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* Updated Units for this year's 2011-2012 Biology course will be added as the weeks and months unfold. Scroll Down to the see each Unit.
** Cornell University Symposium:I'm especially excited to add the fascinating new discoveries, conclusions, and hypotheses gained from the "Biological Information - New Perspectives Symposium" that I was invited to attend last summer (2011) at Cornell University in New York.
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BIOLOGY 11-12 Updated Course Syllabus, Standards, Philosophy, etc
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* Mr. Galloway's Biology Syllabus for 11-12
(REQUIRED READING for Students & Parents)
Mr. G's Biology Standards: (Short Version, Long Ver.)
(NOT required - only read it if you're curious)
Mr. G's Resume (Vitae)
(NOT required - only read it if you're curious)
Mr. G's Personal Philosophy of Education
(NOT required - only read it if you're curious)
BIOLOGY 2011-2012 Updated Course LINKS ...
- Northlake Christian School
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BIOLOGY 2011-2012
Updated Course OUTLINE ...
Tentative Agenda for 2011-2012
(subject to necessary schedule changes as the NCS year unfolds)
SEMESTER ONE
QUARTER/TERM 1
1. Science and the Scientific Method
(Modern Biology textbook - Introduction & Chapter 1)
Bio-Logic: The logikos complementary fit of scientific and scriptural (critical) thinking.
** Both teach that we are to think logically and believe based on evidence.
Science Continuum: Indirect Science vs. Direct Science
Science Types: Observational/Operational Science vs. Historical/Origins Science
2. Classification of our Creator’s Creatures:
Cladistics vs. Baraminology (Ch 14-18)
3. Basic Physics/Chemistry/Biochem: Related to living systems (Ch 2-3)
4. Origins Models:
Significance & Evidence for Intelligent Design/Creation vs. Macro-Evolution
Life Defined and Described (Nephesh vs. Non-Nephesh) (Biology vs. Thanatology)
QUARTER/TERM 2
4. Origins Models (continued from Term 1):
Significance & Evidence for Intelligent Design/Creation vs. Macro-Evolution
Life Defined and Described (Nephesh vs. Non-Nephesh) (Biology vs. Thanatology)
1. Cytology: Cell Form and Function / Homeostasis and Transport (Ch 4-5)
2. Energy for Life: Photosynthesis / Cellular Respiration (Ch 6-7)
3. Comprehensive Review: Semester One (Mid-Year Exam)
SEMESTER TWO
Quarter/TERM 3
1. Review: Bio-Logic and the Scientific Method
2. Cell Reproduction: Mitosis/Meiosis/Embryology (Ch 8)
3. Biological Information: Genetics and Inheritance (Ch 9-13)
4. Creatures Part I: Microbiology / Fungi / Plants (Ch 25-33)
Quarter/TERM 4
1. Creatures Part II - Zoology: Invertebrates and Vertebrates (Ch 34-45)
2. Human Anatomy Overview Form/Function/Systems (Ch 46-52)
3. Ecological Systems (Ch 19-23)
4. Comprehensive Review: Whole Year (Final Exam)
* * PARENTS, please create a "BIOLOGY" folder on your home computer, then have your student download and save a digital copy of every document that I'll be linking on this webpage as the year unfolds - unit by unit.
- if he/she "miss places" handouts, then a back up will be accessible on your PC.
- Unit notes will be uploaded in order by date below, as the year unfolds.
DOWN at the bottom, after the LISTED UNITS, you'll find FUN personal background stuff & interesting supplementary materials.
Biology Course Units by Date
Click to download glossaries and take practice tests online
at the above textbook site
Textbook - "MODERN BIOLOGY" - Content Disclaimer:
(Use "Critical Thinking")
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. Even some non-Christian scientists, admit the fact that “scientific” claims are often just traditional beliefs held to by the current, culturally-conditioned consensus.
As warned by 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:
“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.”
Good News: Since the text is a secular, non-Christian work that is saturated with non-theistic, and insufficiently substantiated macroevolutionary hypotheses, it provides us with 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 relevant textbook into Word (.doc) and Power Point (.ppt) documents and put them online for more efficient study, along with updated, supplementary materials
Mr. Galloway's Digital Microscopy QX5
- Where to get a QX5 and why you'll love it
* Live video and snap shots of whatever is on the microscope slide.
* Projected up on the wall screen for all of the class to see at the same time!
BIO-MATH Synergy:
Please beware of its limitations . . .
In this course, we will work toward the mastery of methods that are vital to research, involving the integration of biology and mathematics, such as:
* SI Units / Conversions
* Scientific Notation / Calculations
* Genetic Probabilities, especially population genetics.
* Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
* Chi-Square Hypothesis Testing
* "Mendel's Accountant" Pop. Genetics Computer Simulation
* Genetic Probabilities, especially population genetics using the computer program, "MENDEL'S ACCOUNTANT" developed by John Sanford PhD of Cornell, John Baumgardner PhD of Los Alamos, et al, showing the improbability of the belief that mutations as a mechanism could produce sufficient new DNA information to produce new "kinds" of organisms.
Biology Semester One
Biology Quarter/Term One
Text and Class Notes: (YES, these are the things you will be graded on)
Remember, I created the Power Points and WORD Documents to give you easily searchable, electronic versions of the notes. Download them at the beginning of each unit and store the files in organized folders on your home PC or Pocket Flashdrive.
