Science in the Beginning

Dr. Jay L. Wile

Science in the Beginning is the first book in a hands-on, multilevel elementary science series that introduces scientific concepts using history as its guide. The beginning of history is given in the Bible’s creation account, and this book uses the...

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Opening Credits

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Introductory Remarks

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Introduction

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Part 1: The First Day of Creation

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Lesson 1: Let There Be Light

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Experiment: Reflecting Light

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Lesson 1: Continued

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Lesson 2: The Colors in Creation

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Experiment: The Colors in Light

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Lesson 2: Continued

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Lesson 3: Absorbing and Reflecting

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Experiment: Reflecting and Absorbing Colors

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Lesson 3: Continued

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Lesson 4: Light and Energy

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Experiment: What Happens When Light is Absorbed?

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Lesson 4: Continued

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Lesson 5: Learning More About Light That Is Reflected and Absorbed

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Experiment: Sunlight and Thermal Energy

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Lesson 5: Continued

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Lesson 6: Energy Conversion in Creation

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Experiment: Lighting a Bulb with Mechanical Energy

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Lesson 6: Continued

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Lesson 7: More on the Law of Energy Conservation

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Experiment: The Law of Energy Conservation

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Lesson 7: Continued

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Lesson 8: The Light You Don’t See

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Experiment: Infrared Light

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Lesson 8: Continued

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Experiment: ‘Seeing’ Infrared Light

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Lesson 9: How the Human Eye Sees

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Experiment: The Human Blind Spot

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Lesson 9: Continued

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Lesson 10: Reflection, Absorption, and What Else?

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Experiment: What Happens When Light Hits Something that is Transparent?

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Lesson 10: Continued

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Lesson 11: How the Amount of Light Affects What You See

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Experiment: Through a Glass Darkly

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Lesson 11: Continued

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Lesson 12: Guiding Light

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Experiment: Guiding Light

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Lesson 12: Continued

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Lesson 13: Light Can Carry Information (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Using Light to Carry Information

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Lesson 13: Continued

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Lesson 14: Refraction (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Refraction

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Lesson 14: Continued

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Experiment: The Bent Pencil

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Lesson 15: Refraction and Magnification

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Experiment: A Simple Magnifier

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Lesson 15: Continued

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Part 2: The Second Day of Creation

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Lesson 16: Water and the Expanse

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Experiment: Making a Cloud

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Lesson 16: Continued

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Lesson 17: Solids and Liquids

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Experiment: Solids and Liquids

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Lesson 17: Continued

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Lesson 18: Why Things Float

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Experiment: Floating and Sinking

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Lesson 18: Continued

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Lesson 19: Will it Float?

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Experiment: Will it Float?

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Lesson 19: Continued

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Lesson 20: Water in its Gas Phase

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Experiment: Indoor Rain

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Lesson 20: Continued

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Lesson 21: Water Is Cohesive and Adhesive

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Experiment: Skating Drops

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Lesson 21: Continued

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Lesson 22: What Is Water?

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Experiment: Destroying Water

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Lesson 22: Continued

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Lesson 23: What Is a Solution?

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Experiment: What’s Left Now?

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Lesson 23: Continued

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Lesson 24: Other Kinds of Solutions

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Experiment: The Diet Coke and Mentos Fountain

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Lesson 24: Continued

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Lesson 25: Don’t Forget About Air

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Experiment: Air Takes Up Space

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Lesson 25: Continued

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Lesson 26: Sometimes Hot Air is Good!

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Experiment: Hot Air

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Lesson 26: Continued

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Lesson 27: Some Weighty Truths

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Experiment: Air Has Weight

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Lesson 27: Continued

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Lesson 28: Air Pressure (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Air Pressure

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Lesson 28: Continued

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Lesson 29: Wind (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Making Wind

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Lesson 29: Continued

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Lesson 30: Temperature (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: A Simple Thermometer

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Lesson 30: Continued

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Part 3: The Third Day of Creation

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Lesson 31: Land, Sea, and Plants

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Experiment: What Is Dirt?

