This includes:
- Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology Text
- Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology Junior Notebooking Journal
- Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology Notebooking Journal
- Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology MP3 Audio CD
I have to be completely honest in saying that I received this today and was totally looking forward to it. And then in reading it, felt a huge letdown.
We have reviewed their Writers in Residence, Astronomy, & Internship for High School Credit. We liked these pretty well. But this set just was not fitting our needs nor wants very well.
This set needs some further editing done to it, to say the least, in my opinion. For example, when using pictures in the book, they should be able to edit the picture of the doc they created solely as an example, to fully include more than some base lined generic wording that is in another language that has nothing to do with the text or can be used as an example in which they are trying to portray.
Also, even for me, a conversationalist, it is written way too relaxed and elongated for a reading that is supposed to be mostly factual. Including stories is fine, but starting off a unit making it sound like a blog post written by a 10-year-old, doesn't make it more credible to a young child.
There are some very good things in here though-- in that, I feel they do try to go a step beyond what some textbooks do that I have seen. However, in the way it is presented, I don't want to feel that as a parent and teacher, that I have to worry about the wording and indoctrination because of how a textbook is written. This is a big concern for me. The reason being is that instead of putting a separate book or section about God and "Unit Name" it slides it in and also stretches the lines in trying to make it's point a little too much. That alone makes it less credible to some-- even kids. Science and faith can sometimes mix but be trying to force it to seem that it is 100% is a long shot and may draw people away from the point of view they are trying to create.
Again, if it is separated, I would have a lot more respect for the book.
And there are some things I do like about the book.
The fact that they have practical experiments that you can do from home and aren't super high technologically based is HUGE. As a scout leader, I was happy to see that they had included how to take care of a wound in there because not all textbooks do that! That is a super practical necessary skills that many kids and even some adults lack so that was refreshing. They also include a little bit of history in as well.
As for as the base of the educational content, I felt it was good. Honestly. There are ways to make it more user-friendly and still be able to boost their creationist worldview and sell this to more than just a closed market. I am one of those that I like to make sure my kids feel that their faith is their choice-- and with this book, I have to create exceptional intentionality when assigning readings. Otherwise, my child will get frustrated, regardless if they believe in God or not.
However, I am sure I have friends that would really like this. I have a very wide circle of friends. So I most definitely will be sharing this with them as it may be perfect for them!
In reviewing, and liking some of what Apologia has, this one I will use with caution but not my favourite at all. But that doesn't mean it's not good for you and your family.
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