If you have trouble, email me
- sid@soulcare.org or sgalloway@northlakechristian.org
Biology Unit 1 - Intro to Biological Science
Bio-Logic / Logikos Thinking /
Our Creator's Creatures/
"Tentative" DATES:
Monday August 15 to August 31
Welcome to your "Bio-Logical" Class
Why Study Science?
(Notes: Word .doc)
What is KNOWLEDGE? What is the source for accurate science knowledge? |
Notes taken from the Textbook Chapter 1 "The Science of Life" (.doc)
(* YOU MUST DOWNLOAD THIS DOCUMENT ON YOUR OWN - AS IN COLLEGE)
Notes Converted to PPT format - Scripture & the Scientific Method - (.ppt)
(Printed copies of this PPT presentation will be handed out in class)
YOU WILL NEED BOTH THE WORD DOC AND THE PPT NOTES BELOW FOR THE TEST.
My notes were converted from the Textbook, plus supplemental info.
(Printed copies will be handed out in class)
* Yet you should download and save copies of all online required documents on your home computer.
You can then search them for answers by using "Ctrl-F".
* DON'T PROCRASTINATE - it will catch up with you.
GW - Group Work (In-Class Discussion / Dialog)
** HW-CW (Home/Class Work)
Practice / Review Sheets
- Biology Ch1 Sec1 Biology Themes.pdf
- Biology Ch1 Sec2 Biology World.pdf
Honors Study Guide for a Homework Grade (Word Doc)
A complete COPY is DUE
for a HOMEWORk grade
DUE: Wednesday Aug 17
On-Level Study Guide for Homework Grade (Word Doc)
A complete COPY is DUE
for a HOMEWORk grade
DUE: Wednesday Aug 17
GW - Group Work
(Discussion / Dialog / Quiz Bowl - if time allows)
QUIZ in class:
Dates - Hrs 1&2 Thur Aug 18; Hr 8 Fri Aug 19
* ID - Individual Practice Work In Class
- Biology Ch1 Sec3 Scientific Methods.pdf
- Biology Ch1 Sec4 Microscopy-Measurement.pdf
Honors Study Guide for upcoming TEST (Word Doc) Complete at home.
A completed COPY is DUE for a QUIZ GRADE on the following date:
DUE: Wednesday Aug 24
On-Level Study Guide for upcoming TEST (Word Doc) Complete at home.
A completed COPY is DUE for a QUIZ GRADE on the following date:
DUE: Wednesday Aug 24
TEST Dates - Unit 1 in class
- Hrs 1&2 Thur Aug 25
- Hr 8 Fri Aug 26
OPTIONAL Supplemental Material(NOT Required) Recommended for further study of Chapter 1: - (Articles)*Biblical Roots of Science, by Dr. Jonathan Sarfati PhD
* "Loving God with All Your Mind: Logic and Creation", Sarfati PhD - (Books, DVD's) * Coming to Grips with Genesis (numerous PhD scholars of Scripture/Heb/Gk) - (Links) * Digital Microscope (QX5)(Used in many of our laboratory activities) |
Unit 2 - Classification & Baraminology
(ADVANCED VERSION)
Tentative DATES: Monday Aug 29 to Thursday Sept 8)
** Download all notes, guides, etc to your home PC!!!!!!
God's "Creative" Graphic Organizer
(Baraminology's Orchard vs. Evolution's Tree)
Creature 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)
.... Liger Hybrid 
... Zorse Hybrid....
DOWNLOAD: (REQUIRED DOCUMENTS)
- WORD DOC Notes: Classification of the Creator's Creation
- POWERPOINT: Classification Presentation in PPT format
- OUTLINE: (IF it will help you - Condensed Memory OUTLINE)
DVD "Dragons or Dinosaurs" (Classwork/Homework)
* Featuring many respected PhD scientists
Are they the same creature?
In which classification category should they fit?
When did they live?
When did they disappear and why?
** Practice note taking during DVD for bonus
Assignment: Download HMWK QZ Study GUIDE - Complete as homework
You DO NOT have to give me a copy of this guide.
Assessment: QUIZ:
Dates: Classes 1&2 on Wed Aug 31; Class 8 on Thur Sept 1
Emphasizes the Secular Scientific Classification Models
GW- Creation Baraminology Introductory Activity (In Class)
Download - (Word Doc Intro Activity)
(PPT for Intro Activity)
* If this short Labor Day week allows time
LAB: NCZoo "Living Labs"
Download - Baraminology Small Group Activity
(In Class as the schedule allows)
(Word doc for GROUP Activity)
* If this short Labor Day week allows time
HOMEWORK: Download - Study GUIDE FOR the TEST (Word Doc)
COMPLETE & bring a COPY to class for a HOMEWORK Grade
Hrs 1&2 Tue Sept 6 -- Hr 8 Wed as a HOMEWORK GRADE
HONORS ONLY PAPER - ARTICLE Essay for a "TEST GRADE"
Download this article to your PC
"Hebrew Scriptures as an aid to developing a creationist taxonomy"
by Dr. Jean K. Lightner DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine)
(Handed out in class and downloadable here - use Ctl-F to search it)
Date due: MONDAY SEPT 12th
Expectations for the HONORS ONLY article evaluation essay
[Minimum TWO pages, typed, double spaced, address these questions]
Download INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPLETE PAPER - Handed Out or (Click)
Assessment: TEST:
Classes 1&2 Wed Sept 7 / Class 8 Thur
The test includes all of the Creation Classification, but emphasizes the Biblical Baraminology model. The honors class will have less objective questions, and more detailed information regarding Baraminology and the evidences that support this new, more scientifically accurate, and more Creator-honoring system of classification.
