Science Shepherd Introductory Science Homeschool Curriculum

Introductory Science

Creation, geology, biology, astronomy, oceanography, meteorology and more! Daily 2-5 minute video lessons, which can be viewed on your own time schedule.

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Course Curriculum

1. Getting Started
2. Printable Schedule
3. Activity Supply List
4. Creative Commons Licensing
1. Day 1: God's Word is the Final Say-So
2. Day 2: How Did God Create?
3. Day 3: Why 7 Days?
4. Day 4: Creation: Day 1
5. Day 5: Creation: Days 2 and 3
1. Day 1: Creation: Days 4 and 5
2. Day 2: Creation: Days 6 and 7
3. Day 2 Activity: Creation Pictures
4. Day 3: Dominion
5. Day 4: Dominion
6. Day 5: Great Scientists
1. Day 1: The Scientific Method
2. Day 2: Skills
3. Day 2 Activity: Observation
4. Day 3: Skills
5. Day 4: Tools
6. Day 5: Made in God's Image
7. Day 5 Activity: Bird Feeders
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: The Atmosphere
3. Day 3: What is Weather?
4. Day 4: Precipitation
5. Day 5: The Water Cycle
6. Day 5 Activity: Tin Cans
1. Day 1: Temperature
2. Day 1 Activity: Weather Observation
3. Day 2: Why We Have Seasons
4. Day 3: Winter and Spring
5. Day 4: Summer and Fall
6. Day 4 Activity: Leaf Rubbing
7. Day 5: God Gives Us Everything
1. Day 1: Storms
2. Day 1 Activity: Storm Formation
3. Day 2: Thunder and Lightning
4. Day 3: Wind
5. Day 3 Activity: Anemometer
6. Day 4: Tornadoes and Hurricanes
7. Day 5: The Great Flood
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: The Earth's Layers
3. Day 3: Rocks
4. Day 4: Soil
5. Day 5: Landscapes
1. Day 1: Volcanoes
2. Day 1 Activity: Volcano
3. Day 2: Ice Age
4. Day 3: Glaciers
5. Day 4: Earthquakes
6. Day 5: Erosion
7. Day 5 Activity: Erosion
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 1 Activity: Fossils
3. Day 2: Animals and Plants of the Past
4. Day 3: Animals and Plants of the Past
5. Day 4: Fossil Fuels
6. Day 5: What About Dinosaurs?
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Facts and History
3. Day 3: Fresh and Salt Water
4. Day 4: What's at the Bottom?
5. Day 5: Ocean Tides
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Reproduce After Their Kinds
3. Day 3: Structure and Function, Roots
4. Day 3 Activity: Avocado Plant
5. Day 4: Structure and Function, Leaves
6. Day 5: Stems
1. Day 1: Flowers
2. Day 2: Flowers
3. Day 3: Seeds
4. Day 3 Activity: Apple Seeds
5. Day 4: Ferns
6. Day 5: Pine Trees
1. Day 1: What Plants Need to Grow
2. Day 2: Where Plants Live
3. Day 3: What Happens in Fall and Winter
4. Day 4: Classify Plants
5. Day 5: Uses of Plants
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Why God Created the Heavenly Objects
3. Day 2 Optional Activity: Sundial
4. Day 3: Anatomy of the Solar System
5. Day 4: Revolving and Review of Seasons
6. Day 5: Rotating
1. Day 1: The Sun
2. Day 2: Telescopes
3. Day 2 Activity: Telescope
4. Day 3: The Moon
5. Day 3 Activity: Flashlight, Mirror & Moon
6. Day 4: The Moon
7. Day 4 Optional Activity: Moon Phases
8. Day 5: Constellations
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Reproduce After Their Kind
3. Day 3: On the Bottom
4. Day 4: On the Bottom
5. Day 5: On the Bottom
1. Day 1: Freshwater Fish
2. Day 1 Activity: Saltwater
3. Day 2: Saltwater Fish
4. Day 3: Sharks and Rays
5. Day 4: Octopus and Squid
6. Day 5: Whales and Dolphins
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Insects: Butterflies and Moths
3. Day 3: Insects: Bees
4. Day 4: Insects: Grasshoppers
5. Day 5: Reptiles
1. Day 1: Birds: Characteristics
2. Day 2: Birds: Characteristics
3. Day 2 Activity: Egg
4. Day 3: Birds: Hummingbirds
5. Day 4: Birds: Geese, Ducks, Swans
6. Day 5: Birds: Birds of Prey
1. Day 1: Birds: Owls
2. Day 2: Bats: Characteristics
3. Day 3: Bats: Megabats
4. Day 4: Bats: Microbats
5. Day 5: Bats: Echolocation
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Snails and Worms
3. Day 3: Spiders and Scorpions
4. Day 4: Amphibians: Characteristics
5. Day 5: Amphibians: Tadpoles and Metamorphosis
1. Day 1: Reptiles: Characteristics
2. Day 2: Reptiles: Turtles
3. Day 3: Reptiles: Crocodiles and Alligators
4. Day 4: Reptiles: Dinosaurs
5. Day 5: Reptiles: Dinosaurs
1. Day 1: Mammals: Characteristics
2. Day 2: Mammals: Monotremes
3. Day 3: Mammals: Marsupials
4. Day 4: Mammals: Herbivores
5. Day 5: Mammals: Carnivores
6. Day 5 Activity: Classifying
1. Day 1: Review
2. Day 2: Nervous System: Brain
3. Day 3: Nervous System: Spinal Cord and Nerves
4. Day 4: Nose and Tongue
5. Day 5: Eyes
1. Day 1: Ears
2. Day 1 Activity: Catching The Ruler
3. Day 2: Skeletal System
4. Day 3: Skeletal System
5. Day 4: Muscular System
6. Day 5: Skin
1. Day 1: Circulatory System
2. Day 2: Respiratory System
3. Day 3: Digestive System
4. Day 4: How Long Has God Been Here, Really?
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Nutrition
3. Day 3: Nutrition
4. Day 4: Health
5. Day 5: Health
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Dominion Review
3. Day 3: Energy
4. Day 4: Energy
5. Day 5: Trees
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Environments and Habitats
3. Day 3: Habitats: Antarctica
4. Day 4: Habitats: Grassland
5. Day 5: Habitats: Tropical Rainforest
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Matter
3. Day 3: Solid
4. Day 4: Liquid
5. Day 5: Gas
1. Day 1: Prediction and Observation: Gases
2. Day 2: Prediction and Observation: Solids and Liquids
3. Day 3: Mixtures
4. Day 4: Changing Matter
5. Day 5: Sinking and Floating
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Heat
3. Day 3: Light: Energy
4. Day 4: Light: Moving
5. Day 5: Light: Refraction
6. Day 5 Activity: Refraction
1. Day 1: Light: Reflections and Shadows
2. Day 2: Sound: Sound is Vibration
3. Day 3: Sound: Sound Waves
4. Day 4: Sound: Sound Waves
1. Day 1: Introduction
2. Day 2: Cause and Effect: Changing Direction
3. Day 2 Activity: Push Pull
4. Day 3: Types of Motion and Speed
5. Day 4: Gravity
6. Day 5: Friction
1. Day 1: Magnets
2. Day 2: Magnets
3. Day 3 Activity: Magnets
4. Day 4: Conclusion

