Formerly Space and Earth Science, 3rd Edition. this new edition features a new covor, new title, and newly reworked and added content. Two scientists-one portraying a cecular, the other a biblical-perspective, will hep to guide you through the text. Moving from the ground up, students will learn the history of the earth; the soil, rocks, and fossils; oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers; the atmosphere; and space. Special boxes throughout the text provide different notes on items of biblical, earth science, maps/mapping, geopraphical locations, and information on the changing climate debate. Unfamiliar words are defined with their etymology; short-biographies may also be highlighted in the sidebar. Section review quesstions and chapter review summareis with review questions are also included. 714 pages, glossary and index included. 8th Grade, 4th edition.