Exploring Planet Earth: The Journey of Discovery from Early Civilization to Future Exploration (Sense of Wonder Series)

I have got several of the books in this line always good information. I would say a teen interested in science at all would like this book. 12+ years Younger maybe, if you have a professor type child.

This is a great resource! It was recommended for a curriculum we are using, but it could be a stand alone. Good pictures and questions. Haven't used the entire thing, so this is a partial review just by flipping through.

Well written and illustrated. Comprehensive. Quality literature. A classic book to save and read again and again. Excellent for teaching.

This series is wonderful. I love the Biblical references throughout it. My kids get to learn real facts without being indoctrinated with someone's theory.

This book is a general geography textbook that is well written. We have read 3 chapters so far. Seems to be a balance of history of geography with geography. For example when you read about Erothosthenes computing the circumference of the earth, you learn a little bit of scientific information about the earth. The book has comprehension questions at the end of each chapter. My daughter to enjoy it.

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Bought this back in the summer time and just now getting around to using it in our home school curriculum. Blown away by the book. Not in a good way, though, mind you. This book wasn't tagged as "Christian" when I bought it. Come to think of it, it still isn't. This very definitely is. Readers are encouraged to "check out" Bible passages for "more information" and some of the content was a little disturbing - such as Marco Polo "discovering" Mt. Arawat and finding what is generally accepted (by who??) that the remains of Noah's Ark is on top. Great googly moogly. I wanted science, not myths and fairy tales. Kiddo was really disappointed because he ended up having to skim over half of some chapters to get to any hard core facts or science. Questions at the end of each chapter were a nice touch, I'll give it that. If you're a secular home schooler, I'd stay away. Not worth the price when only half of the book is filled with facts.

Say goodbye to the stuffy textbook style as you explore this refreshing change of learning presented by John Hudson Tiner. Looking back at my own schooling experience, I remember enjoying the information gleaned from learning, but I also remember getting burnt out with long modules featuring page after page of tiny typed text and strings of questions that, frankly, made my head ache. This book is sectioned off into easily manageable chapters (averaging about three to six pages of a little larger than average print size) followed by an equally manageable list of about eight to ten mostly fill-in-the-blank questions. Let your child enjoy large pictures of the explorers, detailed maps of the areas being taught, and extra fun facts in addition to the main text. In addition to these advantages, this book is packed with fascinating historical accounts and details which, even I, as an adult had failed to hear of. The writer "zooms up" if you will, on the individual lives of explorers, giving concise overviews of whole lifetimes from the lives of ancient Greeks to more modern- day people. Tiner seamlessly links biblical worldview in the teaching of history and science. Along the way, he gives the references to Scripture passages that tie into the historical lessons that he is teaching. I found it interesting to read about the many Christian scientists he touches on (such as Galileo, Newton, and Boyle) that were tremendously blessed in their scientific efforts and made great headway in the history of science. These men and others were passionate about exploring God's creation so as to bring glory to their Maker. As in the words of Wernher von Braun, a German-American engineer: "Through a closer look at creation, we ought to gain a knowledge of the Creator, and a greater sense of Man's responsibilities to God will come into focus." While going through this textbook, I honestly kept looking for a thing or two that I didn't like about it so as to give it a fair but honest trial. About three-fourths of the way through, I finally gave up and gave in to the thrilling fact that, in my opinion, this schoolbook is "too good to be true." Without a doubt, a breath of fresh air. *Thanks to Master Books for sending me a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The book arrived on time. Well packaged and was to my satisfaction. Just as the seller described. I'm happy with my purchase. Thank you.