Homeschool Biology Syllabus

							                   Barren River Home School Association Co-op
                                 Biology Class
                                              Fall 2005

Teacher: Dr. Heather Johnson
        Office at WKU: 745-5136
        Cell: (615) 500-6180
        Home: (615) 323-8797
        E-mail: Heather.Johnson@wku.edu (checked daily)


Lab Time and Location: Fridays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Rich Pond Baptist Church

Required Materials: 3-subject spiral or divided loose-leaf notebook (sections will be: Lessons,
Science in the Field, and Labs), pencil or erasable pen.

Textbook for Lessons: The Rainbow
Textbook for Science in the Field exercises (to be done outside of class) and for Lab exercises (to
be done in class on Fridays): The Rainbow: Home Laboratory
Class Website (will feature syllabus, extension activities, etc.):
http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/Dehart/MiddleSchoolScienceHomeSchool/MiddleSchoolScienceHomeSc
hoolHomepage.asp

The Syllabus below features Lessons from the textbook for each week and Lab exercises that should be
read before coming to lab on Fridays. Checkboxes have been placed next to all assignments so that
students can check off when they’ve gotten them done. Please ask your child each week about work that
we check in class and suggested extension activities. Also, please plan to pick up your child on time, as
I will have to leave promptly after lab. I look forward to meeting you at the Co-op Meeting on August
11th and interacting with you throughout the semester. I am excited about making Middle School
Science fun and meaningful for each student!
                                             Schedule

   Week                    Lessons                              Lab
     #1          Chap. 1
 (Sept. 5-9)    So What’s Life?
                 Chap. 2
                Organization in Living Things
                                                 #1 Fri. Sept. 9th
                                                Do You Really Drink That Stuff?
     #2          Chap. 3
(Sept. 12-16)   It’s a What-cha-ma-callit
                 Chap. 4 Cells
                                                 #2 Fri. Sept. 16th
                                                The Classification Game
     #3          Chap. 5 Cell Accessories
(Sept. 19-23)    Chap. 6 The Great Debate
                                                 #3 Fri. Sept. 23rd
                                                Little Green Guys
     #4          Chap. 7 Bang?
(Sept. 26-30)    Chap. 8 Abiogenesis
                                                 #4 Fri. Sept. 30th
                                                Hay “Fever”
    #5           Chap. 9
 (Oct. 3-7)     Making You Out of Apes?
                 Chap. 10
                Adaptive Evolution
                                                 #5 Fri. Oct. 7th
                                                Fungi Amongi?
     #6          Chap. 11
(Oct. 10-14)    The World of Microbes
                 Chap. 12 Botany
                                                 #6 Fri. Oct. 14th
                                                Monowhatyledon?
     #7          Chap. 13 The Tiny Plants
(Oct. 17-21)     Chap. 14 Up the Plant
                Ladder
                                                 #7 Fri. Oct. 21st
                                                Cheeky Cells
  Week                   Lessons                             Lab
     #8         Chap. 15 Higher Plants –
(Oct. 24-28)   Non-Flowering Plants
                Chap. 16 Higher Plants –
               Flowering Plants
                                               #8 Fri. Oct. 28th
                                              Fruits and Vegetables
    #9          Chap. 17 The Animals
 (Oct. 31-      Chap. 18 Phyla of the
  Nov. 4)      “Changed Animals”
                                               #9 Fri. Nov. 4th
                                              Floral Surgery
  #10           Chap. 19 Do You Have a
Nov. 7-11)     Cavity?
                Chap. 20 You’re Nowhere
               Without Joints in Your Legs!
                                               #10 Fri. Nov. 11th
                                              Plant Taxonomy
    #11         Chap. 21 Mandibulates
(Nov. 14-18)    Chap. 22 You’d Walk
               Slowly Too if You Had Tube
               Feet
                                               #11 Fri. Nov. 18th
                                              Review I
   #12          Chap. 23 Fishlike Animals
 (Nov. 28-     wit]\ Cords
  Dec. 2)       Chap. 24 Slimy or Not,
               Mom Still Despises You
                                               #12 Fri. Dec. 2nd
                                              Vermatomy
    #13         Chap. 25 Up, Up and Away
 (Dec. 5-9)     Chap. 26 You Big Hairy
               Animal!
                                               #13 Fri. Dec. 9th
                                              The Naming of Parts
    #14         Chap. 27 Miscellaneous
(Dec. 12-16)   Little Fuzzy Things
                Chap. 28 Was Jonah
               Swallowed by a Mammal?
                                               #14 Fri. Dec. 16th
                                              Where Do They Fit?
                    Barren River Home School Association Co-op
                            Middle School Science Class
                                               Fall 2005

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