OPTIONAL Supplemental Material(NOT Required) Recommended for further study of Chapter 1: - (Articles)* IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SCHOLARLY CREATIONISTS' WORK ON CLASSIFICATION & BARAMINOLOGY, BELOW IS A SUPPLEMENTAL ARTICLE: |
* I'm pushing the "ORIGNS" unit to a later date in order to update more from the Cornell University symposium I was invited to attend last summer. NOW, we will do "CHEMISTRY".
Unit 3 Chemistry / Biochemistry
Tentative DATES: Sept 12-29
Ch's 2-3 Physical Chemistry / BioChemistry
Ch2 Sept 12-21; Ch3 Sept 22-28 (28 unit test on 2&3)
BASIC ON-LEVEL BIOLOGY & ADVANCED HONORS BIOLOGY VERSIONS
Cutting Edge DVD:
WE WATCHED IN CLASS!
If you want to own a copy, see the link below -
"Where Does the
Evidence Lead?"
Internationally respected scientists, using fascinating computer animation and beautiful photography, share amazing NEW EVIDENCE about biochemistry and the complexity of cells.
The IMPOSSIBILITY of macroevolution by the selection of genetic mutations is clearly shown.
ASSIGNMENT:
- You must take careful notes on this DVD THAT YOU WATCHED IN CLASS.
** IF YOU WERE ABSENT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS OUTLINE.
- At HOME you must make a neat & organized OUTLINE of the notes you wrote.
- You must bring me a COPY of your OUTLINE that will be GRADED AS A QUIZ:
Outline COPY DUE: WED SEPT 14
Optional Animations to help you understand concepts, and form to function relationships:
* Cell Complexity
* Molecular Bonding
* Solution Formation (NaCl)
* Activation Energy
* Balancing Equations
* Ph Scale (Acids / Bases)
* Acid Solution Formation
* Buffer Effects
Word Doc Notes - Ch 2 Chemistry (.doc)
PowerPoint Notes - Ch 2 Chemistry (.ppt)
For the Quiz on Ch 2 and then again for the Unit Test on 2 & 3
Copies of this Word Doc will also be handed out in class, if printers work.
However, YOU are responsible to download them onto you home PC.
OPTIONAL Worksheets to help study for the test: (Use if it helps you)
- Section 2.1 || Section 2.2 || Section 2.3
MINI-QUIZ terms ( list below in green) Wed 14th
* Atoms, Compounds, Matter, Chemical Reactions, Activation Energy, Exergonic, Covalent Bond, Molecule, Reactants, Catalysts, Reduction Reaction, Oxidation Reaction
Thur Sept 15 Hrs 1&2 // Fri Sept 16 Hrs 8
Video Demonstrations by Moody Science:
"Facts of Faith"
(Matter, Energy, Cells, Life, Electricity, Gospel)
Mini-Lab Activities: DATE - As the schedule allows
- Incredible Shrinking Snack Bags (Do not try this at home)
- Electrically Transformed Steel Wool (Do not try this at home)
Science News: "Why Graphene Won Scientists the Nobel Prize"
* Read this article about a new substance that will change your future.
- We'll discuss it in class
Graphene
Test GUIDE for Test (NO copy is due for me)
TEST: (Ch 2 Physical Chem): WED Sept 21
Part II of Unit 3 - Chapter 3
NEW! * Honors Unit Test ONLY on Ch 3
* On-Level Unit Test ONLY on Ch 3
- Video Lecture by Dr. Sarfati, PhD
(Chemist & world class chess champion)
- Worksheet for a QUIZ GRADE
(Due Date: TO BE ANNOUNCED)
* Practice Taking Notes for college!
"Chemicals to Living Cell: Fantasy or Science"
LAB: NCZoo "Living Labs" - As time allows
The significance of pH & temperature on the chemical reactions necessary for:
* the maintenance of our NCZoo Aquariums, etc
* the ongoing vitality and quality of life for our permanent animal residents
-- LAB Report Worksheet -- As time allows
Activity - Aqueous Solutions: The Juggling Act of Polar Water Molecules
(See here a fun video of Raspyni Brothers juggling as an analogy.)
Word Doc Notes - Ch 3 Biochemistry (.doc)
* For the Unit Test along with the notes and test for Ch 2
PowerPoint Notes - Ch 3 Biochemistry (.ppt)
* For the Unit Test along with the notes and test for Ch 2
OPTIONAL Worksheets to help you study for the Ch 3 PART of this test:
(Use if it helps you - it will)
- Be sure to restudy the Ch 2 worksheets linked above.
