Good Shepherd Initiative
(formerly Soulcare Family Ministries / Genesis Family Ministries)

Helping Families Solve "People-Problems" 
for God's Glory

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Ó Since 1983
Sid & Linda Galloway

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PAST Year 06-07
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The Biology of Creation
Advanced Bio-Logic
Studying God's World (Science)
in Light of His Word (
Scripture)

 

The Way of Creation:
Sacrificing self for the needs of others. (Ex. = Christ's Cross)

The Way of Evolution:

Sacrificing others for the desires of self. (Ex. = Abortion)

The beginning curriculum OUTLINES for Life Science, Biology, and Honors Biology are nearly identical as we must cover foundational concepts of Logikos, Scientific Method, Origins, and Classification/Baraminology.

Dramatically different content breadth and depth are the distinction between the three courses. As we progress in the year, the general outlines will still be similar to one another, even similar to first year College Biology, but the scope of varied subjects covered will differ along with breadth and depth of content.

Personal Philosophy of Education (46 pages - long download, Word Doc)

BIO-MATH Synergy: Please beware of its limitations . . .

In both psychology and biology, the non-physical “nephesh/psyche” (soul and its relationships) cannot be quantified like tangible, physical variables.  Therefore, understanding the nephesh of a person or an animal requires intimate, relational knowledge of that particular species and even more, that individual creature.  

The failure to take this crucial fact into account has historically led to reductionistic conclusions resulting in horrors like vivisection, abusive experimentation, evolutionary racism, and many other inhumane beliefs and policies.  In this course, as with Honors Biology, I will help you master mathematical methods that can be appropriate, even vital integrations between biology and mathematics, such as:

  * The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
  * Chi-Square Hypothesis Testing
  * Genetic Probabilities, especially the improbable belief that mutations as a mechanism
    could produce sufficient new DNA information to produce new "kinds" of organisms.
  * As well as other Bio-math applications

  * HOMEWORK: As soon as you are given notes, study guides, handouts of any kind, you are responsible to set a personal study schedule and begin studying them ASAP.  I recommend you use my instructions/article on "How and Why to Create a Condensed Memory OUTLINE".  Please remember, you're not elementary students anymore, so we won't be spoon-feeding, or given constant teacher-generated busy work to do at home.  Some courses, like Math and Chemistry, require a lot of "practice" problems homework.  In contrast, a large part of Biology/Life Science requires the memorization of many terms/concepts along with learning to think Bio - logically (Greek = logikos).

     I will carefully teach through ALL of the material using PowerPoint Presentations, Areopagus Class Dialogue (see Acts 17), "Living LABS", etc. Your job is to highlight terms, concepts, and processes that I tell you are important, especially those that will be re-tested throughout the year.  Much of this course requires comprehensive knowledge and cumulative testing.  So, beware.  Do NOT just cram before assessments.  Crammed material does not go into long-term memory and therefore cumulative material will catch up with you as the year unfolds!

You are expected to schedule your time throughout each unit:

- to read and understand the concepts taught
- to outline and condense your notes into manageable segments with memory cues
- to memorize your outlines well
- to meditate on and question the meaning and implications of everything covered
  * Never believe anything without sufficient evidence (critical thinking / bio-logic) Proverbs 14:15; Hebrews 11:1

 

Crucial Creation Cornerstone Questions:

Why have 1,000's of PhD scientists rejected macroevolution?
  - They include
the inventor of the MRI & professors at major universities.
  - Yet, PBS, National Geographic, & Scientific American claim there are none.
  - If new evidence has convinced 1,000's, then shouldn't you find out why?
  - Take a look for yourself. (Here are a few lists: AiG, ICR, CMI, CRS)   

What kind of "god" is portrayed by theistic evolution?
   - Remember, survival of the fittest depends upon pain, fear, suffering, & death.
   - In contrast, the God of the Bible is the Good Shepherd.
   - Theistic evolution is a belief that blasphemes God by making Him a monster.

Why is the character of our Creator the cornerstone of counseling?
   -
The foundation for consistent peace, joy, & unselfish love must be trust in God.
   - Believing that God desired & designed disease & death does not lead to trust.
   - Good News: Willful sin, Satan, & selfishness are the cause, not God.

Dr. A.E. Wilder-Smith (Christian / Young Earth Creationist) is one of very few scientists who earned three doctorates in physical sciences from prestigious universities - Oxford, then Geneva, and finally Zurich.  The website memorializing his work and life, http://www.wildersmith.org/, contains a wealth of material, including videos, audios, articles, and books, for the scientific scholar as well as the layman.

 

NCZoo "Living Labs" - (30 Aquariums/Terrariums) (Over 40 Live Animals)
    Remember, "Biology" means the study of "Life", not dead specimens!
    This especially means the study of "nephesh" inter-relationships.

Digital Microscopy QX3:
    - Where to get a QX3 and why you'll love it
    - What you can do with it and how to use it
    - Photos and video clips of our class digital labs

From my friends at Answers In Genesis (updated daily): 

 

 

(Click here to see the outlines for past years)
Northlake Christian High School
Edline (For grades, assignment/tests calendar etc)

New pictures, class outlines, PowerPoint presentations, etc,
will be uploaded as the year progresses.


Class Management / Discipline Policies
Honors Biology Syllabus
On-Level Biology Syllabus
Study Motive: 
God's kind of love, which sacrifices the desires of self for the needs of others,
                           instead of sacrificing the needs of others for the desires of self.

