Science Sunday ~ High School Biology Edition

Although this is not a typical "Science Sunday" type of post, I will be linking up at Adventures in Mommydom anyway, just in case someone reading through her link ups has a question about how to do a literature based High School Biology course. You never know who might be searching. Also, if you would like some great Science projects and ideas for younger kids, go there now! There is always some great stuff!

We skipped Science this week and will be doing a double dose next week. But, I have been working diligently on preparing Dawson's first week of High School Biology using The Way Life Works as our main text. You can go here to read why we have decided to change our curriculum, and here to read why we have chosen The Way Life Works. I found a couple of great resources this weekend, others who have forged the path before me. I am thankful for what I have found. I am also very excited about this new path we are taking!

Week 1 ~ Introduction

Day 1

Read pg. x-xi, "A Single Theme"
Do Web Exercise: http://waylifeworks.jbpub.com/web_exercises_site.cfm?ID=1

Day 2

Read pg. xii-xv, "Thinking Small" and "From Atoms to Cells" Figures
Do Web Link "The Virtual Cell" at http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/ and worksheet
Do "Cells Alive!" at http://waylifeworks.jbpub.com/web_exercises_visit.cfm?id=6&url=http://www.cellsalive.com/

Day 3

Read pg. xviii-xix, "Parts & Wholes, "The Way Life Works: The Basic Idea", and "Picturing the Invisible"
Do http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cells/cells2.html
Do http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

Day 4

Do Cheek cell microscope virtual lab and worksheet at http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/cheekcell-virtual.html

Well, he ought to have a pretty good concept of cells by the time he spends this week looking at them, experimenting with them, drawing them, reading about them, and talking about them.

I have extremely high hopes for this new way we will be studying Biology.

Cells ~ It's What's for Dinner

Dawson made edible cells on Friday. He made an animal cell pizza ... and a plant cell chocolate chip cookie ... He reviewed what he's learned about cells the past two weeks, and I had dinner made by someone else. Win, win!! I am linking up at Science Sunday at Adventures in Mommydom.

A New Year, the Same Me

Happy 2019! It is that day of the year where everybody is up extra early starting their new exercise routine, eating only healthy foods, cracking open the pages of a new planner and Bible study, and debuting their Word for the year. You chuckle or roll your eyes, but you are doing at least three of these things. By the way, so am I. So let's start with the Word of the Year. Mine this year is Lagom. It's the Swedish word for "not too little, not too much, just right". It's a concept of being, doing or having just enough. So let's rewind to last New Year's Day. My Word was Might. And that's how I planned to tackle my year. And, I did. I worked out hard, I mommed hard, I traveled hard, I worked hard. And it was a good season. It prepared the way for this year. I accepted the Challenge I set for myself and succeeded. But, I don't need to keep up that pace. I am at a place in my life where I can kind of sit back and enjoy my life without f...

Science Sunday ~ Hmmm ... Let Me Think About It!

This week in our study of the Human Body , Brynne moved on to the Nervous System . Our first stop was a Pamela Hill Nettleton book called, Think, Think, Think: Learning About Your Brain . As part of our discussions about the brain , and the fact that it's the BOSS of the body, we discussed the importance of the spinal cord . We did a hands on spinal cord project by alternating gummy Life Savers and wagon wheel pasta on a pipe cleaner. We talked about why there was the "squishy" stuff in between the vertebra and how the back can bend and sway because of it. We completed "The Brynne" by adding the stomach, small intestine and large intestine, from our study last week of the Digestive System (although I just realized I have the large intestine coming out of the stomach, when the small intestine should be) and the brain and spinal cord. We are now done talking about the parts of the body and will conclude our study of the Human Body with a two-day unit ...

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