I can’t believe how time flies!! It was actually THREE years ago that we did Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy 
Chapter Activities:
Chapter 1 ~ Cells {diagram of cell and edible cells}
Chapter 2Â & 3 ~ Bones {dissecting chicken bones and field trip}
Chapter 4 & 5 ~ Digestion, Nutrition
Chapter 6 ~ Respiratory System {cow lung dissection, beware, lots of gross pictures}
Chapter 7 ~ blood {making a model of blood with food}
Chapter 8 ~ the heart {graham cracker & marshmallow model of the heart}
Chapter 9Â & 10Â ~ the brain {dissecting a cow’s brain, looking under microscope, play dough brain model}
Chapters  11 ~ senses {dissecting cow’s eyeball, crawling through life size ear, eye diagram, taste test}
Chapter 12 ~ skin, hair nails, bacteria {3 activities to learn about bacteria}
More Human Anatomy Links:
- Field Trip to Tennessee School for the DeafÂ
- Helen Keller unit study
- The Magic School Bus: Human Body
- My Body (Science Books)
 ~ this is the awesome paper model of each body part/organ that you can color, cut out and create a body with for each child!
- Human Anatomy Pinterest Board
“The textbook is the hardest Exploring Creation book in the series. It’s tough reading.” Oh, no. Maybe I’ll come back to Apologia’s book later.
We’ve been covering earth science and general science long enough, but if it’s going to be a struggle for my 8 and 9 year olds to use Apologia, I’ll have to look somewhere else.
I really appreciate you sharing what it’s really like. 🙂
The textbook is the hardest Exploring Creation book in the series. It’s
tough reading. – See more at:
http://www.mercyisnew.com/2013/07/18/exploring-creation-with-human-anatomy/#sthash.zi8Jey9D.dpuf
The textbook is the hardest Exploring Creation book in the series. It’s
tough reading. – See more at:
http://www.mercyisnew.com/2013/07/18/exploring-creation-with-human-anatomy/#sthash.zi8Jey9D.dpuf
Cheri, I don’t know. I hate to turn you off from it if your kids would be good with it. Is there a sample chapter anywhere? I felt like my kids would have done better with it in a few more years. Also, I would think about if you are good at explaining stuff to them – summarizing, etc. Part of my struggle with this book is that even I didn’t understand much about human anatomy so I had a hard time summarizing! LOL! Ok, found a sample for you, look over this whole chapter and see what you think. Another idea is to spread it out – we never could have done a chapter a week in this book. http://shop.apologia.com/anatomy-and-physiology/223-exploring-creation-with-human-anatomy-and-physiology.html
I had whole comment worked out about how my son has trouble developing vocabulary, but then we looked over the sample chapter together. The author writes like I do and we think we can make it work.
I especially appreciate the details they cover, even if we take longer studying. Of all the sciences, understanding the complexity of a living organism is one of the greatest testimonies to a Genius Creator.
Thank you very much!
Cheri! I’m just glad you looked first! I would hate to make a recommendation that wasn’t the best fit for your family!! So glad you took a peek and think it will work for ya’ll!!
Pinned! We had a great year with Apologia’s Human Anatomy too.
Love this Candace! {And your Astronomy post too}!
Thanks for sharing!
P.S. – Your new blog is lookin’ good!! You’ve done a great job!
Sarah, thank you SO much for commenting and for your sweet words!! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this. We did this before, too, but it is planned again for my son this year.
Thank you! We just finished this book, but I know my youngest will enjoy these when it’s his turn.
Hi Candace! Do you have a post you can point me to on how you ran your small co-op? I am looking to start one next semester! Also, did you use MY BODY with this Anatomy text? I read one review that suggested there is a similar activity to the My Body gig that is included with the notebooking book? I’m not sure if I’ll buy the notebooking book or not… Thanks in advance!
OK, nevermind! I answered my own questions 🙂 This post is great for explaining your co-op: http://www.mercyisnew.com/2010/10/07/apologia-human-anatomy-update/, and I noticed you DID use the My Body book too. Did you also use the notebooking pages, or skip them? The activities look FUN! Thanks for blogging and sharing ideas.
Deborah! Hi and thanks for stopping by! We loved the My Body Book!! We did not use the journaling/notebooks with this one, though they usually are great!