Don't believe anything, even what I say, unless the evidence makes it worthy of your trust.
"Faith is the . . . evidence of things not seen." (Heb 11:1)

 


Click on the owl below for the textbook site
(Remember, this is a secular and evolutionary text.)


You can download glossaries and take practice tests online at the above textbook site.

Disclaimer:  This textbook, like all human works, is not perfect.  It contains some material that is out of date and some that has been proven wrong.  Also, since it is not a “Christian” text it also contains worldview statements, especially regarding philosophy of life and historical science that are inconsistent with a biblical worldview.   Most people do not realize that “science” is not as objective as some scientists proclaim it to be.  Some, even some non-Christian scientists, admit the fact that “scientific” claims are often just traditional beliefs held to by the current majority. 

Assumptions can be dangerous, especially in science.  They usually start as the most plausible or comfortable interpretation of the available facts.  But when their truth cannot be immediately tested and their flaws are not obvious, assumptions often graduate to articles of faith, and new observations are forced to fit them.  Eventually, if the volume of troublesome information becomes unsustainable, the orthodoxy must collapse.” [Emphasis added in bold italics]

(John Mattick, PhD, professor of molecular biology at the University of Queensland and director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience.  “The Hidden Genetic Program of Complex Organisms”, Scientific American, October 2004, p. 61.)

Since the text is a secular, non-Christian work that is saturated with non-theistic, and insufficiently substantiated evolutionary hypotheses, it provides the opportunity to apply analytical, critical, bio-logical thinking skills as we compare how scientific evidences best fit a model of theistic/biblical creation.  Also, textbook publishers compete with one another to sell books to state schools, so the books are getting bigger, heavier, and overloaded with unnecessarily distracting boxes, sidebars, charts, etc.  Therefore, I have outlined and summarized the textbooks into Word (.doc) and PowerPoint (.ppt) documents and put them online for more efficient study, along with updated, supplementary materials.


Man using binoculars: (c) Image Source/PictureQuestDownload PowerPoint2003 Viewer                        Download Adobe PDF File Viewer Get Adobe Reader
 


 

Watch what happens when the famous evolutionist, Dr. Dawkins, is asked to provide one single example of a genetic mutation or evolutionary process that increases the information in the genome. (To view this you must have on your PC Macromedia Flash Player.)

 

        Bio-Logic Club

Creation Quote of Interest:
Dr Emmett Williams, Creation Research Society Quarterly, 29(2):84, September 1992.

‘Anyone who questions man’s reasoning, particularly on the origin of the physical world, faces an arrogance almost beyond comprehension. Many scientists realize the weak underpinnings of scientific models but the spokesmen of naturalism and their media advocates will not abide anything that questions either the supremacy of man, his reasoning power or his conclusions. I have seen media interviewers, who gladly try to tear Christian and conservative guests to pieces, grovel before a scientist who is [one of the] illuminati of evolutionary thought. No one would dare to try to question a living example of the superiority of man’s reasoning power. They are in the presence of a high priest of the one and only knowledge — let all the earth keep silent before him!’


Text and Class Notes:
Remember, my PowerPoints and some WORD Documents are very large and take a lot of space. 
I cannot afford to pay for the host storage space to keep all of them online at the same time. 
So, I might only be able to maintain the most recent and immediately needed files.
Also, remember that they take a long time to download, depending on your connection speed, so be patient. 
If you have trouble, email me - sid@soulcare.org or sgalloway@northlakechristian.org

  * Units will be uploaded and links activated a week or two before we begin them.
 


SEMESTER I


TERM 1 - (QUARTER ONE / First Nine Weeks)


August 21-September 1
Unit 1 - Introduction / Biblical Biology / "Bio-Logic" / Logikos Thinking

Homework Due Friday 8/17/06

Read the two packets given out Thursday (Syllabus and Class Discipline)
Complete the signature pages at the end of each. 
Also, print from my website, the CURRENT 2006-2007 webpage for your course, where all of your notes, study guides, etc, will be kept online. 
Have your parent sign this webpage also, staple it, and bring it to me with the other two signature pages.

  ** Links to the documents below will be uploaded as my updated files are completed.
         PRAYER REQUEST: I had my first computer hard drive crash in 20 years (Saturday Aug 19).
         It's under warranty and files were backed up, but reloading files & scores of programs will take lots of time!

Welcome to Mr. Galloway's Bio-Logic Class  (PowerPoint - .ppt)
Why Study Science? (Notes: Word Document - .doc)
Notes - Chapter 1 The Science of Life (Word Document - .doc)
       (Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)
Notes - Scripture & the Scientific Method - PowerPoint (PPT)
        (Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)

     * Homework Practice / Review Sheets (.pdf files) Due Thursday Aug 24th
           - Biology Ch1 Sec1 Biology Themes.pdf
           - Biology Ch1 Sec2 Biology World.pdf

    * Homework Practice / Review Sheets (.pdf files) Due Tuesday Aug 29th
           - Biology Ch1 Sec3 Scientific Methods.pdf
           - Biology Ch1 Sec4 Microscopy-Measurement.pdf

Assignments:
QUIZ:   Date: Thursday Aug 24
  Honors Study Guide for Quiz (Word Doc)
  On-Level Study Guide for Quiz (Word Doc)

My son, Michael, will have a relatively minor surgery Wednesday, so I'll be absent that day.
Please pray for Mike.  He counted his surgeries and this will be his 13th.
The good news is that it will not be dangerous like his heart surgeries.  Thanks.

