Q. How do I choose a level of God’s Design Science?

A. Follow this God's Design Science placement guide.

Step 1: Start with the right tier.

• Beginners Books are for grades K–2: Life for Beginners and Heaven & Earth for Beginners. Short lessons, gentle activities, and age-appropriate written work. A perfect first science experience.
• Standard Books are for grades 3–8: Four courses covering Life, Heaven & Earth, Chemistry & Ecology, and Physical World. While labeled grades 3–8, most families find these work best starting in 4th grade or later.

Step 2: Choose the right course within the standard series. Not all four courses are equally demanding:

• Start here (grades 3–5): Life and Heaven & Earth are the most accessible entry points for younger students in the standard series.
• Save these for later (grades 6–8): Chemistry & Ecology and Physical World are more complex. Physical World in particular includes formulas and concepts that are easier to grasp once a student has some pre-algebra under their belt.

Step 3: Teaching multiple children? Use the built-in family structure.
The Beginners books align lesson-for-lesson with their standard-series counterparts. A free alternate schedule is available to help you teach a K–2 child and an older sibling the same topic simultaneously, each at their own level. Within the standard series, Challenge sections (marked in green) allow older students to go deeper while younger students complete the core lesson.

Step 4: Plan for the long game.
The author designed this series to be used twice. Children can begin with the Beginners books in K–2, then cycle through all four standard-series courses in the elementary and middle school years — encountering the same topics at a much deeper level the second time around.

A note on high school credit: God's Design Science is an elementary and middle school curriculum and is not designed as a college-prep high school course. Some families have successfully used Chemistry & Ecology or Physical World for a non-STEM high school credit by adding supplemental readers and independent research, but additional materials would be needed to meet that standard.