We appreciated Apologia's books. We chose Astronomy and Ocean Zoology because my children wanted to study those. Because it was intrest led my children excelled. These books offered more information and was at a higher level then Master Books science. I wanted them to do the Anatomy book because I want my children to know how their bodies work. It was intense, I was impressed. Some of the information in that book I didn't know until I went through nursing school. I loved this for my children. With all three books, we have not used the notebooking journals, the children just read the material themselves and do the experiments on their own. Because we homestead, I felt like my children had a good grasp of the other books in this series, except chemistry. I would still like to get the chemistry book sometime soon. But we needed some upper level books for my aging children so we landed on B. Builders and are loving it. I will keep Apologia for the younger children but transition to B. Builders as they each mature.
We loveeeee berean builders! It gets my kids thinking like a scientist! The experiments are simple, clear and effective, the worldview is biblical, the price point is amazing, the family style, we love it. And you can grow all the way with It into high school
This is our first year using Apologia. My daughter wanted to do the zoology 2 swimming creatures. She has really been interested in learning about ocean animals. The only way I could make it work was to ditch the notebooking journal (because it felt like way too much) & use the audio version while following along with the book (we listen to it at lunch). We also save the experiments and do them on our fun Fridays, but we don’t do them all. She has actually really enjoyed it. I almost made a last minute switch right before our school year started because I was worried about it. I think holding it loosely and making it work for what we could handle has been key. I think we will finish way before the year is over, so I’m beginning to think about what we will do next. I’ll have to look at Berean Builders!
@@lindseydsimon thank you!! I’ve definitely heard people say they enjoy the zoology. Maybe if we had started with that, we would feel differently. 🤣 I’m so glad it’s working well for you. And yes! Definitely check out BB too! 😊
I’ve had these same thoughts about Apologia for the past couple years. I’m in the same boat, I don’t understand the hype about it. I tried it with my elementary age kids and I don’t think we got past a couple weeks before I said no more. I’ve had my eye on Berean Builders for awhile now, thanks for this review!
@@RaisingThreeMarigolds right?? I hear about it all the time so I was really confused when I felt meh about it. But everything isn’t for everyone so I think it’s just not for us. 😊 We love BB so much!!
I'm so glad to hear you are enjoying Berean Builders. We are starting the first in the series and I'm really hoping it will work for us. It isn't a science curriculum that is talked about much so I'm thankful for the positive review! 😊
We’re using BB this year and really enjoy it. I think it’s the first science that I’m not either overwhelmed by, or that’s too easy that my kid has learned nothing. It’s been perfect!
Thanks for you honesty on Apologia. I also homeschool just one daughter and I really just could never get never get excited with their "one science topic for the year" approach. I love that BB has their books set up in chronological order. Seems like an effective approach. We use Sonlight for Scinece which is literature based. We love it and have no plans to switch anytime soon. However, Berean Builders is now offered through Sonlight in the high school years so i know it must be incredible as I feel Sonlight chooses their suggestions wisely. Good luck and im loving your channel! New subscriber 🔬🧬👩🏼🔬
@@PlainJane144 thank you!! We almost used Sonlight science. We have done an HBL and I am using their 5th grade readers for literature this year! Yes! I think there is a good reason they are offering BB now! 😊
My daughter is doing 9th grade Apologia science (Physical Science) and it is fantastically laid out. I've heard wonderful things about Berean Builder science recently! So glad you found a great fit for you and your daughter!
@@homeschoollifemom Because it works for them. Pretty simple explanation, really. There is no one size fits all to homeschool. We are so blessed to have so many options before us 😊
I had to use Apologia when I taught CC. It is BAD. Just a lot of wrong information that I was constantly correcting. The writing style is supposed to be chatty and approachable, but I just found it tedious. I would also never use Berean, because it's written by the same guy. I don't do a science curriculum before late middle school with my own kids. Before that, we do a TON of nature study, which is real science that young people can actually do. Before late middle they don't have the math or cognition for real science, it's just a waste of time.