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Lesson 31: Continued

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Lesson 32: More Dirt on Soil

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32002Experiment: Rocks and Soil

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Lesson 32: Continued

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Lesson 33: The Rock Cycle

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Experiment: The Rock Cycle in Crayon

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Lesson 33: Continued

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Lesson 34: The Water in the Sea

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Experiment: One Difference Between Saltwater and Freshwater

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Lesson 34: Continued

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Lesson 35: More on Seawater

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Experiment: Another Difference Between Saltwater and Freshwater

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Lesson 35: Continued

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Lesson 36: Salt and Ice

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Experiment: Melting Ice

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Lesson 36: Continued

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Lesson 37: Hypothesis and Experiment

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Experiment: Which Melts Ice More Quickly?

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Lesson 37: Continued

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Lesson 38: Plants - The Beginning

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Experiment: What Is A Seed?

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Lesson 38: Continued

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Lesson 39: Plants - The First Stage of Germination

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Experiment: Roots and Water, Part 1

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Lesson 39: Continued

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Lesson 40: Plants - More on Roots and Germination

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Experiment: Roots and Water, Part 2

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Lesson 40: Continued

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Lesson 41: Plants - Leaves, Water and Transpiration

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Experiment: Leaves and Water

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Lesson 41: Continued

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Lesson 42: Plants - The Importance of Leaves

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Experiment: Leaves and Light

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Lesson 42: Continued

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Lesson 43: Plants - How They Store Their Food (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Plants and Starch

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Lesson 43: Continued

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Lesson 44: Plants - Movement (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Plants and Movement

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Lesson 44: Continued

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Lesson 45: Plants - Examining a Leaf (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: The Basic Structure of a Leaf

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Lesson 45: Continued

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Part 4: The Fourth Day of Creation

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Lesson 46: The Sun

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Experiment: The Sun and Shadows

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Lesson 46: Continued

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Lesson 47: Using the Sun to Mark Time

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Experiment: The Sun as a Time Keeper

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Lesson 47: Continued

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Lesson 48: Colors in the Sky

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Experiment: Sunset in a Glass

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Lesson 48: Continued

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Lesson 49: What Is Moving?

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Experiment: Day and Night

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Lesson 49: Continued

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Lesson 50: All of Earth’s Motion

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Experiment: The Earth’s Motion

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Lesson 50: Continued

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Lesson 51: The Solar System

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Experiment: A Toilet Paper Map of the Solar System

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Lesson 51: Continued

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Lesson 52: More on the Solar System

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Experiment: The Sizes of the Planets

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Lesson 52: Continued

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Lesson 53: The Moon

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Experiment: The Phases of the Moon

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Lesson 53: Continued

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Lesson 54: How Big Is It?

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Experiment: Getting Some Perspective

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Lesson 54: Continued

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Lesson 55: Eclipses

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Experiment: Solar and Lunar Eclipses

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Lesson 55: Continued

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Lesson 56: Apparent Brightness

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Experiment: Apparent Brightness

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Lesson 56: Continued

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Lesson 57: Where Do The Stars Go During the Day?

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Experiment: Overwhelming Light

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Lesson 57: Continued

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Lesson 58: Ultraviolet Light from the Sun (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Sunburnt Newspaper

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Lesson 58: Continued

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Lesson 59: Looking at the Sun (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Seeing the Sun

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Lesson 59: Continued

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Lesson 60: How Do We Know What Is in The Sun? (Challenge Lesson)

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Experiment: Flame Tests

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Lesson 60: Continued

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Part 5: The Fifth Day of Creation

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Lesson: 61: Classification

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Experiment: A Venn Diagram

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Lesson 61: Continued

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Lesson 62: Saltwater and Freshwater

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Experiment: Osmosis

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Lesson 62: Continued

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Lesson 63: Osmosis and Diffusion

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Experiment: In and Out

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Lesson 63: Continued

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Lesson 64: Vertebrates and Invertebrates

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