DIVE EARTH SCIENCE CD-ROM

CD-ROM Version.  Complete curriculum with video lectures and labs that teach every concept on a digital blackboard.  Includes video solutions to worksheet and lab activities, a digital workbook, and much more!

CLICK ON PRODUCT VIDEO TAB ABOVE OR CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW SAMPLE LECTURES AND LABS.  SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS, SAMPLE LAB WORKSHEETS, LAB SUPPLY LIST, AND OPTIONAL RESOURCES.  

This course trains children to enjoy God's great Earth while equipping them to stand against evolutionism and Old-Earth superstitions that infect natural history displays at most museums and geologic wonders like the Grand Canyon.  It covers four major areas: Earth Science Basics, Flood Geology, Limnology (Freshwater Ecosytems) and Oceanography, and Astronomy and Meteorology. Click here to view our Earth Science eLearning course that does all the grading and record keeping for you!

REQUIREMENTS

• TYPICALLY RECOMMENDED FOR 7th/8th GRADE

• MEETS OR EXCEEDS STATE REQUIREMENTS

• PREALGEBRA (MATH 8/7) COMPLETED OR CONCURRENTLY

• TAUGHT FROM A BIBLICAL,  SIX DAY CREATION FOUNDATION 

• MAC OR WINDOWS XP COMPUTER AND HIGHER AND SPEAKERS ARE REQUIRED

The course is set up on a 32 week schedule with two lectures, two worksheets, 20 definitions, and one lab to complete each week.  Every 8 weeks there is a Quarterly Review, which can be used as an exam.  The lecture and lab videos average 20 minutes each.  Labs can be completed hands-on but it is not required.  Here is our recommended schedule but feel free to adjust for your family.

DAY 1: COMPLETE DEFINITIONS & DIGITAL FLASHCARDS

DAY 2: LECTURE A, WORKSHEET A, WATCH VIDEO SOLUTIONS

DAY 3: LECTURE B, WORKSHEET B, WATCH VIDEO SOLUTIONS

DAY 4: WATCH VIDEO LAB (HANDS-ON NOT REQUIRED), COMPLETE LAB WORKSHEET, WATCH VIDEO SOLUTIONS

Every 8 weeks there is a Quarterly Review.

Video Lectures and Labs average 20 minutes each.  

Click Here to View the Sample Earth Science Lab Manual

 *Silicon sealant, 1.5 oz, $3.00

 *Muriatic Acid, 1 gal, $5.00 - Optional

 **Brooder reflector with clamp and 250 Watt heat lamp, $15.00

 **Elmer’s regular glue ($1.00) or wood glue ($2.00)

 HOBBY STORE

 **Plaster of Paris, 5 lb, $4

 *Air dry clay, 1 lb, $10

 *Plastic beads, about ¼  inch diameter, small bag, $1

 *Metal beads or split shots, about ¼ inch diameter, small bag, $1Copyright 2012, DIVE, LLC

 *Compass for drawing circles(drawing compass, not a magnetic compass), $3

 *Ruler, $1

 **Protractor, $1

 GROCERY STORE

 *Plastic tapered cups, clear, (Solo 9 oz, pkg of 20), $2

 * 1LB table salt, $1

 *2 boxes corn starch, $1

 *Popcorn, $1

 **Food coloring, assorted, $1

 DEPARTMENT STORE l (Walmart, Target, etc)

 *Air popcorn popper, $20, or just buy a bag of popped corn for $2.00

 *Scientific calculator, $10

 A (Petco, Petsmart, etc)

 *Plastic tubing, 3/16” or ¼” inside diameter, cut to length, 5 ft, $5

 AMAZON/INTERNET (click on each to go to website)

 *Magnetic Compass (Brunton Classic) $10

 *Rock and mineral test kit, $8.00

 *Contour line kit, $20.00 (Use tray for several other lab activities)

 *Classroom Collection of Rocks/Minerals, $45

 It is important to get this particular kit. There are a lot of 50-rock kits, but they may have 10-20 rocks that don’t match the ones used in the DIVE lab activities.

 **Lab thermometer (2), $9.00 each You can get by with 1, it will just take twice as long to complete the experiments (Lab 3.1 and 4.1).

