Concepts in Biology Package

Our primary textbook will be Friendly Biology, which opens the world of biology to high school students in a gentle, non-intimidating manner. Students are led through meaningful, well-written lessons and lab activities with the goal of attaining a greater respect for the beauty and complexity of living things.

Topics covered include:

• Characteristics common to all living things
• Basic chemistry as it pertains to living things
• Roles of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids in living systems
• Cytology
• Mitosis and meiosis
• Chromosome duplication and protein synthesis
• Importance of pH in living systems
• Methods of reproduction
• Mendelian genetics
• Taxonomy
• Survey of members of each kingdom of living things
• Overview of all human body systems
• Ecology of living things

The Concepts in Biology Package includes:

• Student Textbook
  Friendly Biology opens the world of biology to high school students in a gentle, non-intimidating manner. Students are led through meaningful, well-written lessons and lab activities with the goal of attaining a greater respect for the beauty and complexity of living things.

• Student Workbook
  This consumable workbook accompanies the Friendly Biology textbook and includes practice pages for each lesson.

• Student Testbook and Answer Key
  This booklet is for the parent/teacher and contains tests (which may be photocopied) and solutions for each lesson in Friendly Biology, as well as the answer key for the Student Workbook practice pages.

• Daily Lesson Plans
  Developed by My Father's World, our Daily Lesson Plans schedule the videos, textbook, lab, and all other components of this course. Some chapters in the textbook don't have a lab — so our lesson plans add step-by-step instructions for numerous lab activities to enrich and complete the course. Lesson plans are included free with the complete package.

• Videos
  To help students successfully complete this course, we are including streaming videos with our package. Each lesson in the textbook is taught by the author. The Family Video License allows one family to view the videos without time restriction (lifetime license).
  (Contact Friendly Biology at friendlybiologyinfo@gmail.com or 308-870-4686 to upgrade to a multiple location license for an additional $100.)
  (Videos for a school or co-ops are for one year. Contact My Father's World for details.)

Review

Friendly Biology is an entry-level high school biology course that is very conducive to homeschoolers, especially parents that are not fluent in biology. Each chapter is written at a level that both the student and the parent will be able to understand. The pace is very casual and certainly allows ample time for other subjects to be taught each day. The quality of the instruction in the videos far surpasses the videos I purchased last year for a different science program. Would I recommend this course? YES, if a student is struggling or behind in science and in need of a slower pace. NO, if a student excels and is looking for a more robust course with more extensive labs. — Steven

Required for Additional Students:

• Student Textbook (see below)

• Student Workbook (see below)