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.

How to get the most out this course:

• First, read the course materials below before the first class meeting.

• Then have a notebook ready and available for class notes each live session.

• Read assignments before class meetings

• Watch that week’s recording if you need to revisit information from our live session.

• Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

• Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records

 
Special notes: This is Part One of a 2-Part course. Students are expected to also sign up for Part Two.

Total classes: 12

Duration: 55 minutes per class

Prerequisite: None

Suggested grade level: 8th to 10th grade

Suggested credit: One full semester Biology

Instructor: Inshal Chenet

Course description: The start of understanding the sciences is Wonder. To be able to look at the natural world and notice with new eyes what is around you. This deepens into a desire to continue on with the sciences. In this course, we will be learning about the beauty of creation through the divine order of biology and the incredible complexity of the cell. There will be some optional labs, which will require only simple tools found at most convenience stores.

Course outline:

Class 1: Classification and Order

Class 2: Plant Anatomy

Class 3: Plant Physiology

Class 4: Single Celled Organisms

Class 5: Fungi

Class 6: Review for Midterm

Class 7: Invertebrates

Class 8: Invertebrates (continued)

Class 9: Chemistry of Life

Class 10: The Cell

Class 11: Human Cellular Development

Class 12: Review for Final

Course materials: Biology for Life (Seton Press) by Seton Staff, ISBN: 9781607041689 (https://setonbooks.com/science/775-biology-for-life.html)

Homework: Each class, 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.

Quiz Rules:  Quizzes are no notes / closed book unless the individual quiz says otherwise! You can try the quiz multiple times, but your first try must be before watching the next recording. There is an Answer Key for Parents to grade the Quizzes.

Technical Help: If you have any technical trouble or questions about course content, please email us at homeschoolconnections@gmail.com.

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