 *100 mL graduated cylinder, $10.00

 *Digital pocket scale, 100g, $25.00

 *Tornado tube, $3.00

 **Alpha III model rocket launch set, $23.00

 **A8-3 engines, $10.00

 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS 

 Cardboard about as wide and tall as a shoe box (Lab 2.4, 2.5 and 2.7)

 String or fishing line (Lab 2.7, 4.2)

 Foam 1-inch thick that you could squeeze into the bottom of a shoebox-sized container (Lab 2.7)

 2 Tacks, some string, and another piece of cardboard (Lab 4.5)

 4 AA batteries and a small Philips head screwdriver (lab 4.6).Total for all supplies =  $264 Total if all you need are Amazon/Internet supplies = $172

 Also, there is a GPS used in Lab 2.1 and an oxygen meter used in Lab 3.7. These are expensive instruments($250+) and you are not expected to purchase them. Your child will learn plenty about these technologies by just doing the video lab.

Optional Resources

If your child (or you!) express a special interest in a topic, you may want to consider researching the following Internet links and/or purchasing the materials listed. DIVE does not currently sell any of the materials listed, but you can find them easily enough at a homeschool conference and/or online.

PLEASE NOTE: Some of the Internet links contain highly speculative statements about past and future events that are usually presented as “scientific fact.” Be skeptical about this information!

Week #	Internet links (Click on the blue underlined text to open a link)	Books/DVDs
1	Minerals	----
2	Earth’s interior1; Earth’s Interior 2; Compass and Map	The Geology Book by Dr. John D. Morris
3	Rocks and Minerals; Igneous Rocks ; YouTube video on Supercritical Fluids; Topographic Map Symbols	----
4	Water and Oceans; Oceans and Coasts	The Ocean Book by Frank Sherwin
5	NOAA education resources	The Weather Book by Mike Oard
6	NASA “Image of the Day”	The Astronomy Book by Dr. Jonathan Henry
7	Topographic Map Symbols; Gold; YouTube video on gold panning	--------
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9	Natural History in the Christian Worldview, a paper by Dr. John K. Reed	Read Genesis, Chapters 1 and 2; God of Wonders DVD
10	In the Beginning by Dr. Walt Brown, online book	In the Beginning by Dr. Walt Brown; The Genesis Flood by John Whitcomb and Henry Morris
11	Experiments in Stratification video by Dr. Guy Berthault; Dr. Shormann’s YouTube video, Crushing Tiktaalik	Living Fossils book and DVD by Dr. Carl Werner; Evolution, The Grand Experiment book and DVD by Dr. Carl Werner

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Week #	Internet links (Click on the blue underlined text to open a link)	Books/DVDs
12	Tas Walker’s Biblical Geology website	Earth’s Catastrophic Past books by Dr. Andrew Snelling; Grand Canyon, Monument to The Flood DVD
13	Frozen in Time by Mike Oard, online book	Frozen in Time by Mike Oard
14	Dr. Shormann’s YouTube video, Novarupta	Mount St. Helen’s DVD by Dr. Steve Austin
15	trueorigin.org astronomy links	Thousands...Not Billions by Dr. Don DeYoung; Starlight, Time and the New Physics by Dr. John Hartnett
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17	Water Cycle	God’s Design for Heaven and Earth: Our Weather and Water, by Debbie and Richard Lawrence (Answers in Genesis)
18	Nitrogen Cycle (terrestrial)	“
19	National Data Buoy Center	“
20	Mississippi River history	“
21	Reservoirs, Lakes	“
22	National Estuary Program	Exploring Creation With Marine Biology, by Sherri Seligson (Apologia); Our Weather and Water
23	Oceans	“
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25	NWS Jet Stream Weather School, heat, energy	The Weather Book by Mike Oard; God’s Design for Heaven and Earth: Our Weather and Water, by Debbie and Richard Lawrence (Answers in Genesis)
26	clouds, precipitation types	“
27	climate, ENSO	“
28	Doppler radar sites, thunderstorms, tornadoes, flash floods, lightning, hurricanes	“
29	Solar system	The Astronomy Book by Dr. Jonathan Henry
30	Sun, Moon	“
31	Universe	“
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