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Creation Study ~Day 1 Light, Day & Night

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“Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good;

and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.

So the evening and the morning were the first day.”

Genesis 1:3-5

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For our science for the next 6 weeks(maybe 7) we are studying Scientific Creationism and a science subject to go with each day of creation.

Week 1 was the study of Day 1 so we studied light, Day and Night.

We are reading the corresponding lesson from the “Answers for Kids curriculum” as well as “Case for a Creator for Kids“.

This is our second time reading the Case for a Creator, my boys are getting so much out of it this time around!

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I let the boys play with playdough sometimes while I read.

There is a nice Creation Study Unit on this site that I have been using as a reference also.

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The Max Axiom book “The illuminating world of Light” is a great way to introduce the subject.

The Magic Schoolbus show has a great episode on light called “Makes a rainbow”.

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We got the “Bending Pencil” experiment from here.

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Experimenting with how things effect light.

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Bending light experiment.

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Reflecting light.

Sciencekids has a really good section on light with experiments also.

We did there experiment on absorbing heat and the boys loved it!

I just forgot to take any pictures…

My oldest read Children’s biographies on Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein.

I would like to say it was intentional on my part that these went along with our lesson but it was complete serendipity.

I love when that happens.

My son and I like the Graphic Novel Biographies best.

They are colorful and look like comic books!

We are covering one Day of creation for a week.

Answersingenesis.org has a great kids section so be sure to check them out for more info on Creation!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Day 2 Atmosphere

Day 3 Dry Land & Plants

How I teach History and Science without a curriculum.

I am going to attempt to explain how I choose what subjects we learn each month.

I try to link together History, Science, Reading, Literature, and Geography.

I used to do this by figuring out what we were wanting or needing to learn about for a month and then doing searches online of timelines of big events in history and science.

My mother in-law found a really good book of timelines that put them all in one place!

I just look up the year I want and it tells me what was going on in science, literature, and so on.

I have also used History for the ages for help in finding out things that have happened in the past.

This timeline includes events in the bible and I really like that!

If you do not want to spend money, you can use wikipedia.

That is what I did before.

The reason I try to tie my subjects together is because history and science are tied!

What would WW2 be without Albert Einstein?

Scientific discoveries changed history.

Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” means so much more if you realize it was written during the war of 1812.

Here are a couple examples of how I link my subjects.

Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin, Electricity, Pennsylvania.

War of 1812, Grimm Fairy Tales, Electricity, Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, United States Geography, The Star Spangled Banner.

This month is:

The Underground Railroad, The Civil War, Germs, Louis Pasture, The Red Badge of Courage, Harriet Tubman, The United States Geography.

It does not always work out perfectly but I do enjoy it!

It is almost like digging for treasure when I am looking for things that go together!