TEST:  Date: Friday Sept 1
  Honors Study Guide for Test (Word Doc)
 
On-Level Study Guide for Test (Word Doc)
 

   Optional Recommended Resources for further study of Chapter 1:
            - (Books, DVD's)
                * Booklet - Learning Logic at Home (downloadable PDF file)
                * The Answers Book: Revised and Expanded (Ham)
                * Refuting Evolution (I & 2) (Sarfati)
                * The Fallacy Detective: 36 Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning, by Bluedorn
                * The Great Turning Point:
                    (The Church’s Catastrophic Mistake on Geology — Before Darwin, by Dr. Terry Mortenson)
                * Science and the Bible, by Dr. Henry Morris
            - (Articles)
                * "Loving God with All Your Mind: Logic and Creation", by Dr. Sarfati, PhD
                * "Scientific Method" links from the Creation Research Society
                * DANIEL AND THE CLASSICAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN (Institute for Creation Research)
                * "But the Bible is not a Textbook of Science, Is It?" by Dr. Carl Wieland
                * "THE BIBLE IS A TEXTBOOK OF SCIENCE", by Dr. Henry M. Morris
                * Questions & Answers Regarding Science (Many articles about numerous issues)
                * Creationists Basis for S.M. http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/270.asp
                * 100 Scientists Who Believed Bible http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/316.asp
         - (Links)
                * Digital Microscope (QX3) (Used in many of our laboratory activities)
                * www.ChristianLogic.com (excellent resource to learn to discern logically)
                * Etymology of "Logic" http://www.bartleby.com/61/5/L0230500.html
                * Christian site for learning logic - http://www.christianlogic.com/articles/logic_materials.htm
 
 

September 5 - September 29

Unit 2 - Origins Science (Historical Science: Creation vs. Evolution)
Creation = The Cornerstone of All Truth
     * A four week, comprehensive study of "Origins" hypotheses and evidences
     * Updated version for the 06-07 school year
        (
Over 500 PPT slides condensing the teaching from scientists and professors from around the world.)
 
    * An advanced examination far beyond Life Science, both in breadth and depth of knowledge.

Biology Classes Outline of our 4-Week Unit “Origins”

 I. Significance of Origin Hypotheses
   A.
God’s Character (The God of Creation vs. The God of Evolution)
   B. Graphae
(God's Word - Greek term = "written" / Scripture)
   C. Gospel
(The cross of Jesus, the 2nd Adam, depends on the 1st Adam's sin)
   D. Glorifying His Character
(The Cornerstone of Counseling / Practical Fruit)

 II. Evidence for Origin Hypotheses
   A. Scholars (1000's of scientists and theologians reject macroevolution)
   B. Science (Only 2nd strongest evidence / theories cannot be proven and are often falsified.)
   C.
Scripture (Strongest evidence, verified by hundreds of prophetic proofs - Isaiah 41-48)
                  ** Demonstrates that God who transcends time led the writing of the Bible.

OUTLINE OF THIS FOUR WEEK UNIT
(Notes are below)

Unit 2 Part 1:   September 5 - September 15 (Two Weeks)

I. Significance of Origin Hypotheses
Notes: (Biology Version) "I. Significance - (PowerPoint - PPT)
        (Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)

II. Evidence for "Origins"
  A. Scholars of Science & Scripture
Notes: (Biology Version) "II. Evidence A. Scholars - (PowerPoint - PPT)
        (Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)

Assignments:
QUIZ:   Date: Monday Sept 11
** You must memorize the Summary Outline (in the BOX) on the class handout - linked above.
** You must be able to explain each of the nine main points.
This may seem like a simple quiz, but it will be re-tested throughout the year, so don't just cram it into your short term memory. 

TEST:  Date: Monday Sept 18th  DON'T FORGET OVER THE WEEKEND!
  Honors Study Guide for Test (Word Doc)
 
On-Level Study Guide for Test (Word Doc)

* Addition to the On-Level Study Guide
Sorry, this was accidentally cut out of the guide,
when I was reinstalling things after my hard drive crash.
Know main points for each of the following Scripture Scholars:
Keil & Delitzsch, Leupold, Wang, Kelly, Barr

Unit 2 Part 2:   September 19 - September 29 (Two Weeks)

  B. Science Evidence
Notes: (Biology Version) II. Evidence B. Science - (Word Document .doc)
         (Noah's ZOO):    Noah's Ark Zoo Science Sheet (Biology version)
        (NCS copy machines are broken, so YOU must print this from your home PC or the local library.)
Notes: (Biology Version) II. Evidence B. Science - (PowerPoint - PPT)
      * These are huge files so I'll upload them soon.  The content, without pictures, is in the Word Doc file above.)
        You DO NOT have to printout these huge files, but viewing it online on your PC could help you.
        - Actually, the file is so huge that I might not be able to upload it this year.
           ** But don't worry, we've viewed it in class and the Word Notes have all you need in them.

             If I upload it, this will be Part One - "Physical Science" - BIOLOGY Version
             If I upload it, this will be Part Two - "Biological Science" - BIOLOGY Version

AssignmentHow and Why to Create a Condensed Memory OUTLINE
      * Due Monday Sept. 25 -  Get your PARENTS to read it & help.)

