a Crabtree Book $16.00

The Middle Ages was a period of great scientific and technological advancement. Trade increased as towns began to grow, and medieval people found more efficient ways of doing work by inventing new machines. The inventions of the heavy plow, horseshoes, and harnesses resulted in more food to eat, and more crops for trading. Easy-to-understand text and brilliant full-color illustrations will help children follow the advancements in medicine, military weapons, and astrology up until 1500.
Topics include:
• The power provided by watermills and windmills for laundering clothes, casting iron, and pressing olive oil
• How the development of textiles such as silks, wool, and leather affected trade with China and the Middle East in the 1200s
• How African craftworkers worked with metal, and the bronze and gold sculptures and jewelry that they made
• Medieval peoples‚ belief in the four humors, and the surgical procedures and herbal remedies used
• Astrological inventions such as China’s water clock

Glossy paperback, 32p.  Ages 8-14.

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by Mary Woodis $33.00

After always having enjoyed doing nature studies together, as your older children inch their way towards “high school”, do you worry that maybe they would have to buckle down and do some boring, bland textbook for science? Not so! Mary shows you in this easy-to-read book exactly how to build a science curriculum around nature study - even for your highschoolers!
The Nature Study Idea Book for all ages. 

by Jean Henri Fabre $16.00

This volume, based on translations of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques, ” blends folklore and mythology with factual explanation. He discusses with infectious enthusiasm the physiologic secrets behind the luminosity of fireflies, the musical talents of the locust, the comfortable home of the field cricket, and the cannibalism of the pious-looking praying mantis, among other topics. This great French entomologist’s charming essays on insect life combine scientific rigor with the style of a literary classic. Beautifully written passages reveal the intricate, fascinating worlds of various insects as they hunt, build nests, feed families, and more. A rare volume that will delight any naturalist. PB 128p, 200g.

$9.00

“Human Anatomy Coloring Book” contains careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body’s organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, reprodicutive, etc.. A total of 43 plates (often with several illustrations to a page) offers numerous views, cross-sections, diagrams and detailed closeups, labelled and numbered to correspond with suggestions for coloring. These suggestions are specially designed to emphasize the structural relationships in the body. By working through each system, the reader will gain not only an intimate knowledge of the location, appearance and role of the body parts, but will be laying the groundwork for more sophisticated studies of anatomy. Includes reproductive organs. Suited to age 8+. 43p, 180g.

by Larry Gonick $25.00

A refreshingly humorous and effective cartoon explanation of the principles of physics.You don’t have to be a scientist to grasp these and many other complex ideas, becausethis book explains them all: velocity, acceleration, explosions, electricity and magnetism, circuits — even a taste of relativity theory — and much more, in simple, clear, and, yes, funny illustrations. Physics will never be the same! PB 224p, 310g.

$29.00

This book is wonderful for all students of nature. High school biology students and college zoology students, will also benefit highly from this book ;).  This scientific colouring book teaches the structure and function of the major animal groups, from simple to complex. Brief, informative texts accompany each drawing, this book will take your students beyond your average Biology textbook. (Not a children’s colouring book). PB 240p, 540g.

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by Alan L. Gillen $28.00

Body by Design defines the basic anatomy and physiology in each of 11 body systems from a creational viewpoint. Every chapter explores the wonder, beauty and creation of the human body, giving evidence for creation, while exposing faulty evolutionistic reasoning.

Special explorations into each body system look closely at disease apsects, current events, and discoveries, while profiling the classic and contemporary scientists and physicians who have made remarkable breakthroughs in studies of the human body.

* Good for Christian highscool or college students

*Graphs, tables, focus sections, diagrams and illustrations to provide clear examples and explanations of ideas presented.

*Questions at the end of each chapter challenge the student to think through the evidence presented.

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by Dr Danny Falkner $28.00

Some astronomers look at the stars and planets through a telescope. In this unique book, author Danny
Faulkner views them through a biblical perspective. Written for the well-read layman, high school through
adult age, Universe by Design explores and explains the historical development of this science, including
current ideas in the field. From a creationist standpoint, Faulkner also addresses common misconceptions,
difficulties, and critiques about relativity and cosmology. This book would be an excellent
supplement to any home school curriculum. Includes: • Contributions of Ptolemy, Galileo, Brahe,
Newton, Hubble, Einstein, and other famous scientists to the field of cosmology • Many diagrams
and illustrations • Theories and facts on the origin and expansion of the universe • Thorough discussion
of the big bang and the problems with it • Many examples and analogies to help understand
concepts of cosmology. God’s awesome power is reflected in every star and planet in the universe around us!

Challenging questions at the end of every chapter. Grades 7-12. +

by Julia Diggins $24.00

This is an excellent reader for all students as they learn about geometry. It has been out-of-print for 34 years. Students and teachers have used photo copies rather than not being able to experience the beautiful illustrations by Corydon Bell and have their own copy to refer to and cherish throughout the years.
Using only three simple tools-the string, the straightedge, and the shadow-men discovered the basic principles and constructions of elementary geometry more than two thousand years ago.

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compiled and arranged by Sandi Queen $18.00

180 daily lessons all about God’s world of nature - literature selections, poetry, Bible verses, hymns, and more. A great way to get nature study into your daily routine!

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