Classical Science at Your Finger Tips

Science Yellow Pages, published by Incentive Publications is a good compilation of information (Grammar Stage) for Classical educators, or any parent who wants science facts at their finger tips. Director of Operations, David Harrison, from Incentive Publications grants permission to make copies for “educational purposes”  in your Homeschool and share, them with other Homeschool parents.

I don’t know of one single volume of science that covers all three stages of the Trivium. But, any branch of science you are interested in studying needs to be defined first. Then broken into bite sizes through Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric stages. Lord willing, next week I’ll give one example of how to break one of the life science branches into trivium bite sizes.

Here are a few branches of science and their meaning.

In one way or another these branches of science overlap with each other. For example, Chemistry, in the "Physical science" category overlaps with the "Life Science" medicinal properties of plants used in medicine.

Branches of Science-At-A-Glance                                                       Copyright 2006 Pete & Maribel Hernandez All Rights Reserved.
Physical Science	Earth Science	Life Science	The Physical Sciences Physics: The study of matter and energy and the interactions between them. Physicists study such subjects as gravity, light, and time. Chemistry: The science that deals with the composition, properties, reactions, and the structure of matter. Astronomy: The study of the universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere   The Earth Sciences Geology: The science of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth. Oceanography: The exploration and study of the ocean. Paleontology: The study of past geological periods as revealed through remains in rocks. Meterology: The science that deals with the atmosphere, such as weather and climate.     The Life Sciences (Biology) Medical Botany: The study of plants with curative properties used in medicine. Genetics: The study of heredity. Medicine: The science of diagnosing, treating, and preventing illness, disease, and injury. Zoology: The science that covers animals and animal life Ornithology: The science of birds
Physics	Geology	Medical Botany
Chemistry	Oceanography	Genetics
Astronomy	Paleontology	Zoology
	Meterology	Ornithology

Maribel Hernandez

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