QUIZ:   Date: Tuesday September 26
** You must recall the 9 point Summary Outline from the past test  - linked above.
** It will also cover the II. Evidence B. Science material
  Honors & On-Level Study Guide for Quiz (Word Doc) - Biology Version

 C. Scripture Evidence
Notes: (Biology Version) II. Evidence C. Scripture- (Word Document .doc)


         Actually, the PPT file for this section is so huge that I might not be able to upload it this year.
           ** But don't worry, we've viewed it in class and the Word Notes have all you need in them.
          
PPT Notes: (Biology Version) II. Evidence C. Scripture- (PowerPoint - PPT)
        - You DO NOT have to printout this huge file.

Assignments:  I'll be in Indianapolis speaking Mon - Wed, so my substitute will explain these further.
 
    *** If you do not do these diligently IN CLASS, you will loose points from both classwork & Bonus categories!!
    
Classwork Due in class Monday Oct 2 - Create Condensed Memory Outline of a Scientific Article
    
Classwork Due in class Tuesday Oct 3 - Create Condensed Memory Outline of All Origins Unit Notes
    
Classwork Due in class Wednesday Oct 4 - DVD & Evaluation Form

TEST:  Date: Monday October 9th Cummulative
** This test will cover the entire Origins Unit (Creation vs. Evolution)
I. Significance II. Evidence

 
Honors and On-Level Study Guide for Test (Word Doc)

   Optional Recommended Resources for further study of Origins / Creation / Evolution issues:

  Hundreds of books, articles, videos, etc for all ages through the following organizations:
  (Representing 1000's of PhD scientists and theological scholars)

 Answers in Genesis (www.answersingenesis.org)
 Institute for Creation Research (www.icr.org)
 Creation Research Society (www.crs.org)

 

ORIGINS DEBATES & PRESENTATIONS -
Which Model Best Fits the Evidence?
(Biblical Creation or One of the many Non-Biblical Models?)
Pray for the possibility for debates / dialogues here on the NCS campus or in a local church:
     One potential is to have Mr. Galloway debate an evolutionary teacher or professor.
     Another possibility is to have another creationist debate an evolutionist.

Also, it would be wonderful to bring down a team from Answers In Genesis.
     Their scientists / speakers are excellent, using PowerPoint / video visual aids.
     The evidences they present are glorifying to the Lord and evangelistically effective.

Philip J Currie & Eva B Koppelhus,
101 Questions about Dinosaurs,
Dover Publications, 1996, pp. 11, 12.
‘". . . Modern bones that fall into mineral springs can become permineralized [fossilized] within a matter of weeks."' 
‘"Bones do not have to be “turned into stone” to be fossils, and usually most of the original bone is still present in a dinosaur fossil.  ‘A more spectacular example was found on the North Slope of Alaska, where many thousands of bones lack any significant degree of permineralization. The bones look and feel like old cow bones, and the discoverers of the site did not report it for twenty years because they assumed they were bison, not dinosaur, bones.’"

 Mary Schweitzer & Tracy Staedter,
‘The Real Jurassic Park,’ Earth, June 1997, pp. 55–57.
‘A thin slice of T. rex bone glowed amber beneath the lens of my microscope. Blood vessel channels snaked through a bone matrix, and tiny chambers known as lacunae, which house bone-forming cells, appeared as small ovals.… The lab filled with murmurs of amazement, for I had focused on something inside the vessels that none of us had ever noticed before: tiny round objects, translucent red with a dark center….  ‘Then a colleague took one look at them and shouted, “You’ve got red blood cells. You’ve got red blood cells!”


 

END OF THE FIRST NINE WEEK QUARTER (TERM)
OCTOBER 13, 2006


TERM 2 - (QUARTER TWO / Second Nine Weeks)

October 16 - December 20th
(Semester Exams: Dec 18, 19, 20)


October 16 - October 23
Unit 3 - CLASSIFICATION of Creatures
BASIC ON-LEVEL BIOLOGY VERSION & ADVANCED HONORS BIOLOGY VERSION

Creation Classification:
Comparing and Contrasting Models

Biblical Baraminology vs. Evolutionary Cladistics

   I. History of Classification
  II. Evolutionary Systems of Classification
  III. Biblical Baraminology
  IV. Angels, Cherubim, Seraphim, Nephilim?
   V. JESUS (The Only Begotten Son - God/Man)

WORD DOC Notes: Classification of the Creator's Creation
POWERPOINT: Classification Presentation
  * These are the notes you'll need for the quiz and test. 
      The PowerPoint below is more for visual recognition and fun (esp. the humorous hybrids).

QUIZ:  Date = Thursday Oct 19th
* Due to Homecoming Week and the copy machines not working again, the quiz is moved to Wed.
    Create your own Condensed Memory OUTLINE according to the instructions article I wrote and gave out to you.
            Emphasizes the Secular Scientific Classification Models
              Study Guide for the QUIZ  (Word Doc)

Creation Baraminology Introductory Activity (In Class on Monday October 23)
    (Word Document for Intro Activity)
   
(PowerPoint for Intro Activity)

         LAB: NCZoo "Living Labs" - Baraminology Small Group Activity (In Class on Tuesday October 24)
             
(Word Document for Intro Activity)

TEST:  DATE = Thursday Oct 26
* Due to Homecoming Week, School Wide Standardized Testing, and no class on Friday, the TEST is moved to Thursday
       The test includes all of the Creation Classification, but emphasizes the Biblical Baraminology model
        
Study Guide for the TEST  (Word Doc)  Start studying EARLY!   Honors class will have less objective questions, and more detailed information regarding Baraminology and the evidences that support this new, Creator-honoring system of classification.


