Our grades 3–8 family-style science units average 12–14 lessons each.
Purchase one course book for your family and an age-appropriate student journal for each child.
We recommend families complete 3–5 science units per year. Units can be completed in any order.
Science Units
Continue scrolling to see all of our science units, or click on a unit title to jump ahead.
All science units have been updated to the new bound course books and student journals.
PDF downloads are available for purchase by clicking on the course book covers.
Family-Style Unit Studies
Science for Little Hearts and Hands
Younger children can still participate in learning along with the family however, Science for Little Hearts and Hands introduces children grades preschool through second grade to the wonders of science. Learn more here.
Add some science activities for littles to your homeschool.
Explore the outdoors with our nature notebooks and games.
Arthropods
Birds
Botany
Chemistry
Ecosystems
$19.99*
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Geology
Health and the Human Mind
Health and the Physical Body
Kingdoms and Classification
Mammals
Marine Biology
Maturation and Sexual Reproduction
Motion and Simple Machines
Paleontology
Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish
Safety
Space Science
$6.99
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Weather and Water
Wonders of Energy
Science for Little Hearts and Hands
Choose one Little Hearts and Hands course for your school year.
Fields and Flowers
Explore God’s amazing creation with young children. Learn about bees, trees, and much more.
Includes:
- Full-color Parent Guide (80 pages)
- The Big Book of Science Stories (203 pages)
- 15 Lesson Videos
$39.98
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- Short, engaging lessons
- Beautifully illustrated science storybook
- Videos packed with learning
- Perfect for preschool to 2nd grade
- Science activities for preschoolers and early elementary children.
- Foundational scientific learning presented in a child-friendly way
Wind and Waves
Children from preschool to second grade learn about weather, water, and marine life.
Includes:
- Full-color Parent Guide (100 pages)
- The Big Book of Science Stories (253 pages)
- Audio Narrations
$39.98
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Through fun and interactive lessons, your family will explore and learn about rain and snow, rainbows, clouds, the water cycle, what meteorologists do, and more in Little Hearts and Hands: Wind and Waves! With beautiful illustrations, captivating stories, hands-on activities, simple experiments, and interactive audio narrations, this course is a gentle introduction to science for the youngest learners.
- Short, engaging lessons
- Beautifully illustrated science storybook
- Interactive audio narrations, activities, and experiments that explore scientific ideas
- Perfect for preschool to 2nd grade
- Foundational scientific learning presented in a child-friendly way
This course includes a full-color Parent Guide that walks you through teaching the lessons. Each lesson includes either a beautifully illustrated story from The Big Book of Science Stories: Wind and Waves, an interactive audio narration, or activities and experiments that explore scientific ideas.
Sparks and Stars
Discover planets, stars, and asteroids! Then learn about force, motion, motors, and machines.
Includes:
- Full-color Parent Guide (102 pages)
- The Big Book of Science Stories (225 pages)
- Audio Narrations
$39.98
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Through fun and simple lessons, hands-on activities, engaging stories, and interactive audio narrations, Science for Little Hearts and Hands: Sparks and Stars is a gentle introduction to science for the youngest learners. In this beautifully designed course, children learn about space, planets, electricity, gravity, and machines that move!
- Short, engaging lessons
- Beautifully illustrated science storybook
- Interactive audio narrations, activities, and experiments that explore scientific ideas
- Perfect for preschool to 2nd grade
- Foundational scientific learning presented in a child-friendly way
This course includes a full-color Parent Guide that walks you through teaching the lessons. Each lesson includes either a beautifully illustrated story from The Big Book of Science Stories: Sparks and Stars, an interactive audio narration, or activities and experiments that explore scientific ideas.
Many families find that teaching one lesson per week or more is ideal. This course will take one full school year to complete if it is completed at a pace of one lesson per week. If you plan to teach more than one lesson per week, we suggest also purchasing one of our other Little Hearts and Hands Science courses.
Science Activities for Littles
Science Games & Notebooks
Purchase science books individually here.
Science Unit Studies Flip-Through Videos
Curious about what is in each of our science units? View all the Science Unit Studies Flip-Through Videos here.
Our wire-bound format means you need to purchase one course book for your family and an age appropriate student journal for each child doing the unit study.
PDFs are available for purchase by clicking on the course book cover.