@@tammyschilling5362 Dr. Wile didn’t author any of the elementary Apologia. He edited a few of them (he explains this in his blog). He wrote some of the upper level science books, only a couple of which are still available through Apologia. As with any curriculum, it’s all trial and error. Some things work great for some and not for others so I understand deciding not to use either of these if they aren’t a good fit. I don’t really feel like what I’m doing with my child is a waste of time but I’m glad you found a method that works well for your family. 😊
My 9th graders used Apologia Biology. We didn’t like it at all. We had never used Apologia before and won’t again. They will be using Berean Builders Chemistry this year.
I'll definitely be looking into Berean Builders! However, this is my first year using Science Shepherd and so far we are loving it! It's super simple and incorporates videos with each lesson, which is what we really need right now in this busy season. Thanks for sharing! ❤
@@joidavis5210 I’ve heard Science Shepherd suggested so many times. It was one I was going to look at if BB didn’t work for us. I still plan to keep it in mind to research in case we decide to switch. Thank you!😊
@@cindycleveland8625 he didn’t author the elementary Exploring Creation series. He authored many of the upper level books but from what I see on their site, only two are available by him. He says in his blog though that the elementary series was not authored by him. 😊
I was so excited to see you talking about Berean Builders curriculum! It is so underrated where Apologia is so overrated. I really don't understand the hype for Apologia. My son did one segment of it with co-op and I thought it was so dull. Last year we did Science in the Ancient World and loved using it every single time. I love how low maintenance the science experiments are as well.
I found Berean Builders on a fluke and I love them! I've been though multiple chemistry courses and never understood a lot of concepts. I now finally understand all of the concepts after doing it with my daughter!
@@Making_Homeschool_Happen my eldest is definitely an English/History kiddo. She struggles with math and science (although most of that is due to not paying enough attention and missing things) but she was dumbfounded when I (and I love math) said I finally understood something for the first time. She got it right away and it made no sense to her that it took me so long to understand it.
Interesting. Our eldest LOVES science and this past year we tried Berean Builders chemistry. We didn't make it very far. I still have it, but I'm going to be selling it to another family or simply donating it. It just DID NOT work for us. Thank God we have so many options these days!
I’m so glad I heard your video tonight! I just pulled my daughter from public school so I’m brand new to homeschooling and finally picked a curriculum this weekend! I have been having buyers remorse all day thinking I should have got Apologia for science!! ❤ Now I’m back to being okay with my pick for now! I choose Generations curriculum for now as it was at a good price point until I can really decide for next year what she and I want to do! Who knows maybe we will end up loving Generations❤️! I picked a few other things for her as well! We are excited to get started❤️
@@ambermichelle7253 I’m so excited for you to start your homeschooling journey!!! 😍 Curriculum is 100 percent trial and error. I would definitely use what you already have and see what happens. And remember, if something doesn’t work, it’s not because you messed up… you need a starting point. Over time you will know if changes need to be made in one area or another. You just don’t know though until you get going. Also, it may take a couple weeks to find your rhythm and that’s totally fine! Even those of us who have been doing it for a while need time to get in the swing of things and the first couple days to weeks can feel very crazy. So excited for you and wishing you the best year ahead! 😊
I have used apologia for 6 years! Torture, after a try with middle school level we gave up on apologia! Wanted to love it, made my child hate science. We found it was overwhelming or really babyish. Not a fan of the chatty tone. Middle school general science was laid out well but chatty tone exhausting. Seem little slow compared to rigor of younger grades.
@@allheartandsong 🤣🤣 Yeah, we were sooooo bored. Some people absolutely love it but it just wasn’t for us and it sounds like it wasn’t for you either. 🤣😊
Yep. This is why we have multiple courses and bounce around. It's the best science we've tried, we just need to shuffle it so we don't go nuts talking about the same thing all the time.
‘Botanied out,’ 😃……you took the words straight out of my mouth, all your reasons are why we only went through 1 and 1/2 of their books. I haven’t looked at Berean Builders. We use sonlight science, and it works so well for us, experiments scheduled in the same flow every week, multiple topics covered, a science kit given, lab sheets and all literature based.
