Faith-based homeschool science curricula, compared

What this list holds

We label a program faith-based when the publisher's own pages describe the program or the publisher in faith terms.

Science curricula range from read-and-narrate books for young children to high school courses with lab work. Many elementary programs cover one topic a year, such as plants or the human body, rather than a little of everything.

This list holds programs sold for science on their own. Full curricula that teach it along with every other subject are on homeschool all-in-one curricula.

At a glance

• All 3 show a price on the publisher's site. For one child and one year of the main package they run from $84.60 to $255.95.
• How the child works: 3 books and workbooks.
• 2 of the 3 have a placement test or level guide on the publisher's site, linked on each card.
• Grades: all reach pre-K or kindergarten, all reach the elementary grades, all reach middle school and all reach high school.

Each program in a line

• Apologia Science: A family teaching several children who wants one science topic at a time, read together from a textbook with hands-on activities, and then a structured textbook course for each teen.
• Beautiful Feet Books: A family that wants to teach history and geography through real books read aloud together, with discussion rather than worksheets, across several grades at once.
• The Good and the Beautiful: A family that wants low-cost, open-and-go printed lessons and likes teaching science and history to several children at once.

Before you buy

That label is the only thing these pages say about religion. If it matters to you, read the publisher's own pages.

Look for what the experiments need: some programs sell a supply kit, others list household items. For high school, check whether a lab course counts toward the credits you plan to give.

Most publishers post samples and a placement test; each card links the placement test where the publisher has one.

Related lists

• Faith-based homeschool curricula 22
• Faith-based homeschool curricula for high school 21
• Faith-based print homeschool curricula 20
• Faith-based homeschool curricula for pre-K and kindergarten 19
• Faith-based homeschool all-in-one curricula 14
• Faith-based traditional homeschool curricula 9
• Homeschool science curricula 8
• Faith-based Charlotte Mason homeschool curricula 7
• Homeschool science curricula for middle school 7
• Faith-based classical homeschool curricula 5
• Faith-based homeschool history and geography curricula 5
• Faith-based literature-based homeschool curricula 5
• Every program, with a filter for any combination

How we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

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