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.
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
Instructor email: inshalj@gmail.com
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:
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Class 1: Classification and Order
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Class 2: Non-Vascular Plants
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Class 3: Vascular Plants
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Class 4: Single Celled Organisms
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Class 5: Fungi
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Class 6: Review for Midterm
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Class 7: Invertebrates
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Class 8: Invertebrates (continued)
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Class 9: Chemistry of Life
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Class 10: The Cell
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Class 11: The Cell (continued)
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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.
- Teacher: Inshal Chenet