Yes. This is why we bounce around. We have multiple Apologia courses and go from topic to topic. It works for us that way. Otherwise we'd ALL go nuts LOL
My 7th grade son just started Apologia’s General Science self-paced course. It’s cool because he can do it all himself on his pc. We have been using other sciences up until this point that I have taught, but I wanted him to be more independent starting this year and learn how to take notes and all that. We have used gather round and TGATB units which were great. Apologia is just a different vibe. I am using apologia for my 4th grader too this year and made sure to pick one that changes topics, so we don’t get bored 😂 I picked zoology 1 and she likes it a lot and so do I because it’s different than what we have ever done. Plus I got the audiobook, so I don’t have to read aloud and the natures workshop science experiment kit to make life easier. All that to say is, we like Apologia so far. I’ll look into Berean builders if we ever get bored of apologia 😊
@@samibuck thank you!! I’m so interested in other’s experiences with it and I’m super curious about the middle and high school sets. This is great info!
I tried for 2 years to get through Apologia’s Land Animals book in the young explorer series. It was horrible!! Learn about animals.. sounds fun right? Well they know how to kill the fun and joy very well. I’ve heard good things about it BB, but I was afraid it would be too similar since it’s the same author as Apologia’s upper levels of science. But sounds like that’s not the case. Thanks for sharing.
@@homeschoollifemom I was definitely confused when it was so boring. 🤣🤣 I have not felt the same about BB AT ALL. They don’t feel anything alike to me! 😊
@@Making_Homeschool_Happen yes you do and I literally watched it already weeks ago! I'm losing my mind. 🤣 I watch too many curriculum videos to remember them all. I should take notes or something. The flip through was great, thank you!
We combined Apologia and Masterbooks in our homeschool. Some topics we feel Apologia is better, others we feel Masterbooks is better. It really depends. I'm so thankful for all the different options out there 😊
We are using TGTB science units and enjoy them for 6th grade. But next year we may switch up and use BB for the short lessons and science kits. My question is do you add in science videos or just read and do the experiments?
@@fab5bailey369 we just read and do the experiments. That is plenty for us! You could definitely do that if you wanted to but we haven’t felt the need to.
@@fab5bailey369 that said, I don’t know what the BB middle school books are like as we haven’t gotten that far just yet. This was about their elementary series. I just didn’t want there to be any confusion. 😊
I had the high school Biology text book from Apologia mixed with just standard evolutionary science encyclopedias when I was home schooled, and I think the Biology 9th grade book at the time I went through was written by the same guy as the Berean Builders ' textbook and he just seemed to explain things in a really measured, reasonable, and entertaining way. I don't think the difference is really Apologia vs not Apologia, but the fact that Jay L.Wile (even though his name sounds like Wile E Coyote to me) is a great textbook writer and teacher and a good scientist who is also Christian, probably because he understands the History of Science which public schooled atheists have claimed to me isn't technically Science. But Science doesn't give you why it's important, it's only about how. To even find information in non Christian works going over macro vs micro hevolution I had to read stuff intended for college students in most universities (albeit Bachelor 101 level classes) so I have doubts how much is or was even taught on the Scientific method, the real difference between hypothesis, theory, law, etc. in public schools maintstream science curriculum at the elementary to high school levels.
@@paradoxelle481 thank you for this!! I love hearing about personal experience from previously homeschooled folks as I don’t get to hear those as much! 😃
@@mymalayaper3766 pink math?!? Ok well, at least it’s on the warm color side but I just don’t see math as pink. 🤣🤣🤣 I love how it’s so different for people. It’s so interesting!
Thank you for the info! I haven't really heard of Berean Builders so i will definitely look into it! We just started botany this year 🤪😆 oh and science is definitely green, math is red, language arts is blue. 😂
@@KellysKidz something else to know and I just thought to tell you… the author of the Berean Builders books used to be with Apologia. He actually wrote some of the upper level books (they still use one or two from him). He left Apologia and then officially separated from them and started Berean Builders. 😊
@@JehovahJireh-e5t gah!!! None of these can compute with me. 🤣🤣 I LOVE though the connection that your brain makes to things that indicate the color. That’s pretty cool. For science I guess it’s plants and maybe green in a beaker or something but otherwise, I don’t know why I feel like the others are what they are. 🤔 This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing. 😊
We appreciated Apologia's books. We chose Astronomy and Ocean Zoology because my children wanted to study those. Because it was intrest led my children excelled. These books offered more information and was at a higher level then Master Books science. I wanted them to do the Anatomy book because I want my children to know how their bodies work. It was intense, I was impressed. Some of the information in that book I didn't know until I went through nursing school. I loved this for my children. With all three books, we have not used the notebooking journals, the children just read the material themselves and do the experiments on their own.