- Section 3.1 || Section 3.2 || Section 3.3
- Power Point, Video Clips, Class Discussion
OPTIONAL ONLINE Practice TEST for both Ch 2 and Ch 3 from Textbook
- Chapter 2 Chemistry Practice Test
- Chapter 3 Biochemistry Practice Test
* NEW DATES DUE TO RETREAT & SHORT WED
Guide for TEST Ch 3 PART Biochem as a Quiz Grade
HONORS &
ON-LEVEL TEST ONLY ON CH 3
Hand in a COPY to me to grade as a QUIZ GRADE
It MUST be neat, detailed, and COMPLETE
Due = Classes 1 & 2 WED SEPT 28; Class 8 THUR 29
* NEW - TEST ONLY CH 3 for Hon & On-level
NEW DATES
Classes 1&2 THU Sept 29; Class 8 Fri Sept 30
** HONORS & ON-LEVEL TEST ON ONLY CH 3
No you now DON'T have to know Ch 2 also
Origins-Historical Science
• FREE Saturday Seminar •
Oct 15, 2011 • 9am-1pm
Powerpoint•Video•Exotic Animals
Do Beliefs Shape Character & Culture?
Biology Version
Unit 4 Intro to Origins-Historical Science
Our Creator vs. Macro(vertical)evolution
Approx. Dates: Oct 3 to Oct 14
- Step by Step, one day at a time
WEEK ONE - HOMECOMING WEEK - STILL REAL SCHOOL
QUIZ on Wed Oct 5th on: (click the pic above)
* Seven Simple Science Questions Leading to Christ our Creator
* Significance of Origins Science (God, Graphae, Gospel, GLorify)
As described to you in class, the QUIZ will be a sheet with the BOLD main words listed in order. * HONORS will NOT have the BOLD words.
You will have to write the questions next to each word.
MINI-TEST on MONDAY Oct 10th on:
* Seven Simple Science Questions Leading to Christ our Creator
* Significance of Origins Science (God, Graphae, Gospel, GLorify)
CLICK HERE FOR SUGGESTED EXPLANATIONS
As described to you in class, the TEST will be a sheet with the BOLD main words listed in order. HONORS will not have the BOLD words either.
You will have to write the questions next to each word,
AND THEN BRIEFLY EXPLAIN IN 1 OR 2 SENTENCES:
- How evolutionists answer each question
- How creationists answer each question
- ... and why the creationists' answer is more logically based on evidence
Classes 1 & 2 on Thursday Oct 6th
Class 8 on Friday Oct 7th
* READ/STUDY/LEARN - OUTLINE
Mr. Galloway's 5 pp OUTLINE for his Seminar
* This is also your Unit outline
Science Students,
You need to READ/STUDY/LEARN my 5 page OUTLINE for my Saturday Oct 15 seminar that I gave you.
* This is also your Unit outline for "Origins-Historical" Science.
* This outline is also linked online and below:
http://soulcare.org/docs_pdf/NBC-Sat-Seminar-BOOKLET.pdf
Next week we will be going into the details.
** ALSO keep working on you "Creator's-Nature" Hike activity
- see our website every day for updated guidance
- USE YOUR DVD notes from Dr. Sarfati's presentation on Bio-Design to help you think through the process.
This unit is designed to help you practice active listening, note taking, research, and critical-logikos thinking. It is not primarily the memorization of terms or data.
You will be tested on your ability to understand, explain, and defend with logical evidence your view on these foundational issues.
So, you must spend time to learn the core concepts and then THINK a lot about them.
* Remember, the word "amusement" means to "to NOT think".
Mr. Galloway
ACTIVITY: "CREATOR'S-NATURE" Hike
HOMEWORK = Simple Google search for data
* Due Tue Oct 11 for Classes 1&2 / Thur for Class 8
- FOR THOSE WHO MISSED THE HIKE you can do this part at HOME.
- HOME-HIKE INSTRUCTIONS LINKED HERE
DVD- Science Scholar Dr. Sarfati on
* If you were in class for this DVD, use the notes you took to help you think through the 7 stages of the scientific discovery process in our activity.
* If you were not here you don't have to see it.
Activity Continued . . .
HOMEWORK =
Read the worksheet linked below to prepare for use in class next week.
WORKSHEET (Mr. Galloway's explanation/suggestions)
** We will carry this "Hike Hypothesis" Activity through the next couple of weeks, so keep it handy and keep working on it.
** Exciting Changes
- new information now available to enhance our
ORIGINS-HISTORICAL SCIENCE study.
* especially updates from the Cornell Univ. Symposium
- So I am in the process of integrating this new material.
- We will resume ORIGINS-HISTORICAL SCIENCE
after we cover Chapters 4&5 on Cytology.
UNIT 5 - Ch 4 Cells (Cytology) (Textbook)
Classwork/HMWK Practice/Review (Dates as unit unfolds)
Worksheets to help you study for the Ch 4 part of this test:
- Section 4.1 || Section 4.2 || Section 4.3
Incomprehensibly Complex Cities
- full of factories, railways, etc)
START NOW TO READ & STUDY NOTES
/ COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE FOR TEST!
Word Doc Notes - Ch 4 - Cells (.doc)
PowerPoint Notes - Ch 4 Cells (.ppt)
(copies will be handed out in class)
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OPTIONAL Videos & Animations to help you understand concepts,
and form to function relationships:
* Cell Complexity - Awe Inspiring
* Cell Complexity Described by Scientists
* Irreducible Cell Complexity
* Irreducible Cell Complexity by Dr. Behe
* Designer's Signature in the Cell
* Bacterial Flagellum Zoomed In View
* Lysosomes
** Flashcards for Terms (Optional - It helps!!!)
QUIZ in class on:
MONDAY OCT 24 - ALL CLASSES
Quiz Guide on your own
Optional ONLINE Ch 4 Practice TEST from the Textbook
COMPLETE this TEST STUDY GUIDE
for Ch 4 Cells
Hand in on Monday Oct 24
The TEST: In class on
Thur Oct 27 Hrs 1&2; Fri Oct 28 Hr 8
(Test STUDY GUIDE see above)
* PARENTS' EVENT *
Please
plan to see this important film!