About This Course

199 lessons
8 hours of video content
Grades 1-5

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Volcanoes

Instructor

Scott Hardin, MD

Author - Astronomy: God's Universe, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Life Science, Introductory Science, Physical Science, Physics, Unearthing the Bible

Scott Hardin holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, as well as a Medical Doctor degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, and has been practicing medicine in Wisconsin since 1997.

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Welcome

Week 1: Introduction

Week 2: Introduction

Week 3: Science Skills and Tools

Week 4: Earth Science: Meteorology

Week 5: Earth Science: Meteorology

Week 6: Earth Science: Meteorology

Week 7: Earth Science: Geology

Week 8: Earth Science: Geology

Week 9: Earth Science: Geology

Week 10: Earth Science: Oceanography

Week 11: Life Science: Plants

Week 12: Life Science: Plants

Week 13: Life Science: Plants

Week 14: Earth Science: Astronomy

Week 15: Earth Science: Astronomy

Week 16: Life Science: Underwater Creatures

Week 17: Life Science: Underwater Creatures

Week 18: Life Science: Flying Creatures

Week 19: Life Science: Flying Creatures

Week 20: Life Science: Flying Creatures

Week 21: Life Science: Land Creatures

Week 22: Life Science: Land Creatures

Week 23: Life Science: Land Creatures

Week 24: Life Science: Human Beings

Week 25: Life Science: Human Beings

Week 26: Life Science: Human Beings

Week 27: Life Science: Be Healthy

Week 28: Life Science: Ecology and Natural Resources

Week 29: Life Science: Ecology and Natural Resources

Week 30: Physical Science: Matter

Week 31: Physical Science: Matter

Week 32: Physical Science: Energy

Week 33: Physical Science: Energy

Week 34: Physical Science: Motion

Week 35: Physical Science: Magnets

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