Because we homestead, I felt like my children had a good grasp of the other books in this series, except chemistry. I would still like to get the chemistry book sometime soon. But we needed some upper level books for my aging children so we landed on B. Builders and are loving it. I will keep Apologia for the younger children but transition to B. Builders as they each mature.
@@daniellebeck8322 thank you so much for sharing your experience! I love that you’ve ended up having a great experience with both of these. 😃
We loveeeee berean builders! It gets my kids thinking like a scientist! The experiments are simple, clear and effective, the worldview is biblical, the price point is amazing, the family style, we love it. And you can grow all the way with It into high school
@@sarahdimitrov6490 yasssss!!! I agree with all of this! 😃
This is our first year using Apologia. My daughter wanted to do the zoology 2 swimming creatures. She has really been interested in learning about ocean animals. The only way I could make it work was to ditch the notebooking journal (because it felt like way too much) & use the audio version while following along with the book (we listen to it at lunch). We also save the experiments and do them on our fun Fridays, but we don’t do them all. She has actually really enjoyed it. I almost made a last minute switch right before our school year started because I was worried about it. I think holding it loosely and making it work for what we could handle has been key. I think we will finish way before the year is over, so I’m beginning to think about what we will do next. I’ll have to look at Berean Builders!
@@lindseydsimon thank you!! I’ve definitely heard people say they enjoy the zoology. Maybe if we had started with that, we would feel differently. 🤣 I’m so glad it’s working well for you. And yes! Definitely check out BB too! 😊
I’ve had these same thoughts about Apologia for the past couple years. I’m in the same boat, I don’t understand the hype about it. I tried it with my elementary age kids and I don’t think we got past a couple weeks before I said no more. I’ve had my eye on Berean Builders for awhile now, thanks for this review!
@@RaisingThreeMarigolds right?? I hear about it all the time so I was really confused when I felt meh about it. But everything isn’t for everyone so I think it’s just not for us. 😊 We love BB so much!!
I'm so glad to hear you are enjoying Berean Builders. We are starting the first in the series and I'm really hoping it will work for us. It isn't a science curriculum that is talked about much so I'm thankful for the positive review! 😊
@@christinarae-ann9412 we are really loving it! I hope it works well for you! 😊
My son used Berean Builders Earth Science last year and absolutely loved it! We will definitely continue with it!
@@sharamclaughlin9343 oh good to know! Thank you! 😊
We’re using BB this year and really enjoy it. I think it’s the first science that I’m not either overwhelmed by, or that’s too easy that my kid has learned nothing. It’s been perfect!
@@audreymcnair350 omg! You just described our experience as well. Not overwhelmed and not too easy!! This this this!!!
Thanks for you honesty on Apologia. I also homeschool just one daughter and I really just could never get never get excited with their "one science topic for the year" approach. I love that BB has their books set up in chronological order. Seems like an effective approach. We use Sonlight for Scinece which is literature based. We love it and have no plans to switch anytime soon. However, Berean Builders is now offered through Sonlight in the high school years so i know it must be incredible as I feel Sonlight chooses their suggestions wisely. Good luck and im loving your channel! New subscriber 🔬🧬👩🏼🔬
@@PlainJane144 thank you!! We almost used Sonlight science. We have done an HBL and I am using their 5th grade readers for literature this year! Yes! I think there is a good reason they are offering BB now! 😊
My daughter is doing 9th grade Apologia science (Physical Science) and it is fantastically laid out. I've heard wonderful things about Berean Builder science recently! So glad you found a great fit for you and your daughter!
@@faithfullyinfertile that is sooo good to know! I will definitely still be checking Apologia out later on as well. Thank you for letting me know!! 😊
You are not alone in your opinion of Apologia!
@@michellecalais2482 thank you!!
This!! I still scratch my head over why and how people love it so much!!
