Science in the Industrial Age
Berean Science teaches science through the lens of history, with narrative dialogue, a Christian worldview, diverse topics, and many experiments.
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Science in the Industrial Age
Science in the Industrial Age explores the discoveries, inventions, and scientific advances that transformed the world during the 1800s and early 1900s. Through more than 90 lessons, your child will study the people, ideas, and breakthroughs that shaped modern science while examining how scientists' beliefs influenced their interpretations of their discoveries.
Written from a Christian worldview, the course encourages children to think carefully about both scientific evidence and the assumptions people bring to it. As your child studies the Industrial Age, he'll see that scientists often looked at the same observations yet arrived at different conclusions based on their underlying beliefs.
Along the way, your child will investigate topics such as chemistry, electricity, geology, sound, human cells, thermodynamics, and microbiology. Every lesson includes a hands-on activity designed to reinforce the concepts being studied. He might model scientific principles with gumdrops, explore the discoveries of Louis Pasteur, investigate the work of Michael Faraday, make homemade ice cream while learning about thermodynamics, or conduct other experiments that connect scientific ideas to real-world experience.
The colorful hardcover text presents complex topics through short, conversational lessons supported by engaging illustrations. Three levels of review questions at the end of each lesson allow younger and older children to learn together while responding at an age-appropriate level.
Parents and children use the same text, while the included Helps & Hints guide provides answers, explanations, and teaching support. Optional tests and answer keys are included for families who prefer formal assessment, and an optional lab kit simplifies preparation by supplying many of the harder-to-find experiment materials.
Science in the Industrial Age helps your child understand not only what scientists discovered, but also how those discoveries influenced the modern world. By exploring both scientific advances and the worldviews surrounding them, he gains a deeper appreciation for the relationship between evidence, interpretation, and the study of God's creation.
How to Use Science in the Industrial Age
- Plan to complete two lessons each week if you want to focus on core instruction. At that pace, your family will cover the essential readings, discussions, and activities without feeling rushed.
- Watch for the red lessons listed in the table of contents. These enrichment assignments are optional and can be added when your child is especially interested in a topic. Completing them typically adds about two extra science sessions each month.
- Read the lesson together, discuss the review questions, and complete the hands-on activity. The experiments are designed to reinforce the concepts being studied while helping your child experience science as many Industrial Age scientists did—through observation, experimentation, investigation, and analysis.
- Use the consumable notebook alongside the main text. Your child can record observations, document experiments, answer questions, and organize notes as he works through the course. Over the course of the year, the notebook becomes a personal record of both his scientific investigations and his study of the Industrial Age.
- For multi-age families, allow younger and older children to participate together as they respond to the review questions at their own levels. The built-in question sets make it easy to teach science as a family without creating separate lessons for each child.
- Follow your child's curiosity. Science in the Industrial Age provides a complete course, but the optional lessons and historical investigations offer plenty of opportunities to explore topics more deeply whenever an idea captures his interest.
Say goodbye to guesswork and hello to easy, breezy science journaling! The Student Notebooks for Science in the Industrial Age are your family’s trusty companions through all the marvelous mayhem of Berean Science—keeping your curious learner’s work tidy, on track, and ready for show-and-tell.
Each notebook is custom-built for a specific Berean title and perfectly matched to your child’s learning level. Older students? They’ll love the balance of lined pages, blank spaces, fill-in-the-blank questions, and smart diagrams that help them process each lesson. Got a bold brainiac in the bunch? The Oldest Student Notebook throws in extra challenges to stretch those science muscles.
For the littlest learners, there’s no need for a notebook at all—just chat through the questions out loud and call it a win! But for 3rd through 6th graders, these spiralbound gems make it oh-so-simple to jot down lightbulb moments, sketch experiments, and keep track of their God-glorifying discoveries without flying papers everywhere.
Still deciding which level fits best? Peek inside any Berean Science text and check out the questions for younger, older, and oldest students. You’ll know what feels right the moment you see it.
With the Student Notebooks for Science in the Industrial Age, science time becomes delightfully doable—and everything your child learns is gathered in one organized place.
What's Included
Older Bundle- Science in the Industrial Age Text
- Helps & Hints for Science in the Industrial Age
- Older Student Notebook
Purchase this set if you have never used Science in the Industrial Age before and wish to use a printed notebook.
- Science in the Industrial Age Text
- Helps & Hints for Science in the Industrial Age
- Oldest Student Notebook
Purchase this set if you have never used Science in the Industrial Age before and wish to use a printed notebook.
- Science in the Industrial Age Text
- Helps & Hints for Science in the Industrial Age
Purchase this set if you have never used Science in the Industrial Age before and do not wish to use a printed notebook.
- Older Student Notebook only
Please note: Science in the Industrial Age text required.
Purchase this notebook if you already own the text and wish to have the notebook, or want an extra notebook for a second student.
- Oldest Student Notebook only
Please note: Science in the Industrial Age text required. Purchase this notebook if you already own the text and wish to have the notebook, or want an extra notebook for a second student.
Publisher: Berean Builders Publishing
Author: Dr. Jay L. Wile
Age Recommendation: 5-12
Grade Recommendation: K-7th
Faith-Based: Yes
Consumable: Yes (Student Notebook), No (text)
ISBN: 9780989042482 (text)
9780989042499 (Helps & Hints)
9781733316880 (Older Student )
9781733316897 (Oldest Student )
Format: Hardcover (text), Softcover (Helps & Hints) Spiral bound softcover (Student Notebook)
Copyright: 2019
Made in: USA
Text Sample PDF
Lab Supply List by Lesson PDF
Consolidated Lab Supply List PDF
Scope and Sequence PDF
Printable Older Notebook PDF
Printable Oldest Notebook PDF
Get the optional Lab Kit for Science in the Industrial Age here.
review by Living Life: Hour By Hour
”We really enjoyed learning about the scientists, some I didn't remember ever learning about in school. Ultimately the most fun was the experiments!”
Read the ReviewFind answers to the most frequently asked questions about this product below:
Berean Science books are intended for elementary students in grades K-6. We include the five books in this series in our first- through fifth-grade Classic Curriculum Kits.
While there are some positives to working sequentially, families can also be successful beginning with whatever time period most interests them.
The publisher accommodates this by letting you know in the Helps & Hints book what concepts they expect students to know from a previous book in the series. If needed, you can do a quick encyclopedia look-up or internet search to help bridge any gaps.
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- December 11, 2022
Unlike anything else I've used
Hayes
I love that this program focuses on people and works through time rather than subject. Each book covers so many different topics. I love how interesting each section in this book has been. I utilize a lot of resources in my homeschool and this one is definitely a 5 star winner!
- June 20, 2021
So relieved!
Bernadine V.
Confession - I hate science. But love the chronological order of this and the questions and assignments are not overwhelming. Jump-started this because the grandkids are all here this summer; the seventh grader is doing the experiments for me (yes, she will be rewarded!). Personally I do not find it critical to do them at the same time as the reading - we will sometimes do two or three experiments in a day. The reading is interesting although names of the scientists are difficult to remember!
- October 26, 2020
Science is fun
Danielle K.
This brings since to life. My daughter is enjoying it
- December 6, 2019
Very informative
Daniel R.
This book has a lot of information. Unfortunately, we don't always have the supplies to do the experiments.
- August 21, 2018
Science in the Industrial Age
Robin F.
My daughter and I love this text!! I enjoy the short time it takes to lesson plan and we both really enjoy the experiments to reinforce the lessons.
