Biology Enhanced Study Question & Answer DVD

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About Need a little extra help homeschooling biology? Our Enhanced Biology Study Question & Answer DVD provides more thorough review of the end of chapter questions from the Biolog y Textbook. Science Shepherd's Christian Biology, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive and integrated curriculum for homeschooling biology at the high school level, incorporating textbook, optional video lessons, lab manual, supplementary parent/teacher informational guide book, enhanced study question DVD, and test materials. Written by physician and homeschool dad Scott Hardin, MD, Science Shepherd Biology was designed for independent study with advanced concepts presented in an easy-to-learn format. With the supplementary teacher information, parents can be involved in their student's learning without needing to be an expert in the material. For an updated learning aid, consider a Biology Video Course Chapter-By-Chapter subscription. Key Features Reviews of all chapter study questions and answers from the Biology Textbook, 1st Edition. Provides a comprehensive explanation of the harder concepts and questions. Fully developed by homeschoolers. Age/Grade Recommendations Grades 9+ (ages 14+). Details 1st Edition ISBN-13: 9780982856802 DVD produced in the USA. Science Shepherd video resources are intended for family/household use only; please see our co-op information for using our homeschooling biology in a co-op or classroom. Why Science Shepherd? The Science Shepherd Biology Video Course offers over 42 hours of comprehensive teaching. Dr. Hardin presents an in-depth review of each section of the Biology Textbook, with additional supplemental material, to help students fully understand the subject. Plus, each lab video walks students through the process and expected results of 19 experiments, so they can be confident they are accurately performing each lab. To see how Science Shepherd's homeschooling Biology compares to other similar courses, visit our blog post for a side-by-side comparison. Award-Winning Homeschooling Biology Science Shepherd Biology was awarded the 2015 Practical Homeschooling Science Reader Award, is one of Cathy Duffy's 103 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum, and receives rave reviews from families. You can be confident that our homeschooling Biology will provide an excellent educational experience to your student. Lab Kit Lab kits for homeschooling biology are available from Rainbow Resource Center at the links below, or you can use the Biology Lab supply list to create your own kit. Lab Kits do not include a Lab Manual, Lab Videos or microscope. Complete Biology Lab Kit: Includes all of the lab supplies and dissection specimens. Biology Lab Supplies: Includes all of the lab supplies EXCEPT for the dissection specimens. Biology Dissection Specimens: Includes five dissection specimens; freshwater clam, earthworm, grasshopper, perch and a double-injected fetal pig. We recommend the Model 3000F-LED Microscope, or one with similar specs/features. Additional Information (3rd Edition) Detailed Scope and Sequence 36-Week Schedule Sample Textbook Sample Parent Companion Sample Test Booklet Sample Lab Manual Lab Supply List Frequently Asked Questions What is the Enhanced Question & Answer DVD? The Q&A DVD is a comprehensive explanation of every study question from the textbook, with video, audio and illustrations used to drive the answers and concepts home. Please note: Questions and answers for chapters 17-19 of the DVD are for the 1st edition textbook only, but all other chapter questions and answers will correspond to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions. Can I just use the Biology Video Course alone; do I really need the textbook? The short answer is that the materials included with the video series can stand alone, but the optimal learning experience will not be attained without the textbook; however, there are nuances to that answer that deserve explaining. I have no doubt that if the video alone is utilized, your student will receive a most excellent learning experience, equal to/better than that of the other video-only based high school biology programs out there. The nuance in the answer is that it depends upon what you and your student’s goal is for learning biology. If the goal is to ensure a solid experience for someone who struggles with science and isn’t going to pursue too much further learning in the biological sciences, then the video only approach will absolutely achieve that goal. On the other hand, if the student is highly interested in biological science and/or wants to pursue it further after this class, then, while the video itself is “complete” in that all of the material in the text is presented in the video, the video alone will not provide adequate ability for the student or teacher to assess the completeness of understanding of the material. I think the ideal way to learn this material is to both read and hear it (students who are challenged with text-based learning often do quite well with the text after watching the information first presented visually), with the text ultimately serving as a ready reference should a question arise (in which case trying to find the relevant material on one of more than 130 video clips amassed over more than 40 hours of video will be quite challenging). In addition, the end of chapter questions in the book are designed to test complete mastery of the subject matter (and they are ideally set up for both text-based learners and auditory learners) since they are true-false and short answer questions. This is, by far, the most thorough way to assess your student’s understanding of the material (as opposed to multiple choice or fill in the blank). If the video series is used alone, this valuable knowledge testing resource will be lost. Now, it is true that I have developed multiple choice questions that are integrated into the video