2012-09-22

Module 9: Evolution

Resources:

For the younger set, be sure to visit jonathanpark.com. You can listen to the current show online. The albums are available to download and are worth every penny. Homeschool lessons are available if you sign up for a free membership.
Listen to entire albums of Jonathan park at grooveshark.
Album #1 The Adventure Begins
Album #2 No Looking Back

Older kids and adults should check out creation.com for a multitude of great articles and videos on creation/evolution.

Web Articles:




The Geologic Column: Does it Exist?

It has been claimed that the geological column as a faunal succession is not just a hypothetical concept, but a reality, because all Phanerozoic systems exist superposed at a number of locations on the earth. Close examination reveals, however, that even at locations where all ten systems are superposed, the column, as represented by sedimentary-thickness, is mostly missing. In fact, the thickest local accumulation of rock is only a tiny fraction of the inferred 600-million year’s worth of depositions. The global ‘stack’ of index fossils exists nowhere on earth, and most index fossils do not usually overlie each other at the same locality. So, even in those places where all Phanerozoic systems have been assigned, the column is still hypothetical. Locally, many of the systems have not been assigned by the index fossils contained in the strata but by indirect methods that take the column for granted—clearly circular reasoning. Thus the geologic column does not exist and so does not need to be explained by Flood geology. Only each local succession requires an explanation and Flood geology is wholly adequate for this task.
Link to whole article

Geographic Information Systems Resources (GIS):

Explore the geology of the United States. Find out how widespread fossils are. 

ArcGis Explorer Download This is a wonderful free program that you can use to input your own geographic information, combine it with their maps, and use it to explore your world in a multitude of ways.

Video Resources:


Creation/Evolution What's it all about? part 1
(warning; short wedding scene. bride immodestly dressed)




Creation/Evolution: What's it all about? part 2



Changes in Living Things - Natural Selection




Changes in Living Things - Mutations




Astronomy - The Heavens Declare the Glory of God




Stephen Austin - Mount St. Helens
Great Lecture


A Thousand Years in A Day - Mount St. Helens

2012-09-13

Module 10: Ecology




Schedule for Lab Day:

Stream Habitat Check
Stream Biosurvey
Stream Water Quality 
Finish Tests/Survey at lab
Analyze Data
Draw Conclusions on the health of the stream

Web Resources:





Print Resources: 


Labs:






Video Resources:


Ecosystems


Ecosystem Change


Populations


Ecological Succession


Biotic and Abiotic Relationships


Biodiversity


Life Requires Free Energy


Niche


The Hierarchy of Life

Primary and Middle School Videos:


Bill Nye-Life Cycles


Bill Nye-Water Cycles


Magic School Bus Gets Eaten


Magic School Bus Water Cycle



2012-09-12

Module 3: Kingdom Protista



Assignments

Read module 3 in Exploring Creation with Biology. The two videos at the end would be helpful, but not necessary to see before class. Most of the other videos we will use during lab to help with identification.

Web Resources:


Video Resources:


Green Algae in conjugation



Spirogyra



Spirogyra zygospore



Slide of Spirogyra-discussion of parts




Amoeba Slide and discussion



Euglena slide and discussion



Observing Euglena



Paramesium



Spirostomum




Stentor



volvox











2012-09-06

Module 15: Plant Physiology and Reproduction


High School kids need to do the study questions at the end of the chapter.

Lab Day Schedule:

Talk on plant reproduction
Make a nail polish cast of monocot and dicot leaves
Short walk noting the different ways angiosperms reproduce and collecting a variety of flowers to dissect. 
Dissecting flowers
Dissect monocot and dicot seeds
View Elodea
view stomata on nail polish cast
bromthymol blue photosynthesis lab 

Video Resources





Mitosis vs. Meiosis



High School lecture - plant structure




High School Level -Plant Transport and Nutrition




High School Lecture - Plant Control



High School Lecture - double fertilization in flowers




AP Lab - Transpiration




AP Lab 4 - Plant Pigment and photosynthesis





Plant Transpiration



Turgo Pressure Video




Magic School Bus In a Bee Hive