(Elections are coming - be informed!)
THIS THURSDAY - Nov 3, 2011 (7-8:30 PM)
"INDOCTRI-NATION: Public Schools & the Decline of Christianity in America"
Only a little over 90 minutes
Mr. Galloway's Room 107, NCS
UNIT 6 - Ch 5 Homeostasis & Cell Transport:
Chapter 5 Homeostasis and Cellular Transport (Word Doc)
Chapter 5 Homeostasis and Cellular Transport (PowerPoint)
OPTIONAL Animations / Videos -
* ATP Synthase Motor Complexity
* RNA Interference Complexity
* How Enzymes Work
* Diffusion * Osmosis
* Facilitated Diffusion
* Sodium / Potassium Pump
* Channel Protein ReceptorsPractice Worksheets to help you study:
Section 5.1 || Section 5.2Optional ONLINE Ch 5 Practice TEST
* Links for Video Clips for Understanding Hypertonic vs. Hypotonic, as well as other concepts in Cell Transport:
- Virtual Experiment (Red Blood Cell in Hypo/Hyper/Iso Solutions)
- Osmosis //// More Osmosis
- Hypotonic Solution //// Hypo/Hyper/Iso Explanations
- Cell Membrane & Homeostasis
- Cell Membrane & Diffusion
- Cell Membrane & Passive Transport
- Cell Membrane & Active Transport
- More Cell Membrane & Active Transport
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QUIZ in class: Hrs 1&2 Thur Nov 3/ Hr8 Fri Nov 4
Quiz Study Guide is NOT due for me. It's only for YOU.
Same Test Date for ON-LEVEL
in class (Ch5) Wed Nov 9th On-Level Guide
NEW TEST DATE for HONORS
in class (Ch 5) Thur Nov 10th Honors Guide
Test Focus on the parts we emphasized / highlighted in class
- Know the major terms and principles. Use the textbook to clarify any concepts as needed.
HONORS you'll be tested on these logikos thinking questions:
1. Explain the role of carrier proteins in cell membrane transport?
2. List two of the three stimuli that cause ion channel gates to open and explain how they work?
3. How does glucose enter a cell and why it requires this method?
4. Understand the Na+, K+ pump mechanism based on the six ordered diagrams in the worksheet we did in class.
5. Why must IONS be shielded from the interior of the lipid bilayer in order to cross the cell membrane?
6. How are the form and function of both carrier proteins and enzymes similar?
Unit 7 Last Week before THANKSGIVING
* Return TEST from last week & discuss
- Postview of most missed test items
* HONORS Science Olympiad Project Wrap Up
- Due Nov 16 for Mr. Galloway & then Nov 17 Gym Presentation
*
Complete BIOETHICS Think/Write on-Theology
- Multi-disciplinary application
WARNING: Anti-Biblical Professors Dominate Colleges Today
* Dr. Peter Singer BIOETHICS Professor at Princeton University
"In 1979 he wrote, “Human babies are not born self-aware, or capable of grasping that they exist over time. They are not persons”; therefore, “the life of a newborn is of less value than the life of a pig, a dog, or a chimpanzee.”
Practical Ethics, 1st ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979)
Thanatology vs. Biology Lesson
BIOETHICAL forensics
of a Fawn's Death vs. Life
INSTRUCTIONS for your LETTER to someone
about God & Suffering
(Your final LETTER is DUE Wed Nov 16)
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Recommended Video by Dr. Tommy Mitchell MD
A GOD OF SUFFERING?
Science Olympiad Projects
Thanks Students - You all did good jobs.
First Place - Ryan McKenzie & Indiana Brunner
Second Place - Gabrielle Soong
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Unit 8 - Photosynthesis
Chapters 6 Tentative Dates Nov 28 - Dec 9
* ANIMATIONS below aid understanding of biochemical processes.
Chapter 6 Photosynthesis
(Food Factory Powered by Solar Leaves)
NOTES - Word Doc - Ch 6 Photosynthesis
NOTES - PowerPoint - Ch 6 Photosynthesis
Printed copies of this Word Doc will be handed out in class if the machine works.
BUT you are still responsible to download all docs to your home PC or Flashdrive!
WORKSHEET in class:
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
CLICK THE PIC ABOVE TO ENLARGE
QUIZ DATE Section 1 of Ch 6
(Hrs 1&2 Thur Dec 1 // Hr 8 on Fri Dec 2)
Study Guide for this quiz
ANIMATIONS of PHOTOSYNTHESIS for Visual Understanding :
- Photosynthesis Movie (excellent overview)
- Photosystem II Movie (details of the electron transport chain)
- ATP Synthase Motor Movie (Complexity of this ultra micro machine)
- Electron Transport Chain Movie
- LEAF (cross sectional zooming in for biochemical pathways)
- MEMBRANE (light phase reactions)
- LIGHT REACTIONS (Step through animation)
- LIGHT to DARK CYCLES (Light Dependent to Light Independent/Dark/Calvin)
- Calvin Cycle (Student created movie - corny but informative)
** Calvin Cycle Animation (Excellent step by step. More than you need, but illuminates the recycling efficiency of God's designs)
* Class/Home Work SKILL PRACTICE: Hermeneutic-Reading
- General Instructions for this skill (Word Document)
- Science Article to Interpret: "'Arseniclife' Bug" USA Today News
* Your brief written summary is due Wed at the latest.
