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Biology with Lab (Novare), Part Two with MacBeth Derham
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Using Classical Academic Press’s General Biology (Novare Series), we will combine up-to-date science with a Catholic worldview. The textbook starts at the atomic level and progresses to ever larger scales: cells, genes, microorganisms, plants, animals, and human organ systems. The final chapters survey ecology and the theory of evolution.
Instructor: MacBeth Derham
Course Description: For Part Two, we will continue to increase the scale of our study of biology, identifying and classifying life from viruses to humans, the organs and organ systems of humans, and conclude with ecology and evolution. We continue to use the Novare method—learn, master, retain—as the goal for students in this course for the study of Biology. This course prepares students for ACT/SAT science. Students are expected to take notes during class and ask questions. Notes will help with weekly quizzes, as quizzes are open book.
General Biology 1st ed. by Rogstad and Ayala from Novare ISBN: 9781732638433 Dissection supplies: https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/apologia-biology-dissection-lab-kit/.
PLUS the bovine eye: https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/cow-eye-dissection-kit/.Clam for dissection: https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/clam-freshwater-4-5-plain-specimen/
Lab booklet for purchase at: https://amzn.to/3RSzUyD- Course name
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Biology with Lab (Novare), Part Two with MacBeth Derham
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MacBeth Derham
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Science ➤ Biology
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High School
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May 4th, 2024 at 12:00 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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Honors Biology
Biology
Astronomy
To the Moon: Apollo Missions and the Future
Geology
A History of Scientific Thought for Middle School Students
Introduction to Earth Science
Planetary Science
Introduction to Ornithology
Invertebrate Zoology
Vertebrate Zoology
Cetaceans: Marine Mammals
The Dog
The Cat
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Special notes
This is Part Two of a two-part course. The required lab work is integral to this course. However, a virtual dissection option can be used for students if needed.
Total classes
Duration
Prerequisites
Biology with Lab, Part One
Suggested grade level
Suggested credit
Outline
Course Outline:
Class 1: Taxonomy
Class 2: Viruses
Class 3: Prokaryotes
Class 4: Protists
Class 5: Fungi
Class 6: Plants Part 1
Class 7: Plants Part 2
Class 8: Invertebrates
Class 9: Chordates
Class 10: Brawn and brains—Musculoskeletal and nervous systems
Class 11: Circulation, Respiration, Digestion
Class 12: Kidneys and excretion; Reproduction
Class 13: Ecology
Class 14: The theory of evolution
Lab sequence: (Note: Labs are alternate weeks; Labs will require purchase of specimens for dissection.)
1. Bread Mold: We get to grow our own mold colony on a slice of bread!
2. Crayfish: Identify the external and internal anatomical features of a typical crustacean.
3. Perch: Observe the external and internal features of the fish and their relationship to one another.
4. Clam: Locate the external and internal features of the clam and be able to explain their purpose.
5. Eye: Explore the structure and function of the bovine eye.
6. Frog: Dissection giving the student an overview of organ systems of complex living things.
7. Worm: Investigate basic anatomy and simple organ systems.
Materials
Homework
Expect to spend approximately two-plus hours each week outside of the classroom on vocabulary study, reading, and quizzes. Vocabulary is assigned alongside the weekly reading for better understanding of the material and to prepare the student for the live lecture. Most of the computer-graded quiz material is based on vocabulary and what is presented in class. The sequence of events for each week is as follows:
1. Read the assigned chapter(s)
2. Write the provided vocabulary words in your notebook
3. Come to class
4. Take the weekly computer-graded quiz
Labs to be completed on alternate weeks will require 1-1½ hours.
MacBeth Derham
macbethderham@gmail.com
About MacBeth Derham
MacBeth Derham studied biology at Mount Holyoke College and has taught natural history in the field for over 35 years. She currently teaches classes for her homeschool group, tutors math and science privately, and conducts a Marine Biology field school twice a year for local students.
From 2005-2020 she worked with The Front Lawn Players, a Shakespeare troupe made up of students ages 3-18, as both a speech coach and director. She spent the summer of 2017 in Oxford studying literature (including Shakespeare), philosophy, theology, and history. A more than reasonable amount of her time there was spent out of doors, in nature, walking the paths loved by Lewis, Tolkien, and friends. An amateur wildlife and travel photographer, many of her courses feature her own images of creature encounters from both home and abroad. Thanks to her children, she has a fine collection of animal skulls and skeletons.
Mrs. Derham speaks at homeschool conferences on the interdisciplinary need for nature study. She is a retired homeschooling mother of four very different grown children, grandmother of 4 west-coasters, and wife to Don.
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