The beginning curriculum OUTLINES for Life Science, Biology, and Honors Biology have been nearly identical as we covered the foundational concepts of Logikos, Scientific Method, Origins, and Classification/Baraminology. Dramatically different content breadth and depth has been the distinction between the three courses so far. As we progress in the year, the general outlines will still be similar to one another, even similar to first year College Biology, but the scope of varied subjects covered will differ along with breadth and depth of content.

Please, remember, you are in secondary school, so set up your own schedule for home study.
Get the next unit's materials from the website as they are uploaded, create a condensed memory outline, commit the terms and concepts to memory in logical order.

I will be explaining and discussing all of the material in class through PowerPoint Presentations, Video Clips, Computer Animations, and Internet Activities, but only YOU can store the content into your long-term memory for later recall.

Please, don't forget that major concepts will be cumulatively tested throughout the year, since they build one upon the other.

October 30 - November 10
Unit 4
- Chemistry (From Atoms to Adam)
BASIC ON-LEVEL BIOLOGY VERSION & ADVANCED HONORS BIOLOGY VERSION
Ch's 2 & 3 Basic Chemistry and Biochemistry
       Printed copies of this Word Doc will also be handed out in class, if printers work.
       However, YOU are responsible to have the notes and guides even if you must download them.

Word Doc Notes - Ch 2 Chemistry (.doc) 
     PowerPoint Notes - Ch 2 Chemistry - (.ppt)

Word Doc Notes - Ch 3 Biochemistry (.doc) 
     PowerPoint Notes - Ch 3 Biochemistry - (.ppt)

Assignments:

  Create a "Condensed Memory Outline" of the above Word Doc Notes - Due Wed Nov 1
        This will be graded as part of your homework/classwork grade.
        Use my instructions, if needed, that I gave you weeks ago:
        How and Why to Create a Condensed Memory OUTLINE

Practice Worksheets to help you study for the test:
     - Section 2.1 || Section 2.2 || Section 2.3

QUIZ:   Date FRIDAY NOV 3 only on Chapter 2 Chemistry
  Study Guide for Quiz (Word Doc)

LAB: Date WED - NCZoo "Living Labs" (The significance of pH & temperature on the chemical reactions necessary for the vitality of our 30+ animals and their safe-habitats.)
  LAB Report Worksheet (Even for those who are absent for this lab)
* Due to loosing three days during this unit for mandatory NCS high school movie day, election day, and then the volleyball bus trip, this lab had to be postponed.

TEST:  Date FRIDAY NOV 10 (COVERS BOTH CH 2 AND CH 3 !)
 
Study Guide for the Chapter 3 Biochemistry part of this Test (Word Doc)
       ** DON'T FORGET that Chapter 2's Study Guide material will also be on this test!

Practice Worksheets to help you study for the Ch 3 part of this test:
     - Be sure to see the Ch 2 worksheets linked above.
     - Section 3.1 || Section 3.2 || Section 3.3

ONLINE Practice TEST for both Ch 2 and Ch 3:
     - Chapter 2 Chemistry  Practice Test
     - Chapter 3 Biochemistry Practice Test


November 13 - November 17
Unit 5
- Ch 4 Cells (Cytology)
(Incomprehensibly Complex Cities - full of factories, railways, etc)
BASIC ON-LEVEL BIOLOGY VERSION & ADVANCED HONORS BIOLOGY VERSION
  * Start your Memory Cards now, since this is a one week unit.

Word Doc Notes - Ch 4 - Cells (.doc)
       (Printed copies of this Word Doc will also be handed out in class.)   
PowerPoint Notes - Ch 4 Only- Cells - (.ppt)
        (Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)

Assignments:
 
Memory Cards due Tuesday Nov 14

QUIZ:   DATE Wednesday Nov 15
  Study Guide for QUIZ on Ch 4 Cells (Word Doc)

TEST:  Date FRIDAY NOV 17
 
Study Guide for TEST Ch 4 Cells (Word Doc)

Practice Worksheets to help you study for the Ch 4 part of this test:
     - Section 4.1 || Section 4.2 || Section 4.3

ONLINE Ch 4 Practice TEST
 

Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holidays!
Please remember to pray for persecuted believers around the world,
as well as millions of others who are suffering.


November 27 - December 1
Unit 6 - Ch 5 Homeostasis and Cellular Transport:

1st Assignment: Memory Outline Card on Notes due Tuesday

Chapter 5 Homeostasis and Cellular Transport (Word Doc)
Chapter 5 Homeostasis and Cellular Transport (PowerPoint)

Practice Worksheets to help you study for the Ch 5 part of this test:
Section 5.1 || Section 5.2
ONLINE Ch 5 Practice TEST

    QUIZ Date = Wednesday Nov 29
          Study Guide for the Quiz

    TEST Date =  Friday Dec 1 (On all of Ch 5)
        HONORS Study Guide for the test on Friday
        ON-LEVEL Study Guide for the test on Friday

               - Focus on the parts we emphasized / highlighted in class
               - Know the major terms and principles.  Use the textbook to clarify any concepts as needed.