series and learning platform but, again, they are really designed as a supplement for, rather than a substitute of, the questions in the text itself. What's different about the 3rd Edition, Revised of Biology? In the 2nd Edition, the book remains 34 chapters. Other than a couple of graphics, the only thing that will be different are the creation and evolution chapters, 17, 18 and 19. All three have been totally rewritten. They are now a little longer with 100% new pictures and illustrations, but I think the common themes running through all three make them flow very well and I do not believe that the extra length is going to be a huge problem for folks. The common theme is that we can see that science reflects the Bible as the authoritative Word of God because when we objectively measure the scientific evidence with the creation model and evolution model, the evidence fully supports creation and often contradicts, or is incompatible with, predictions of the evolution model. I continue to keep the philosophical discussions of creation and evolution in the three salient chapters, and the rest of the text continues to teach the science as the science. Chapter 17 describes the creation model and basic scientific tenets, 18 the evolution model with its tenets (notably including the fact that evolution was never meant to be compatible with a creation origins theory) and 19 directly compares how various scientific data fit into each one. The three chapters are much more scientifically rigorous than the first edition and, again, I have written them very straightforwardly with a focus on conceptual flow of ideas so that by the time the students are done, they will definitely understand complex and fundamentally scientific arguments supporting the creation model while simultaneously troubling the evolution one. New material includes a fairly in depth analysis of intelligent design, information theory, genetics and totally new fossil and radiodating concepts. Also, the fact that natural selection and genetic mutation cannot “do” what the evolution model says it can – and needs it to – “do” is fully fleshed out as one of the major scientific flaws of the evolution model. The major changes from the 2nd to 3rd Edition are that Chapter 21 was nearly completely rewritten, as were significant portions of Chapters 26, 28 and 29. Throughout the text, graphics were updated and terms aligned with the changes reflected in Chapters 21, 26, 28 and 29. Of course, updates include new chapter and test questions to reflect the changed content, as well as appropriate updates to the Parent Companion material. The 3rd Edition, Revised of Biology includes almost exclusively updates to the graphics. There are a few minor rewrites for clarity, but otherwise the text remains unchanged from the 3rd Edition. The textbook is softcover, rather than hardcover. Will Biology prepare my student for the CLEP® and/or AP® tests? This is a somewhat difficult question to answer with 100% accuracy since there is no specifically defined “AP®” or “CLEP®” approved program; rather, in the case of the AP® program, the company provides a syllabus around which a teacher designs their specific AP program. When I review that syllabus (many different AP syllabi are on the web and you will find them by searching “AP biology syllabus”, or the recommended AP® Biology content), I find that our program covers 100% of what the AP® syllabus recommends be covered, as well as all of the recommended topics students should learn for the Biology CLEP®, with the exception of in-depth treatment of evolutionary concepts. Noteworthy is that when I developed our program, I had 10 high school, including Campbell’s and Miller-Levine (“The Lion Book”) and 1 introductory college texts with which to gauge ours, and I developed ours to specifically contain as much in depth, but none of the distracting side-bar, material as the most comprehensive of the texts. So, in that regard, I believe that our Biology covers a significant portion, if not all, of the non-evolutionary topics upon which the AP® and CLEP® tests measure the students (again, with the exception of evolutionary concepts). Science Shepherd Biology covers some of the evolutionary tenets, but not in as great detail as the evolutionary-based texts and so your student would need supplementary material in that regard. I should also note that the AP® program focuses extensively on students not memorizing facts, but learning about biological principles and how they interrelate. That concept is one of the driving forces behind how I designed the material presentation and wrote the end-of-chapter and test questions. There are no fact memorization processes in our program. I want the student to learn Biology, not to regurgitate stuff without any knowledge as to why they know what they know. In that regard, both the AP® concept and our programs share a common thread. Additional FAQs . . . Biology Video Course (3rd Edition) One family, one subscription: one Biology Video Course subscription can be used with your entire family, year after year. Optional, comprehensive video lessons guide students through the Textbook section-by-section. 133 total video lessons, over 42 hours of material (~18 minute average lesson time). Each video follows the daily reading schedule outlined in the Answer Key & Parent Companion. Includes the Biology Lab Videos (Lab Manual and material available separately) and Biology Online Chapter Review Quizzes. Free Preview Watch a sample lesson video below, or access a free preview of our homeschooling Biology curriculum through our student learning portal. The preview includes 4 complete lessons, a corresponding section of the Biology Textbook, a full lab video, and a full chapter of online review questions. wistia-player[media-id='3akwbn6ezq']:not(:defined) { background: center / contain no-repeat url('https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/3akwbn6ezq/swatch'); display: block; filter: blur(5px); padding-top:56.25%; } Show more