Exploring Creation with Botany, Textbook

This was my first purchase of an Apologia textbook and knew that Apologia was well liked among homeschoolers. I must say I agree. I purchased this book for my daughter for a co-op class and thoroughly enjoyed it myself. It is written in a casual easy-to-read style with interesting facts and great pictures. I think I learned more about botany through this book than I had learned in my lifetime. At first I thought, "How interesting can plants be?" but found it to be quite enjoyable and educational and enjoyed reading the lessons out loud so my whole family could benefit. It has some science projects that can be done at home, usually with easy to find ingredients and equipment, some which most of us already have on hand. Overall, I was very pleased with the book.

This book, combined with the Notebooking journal, make for an easy science to teach! I don't know tons about "Botany" but this spells it out! There is a guide for if you plan to take a year or half a year to teach the subject AND if you are in warm or cool climate! Nice. It reads well too. There are a lot more references to Gods creation in this subject, as opposed to Astronomy (we just finished that one.) The journal offers a chance for the students to be creative while remembering what they are reading or hearing. As a new homeschool parent this year, I appreciate the layout and helpful hints!

I love, love, LOVE this book!!!! This book is fantastic. I have always been interested in botany but most school books bored the tar out of me. This book is so interesting. Page after page of scientific facts and names but explained simple enough for someone with ADD like me. I love that they constantly reference bible facts along with all of gods creation. Not just random bible facts, lol, but ones that always go along with the lesson and proves that there are lots of scientific facts in the bible. :). I highly reccomend this book. For homeschooling, and even just for your personal referance library. :)

We have enjoyed all of the Apologia science curriculum that we've tried so far, but this is my favorite of all of them. It is simple and well presented. It is probably the shortest and easiest to read of the series. There is also lots of opportunity to go to your back yard or a near by park and explore what you are learning about.

We love this book. We bought it to go through with my kids to teach them how God created plants and animals to work together. From a creation botany stand point this is great! We learned so much and it's very clear and easy to understand even for younger ones. If Chapters were too complicated (which only happened once or twice) I would read and paraphrase for them. The idea in doing this is so that it challenges them to learn hard concepts and big words. I know it's a school book but we often refer to it just to read because it's so cool!

My kids, then 10-12yrs have both enjoyed reading this series. They are really written well for kids and don't feel like a dry textbook. I give them only 4 stars though because too many of the projects are arts & crafts and if they're real science experiments they don't work. Teaming up with another science teacher that's stronger in developing experiments would be earn it the 5th star.

Just completed this Botony curriculum with my third grader. She LOVED to read this on her own and discuss it with me in the evenings. The projects were fun and easy to complete. Excellent from the scientific standpoint as well. I am a biologist and chemist, by trade. It is very difficult to satisfy my requirements for science curriculum and Apologia surpasses expectations.

Using this for my first graders being home-schooled. We love it! She is grasping so many awesome concepts due to the fun activities provided, and it encourages self-learning. We've gone outside or to YouTube to look in deeper depth at the awesome plants it talks about.Looking forward to Zoology next year!

Excellent resource for homeschooling family.

As a homeschooling family, we love the Apologia series of Exploring Creation textbooks. They are written in a way that my kids find engaging. This Botany one has not disappointed.My boys have been making lapbooks using the information from this textbook and are really enjoying learning about Botany.Note: the books are all written from a creation perspective and are not secular.

A wonderfully informative read, well pitched to its intended audience.

Incredible book. My kids love this book and are always reading it.