TEST Ch 6 Photosynthesis - Wed Dec 7
Study Guide for TEST Ch 6 Photosynthesis
Solar Leaves, Electron Transport System, Biochemical Pathways of Calvin Cycle
(Honors will have lots of logikos thinking questions)
MID-YEAR EXAM December 16
(Cumulative & Comprehensive)
1. Exam Study Guide (Ques. Only)
2. Exam Guide with Core Hints *
TIPS for studying your exam to make a high grade:
1. SAVE THE EXAM GUIDE ON YOUR COMPUTER.
- OPEN the Exam Guide on you Computer.
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READ through the Exam Study Guide thoroughly a couple of times.
* To find answers to a specific term/concept/diagram:
- Open on your computer the CHAPTER NOTES for that unit.
(all of my Word Doc & Power Point notes are linked on this page by unit)
(plus you should have saved each document on your own PC at home)
- When the right Chapter Notes are OPEN on your PC,
use "Ctrl-F" (or "Edit", "Find"), to locate each time a term is used in those notes.
- Then you can COPY/PASTE the info you need from the notes to your own guide.
(You can also use the TEXTBOOK (start with the glossary), since I typed 90% of my notes for each chapter directly from the TEXTBOOK.)
2. MEMORIZE the terms, concepts, formulas, processes, etc listed on the guide
3. FLASHCARDS help to break down the Guide into bite size sections.
** PRACTICE WRITING/DRAWING any formulas, chemicals, that might help
4. BEYOND the Guide, you need to understand the interrelationships among the terms, concepts, especially the (biological parts & processes) (forms & functions).
5. ANIMATIONS/VIDEO: You can also find animations for visual understanding of many concepts linked on your science webpage above for most units,
plus many more through Google for any concept.
6. PAST TESTS: You will NOT need your past tests, since the exam questions will be different. Every year, I keep all "tests" protected in a locked cabinet for grade verification - so that students cannot lose them.
7. ** PRAYER: Last but not least, prayerfully trust God to help you as you in turn are responsibly diligent to make "outline/memory" cards, memorize repeatedly,
then practice writing answers to mock questions about concepts or relationships.
I'll be praying for all of you as you study.
Just a sheepdog of the GOOD SHEPHERD,
Mr. Galloway
MERRY CHRIST-MAS
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Unit 9 - CHAPTER 7 - Cellular Respiration
Tentative Dates: Jan 3 to Jan 11
Chapter 7 Cellular Respiration
** Be sure to use the ANIMATIONS down below to understand and learn the biochemical processes.
NOTES - Word Doc - Ch 7 Cellular Respiration (.doc)
NOTES - PowerPoint - Ch 7 Cellular Respiration (.ppt)
Printed copies of this Word Doc will be handed out in class if the machine works.
BUT you are still responsible to download all docs to your home PC or Flashdrive!
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
QUIZ Ch 7 Diagrams ONLY
DATES: (Classes 1&2 Thur Jan 5) (Class 8 Fri Jan 6)
Study Guide for Quiz on 7's Diagrams
ANIMATIONS of CELLULAR RESPIRATION for Visual Understanding :
- ATP SYNTHASE (Amazing Nano-Motor that makes life RUN)
* (Article summarizing God's design of this awesome machine)
- ATP SYNTHASE (another excellent video animation emphasizing gradients)
- RESPIRATION (Overview, glycolysis, kreb's cycle, elect. transport)
- DETAIL (Interactive biochemical pathways - not as complicated as it looks)
- Cartoon of Respiration
- Prof. Fink Part One (YouTube)
- Electron Transport Chain (McGraw Hill)
- CANDY (Simple diagrams summarizing the process from sugar in / ATP out)
LABORATORY - ELODEA (Water Plant Cells) DATE: ________
(Environmental impact on biochemical efficiency & effectiveness)
LAB Elodea: Word Doc Lab - Elodea (Anacharis) Cells
[Environment, Osmosis, Homeostasis, Biochemical Pathways]
(Due to lack of time, this lab will be done in class with the QX5 Digital Scope as a whole class)
Mr. Galloway's Digital Microscopy QX5
- Where to get a QX5 and why you'll love it
- What you can do with it and how to use it
- Photos / video clips of class digital labs
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) to His nephesh (thinking / feeling) creatures, God has also given us the Holy Spirit as the source of new, eternal life through the second birth spiritually when a person is “born-again”. By the way, the New Testament Greek word for spirit is pneuma, which means air or wind. Therefore, 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]
TEST Chapter 7 Respiration
Date = Wednesday Jan 11
Study Guide for Ch 7 Test
TENTATIVE DATES: Jan 17 to Jan 25
UNIT 10 CHAPTER 8 Cell Reproduction
SEE OPTIONAL ANIMATIONS BELOW AND WATCH FOR UPCOMING JOURNAL ARTICLE CRITIQUES (quiz & test grades)
NOTES: Word Doc - Ch 8 Cell Reproduction (.doc)
NOTES: PowerPoint - Ch 8 Cell Reproduction (.ppt)
Printed copies of the Word Doc & PPT will be handed out in class if the machine works. If not, then you're still responsible to download all docs & ppts to your PC or Flashdrive!
