Explore the fascinating animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and other creatures that fill our beautiful world!  Immerse your children in hands-on activities, captivating videos, exciting experiments (available on video for busy days), and beautiful illustrations and images as they complete this exciting and easy-to-teach course.

Each family will need one copy of the course book and one student journal per child. Don’t miss the read-aloud book pack and 7–8 extension book available below to expand learning and immerse your children in the beautiful world that surrounds them!

Lesson 1: Introduction to Living Things
Lesson 2: Cells
Lesson 3: Classification
Lesson 4: Archaebacteria and Eubacteria Kingdoms
Lesson 5: Protista Kingdom
Lesson 6: Fungi Kingdom: Yeasts, Molds, and Mushrooms
Lesson 7: Plantae Kingdom: Nonvascular and Vascular
Lesson 8: Plantae Kingdom: Gymnosperm and Angiosperm
Lesson 9: Animal Kingdom: Invertebrates
Lesson 10: Animal Kingdom: Vertebrates
Lesson 11: Taxonomist in Training: Classification Review

The Good and the Beautiful science team has created original, high-quality videos to accompany our science units, making the courses even easier to teach! The Kingdoms and Classification science unit includes access to helpful, engaging videos modeling various microscope labs plus additional videos that highlight specific topics such as cells and vertebrates. Access the Kingdoms and Classification videos here.

*Note: Science units do not need to be taught in any particular order. However, it is very helpful to complete the Kingdoms and Classification unit before Botany and Mammals.