Teaching Botany to Sarah has been such a joy for me. She too loves to learn about nature.
Yesterday, we went outside and plucked (yes, we plucked!!) a fresh flower for dissection.
Dissecting the flower and naming its parts brought back many happy memories. But MOST of all, it was evidence of a wonderful, creative and artistic GOD. How could anyone believe that this beautiful flower could have evolved from some primordial soup so long ago? How could anyone look at the diversity of life out there and think that it all started from a single cell? It is obvious that only a great designer could have come up with all those intricate yet functional parts of any living being. Praise be to my awesome LORD!
Anyway, back to Botany, we're working through "Exploring Creation Through Botany" (Apologia Series). It is simple facts, written for children, leading them to see God's hand in creation. It has a good mix of readings, experiments, field studies and lovely coloured pictures. This week, we've been learning about flowers. I supplemented the study with a viewing of David Attenborough's "The Private Life of Plants". Sarah knows about Attenborough's stand on evolution, but we love the photography in the series, so we have explained our reservations about some of the things he says in the videos to our kids.
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