. The chapters have been divided further into smaller categories making it easy to progress and easy to come to a finishing point each lesson.
My children love keeping a science notebook of all our new facts and terms learned and to draw the diagrams into their notebook from the text book.
My children even go back months later and reread their notebooks just for the fun of it. That is real learning!
It is real in depth science at a child's level. I highly recommend it for your science curriculum for a year.
It is a book that can very easily be covered in one year. The chapters have been divided further into smaller categories making it easy to progress and easy to come to a finishing point each lesson.
My children love keeping a science notebook of all our new facts and terms learned and to draw the diagrams into their notebook from the text book.
My children even go back months later and reread their notebooks just for the fun of it. That is real learning!
It is real in depth science at a child's level. I highly recommend it for your science curriculum for a year.
January 21, 2014
I'm not a "science person" but I'll mark this high based on readability, information and interest. It can be difficult to find books that are easy to read out loud, without a lot of bubbles with extra info all over the page. This book would be fine for a student to read independantly, but also worked well as a read aloud. The book included enough information for the kids to be interested in the subject matter. I find the more the student knows about a subject the more they enjoy it. We wanted in depth rather than a brief overview and were happy with what we learned. The subject matter itself was surprisingly engaging for our students and the experiments ranged from quick and easy to quite lengthy. Many of the experiments were skipped over because of the cost or time required but on the whole it was a good variety of projects. If we had more than 5 stars, this book would rank high, but not perfect, but as we only have five, I lean towards 5 instead of 4. We will be using more Apologia books for science in the future because of our experience with this book.
April 16, 2012
I was so blessed to find these books! I didn't know I loved science until we started using these books for school at home. The notebooking journals that go with them are fantastic. Ms. Fulbright has great insight and a spiritual mind that appeals to us. Her ideas are interesting and her lessons are well presented. It's so completely false that science and religion are incompatible - they beautifully compliment each other! Who is the Master Biologist, after all?
January 11, 2012
My kids were very attentive, asked great questions, and enjoyed this book a lot. It does go into information you would not find in a general textbook which we enjoyed. I also like how easy the experiements are presented as sometimes we would not do them, but my kids could go back and do them themselves when they were inspired.
March 29, 2012
Love this whole series thus far. Very interesting and engaging.
January 26, 2013
I really like these books for elementary science. Interesting and lots of info.
March 19, 2014
We love being able to study animals together in this way. There is something for everyone.
February 20, 2015
The bat chapter was my favorite.
May 21, 2015
Excellent science curriculum. My kids loved the experiments. Highly recommend the journal that goes along with it.
February 24, 2009
really good book! intresting
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