The Answers Notebook Volume 1 - A Master Books Companion
The Answers Notebook Volume 1 is a publisher-approved Notebook Companion™ for The New Answers Book 1 by Master Books, sold separately. This flexible Notebook Companion™ is suitable for grades 8-12.
Each chapter includes thought-provoking questions dealing with a difficult question, argument, or challenge to the biblical scientific worldview. As the textbook presents facts, statistics, and information, students will have the opportunity to define, explain, or give their opinion on the information they encounter.
Purpose of The Answers Notebook Volume 1
The purpose of this guide is to bring life to the ideas and concepts found in the textbook. Each question is an opportunity to not simply copy and paste, but to explore, reword, explain, and master the material.
The New Answers Book 1 is full of amazing scientific and factual truth rooted in the Word of God. It handles scientific concepts with integrity and boldness, equipping the reader (that’s you!) with knowledge, language, and a worldview that honors God as Creator.
The goal of this notebook is to help each student build a biblical worldview when it comes to challenging scientific questions. The work they do in this notebook will greatly assist them as they discuss these questions with others throughout their lives.
Challenging Worldview Topics
Each topic discussed, whether its UFOs, the Ice Age, or Natural Selection, is presented from a Christian worldview, but there are many other theories and worldviews held by the people we interact with every day. While you work through this guide and the textbook, open yourself to new ideas presented through the lens of God’s Word. You might just be surprised at how some of your preconceived notions and assumptions change when you encounter the biblical, scientific evidence.
Like our other open & go curriculum, there is no prep-work involved – you simply grab your copy of The New Answers Book 1 and The Answers Notebook: Volume 1 and work at your own pace.
Includes Answers Index
In the back of this guide, you will find the “Answers Index,” a list of each question and the location of each question’s answer.
This is helpful for parents who are checking student’s work, or for students who need a guide to locating answers to the open-ended questions.
Topics Covered in The Answers Notebook Volume 1
- Is There Really a God?
- Why Shouldn’t Christians Accept Millions of Years?
- Couldn’t God Have Used Evolution?
- Don’t Creationists Deny the Laws of Nature?
- What About the Gap & Ruin-Reconstruction Theories?
- Cain’s Wife – Who Was She?
- Doesn’t Carbon-14 Dating Disprove the Bible?
- Could God Really Have Created Everything in Six Days?
- Does Radiometric Dating Prove the Earth Is Old?
- Was There Really a Noah’s Ark & Flood?
- How Did Animals Spread All Over the World from Where the Ark Landed?
- What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?
- Why Don’t We Find Human & Dinosaur Fossils Together?
- Can Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Explain Flood Geology?
- Don’t Creationists Believe Some “Wacky” Things?
- Where Does the Ice Age Fit?
- Are There Really Different Races?
- Are ETs & UFOs Real?
- Does Distant Starlight Prove the Universe Is Old?
- Did Jesus Say He Created in Six Literal Days?
- How Did Defense/Attack Structures Come About?
- Is Natural Selection the Same Thing as Evolution?
- Hasn’t Evolution Been Proven True?
- Did Dinosaurs Turn into Birds?
- Does Archaeology Support the Bible?
- Why Does God’s Creation Include Death & Suffering?
- How Can I Use This Information to Witness?
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Jessica Loy –
This product is a great companion to the The New Answers book. The questions help with deeper connections and understanding.
M. B. –
This has been a wonderful companion to the Answers In Genesis New Answers book. My student is a senior in high school and this notebook has provided many thought provoking questions that reinforce the materials he’s read. Definitely a winner for older students!
Stevie Spears –
I purchased both Answers 1 & 2, years ago and read them myself and a few chapters with my oldest son (who is now graduated!). I had no idea DSB even existed and was thrilled to see a notebook available that went along with these books! I am going to be doing this with my 9th grader and I am thrilled to start! I firmly believe that Apologetics is a necessary thing to include while raising our children.
Daily Skill Building –
I too love this series. It’s such a worthwhile read for adults as well as older students.
Robin Larson –
I am so thankful for DSB and all the notebooking subjects they offer. Now that my oldest is a teen, I purchased all the Answers books for my son to use as his Bible course through High School. This is a perfect companion to the books. I had also purchased, in the past, the notebook companions for the Answers for Kids series, which my daughter loved. Thank you, DSB, for helping homeschool families through our journey with thorough and easy curriculum. Blessings,
Daily Skill Building –
Thank you so much for your feedback. I am glad that these resources are a blessing to your family! I personally love the Answers Books!
Vanessa Gonzalez –
I love the Answers Books, but in just reading them alone it’s difficult to make sure that your child is retaining the information they have read. The notebooking pages have thought-provoking questions to get your student thinking about what they are reading and using their own thoughts to help get the message to stick. I also love the questions that are asked in each section because they help the child to pay attention to what is being read. It is also a great practice for notetaking and reading for information that you don’t get in too many homeschool curricula. The other benefit is being able to go back and read your answers. One of the reasons to study apologetics is to answer naysayers about your faith, and by taking notes in this notebook companion, your student can easily go back and review the answers instead of reading the passage or chapter all over again. You can see a full walk through here on my homeschooling YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r_Q8LZUEDQ
Andrea Drake –
I’ve heard about notebooking but prefer to know EXACTLY what to do before I begin, so I avoided it. I finally was enticed to get this notebook; I thought if it was guided, it would be easier than staring at a blank page! Unfortunately, I, uhh, forgot to check the age range before getting it; I thought it was for the little kids’ versions of the Answers books, but realized later that it is for the full books (which I am not sure I knew existed).
Rather than put it off, though, I decided to go through it with my kiddos (ages 8 and 10; my littler ones did not participate!).I was really impressed. First of all, the book? Amazing. I bought it, and I’m so glad – it is fascinating! I’ve been learning more about apologetics recently, so this is a fun addition to that. It has been a bit above my kids’ heads, though; even with me reading it, I’m not sure how often to stop and explain. That’s where the notebook has been a huge help! It asks great questions, so we’re mostly able to talk through the questions and go back through the appropriate section for the answer.
It’s a bit of a slog for my 8yo, so I probably won’t make him continue now, but I think my 10yo is getting a lot out of it. What a delight to do this together! I love learning with my kiddos.
Daily Skill Building –
The Answers Notebook Volume 1 is written for students in grades 8 and up, so it doesn’t surprise me that it wasn’t a great fit for your younger children. It’s definitely WAY over the head for elementary-aged kids.