TENTATIVE ACTIVITY/LAB: If schedule allows ...
Optional Recommended Resources HELPFUL STUDY ANIMATIONS / VIDEOS !!!! - (Books, DVD's) |
Assignments: In Class Work Sheet
- Bio-Logical Mitosis Math Samples
- Bio Math Mitosis Puzzle
QUIZ CH 8 - IN CLASS DATE =
DATES: Hrs 1&2 Thur Jan 19 // Hr 8 Fri Jan 20
HONORS Study Guide for the QUIZ on Ch 8
(Includes math & mitosis)
ON-LEVEL STUDY GUIDE for the QUIZ
* Use the ANIMATIONS below to understand and learn
the biochemical processes.
WED JAN 25 (SEE BELOW): Wed is a Half-Day
| ** Critical-Thinking of a Science Journal Article: * This Article Project is TEST GRADE "Cell Division Defies Evolutionary 'Just-So' Stories", Brian Thomas MS - DOWNLOAD this article - READ the article hermeneutically, meaning to determine what the author means, not yet whether you agree. - NOTE with highlight, underlines, circles the key words, phrases, etc., to help you remember where they are when you write your summary explanation. - WRITE: 1st a summary explanation of what the author was trying to say 2nd write whether you agree and why (explain your reasons & evidence) (Hand in both the article with your highlights/underlines, along with your two paragraphs as described above) ** DUE DATE WED JAN 25 (hand it in before taking the test) * This Article Project is TEST GRADE |
* TEST CHAPTER 8
DATES: Hrs 1 Thur Jan 26 // Hr8 Fri Jan 27
* Study Guide for the TEST on Ch 8
ON-LEVEL BIOLOGY Hr 2 - NEW DATE :-)
TUE 31ST due to my accidental answer key gift!
* Only thing worse than an absent-minded professor?
- is an old one!
UNIT 11
(CHAPTER 9) - Monk Mendel's Mathematical Methods
From Peas to Candy cane Corn snakes to the Human Genome . . .
NOTES WORD DOC: Monk Mendel's Math Probabilities
NOTES PPT: Monk Mendel's Math Probabilities
** Glossary Ch9
HONORS Homework WorkSheets
Class 1 Due Feb 1
Class 8 Due Feb 2
* Use Textbook
Ch 9.1 Mendel Review
QUIZ: (In class)
DATES:
Hr 1 Thur Feb2
Hr 8 Fri Feb3
Hr 2 Tue Feb7
QZ STUDY GUIDE
* Guide NOT due.
Note the different
expectations between the Honors & On-Level
Class Activity
PDF Files Handed Out
In Class Thur Feb 9
Mendel's Math
- Math Probabilities
- Math Ratios
- Inheritance
- Math Quarters
HONORS Homework WorkSheets
Classes 1 & 8 Only
Due Friday Feb 10
* Use Textbook
Ch 9.2 Genetic Crosses
ANIMATED PUNNETT SQUARE EXAMPLES
http://www.tangerinegecko.com/tgpunnett.html
(click below to see each animation)
Monohybrid ...... Dihybrid FOIL Method ...... Dihybrid Completed
DVD COLLEGE-PREP LEVEL LECTURE: The Mystery of our Declining Genes
Dr. John Sanford, Cornell University Professor / Inventor of the Gene Gun
* PRACTICE TAKING COLLEGE LECTURE NOTES (Graded note taking)
.
- Dr. John Sanford a top genetics researchers in the world, Cornell University.
(Dr. Sanford has developed over 25 patented inventions for genetics research, including the famous Biolistic Gene Gun.)
- Dr. Sanford's DVD Presentations
* "How Evolution Hurts Science"
* "The Mystery of Our Declining Genes"
- Book: Genetic Entropy
- ....
DVD COLLEGE-PREP LEVEL LECTURE:
"The Programming of Life"
Dr. Don Johnson & scientists
(DNA = Intelligently Coded Information)
* TAKING COLLEGE LECTURE NOTES (Graded note taking practice)
TEST: WEDNESDAY FEB 15
TST STUDY GUIDE
NOT due as Grade
* Note the different expectations
between the Honors & On-Level
* The Honors "Paper" mentioned earlier will be moved to a later unit.
Next UNIT - COMING UP . . . KEEP CHECKING
New unit is uploaded when a previous unit ends.
*Critical Logikos Thinking -
Chimp/Human Ancestry CLAIMS
As time allows, we will have a class project/activity examining the recent hypotheses regarding possible chromosomal fusion and whether or not the evidence supports a common ancestor or a common Designer for humans and chimpanzees.
- Dr. DeWitt: "Not Any More"
- Dr. DeWitt: "Very Different"
Recommended Book:
The Harsh Truth About PUBLIC SCHOOLS
by Dr. Bruce Shortt,
Law Degree from Harvard, PhD from Stanford, Fulbright Scholar
"Bruce Shortt shows why the public schools are increasingly no longer suitable for Christian children -- and why they are not likely to be reformed, owing to the teachers’ unions and other secularist influences. We should stop treating the public schools as ends in themselves that always have to be "preserved." They are means, not ends; and when we discover that they no longer work, we should try something else. The book is quite readable and I hope it will find the audience it deserves. The subject matter is vast; yet it covers much of the salient material in a way which should open some eyes."
