Sample pages from For the Beauty of the Earth: A Science Supplement for Catholic Parents and Teachers

For the Beauty of the Earth will add the missing ingredients to make your science curriculum (grades one through six) sound.

  • The 140 page illustrated student anthology contains all the literature for the units (well over 100 poems, psalms, and excerpts).
  • The text is divided into lessons suitable for grades 1 & 2, 3 & 4, and 5 & 6.
  • Each lesson begins with a text or reading and includes four kinds of questions (textual questions about the reading, observational questions about the thing being studied, questions of admiration designed to instill wonder, and questions of religious analogy).
  • The 57 page teacher's manual contains the lesson plans, questions, answers, and choices of activities designed to lead the student deeper into each subject of study.
  • Human in asking children to stand in admiration of the mysteries of creation.
  • Integrated to allow parents or teachers to combine literature, art, science, and religion in one lesson.
  • Reverent as it guides the student to recognize the Creator in His works.

by Dr. James Leek, Dr. Kenneth Klassen, Diane Dickerson, and Anne Patrick

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Excerpted from For the Beauty of the Earth

Used with permission.