Grades 6*, 7-9
Tess Doornink, Instructor
CLASS IS FULL – Contact us to be placed on the waitlist
This course focuses on the classification and life processes of organisms, plant biology, human anatomy, and zoology all from a Biblical worldview. Students will be required to come to class prepared with assigned reading and homework. At home, they will be required to complete reading, homework questions, and most exams. Students will review difficult material in class through lectures, quizzes, demonstrations, and discussions. During the course, students will also compile an extensive native leaf collection. This collection can be started in the spring of 2023. There will be an informational meeting about it in May.
Parents should be ready and willing to provide oversight for their individual student’s daily progress on assignments. They should also review ALL graded work with their students and regularly monitor their student’s grades. Grades will be updated weekly at schoology.com and will be based on chapter exams, quizzes, homework, and participation in class. Students who do not have a 70% at the end of the fall semester will need the instructor’s permission to continue. Visit Sound Learning’s general course requirements for more information.
Texts:
1. Glencoe Life Science ISBN 0078617022 Parents are responsible to purchase this book. The instructor also has a few copies to loan.
2. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast Available at Amazon ISBN 1772130087
Day and Time: Mondays, 3rd Period 10:55-12:05
Tuition and Fees: $180 per semester
There will be a plant collection orientation meeting on a Monday afternoon in May. In addition, we will offer local plant collecting field trips in July. In April or upon registration, you will receive information about joining our Schoology Life Science course where plant collection updates will be posted. Please read through the plant collection link above.
*6th graders can be added to the class if they can handle advanced material and there is available room. 