-- Kenneth D. Whitehead
Assistant Secretary of Education for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush"The Harsh Truth about Public Schools by Bruce Shortt is a sad book. It is sad that the condition documented in this book actually exists in a nation founded on the principles of religious liberty, but it is even more sorrowful to know that, short of a miracle, the very Christian parents and other Christian leaders who need to read this book the most will probably pass it by. For those, however, with courage and a desire to know the truth this monograph will be an incredible blessing."
-- Paige Patterson, President
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth, Texas"Everyone truly interested in our children, our homes, and the future of our beloved America should read and study this book."
-- Chaplain (Col.) E. H. Jim Ammerman
U. S. Army Retired, Endorser for over 500 Chaplains representative to the U. S. Military for over 15 million independent church members."Bruce Shortt clearly and forcefully sets forth overwhelming evidence of the anti-Christian bias in parts of our public school system. This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with the future of the United States."
-- Judge Paul Pressler"Bruce Shortt’s new book, _The Harsh Truth About Public Schools_, is clear evidence that concern over the catastrophic meltdown of public education in the United States is being felt in every segment of American society."
-- Dr. John C. Lundt
Professor of Education, University of Montana, and coauthor of _Leaving School: Finding Education_, Matanzas Press, 2004"All parents are ultimately responsible for how their children are educated. This book not only shows forcefully why Christian parents must revolutionize education through homeschooling and Christian schools, it also helps guide parents on their journey into the adventure of Christian education."
-- Eric and Joyce Burge
Co-founders of the National Black Home Educators Resource Association
"Bruce Shortt has produced a devastating indictment of our public school system, which he believes is not only destroying the intelligence of our children, but is wreaking havoc with our moral and spiritual future. The book is a veritable encyclopedia of educational failure, corruption, and malfeasance by those who run the system"
-- Samuel L. Blumenfeld
Author of eight books on education, including NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education, How to Tutor, Alpha-Phonics: A Primer for Beginning Readers, and Homeschooling: A Parents Guide to Teaching Children."Anyone considering the possibility of placing their child in a government school should read this book first. Anyone who has already made that choice should read this book and reconsider. Bruce Shortt has exposed the proverbial elephant in the middle of the room and we can ignore it no longer."
-- Dr. Voddie Baucham, Jr.
National Bible Teacher Author of The Ever-Loving Truth
"Harsh truths with enough humor to make it a fun read. Presenting this compelling book in discrete chunks made it easy to start anywhere."
-- Marshall Fritz
President, Alliance for Separation of School & State
Founder, GetTheKidsOut.org"A graphic and well-documented reference source that provides a host of compelling arguments for taking Christian kids out of public schools. Dr. Shortt casts no aspersion on the motives of most teachers, but his examples of destructive practices and curricula nevertheless illustrate that, indeed, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
-- Dr. Arnold Burron
Professor Emeritus: University of Northern Colorado"In a readable and enjoyable fashion Bruce Shortt’s book combines the best Biblical, academic, and social arguments for Christians to abandon K-12 public schools. The postscript addressed to our Christian public school teachers is a unique challenge."
-- E. Ray Moore, Jr.
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) US Army Reserve, Retired
Director and Founder, Exodusmandate.org
The material BELOW is NOT Required
It includes extra advice, encouragements,
and some fun & fascinating stuff .
Basic Study Motive:
Gratitude to God. Sacrificing the desires of self for the needs of others, instead of sacrificing the needs of others for the desires of self.
Critical (Logikos) Thinking Principles:
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)
Bio-Logic (Discernment): Practicing analytical, logical, critical thinking skills
HOMEWORK Expectations:
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'll soon be heading off to college and/or the adult working world, so we won't be spoon-feeding you, or giving 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'll 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
- outline / condense notes to manageable segments with memory cues
- memorize your outlines well
- meditate & question the meaning & implications of everything
- apply rational faith (evidential belief) to those things that deserve it
NEVER BELIEVE - without sufficient evidence
(critical thinking / bio-logic) Proverbs 14:15; Hebrews 11:1
EXAMPLE: Why have 100'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 100'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?
- "Survival of the fittest" depends upon pain, fear, suffering, & death.
- In contrast, the God of the Bible is the Good Shepherd who made Eden.
- Theistic evolution is a belief that blasphemes God by making Him a monster.
Why is the character of our Creator the cornerstone of Christianity?
- The foundation for consistent peace/joy/unselfish love must be trust in God.
- Believing God desired & designed disease & death does not lead to trust.
- Good News: Willful sin, Satan, & selfishness are the cause, not God.
The Way of Creation:
Sacrificing self for the needs of others. (Ex. = Christ's Cross)
The Way of Macroevolution:
Sacrificing others for the desires of self. (Ex. = Abortion)
Northlake Christian High School
WATCH what happens when the infamous anti-theistic evolutionist, Dr. Dawkins of Oxford University is asked to simply provide one single example of a genetic mutation or evolutionary process that creates new genetic information in the genome.
To view this you must have on your PC:
- Macromedia Flash Player.