🔬Best Science Curriculum

Grades K–12 · $40–$90 per course

Apologia is the 800-pound gorilla of homeschool science. Conversational tone, thorough content, and built-in experiments make it a complete science solution. It's written from a Christian/creationist perspective, which is either a feature or a dealbreaker depending on your family.

Grades K–8 · $50–$150 per unit

Carolina Science is hands-on inquiry-based learning. Real experiments, real materials, real science. It's what you buy when you want kids doing actual science, not reading about it. More work for parents, but genuinely educational.

Grades K–6 · $40–$100 per level

Elemental Science uses literature, nature study, and observation to teach science. Charlotte Mason approach. Gentle, engaging, focuses on curiosity rather than facts memorization. Kids become observers of the natural world.

Grades 1–8 · $45–$85 per course

Real Science Odyssey is a secular, hands-on science curriculum that prioritizes experiments and scientific thinking over textbook memorization. Each level covers biology, chemistry, earth science, or astronomy with real lab work.

Grades K–5 · $80–$150 per level

Sassafras teaches science through adventure stories. Kids follow characters learning science concepts through narrative. Engaging, age-appropriate, colorful. Real science wrapped in storytelling.