   Optional Recommended Resources for further study:
         - (Links)
                *  Osmosis Explained (with many simple and clear diagrams)

December 4 - 13 (Eight Day Unit)
Unit 7 - Chapters 6-7 Photosynthesis & Respiration:

Chapter 6 Photosynthesis (Food Factory Powered by Solar Leaves)
1st Assignment: Memory Outline Card on Ch 6 Notes due Wednesday

LAB: Word Doc Lab - Elodea (Anacharis) Cells [Osmosis, Homeostasis, Photosynthesis]
    
Lab Report (Word Doc) (See Above)
(Due to lack of time in the school schedule, we will try and do this lab using our compound light microscopes, but if time does not allow, then it will be done in class with the QX3 Digital Scope as a whole class to view on our projector screen.)

Spiritual Analogy & Application:  Elodea’s common name is “Anacharis” meaning “increased GRACE / GIFT (charis)” in Greek.  Just as our Creator God gave plants to continually provide life-giving air (oxygen / Greek = pneuma) to His nephesh (thinking / feeling) creatures, God has also given us the Holy Spirit (Greek = pneuma) as the source of new, eternal life through the spiritual second birth when a person is “born-again”.  Note that the New Testament Greek word for spirit is pneuma, which means air or wind.  Without the new, spiritual, second birth, no person can have eternal life.  Jesus said the choice is yours (John 3).  The Good News (Gospel) is that Jesus did all the work necessary for us, through His sinless life, sacrificial death, and resurrection.  None of our tainted “good” works are of any value to earn or buy eternal life.  [THE GOOD NEWS]

** Also, just as physical osmosis can cause water in the environment to soak into a cell, spiritual osmosis can and will result in cultural influences to soak into the soul of believers.  Therefore, each person must be careful about the social environment he or she is surrounded by (1 Corinthians 15:33 - friends, movies, teachers, etc).  Remember, when one person yawns, the whole crowd is tempted to yawn.  We are designed so that environmental influences are socially / spiritually contagious.  Discipleship involves surrounding oneself with godly friends and activities.

Word Doc Notes - Ch 6 Photosynthesis (.doc)
       (Printed copies of this Word Doc will also be handed out in class.)   
PowerPoint Notes - Ch 6 Photosynthesis (.ppt)
        (Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)

 Worksheet:
  Photosynthesis Leaf Diagram

Practice Worksheets to help you study for the Ch 6 part of this Unit:
Section 6.1 || Section 6.2
ONLINE Ch 6 Practice
QUIZ

QUIZ:    Solar Leaves, the Electron Transport System, Biochemical Pathways of the Calvin Cycle
  
DATE = Friday, December 8
  Study Guide for the MEGA-QUIZ on Ch 6 Photosynthesis (Word Doc)

      (On-Level class can use a 3x5 Memory Card, one side only)

Chapter 7 Cellular Respiration
Assignment: Memory Outline Card on Ch 7 Notes due Monday

Word Doc Notes - Ch 7 Cellular Respiration (.doc)
       (Printed copies of this Word Doc will also be handed out in class.)   
PowerPoint Notes -
Ch 7 Cellular Respiration  (.ppt)
        (Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)

Practice Worksheets to help you study for the Ch 7 part of this Unit:
Section 7.1 || Section 7.2
ONLINE Ch 7 Practice
TEST
Remember that the test for this unit will cover Chapters 6 & 7

TEST on Chapters 6 & 7:  DATE = Wednesday, December 13
  Study Guide for the Chapter 7 part (Cellular Respiration) of the TEST on Ch's 6 & 7  (Word Doc)

         (On-Level class can use a 3x5 Memory Card, one side only)


EXAMS (Mid-Year Cumulative & Comprehensive)
  ** Don't worry.  You will have a study guide (see below), we will review two days,
        plus you can bring in and use one side of a 3x5 Memory Card.

Review - Thursday & Friday (Dec 14 & 15)
Test Days - Mon-Wed (Dec 18-20
    
HONORS & ON-LEVEL Study Guide


Christ-mas Holy-days (Thursday Dec 21 Until 2007)


SEMESTER II


TERM 3 - (QUARTER THREE / Third Nine Weeks)

January 3-5 (Wed - Fri)
Getting back on track - Biology Version
    
Review of Bio-Logic, Scientific Method, & a Science Project Purpose
  Condensed Outline of 2006-2007
  Review: Scientific Method (Biology Version)
  Review: Origins Science (Know the outline and its meaning from the Origins Unit earlier this year.)
  Science Project Purpose (To learn to think logically and believe based on evidence!)

Assignments:
QUIZ:   Friday Jan 5
  Covers our review of bio-logic, scientific method, origins science, and your science project purpose


GENETICS:
"DNA:
© Designed Not Accidental"
© Sid Galloway
This section is based on this phrase and concept Mr. Galloway coined for his children,
in order to emphasize the awesome glory of God,
whose infinite intellect created the incomprehensibly complex information
coded into deoxyribonucleic acid - DNA.

 

 

Jan 8 - Jan 19
UNIT 8 - Chapter 8 Cell Reproduction
Word Doc Notes - Ch 8 Cell Reproduction (.doc)
       (Printed copies of this Word Doc will also be handed out in class.)   
PowerPoint
Notes - Ch 8 Cell Reproduction  (.ppt)
        (Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)

Assignments
:
 
Memory Outline Card on Ch 8 Notes due Wednesday Jan 10

Just as with the last unit, there is a large quantity of material that must be memorized before you can comprehend concepts and apply principles. Therefore, remember that you have - as always - homework every night if you need it. The specific, required homework due Tuesday is to make an effective set of condensed memory cards. It is better if you write them by hand, since this forces your brain to store the information better.

Also remember that whatever is not written on your note cards should be stored in your memory. If you give me a short outline with only a few main headings, I will individually and personally test to see how much of the content you have actually put to memory.

