High School Biology with Living Books
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 4:25PM This is a bit off my usual topic but I wanted to branch out with some lessons learned from our own home school. I've added a new section to my site called "Eclectic Unit Studies" where, time permitting, I will attempt to add my lists of favorite resources.
It's getting to be that time of year when home schoolers start thinking about next year; cleaning out the old stuff to make room for the new. I decided to take some time to lay out for you what we did for high school level biology because it's really hard to find an interesting program for secular home schoolers.
Most biology curriculum written for home schoolers is creation-based. Anything secular is usually a textbook program that public schools might use - blech. Being a huge fan of real books I created my own curriculum based on the National Academy of Science standards. You are welcome to use it or modify it however you wish, but please don't republish it without my permission.
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What a find! I'm also putting together a homeschool high-school-level biology class on Hoagland's "Exploring the Way Life Works." your resource list adds some ideas for me to consider. Most of our labs are coming from "Biology Inquiried" (Martin Shields). Thanks for posting your plans. It's inspirational and, for me, timely.