Purposeful Design Earth and Space Student Textbook 1E

Purposeful Design: Earth and Space Science is one of three year-long science courses from ACSI designed for students in grades 6-9 to get them excited about learning the science behind the world they live in. This course covers earth science, minerals, types of rocks, the structure of the earth, weathering and erosion, soil, crust movement, earthquakes, volcanoes, water systems and weather, the environment, astronomy, space exploration, and more.

This Earth and Space Student Textbook includes:

• Worldview connections
• Critical thinking skills developed through scientific inquiry and investigation
• Hands-on learning activities that excite students to want to know more
• The languages and processes of science
• Tools to help students be responsible for understanding concepts and lesson objectives
• Units that open with a list of vocabulary and key ideas
• Chapters with easy-to-read text and sidebar boxes with objectives, defined vocabulary, interesting facts, history, careers, and more
• Illustrations, diagrams, timelines, and hands-on experiments are also integrated
• Lesson review questions complete each chapter

Hardcover textbook with 469 pages.