@@homeschoollifemom yes! I don’t get it but I guess for some it works and some it doesn’t. I’m definitely in the “doesn’t” camp. 🤣
@@Making_Homeschool_Happen same!!
@@homeschoollifemom Because it works for them. Pretty simple explanation, really. There is no one size fits all to homeschool. We are so blessed to have so many options before us 😊
We love Berean Builders, too! So glad that you like it. The experiments are our favorite!!!!
@@HomeschoolwithJen it just feels so doable even with an experiment every lesson. It’s just organized so well and feels easy while so interesting.
I had to use Apologia when I taught CC. It is BAD. Just a lot of wrong information that I was constantly correcting. The writing style is supposed to be chatty and approachable, but I just found it tedious. I would also never use Berean, because it's written by the same guy. I don't do a science curriculum before late middle school with my own kids. Before that, we do a TON of nature study, which is real science that young people can actually do. Before late middle they don't have the math or cognition for real science, it's just a waste of time.
@@tammyschilling5362 Dr. Wile didn’t author any of the elementary Apologia. He edited a few of them (he explains this in his blog). He wrote some of the upper level science books, only a couple of which are still available through Apologia.
As with any curriculum, it’s all trial and error. Some things work great for some and not for others so I understand deciding not to use either of these if they aren’t a good fit.
I don’t really feel like what I’m doing with my child is a waste of time but I’m glad you found a method that works well for your family. 😊
My 9th graders used Apologia Biology. We didn’t like it at all. We had never used Apologia before and won’t again. They will be using Berean Builders Chemistry this year.
@@Grace_Filled_Homeschool so good to know! I’ve wondered how they compare in the upper levels. Thank you!! 😊
Funny, our family feels the exact opposite. What a blessing to have such variety at our disposal!
@@katie7748 yes!
I'll definitely be looking into Berean Builders!
However, this is my first year using Science Shepherd and so far we are loving it! It's super simple and incorporates videos with each lesson, which is what we really need right now in this busy season.
Thanks for sharing! ❤
@@joidavis5210 I’ve heard Science Shepherd suggested so many times. It was one I was going to look at if BB didn’t work for us. I still plan to keep it in mind to research in case we decide to switch. Thank you!😊
We use science shepherd as well and love it!
@@kaprenawheatman8222 good to know! I’m going to have to look at it just because I want to try all the things! 🤣
The original versions of Apologia were written by the same person as BB. He left Apologia not sure how much of the newer version are still his work.
@@cindycleveland8625 he didn’t author the elementary Exploring Creation series. He authored many of the upper level books but from what I see on their site, only two are available by him. He says in his blog though that the elementary series was not authored by him. 😊
I was so excited to see you talking about Berean Builders curriculum! It is so underrated where Apologia is so overrated. I really don't understand the hype for Apologia. My son did one segment of it with co-op and I thought it was so dull. Last year we did Science in the Ancient World and loved using it every single time. I love how low maintenance the science experiments are as well.
@@katehowereads 💯! I feel the same about how they are viewed! BB is so doable yet effective. 😊
Language Arts is purple.
History has always been red in my mind and Math has always been blue. Basically the opposite of what you feel. Lol
@@guest0407 red history?!? What?!? 🤣🤣🤣 It’s so funny how it is so different for people.
I found Berean Builders on a fluke and I love them! I've been though multiple chemistry courses and never understood a lot of concepts. I now finally understand all of the concepts after doing it with my daughter!
@@jessica7333 thank you! I really have a feeling we might be using them for a long time. This is so great to know! 😊
@@Making_Homeschool_Happen my eldest is definitely an English/History kiddo. She struggles with math and science (although most of that is due to not paying enough attention and missing things) but she was dumbfounded when I (and I love math) said I finally understood something for the first time. She got it right away and it made no sense to her that it took me so long to understand it.
@@jessica7333 wow!! It definitely sounds like it’s working!!
Interesting. Our eldest LOVES science and this past year we tried Berean Builders chemistry. We didn't make it very far. I still have it, but I'm going to be selling it to another family or simply donating it. It just DID NOT work for us. Thank God we have so many options these days!
