This is our catalog of courses. We will occasionally adjust the course listing to reflect the addition of new courses and the retirement of others.
Students will learn to see the wondrous beauty in creation through learning about the divine order of biology and the incredible complexity of the cell. If you would like your eighth-grade student to have an introduction to biology before high school, or your high school non-STEM-centered student to take a course that satisfies the high school biology requirement, then this is the course for you.
Total classes: 12
Prerequisite: None
Suggested grade level: 8th to 10th grade
Suggested credit: One full semester of Biology
Description
Students will learn to see the wondrous beauty in creation through learning about the divine order of biology and the incredible complexity of the cell. If you would like your eighth-grade student to have an introduction to biology before high school, or your high school non-STEM-centered student to take a course that satisfies the high school biology requirement, then this is the course for you.
Outline
Week 1: Classification and Order
Week 2: Plant Anatomy
Week 3: Plant Physiology
Week 4: The Chemistry of Life
Week 5: The Cell
Week 6: The Cell (continued)
Week 7: Review for Midterm
Week 8: Single-Celled Organisms
Week 9: Fungi
Week 10: Invertebrates
Week 11: Invertebrates (continued)
Week 12: Review for Final
Materials and Homework
Materials: Biology for Life (Seton Press) by Seton Staff, ISBN: 9781607041689 (https://setonbooks.com/science/775-biology-for-life.html)
Homework: Each week students will be required to read a selection from the textbook then take a short question quiz. If students are having difficulties, there are supplemental questions in the book that they can use to shore up their knowledge.
Important Dates
Class dates: Fridays, September 6 to December 6, 2024. (No class Nov. 1 & Nov. 29) (Rain Day Dec. 13th)
Starting time: 10:00 AM Eastern (9:00 Central; 8:00 Mountain; 7:00 Pacific)
Duration: 55 minutes per class
