The Good and the Beautiful Science Review - Pros and Cons

The Good and the Beautiful Science and Health units offer a Biblical-based Science curriculum, with a one room schoolhouse approach. I am a homeschool mom of three, and I have used TGTB Science and Health units going on 3 years. Here are my pros and cons of their Science and Health units.

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[maisieliberty]

This controversy didn't exist in the beginning. Honestly seemed like it was started by a lady starting her own curriculum the same year. I haven't checked every book and page they have published personally but I know they say their curriculum is checked by members of multiple churches such as catholic, Baptist, Methodist. It's non-denominational, generally Christian but not specific to a single churches doctrine. So should suit most Bible believing families. 🥰

[sahmlife]

Thanks for your honest and in-depth review. I've been trying to decide if I should use some of their science units this coming school year. Will start off with their Marine unit...which is actually offered as a free PDF download. That way, even if we don't end up liking it, I have nothing to lose.

[RusudanTsiskreli]

I'm using Science for Little Hearts and Hands, it is super cool. But because there is too many religion in science units I'm not considering continuing with them.

[mrs.wiedenmann]

I had a 3rd, 5th, and 7th last year and we loved The Good and The Beautiful science units. I didn't laminate any of the pieces but my older kids weren't going to be ruining anything. The extension activities were just right for my 7th grader. We are looking forward to starting with Ecosystems this year!

[nalanihamby]

I’m LDS and if I hadn’t done any digging I would never have known she was LDS too. We use the King James Bible so as long as your family uses that version it will all line up, if your family uses something like the new international version you can still use the verse, just grab your family Bible and read the verse from there instead.

[aimtok]

Didn’t know about the loose pages and laminating! Thanks for explaining that because I’m new to the curriculum and have TGTB on the way to me!

[ajgehlhausen]

Great explanations! You brought up points that I had not seen in other review videos!

[dawnworley]

I teach at a co-op one hour a week. Would you recommend these units? Could I stretch them 16 weeks or do you think I would need 2 a semester?

[ambers]

Any input on doing a unit once a week? I’d like to do them with 3 elementary grades once maybe twice a week.

[cdouglas]

Very well explained list. Thank you! But I wish you did a flip through :)

[laurabrewer]

Thank you for such a great overview! What sort of things do you do to make sure the unit is reusable? I'm wondering if I should laminate some things so we can save them for reuse later on.

[crystinanna]

This was helpful, well done and succinct. Not a bunch of fluff or things that were off topic. Great speaking skills!👍✨

[JaniceCrowell]

Is this suitable for teaching at a co-op one hour a week for 12 weeks?

[familistic]

Hey I just found you video on pros and cons of TG&TB science.
How do you determine a grade(report card)for that unit?

[annacbrown]

May I ask why you're not using sonlight Science? Because you use Sonlight H/B/L if I remember correctly

[kristinsearight]

These are great for young kids say under 3rd grade but I have found them kind of a joke for any kid older than 3rd grade. My daughter blew through a whole years worth in under 6 months. Now I just use the table of contents and maybe an experiment or article and spend a fortune on other books to go with it. I think for the geology unit I spent $200 on geology books. Shes almost done with them. My biggest con is that they aren't enough for some kids. My 8 year old nephew is finishing them really fast. I use them with my 4 and 5 year old nephews and they are perfect. Keep in mind that the lesson extensions for older kids are not really adequate in all cases. I just buy the PDF and put together my own lessons from there. I really hate the layout with the READ TO THE CHILD: type directions. I reads like a script and my daughter cant work through the lessons solo like she prefers. I tend to have to retype a lot and remove the "read to the child" stuff so she can read the stuff herself. Its worth the money to have it as a guide but I feel like it is not enough for a full study for kids 3rd grade and up. My daughter was so excited for the geology one since it advertised extensions for older kids (shes 6th grade) and was utterly disappointed by the simplicity of the extensions. You will probably need multiple books for each unit study. If your kids are older, seek out middle-high school level books. For us, I cant imagine using these a second time. For us it was definitely one and done. They are definitely worth the money just keep in mind that older kids may need a lot more. The Cave book that was suggested for older grade with the geology unit was pricey and my daughter blew through it in about 2 hours. Buy more books that Jenny suggests.

[tahirasbs]

Just FYI Good and the Beautiful curriculum is very white washed

[ryisworld]

I think you just made up my mind for my 2nd grader! We’re going for it! Thank you so much!