@@katie7748 the first two chapters or so are a bit dry since it is foundational to chemistry, but it gets better 😀
I’m so glad I heard your video tonight! I just pulled my daughter from public school so I’m brand new to homeschooling and finally picked a curriculum this weekend! I have been having buyers remorse all day thinking I should have got Apologia for science!! ❤ Now I’m back to being okay with my pick for now! I choose Generations curriculum for now as it was at a good price point until I can really decide for next year what she and I want to do! Who knows maybe we will end up loving Generations❤️! I picked a few other things for her as well! We are excited to get started❤️
@@ambermichelle7253 I’m so excited for you to start your homeschooling journey!!! 😍 Curriculum is 100 percent trial and error. I would definitely use what you already have and see what happens. And remember, if something doesn’t work, it’s not because you messed up… you need a starting point. Over time you will know if changes need to be made in one area or another. You just don’t know though until you get going. Also, it may take a couple weeks to find your rhythm and that’s totally fine! Even those of us who have been doing it for a while need time to get in the swing of things and the first couple days to weeks can feel very crazy. So excited for you and wishing you the best year ahead! 😊
@@Making_Homeschool_Happenthank you❤❤❤
I have used apologia for 6 years! Torture, after a try with middle school level we gave up on apologia! Wanted to love it, made my child hate science. We found it was overwhelming or really babyish. Not a fan of the chatty tone. Middle school general science was laid out well but chatty tone exhausting. Seem little slow compared to rigor of younger grades.
@@raykelly4593 this is great info! Thank you for sharing! I’m so curious about their middle and high school stuff so this is helpful. 😊
I agree❤my sons went through flying creatures and were so bored. It was very very repetitive and my boys hated birds at the end lol 😮😂
@@allheartandsong 🤣🤣 Yeah, we were sooooo bored. Some people absolutely love it but it just wasn’t for us and it sounds like it wasn’t for you either. 🤣😊
Yep. This is why we have multiple courses and bounce around. It's the best science we've tried, we just need to shuffle it so we don't go nuts talking about the same thing all the time.
‘Botanied out,’ 😃……you took the words straight out of my mouth, all your reasons are why we only went through 1 and 1/2 of their books. I haven’t looked at Berean Builders. We use sonlight science, and it works so well for us, experiments scheduled in the same flow every week, multiple topics covered, a science kit given, lab sheets and all literature based.
@@jessicajones611 yes girl, soooo botanied out. 🤣🤣🤣 I have heard great things about Sonlight science!!
Yes. This is why we bounce around. We have multiple Apologia courses and go from topic to topic. It works for us that way. Otherwise we'd ALL go nuts LOL
@@katie7748 oh that’s a good idea!
My 7th grade son just started Apologia’s General Science self-paced course. It’s cool because he can do it all himself on his pc. We have been using other sciences up until this point that I have taught, but I wanted him to be more independent starting this year and learn how to take notes and all that. We have used gather round and TGATB units which were great. Apologia is just a different vibe. I am using apologia for my 4th grader too this year and made sure to pick one that changes topics, so we don’t get bored 😂 I picked zoology 1 and she likes it a lot and so do I because it’s different than what we have ever done. Plus I got the audiobook, so I don’t have to read aloud and the natures workshop science experiment kit to make life easier. All that to say is, we like Apologia so far. I’ll look into Berean builders if we ever get bored of apologia 😊
@@samibuck thank you!! I’m so interested in other’s experiences with it and I’m super curious about the middle and high school sets. This is great info!
I tried for 2 years to get through Apologia’s Land Animals book in the young explorer series. It was horrible!! Learn about animals.. sounds fun right? Well they know how to kill the fun and joy very well. I’ve heard good things about it BB, but I was afraid it would be too similar since it’s the same author as Apologia’s upper levels of science. But sounds like that’s not the case. Thanks for sharing.
@@homeschoollifemom I was definitely confused when it was so boring. 🤣🤣 I have not felt the same about BB AT ALL. They don’t feel anything alike to me! 😊
I would love to see a flip through of the BB book!
@@PlainJane144 check the description under this video and you will find the flip through there! 😊
@@Making_Homeschool_Happen yes you do and I literally watched it already weeks ago! I'm losing my mind. 🤣 I watch too many curriculum videos to remember them all. I should take notes or something. The flip through was great, thank you!
