The Bonus Features below are related to our book 106 Days of Creation Studies. This study combines all your grades 1–6 students for one exciting science adventure that lasts the whole year! Be sure to check back here from time to time because we will be adding new and updated resources related to the book as we get them. If you have some resources that you’d like to recommend, let us know!
Diagrams and Pictures
- Water Cycle—A wonderful animated diagram of the water cycle that will be a great supplement to Lesson 16.
- Fish Pictures—A whole page full of fish pictures. Just click on a picture to see an enlarged view for Lesson 48.
- Body Systems—A collection of diagrams related to the various systems of the body that you will study in Lessons 76–100. Some are more detailed than others, so you can select just the right one to use with your child.
Book Alternatives
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Yellow and Pink is, unfortunately, out of print now. If you can’t find it through your library, here’s a possible alternate activity: The book is about two wooden puppets who are lying on a hillside while their paint dries, one is yellow and one is pink. They begin talking about where they came from. One is convinced that someone made them and presents evidence for his point; the other persists in believing that they happened by chance and keeps coming up with more and more ludicrous explanations for how things might have happened. For example, there might have been two tree logs at the top of the hill that got dislodged and rolled down the hill. As they rolled they hit rocks and that shaped them into these puppet shapes. etc. etc. At the end of the book, the man who made them comes and takes them back into his house because their paint is now dry.
You could probably get the point across by making something with your child, then as the paint or glue is drying, discuss where it came from. You could try to think of silly explanations for how all the parts came into being and fit together, while your child shows you how obvious it is that he/she made it.
Moody Science Videos
To help you locate the videos that are recommended in 106 Days of Creation, we’ve listed them below with links. If the recommended video is a shorter segment that is part of a longer main video, we have noted the main video beside it. Feel free to use the other segments on the main videos at your discretion.
Another great resource for these videos, as well as other educational materials, is Library & Education Services. This wholesale company has great prices available to librarians, church leaders, and educators—including home educators.
- The Clown-Faced Carpenter video includes “Water Water Everywhere.” I’ve also seen it on a compilation DVD called Moody Science Adventures from Library & Education Services.
- Treasure Hunt
- The Power in Plants—This video is getting hard to find. We could find only used copies on Amazon. Or it might be included in the compilation DVD along with The Clown-Faced Carpenter (see above).
- City of the Bees
- Experience with an Eel
- Red River of Life
- Windows of the Soul
- God’s Earth Team—This video is getting hard to find. We could find only one used copy on Amazon. (See the article below for a possible substitute.)
More Dinosaur Resources
- Answers in Genesis provides many great resources about dinosaurs, creation, and the Flood for children and adults.
- Institute for Creation Research has lots of good articles and responses to news items that deal with creation, dinosaurs, and the Flood.
Notebooking Pages
Debra at Notebooking Pages designed some wonderful scientist notebooking pages for her children to use in their 106 Days of Creation study. She’s sharing the pages for free, along with some free experiment notebooking templates. Thanks, Debra!
Scientist Biographies
Here are links to some living books that may prove helpful as the older children research various scientists throughout the study. Feel free to select just a few of the Scientist Detective assignments if you want your child to really get to know these men and women through great living books. If you find a good living book on one of the other scientists in 106 Days of Creation Studies, let us know. We would all love to hear about it!
- Archimedes for Lesson 15.
- George Washington Carver for Lesson 29.
Solar System
- Pluto—You might find this information about Pluto interesting as you do Lesson 37. See especially the sections near the end of the article, “New discoveries ignite debate” and “IAU decision.”
Stewardship of the Earth
Since the video that is recommended for Lesson 104 is getting increasingly harder to find, here is a good article that can help you understand and discuss how to be a good steward of God’s creation.
E-Book Backup
We encourage you to make a backup of your e-book file for safekeeping. Feel free to copy your file onto a CD, an external hard drive, or another type of media, and store it away from your computer. If something happens to your computer or the files on it, you’ll still have a copy of your e-book in a safe place.