  Classwork / Homework Sheet: DATE = Thursday Jan11
    Bio-Logical Mitosis Math

QUIZ:  DATE = Friday Jan 12
  Study Guide for the QUIZ on Ch 8 Cell Reproduction (Word Doc)


TEST:  NEW DATE = Friday Jan 19
  Study Guide for the TEST on Ch 8 Cell Reproduction (Word Doc)

   Optional Recommended Resources for further study of Chapter 8: Cell Reproduction
            - (Books, DVD's)
                * (DVD) Chemicals to Living Cell: Fantasy or Science, Dr. Jonathan Sarfati, PhD
            - (Articles)
                * (ICR) "Cancer and the Curse, by David Demick, MD"
                * (AiG) "‘Junk’ DNA: evolutionary discards or God’s tools?" by Linda K. Walkup, PhD
                * (AiG) "Genetics and Biblical demographic events" by Chase W. Nelson
         - (Links)
                * Digital Microscope (QX3) (Used in many of our laboratory activities)
                * www.ChristianLogic.com (excellent resource to learn to discern logically)
 

 


Jan  22 - Feb 14 Chapters 9 & 10
Unit 9 -
Mathematical Methods of the Monk Mendel

Unit 9 - Ch 9 WORD DOC Notes: Monk Mendel's Math Probabilities
Unit 9 - Ch 9 PowerPoint Notes: Monk Mendel's Math Probabilities
   

    Ch 9 Class / Home Work Activity (DUE: Tues Jan 23 )
    Condense my Ch 9 Notes into 1-2 Outline/Cards for comprehensive recall.
           (This will affect your homework grade, so don't forget it.)

    Ch 9 Class Work Activity (Date: Wednesday Jan24 )
    PDF Files Handed Out in Class
           (You will need the Adobe PDF file reader to open these files.  See the link at the top of this page.)
       - Mendel Math Ratios
          - Mendel Math Probabilities
          - Mendel Math Quarters Activity
          - Punnett Square Practice

     Ch 9 QUIZ:  Date = Thursday Jan 25
            Chapter 9 (Mendel & Punnett Probabilities)
              Study Guide for the QUIZ  (Word Doc)

TEST:  DATE = Tuesday Jan 30
            Chapter 9 (Mendel & Punnett Probabilities)
              Study Guide for the TEST  (Word Doc)

             * Note the different expectations between the Honors & On-Level


Unit 10 - Ch 10 WORD DOC Notes: © "DNA: Designed Not Accidental"
Unit 10 - Ch 10 PowerPoint Notes: © "DNA: Designed Not Accidental"
***
BE SURE TO VIEW THE "OPTIONAL" ANIMATIONS BELOW.

    Activity - Ch 10 Class / Home Work (DUE: Wed Feb 7)
    Condense my Ch 10 Notes into 1-2 Outline/Cards for comprehensive recall.
            - This will affect your homework grade, so don't forget it.
            - Use my INSTRUCTION SHEET for guidelines, suggestions, & examples.

QUIZ:  Date = Friday Feb 9
            Chapter 10 Molecular Genetics & Protein Synthesis
              Study Guide for the QUIZ  (Word Doc)

    Activity - Math Integration (Due: Monday Feb 12)
    DNA Replication Rates and Cancer (Word Doc file)
           - Biology Ch10.1 Worksheet.pdf
(Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
           - Biology Ch10.2 Worksheet.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
           - Biology Ch10.3 Worksheet.pdf
(Adobe Acrobat PDF file)

LAB: (DNA ExtractionDATE = Tuesday Feb 13
          
- DNA Extraction Lab Instructions
           - Webpage

 

TEST:  DATE = Wednesday Feb 14
            Chapter 10 Molecular Genetics & Protein Synthesis
              Honors Study Guide for the TEST  (Word Doc)
              ON-LEVEL Study Guide for the TEST  (Word Doc)

   Optional Supplements:
        Recommended Resources for further study of Chapters 9 & 10 (see Ch 8's box also)
            - (Books, DVD's)
                * (DVD) "From A Frog To A Prince"
                * (Book) Not By Chance: Shattering the modern theory of evolution, by Lee Spetner, PhD
                                (World renowned non-Christian scientist, professor at Johns Hopkins Medical)
            - (Articles)
                * (AiG) Genetics: No Friend of Evolution: A highly qualified biologist tells it like it is.  Lane Lester, PhD
                * (AiG) Genetics and God's natural selection: "It was a summer’s day in a monastery garden in
                             Czechoslovakia over 100 years ago."
         - (Links) Two of the hundreds of PhD creationists who are active in research and teaching.
                * (Dr. David DeWitt, PhD, Biochemist & Neuroscientist)
                * (Dr. Kurt Wise - PhD Harvard, Professor @ Bryan College)

        - (Animations / Video Clips to better visualize Replication, Transcription, Translation)
                * Replication:
     
            - http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.htm#dna
                  - http://www.lewport.wnyric.org/JWANAMAKER/animations/DNA%20Replication%20-%20long%20.html

                * Transcription
                  - http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/mRNAanim.htm
                  - http://www-class.unl.edu/biochem/gp2/m_biology/animation/gene/gene_a2.html
                  - http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranscription.html
                * Translation
                  - http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranslation.html
                  - http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/ANIMPROT.htm
                  - http://www.dnai.org/text/mediashowcase/index2.html?id=586
 

Feb 15 - March 9
Unit 11 - The PLANT Kingdom (Summarizing Chapters 30-32)

Plant Kingdom Notes  ( PPT Presentation)       
    Bio-Logic Math Integration (WORD Document) * These will be on the test.
    