@@PlainJane144 Oh that's funny!! 🤣🤣
We use Apologia at co-op, I tried on my own and couldn't push through with lessons. We loved Masterbooks science
@@faithhomeschool2789 I totally get it. I’ve heard good things about Masterbooks science! 😊
We combined Apologia and Masterbooks in our homeschool. Some topics we feel Apologia is better, others we feel Masterbooks is better. It really depends. I'm so thankful for all the different options out there 😊
We are using TGTB science units and enjoy them for 6th grade. But next year we may switch up and use BB for the short lessons and science kits. My question is do you add in science videos or just read and do the experiments?
@@fab5bailey369 we just read and do the experiments. That is plenty for us! You could definitely do that if you wanted to but we haven’t felt the need to.
@@fab5bailey369 that said, I don’t know what the BB middle school books are like as we haven’t gotten that far just yet. This was about their elementary series. I just didn’t want there to be any confusion. 😊
I had the high school Biology text book from Apologia mixed with just standard evolutionary science encyclopedias when I was home schooled, and I think the Biology 9th grade book at the time I went through was written by the same guy as the Berean Builders ' textbook and he just seemed to explain things in a really measured, reasonable, and entertaining way. I don't think the difference is really Apologia vs not Apologia, but the fact that Jay L.Wile (even though his name sounds like Wile E Coyote to me) is a great textbook writer and teacher and a good scientist who is also Christian, probably because he understands the History of Science which public schooled atheists have claimed to me isn't technically Science. But Science doesn't give you why it's important, it's only about how. To even find information in non Christian works going over macro vs micro hevolution I had to read stuff intended for college students in most universities (albeit Bachelor 101 level classes) so I have doubts how much is or was even taught on the Scientific method, the real difference between hypothesis, theory, law, etc. in public schools maintstream science curriculum at the elementary to high school levels.
@@paradoxelle481 thank you for this!! I love hearing about personal experience from previously homeschooled folks as I don’t get to hear those as much! 😃
Purple = handwriting
@@emilyvalot6948 oh I hadn’t even thought of one for handwriting…. 😃
Yes, science green. But for me Math is Pink 😅
@@mymalayaper3766 pink math?!? Ok well, at least it’s on the warm color side but I just don’t see math as pink. 🤣🤣🤣 I love how it’s so different for people. It’s so interesting!
Thank you for the info! I haven't really heard of Berean Builders so i will definitely look into it! We just started botany this year 🤪😆 oh and science is definitely green, math is red, language arts is blue. 😂
@@KellysKidz They all have colors! I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way! 🤣
@@KellysKidz something else to know and I just thought to tell you… the author of the Berean Builders books used to be with Apologia. He actually wrote some of the upper level books (they still use one or two from him). He left Apologia and then officially separated from them and started Berean Builders. 😊
Science is yellow sunshine to me. Red is ELA because of red ink pen marks to correct. Math is green with money and finances.
@@JehovahJireh-e5t gah!!! None of these can compute with me. 🤣🤣 I LOVE though the connection that your brain makes to things that indicate the color. That’s pretty cool. For science I guess it’s plants and maybe green in a beaker or something but otherwise, I don’t know why I feel like the others are what they are. 🤔 This is so interesting! Thank you for sharing. 😊
do you have synesthesia? this could totally be part of it. for me, math is blue. English red. history orange. French purple. physics black...
@@strivingscome2cease I don’t think that I do but who knows. Math is blue?!? It’s weird that is shocking to me but it is. 🤣🤣🤣
Purple is bible or ELA for me
@@wvfarmersdaughter I’m starting to feel like LA might be purple too. 🤣🤣🤣
I’d love to hear your thoughts about these or your favorite science curriculum! 😊 🔬 🧪
@@Making_Homeschool_Happen my 5th-8th love the God’s Design series Masterbooks sells. It’s thorough without being overwhelming.
@@Grace_Filled_Homeschool I’ve heard really good things about Masterbooks science. I will keep that in mind! Thank you!
@@Making_Homeschool_Happen God’s Design is the only one we’ve liked from MB.
@@Grace_Filled_Homeschool thank you!