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Biology with Lab (Novare), Part One 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: This course will fulfill your high school science credit and prepare you for future science studies. Part One begins with the tools we use to talk about biology, and continues with the nature of molecular structure, increasing by scale to the cellular processes, DNA, classical genetics, and population genetics. The Novare method—learn, master, retain—is the goal of this course for the study of Biology. This course prepares students for ACT/SAT science exams. Students are expected to take notes during class. Notes will help with weekly quizzes, as quizzes are open book. Labs are an integral (and required) part of the course; materials are common household items.
General Biology 1st ed. by Rogstad and Ayala from Novare ISBN: 9781732638433 Available at: https://www.christianbook.com/general-biology-heather-ayala/9781732638433/pd/638449
LAB booklet for purchase at https://amzn.to/3GJkNAq
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Biology with Lab (Novare), Part One 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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December 19th, 2023 at 12:00 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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Biology
Astronomy
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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 One of a two-part course.
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None
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Outline
Course Outline:
Week 1: Biology as a quantitative science—measure!
Week 2: What on Earth is life?
Week 3: Too small to see? History of biogenic science and the atom
Week 4: Organic chemistry, from water to DNA
Week 5: Cell theory
Week 6: Energy and membranes
Week 7: Oxygen, cellular respiration, and energy
Week 8: Photosynthesis
Week 9: Molecular biology
Week 10: The cell cycle through mitosis
Week 11: Meiosis
Week 12: Chromosomes and human genetics
Week 13: Gregor Mendel and Classical Genetics
Week 14: Population genetics
Lab sequence:
1. Osmosis Lab – In this investigation, we will use a hen’s fresh egg to determine what happens during osmosis and diffusion across membranes.
2. Fermentation – We will set up a fermentation in a closed system and capture the generated carbon dioxide to carbonate root beer.
3. Mitosis Flip Book – We are drawing our own moving cell division!
4. Punnett Square – Applying our knowledge of phenotypes and genotypes to complete a worksheet.
5. Genetic Match – Students will determine the presence of certain high-frequency traits in themselves and their family members.
6. DNA Extraction – We will be creating a mixture to extract DNA from a strawberry!
7 M&M Lab – Activity to simulate the process of radioactive decay and to illustrate the concept of half-life.
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. Watch the recording.
4. Take the weekly computer-graded quiz, and lab quiz after completing lab sessions.
Lab Homework: Students will perform labs at home after class. Labs require ½-1 hours on alternate weeks.
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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