I have never seen a Christian Science curriculum that truly merges science and a Christian worldview like Truth in Science.  Based on the work of Dr. Henry Morris and his sixteen tenets of Biblical and Scientific Creation, the creators of this curriculum have done a beautiful job of teaching how your view of the world will color your interpretations of science

I received the grade four complete package to review which includes: one Teacher's Edition, eleven Students Steps, Test and Quizzes packet, Answer Key, and a Multimedia/Support DVD, which cost $98.80.  

Let's start with the Teacher's Edition which is enormous and the wealth of information is amazing! The first few pages explain the philosophy of the curriculum, and present the sixteen tenets. There is a scope and sequence, and a Quick Teaching Schedule that can help you plan your lessons depending on how many lessons per week you want to accomplish. Each chapter in the TE correlates to one of the Student Steps. For example chapter one in the TE would be Step 1 in the Student Steps. The first couple of pages in each chapter include planning guides that lists vocabulary for each lesson, teacher illustrations that will be needed, required materials and any addition student resources. There are ten lessons per chapter. The first page has a lesson organizer which lists all of the lessons and their topics (highlighting the topic being cover in that lesson). Objectives, activities and materials needed are also included on the first page. In the margins of the Teacher's Edition is Teacher's Commentary that usually gives some background information. On the bottom of each page includes some additional information that fall under one of the following categories: Evolution Says, Interesting Facts, Notable Quotes and Faith or Fact. The pages from the student steps are included in the teacher's guide along with Teach and Apply that includes guided inquiries, and questions to ask.

Each of the Student Steps covers a different topic. The first is Worldview which lays a great foundation for how this curriculum incorporates the sixteen tenets, and worldview with science. The next ten steps cover science topics which are as follows: Classification, Plants, Animals & Humans, Ecology, Meteorology, Geology, Earth's Resources, Astronomy, Matter, and Forces & Energy. The Student Steps can be used independently of the Teacher's Edition. If your student is an independent learner they will be able to do them without much teacher direction. There are eight lessons in each step. The first lesson lists the objectives for the topic, vocabulary, a memory verse, and a K-W-L chart. A Report-to-You-Project is also assigned that is due in the last lesson of each step. There are two labs for each Step most of which require household items. Occasionally you will need something that will require purchase such as silkworm eggs. A worldview quiz is given for each step as well as a chapter test. The answers for these and answers for the Student Steps are proved in the Answer Key.

The Multimedia/Support DVD gives a great introduction and overview of the curriculum. It also includes vocabulary lessons for each Step and PDF files that includes the teacher's illustrations.  

Due to the realization of standardized test the curriculum does include sections that align with the standards. Sometime the standards are in direct conflict with what is being taught and this is discussed. One major conflict being evolution, Truth in Science does a marvelous job at teaching the flaws in the evolution theory, and that it is just that, a theory.   

Truth in Science is an amazing curriculum that not only does a fantastic job at teaching science but also teaching the Truth and how the two work together to the glorify God.

Product Review by Stacy Rocha, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, LLC, September, 2011