Exploring Creation with Botany makes studying nature and plants fun and exciting. Exploring Creation with Botany was one of the first books in the Young Explorer Series.
Description of Exploring Creation with Botany (from Apologia website):
In this award-winning homeschool elementary science curriculum, Exploring Creation with Botany presents a scientifically sound and God-honoring study of botany for grades K-6. Content covered includes the nature of botany and the process of classifying plants. It then discusses the development of plants from seeds, the reproduction processes in plants, the way plants make their food, and how plants get their water and nutrients and distribute them throughout the body of the plant. –
Here are some great FREE resources and ideas to use when studying Botany:
Printables:
Exploring Creation with Botany Study Guides from Donna Young
Plant Anatomy and Basic Botany Printable Pages from KBteachers
Botany Coloring Pages
Montessori Botany Materials from Living Montessori Now
Learning the Parts of a Plant
Flower Petal Soup in the Outdoor Kitchen
Exploring How Water Travels Through Leaves
Ellen McHenry’s Basement Workshop has some great Botany Resources:
- Botany Scavenger Hunt
- Tree Leaf Bingo
- Germination Stencil Activity
- Follow the Garden Path Game
- Carnivorous Plant Pictures to Color
- Flower Flip Game
- Leaf Cross Section to Color
Meet Penny has some great Apologia Botany lesson plans, printables and ideas:
Guest Hollow has lots of beautiful Botany Notebooking Pages
Botany Lapbook at Homeschool Share
Plants and Flowers Themed Resources and Freebies
Tree Nature Study Ideas: Free Printables and Resources
Fun Activities ~ alot of these can be used with your little ones that are too young to do Science, but can still participate with the activities:
Edible Plant Cells and Poetry Journals
Pressed Flower Key Rings
10 Healthy Flower Snacks for Kids
Paper Plate Venus Flytrap
Eating the Parts of a Plant
You might also like:
FREE Online Apologia Science Courses for Middle & High School
Some fun resources to use with Exploring Creation with Botany:
Kids First Botany – Experimental Greenhouse KitGreen Kid Crafts, Botany Discovery Box
4M Grow a Maze Kit
Dune Craft, Strange Plant Collection
Strange Plants Kit
Root-Vue Farm
Click here to view the resources for the other volumes in the Apologia Young Explorer’s Series
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