Bio-Logic Analytical Questions (WORD Document) * These will be on the test.
    
QUIZ Date = Friday March 2, 2007
           
* Be sure to use the PowerPoint to answer some of the Quiz Study Guide Questions
            * QUIZ STUDY GUIDE (Word Doc)
          
   
  TEST Date = Friday March 9, 2007
            * Focus on the parts we emphasized / highlighted in class.
            * Know the major terms and principles.  Use the textbook to clarify any concepts as needed.

            * Test Study Guide

   Optional Supplements:        Recommended Resources for further study
            - (Audio / Video)
                * Click this link and you'll find a number of selections at the bottom of that page.
            - (Articles)
                * "The Oldest Tree in the World" (Supports the dating of the Genesis Flood)
                * "Tree ring dating (Dendrochronology)" by Dr. Batten
                *  "Did Plants Evolve" by Alexander Williams
                * "How Did Fish and Plants Survive the Flood", by Dr. Batten and Dr. Sarfati

         - (Links)
                *  Featured Scientist: Creationist Plant Physiologist, Dr Geoff Downes, B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D.
 

March 12th - April 4th
Unit 12 Ethology and Nephesh Behavior

 God's Goal for His Bio-Logical creation (Learning to Love His Way)
  - Cooperation not Competition and survival of the most selfish
    * = Sacrificing self for the true needs of others
    * Not sacrificing others for the desires of self

 

(Achievement Testing will interrupt this unit)
So, you are responsible to download and/or print the PPT Notes.
   (Be sure to print the slides, 6 to a page and in grayscale, unless you want color.)

** Remember, you have HOMEWORK EVERY night IF you decide that you NEED it. You are young adults and are responsible to manage your own study time efficiently and effectively. Don't depend on your teachers or your parents to "spoon feed" and push you along, or you will not be prepared for later grades or college. Examine the notes and assignments for this unit and then break it up into manageable sections to study as the days unfold. Remember to review the sections you have already studied to solidify long term memory and keep it fresh in your mind. If you have any questions, ask in class or email me.   Mr. Galloway

 

  ( WORD DOC notes)  Ethology and Animal (Nephesh) Behavior  
This unit will stretch across three calendar weeks. 
However, due to NCS 10th grade standardized testing, it will only consist of about two weeks of class days.
 

Please remember that our emphasis in this Ethology and Animal Behavior Unit is on the pinnacle purpose of God's creation: "nephesh" creatures who are able to experience and enjoy His nature of love and order with one another (animals, humans, and angels) and with Him directly (humans and angels).

** Don't worry, due to the unexpected and significant schedule disruption
caused by both spiritual emphasis week and Stanford Achievement week,
I have changed the assessment schedules and adjusted the difficulty of both quiz and test.
** However, this means you must work responsibly and independently to learn the notes I've prepared for you.

    Be sure you download and read this -
    
 "Unit Assessment Guide"!

     QUIZ Date = Thursday March 29th
           
* Be sure to use the PowerPoint to answer some of the Quiz Study Guide Questions
            * QUIZ STUDY GUIDE (Word Doc)

            *
    
  Classroom NCZoo Activity / LAB 
         CANCELLED Due to the English Paper/Project Schedule Conflict
            *
Activity Packet

      Honors UNIT TEST NEW Due on Monday April 30th
      On-Level UNIT TEST NEW Due on Monday April 30th
       

    PAPER on our ZOO Field Trip / Ethology
       * Zoo Trip Permission Slip

          * Standards for Elephant Management and Care (In Zoos) (Adobe PDF file)
             Zoo Trip Photos and Videos:
             - Photos
             - Videos
                    * Joey Teaching 1
                    * Joey Teaching 2
                    * Joey Teaching 3
                    * Joey Teaching 4
                    * Feeding the Elephants 1
                    * Feeding the Elephants 2
                    *
Feeding the Elephants 3

    


April 16-27
Unit 13 Subphylum Vertebrata

WORD DOC Notes: Kingdom ANIMALIA Subphylum Vertebrata
    
** This is a very large packet of notes, so begin studying it now!
POWERPOINT Presentation Ch 41-45 (PPT file)
 
    ** The PowerPoints below have visuals and charts for further understanding.

           
QUIZ:   Date = Thursday April 19th

              Study Guide for the QUIZ  (Word Doc)

TEST:   Date = Thursday April 26th
              Study Guide for the TEST  (Word Doc)

 


Human Body Systems Overview
Human Body Systems Notes
(Word Doc)
Human Body PowerPoint Presentation (
PPT File)      
Textbook Practice Worksheets (Use your textbook along with your notes if needed.)
                *
Section 46.1  (Complete as Homework Due Tuesday May 1)
                * Section 46.2  (Complete as Homework Due Tuesday May 1)
                *
Section 46.3  (Complete as Homework Due Wednesday May 2)
                *
Section 46.4  (Complete as Homework Due Wednesday May 2)

      Human Anatomy Overview (QUIZ Date: Tuesday May 8)
             * QUIZ STUDY GUIDE & Class Worksheet (Word Doc)

LAB: Dissection & "Thanatology" - Fetal Pigs Date: Friday May 4

* DVD Observation of college level dissection will precede your p