Description
Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day is a homeschool science curriculum for elementary students. In this course, you and your student will explore the wonders of the swimming creatures and the waters they live in. From primeval plesiosaurus’, whales, and sea turtles to sea snails, coral, and plankton, your student’s understanding of swimming creatures will come to life as they engage in this Zoology 2 curriculum filled with vivid graphics, interactive lessons, and hands-on projects.
What’s Included In Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Zoology 2, Advantage Set?
This homeschool science curriculum set includes:
When used together, these items provide your student with an optimal homeschool learning experience.
Curriculum Overview
In Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Zoology 2 course, your student will adventure through the waters of the Earth as they learn about aquatic animals and their environments. They’ll dive deeper into zoology as they investigate elements of marine life, aqua mobility, filter feeders, currents, fresh water, salt water, the Continental Shelf, and abyssal animals. They’ll also gain a deep understanding of whales, seals and sea cows, aquatic herps, reptiles and amphibians, primeval reptiles, fish anatomy and their stages of life, sharks and rays, crustaceans, trilobites, mollusks, sponges, sea squirts, leeches, flatworms, and much more!
The creatures your student studies will come to life as they create their own “Ocean Box” (a miniature hand-crafted aquarium) with replicas of the sea creatures they study. When your student completes this study of zoology, they will never view the ocean in the same way again.
Lesson Plans and Materials
There are 13 lessons in this one-year Zoology 2 course. Detailed lesson plans as well as a suggested daily schedule are included in the Notebooking Journals. This will set you and your student up for success as they work through the course, while also providing flexibility to meet the needs of your student and your family.
This course covers the following lessons:
- Aquatic animals: Aqua Mobility, Filter Feeders, Currents, Fresh Water, Salt Water, The Continental Shelf, Abyssal Animals
- Whales
- Seals and Sea Cows
- Aquatic Herps: Ectotherms, Turtles, Sea Snakes
- Reptiles vs Amphibians
- Primeval Reptiles
- Fish: Bony Fish, Gills, Fins, Stages of Life
- Sharks and Rays
- Crustaceans: Exoskeletons, Lobsters, Crayfish, Crabs, Shrimp, Barnacles, Trilobites
- Mollusks
- Cephalopods
- Echinoderms
- Cnidarians
- Sponges, Sea Squirts, Leeches, Flatworms
Packed with vivid photos and a variety of hands-on activities and experiments that bring Zoology 2 to life, the Student Textbook and the Notebooking Journal team up to provide engaging hands-on activities to help their learning stick. The hard-cover textbook and Notebooking Journals are recommended for your student to make the most of this course.
All of the activities and experiments use easy-to-obtain household items and truly make the lessons come alive!
Hands-on Activities and Experiments
Some of the activities and experiments your student will complete include creating a miniature hand-crafted aquarium, creating replicas of swimming creatures, trying on blubber, investigating a shark’s ability to sense electrical currents, exploring a whale’s ability to hear far-off sounds, and discovering which creatures make the best fossils.
