Biochemistry / Microbiology from Greg Landry's Homeschool Science: A TOS Crew Review

Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew

Self-paced 7th-12th grade half-semester classes : Biochemistry / Microbiology from Greg Landry's Homeschool Science

Biochemistry / Microbiology from Greg Landry's Homeschool Science is a great option for your self-paced learners!  Designed for grades 7-12th, it is a self-paced 0.5 semester credit. Students can complete 2 of these course in one year to earn a 1.0 credit. 

Five courses are available: 

- Biochemistry / Microbiology
- Embryology / Endocrinology
- Earth & Space Science
- Study Skills / Measurement / Lab Reports / Graphing

These courses are self-paced,  students watch Greg Landry, a 20 year homeschool veteran and former college professor, teach from recorded videos. Students get access for 9 months, plenty of time to work at their own pace. Each video is around 30 minutes.

A colorful PDF Student Guide is designed to be downloaded and printed for student work and notes. We chose Biochemistry / Microbiology.  One thing I truly appreciate is letting students follow their interests, even in upper level sciences!

Biochemistry / Microbiology covers carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, DNA, vitamins, hormones, viruses, bacteria, epidemics, antibiotics, pathogen cultures, top 10 pathogen diseases.

This course is accessed through Canvas, a popular college course platform.  My tester has been using this for dual credit college courses, so it was easy to get started.  Once the student logins, they simply click on the course and pick up where they left off.

Greg Landry teaches from a decidedly Christian worldview, and begins videos with prayer!  I appreciate that so much, we have a beautiful opportunity to teach our children how God and science work together - I strongly encourage you to NOT compromise in high school science by allowing secular science to creep into your curriculum.  Your subscription includes the ability to email him with any questions, he's quick to respond and easy to work with.

The Videos move a tad slow for my tester (he's used to quickly paced videos from our current science program) but, they are a great way to practice listening and note taking skills that will be valuable for future college classes.  He shares personal stories as he teaches, and his southern accent is easy to listen to.

I loved the first lesson focused on taking notes, sketching, and learning skills.  This was a valuable reminder on how note taking works, and what is effective for building recall.  I think we frequently skip over teaching our students "how" to learn while we focus on filling them with facts.

The 48 page PDF can easily be printed and kept in a notebook, this is how we used it.  One caution - you will want a color printer!  My favorite is the Epson EcoTank, you can print for pennies, even in color.

I really want my students to be self-learners, so turning them loose with a program like this lines up perfectly.  My tester is doing another science program, so we used this one as a supplement (because he loves science).  

The information is clearly presented, and the workload is manageable, even with a full schedule.  The topics are covered rather quickly, so it makes a great overview, or could be used for review as well.

Overall, he really enjoyed this course, and is interested in others as well.  The course is pretty pricey at $120 for 1/2 credit, which may make it difficult to add for most families.

Be sure to check out some fun Science Freebies for Homeschool Moms on their site and the other courses the Crew is looking at:

Virtual, interactive homeschool laboratory

• biology / anatomy and physiology
• chemistry
• physics

Self-paced 4th-7th grade one-semester classes

• Young Scientist Anatomy & Physiology
• Young Scientist Biology
• Young Scientist Chemistry
• Young Scientist Physics
• Young Scientist Earth & Space Science

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Dissection Day!

 If you know me... you know I love teaching science class, and I love dissection day!

We are loving introducing our Coop to CrossWired Science this year.  They are truly loving science again, and learning so much along the way!  

The integrated approach combines biology/chemistry/physics into a program that teaches by concept instead of stair stepping through science.  It is full of engaging videos and hands on actives that really build a student's science knowledge while pointing them to the Creator.

Here's a couple of quick pics of our class star fish dissections - you can follow along with us on our FB Group just for upper level learners. Check it out!

We had so much fun... I can hardly wait for the shark and squid dissections!

NatureGlo's eScience MathArt & Science Course Bundle: A TOS Crew Review

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way

NatureGlo's eScience MathArt & Science Course Bundle from NatureGlo's eScience

We have been following our science interests with NatureGlo's eScience MathArt & Science Course Bundle from NatureGlo's eScience.

This is a online subscription that gives you unlimited access to 31 courses, including:

• Exploring The Giant Redwood Trees (Botany)
• Bubbleology
• Geology
• Herps Explorers (three units)
• Herps Zoology (two units)
• Introduction to MathArt
• Invertebrates
• Marine Biology (six units)
• Mammals
• MathArt (six units)
• Marine Reptiles
• Marine Zoology (two units)
• Math Connections with the Real World
• Life and Mathematical Art (two units)

The courses are recorded and taught by Gloria Brooks, "a Relaxed Eclectic Homeschool & Unschool Coach, and Teacher".  These courses are all self-paced and designed for your students ages 12 and above (although we found them to fit perfectly for younger students as well).  The courses are taught from a "neutral" worldview and do not specifically point to the Creator.  Gloria narrates throughout the lessons, and they are quite informal - often you can listen in to her previous live students interacting.

Not sure where to start? I recommend scrolling down to the handy "Roadmap" lesson that will help you navigate which lessons to complete in a sequence.

To begin, you login to the website.  I wish the Student Login were at the top of the page  (you have to search a bit to find it at the bottom).  

Once logged in, the student has a dashboard that allow them to see all the courses available, as well as the courses they have completed.  Courses can be revisited.

Each course contains downloadable materials - a Powerpoint Slide Show and PDF Study Guide, as well as, a main lesson video and links to other videos.  We got super excited about Exploring the Giant Redwoods...since we just had the opportunity to see them in person!

The lesson page is organized with the main material in on one side and a list of the components and course progress on the other.

The Student Study Guides are in downloadable PDF format.  Each study guide we use had fill-in-the-blank notes that correspond to the PowerPoint slides with a short quiz and a full answer key.

We had the most amazing time on our trip this summer, visiting Sequoia National Forest. This unit study was the perfect way to add some learning to our experiences.  NatureGlo eScience captures student's interests, and gets them excited to learn more.

For this lesson, my tester loved watching the videos - Gloria has found wonderful complements from all over the web and integrated them into each course.  We love that we can pick and choose from the activities that match our interests. Planting our own Sequoia tree was a big hit!

The courses vary in length from 1 session to a 6-week course.  

Each course incorporates a variety of lessons - videos to watch, art lessons & drawing, writing, stories to read and much more.  Certificates are available for you to print at the completion of each course.

We enjoyed the Herps Explorers - Frogs, Gekos, & Chameleons - 6 Week study.  It was filled with a wide variety of activities and fascinating information.

We use the Study Guide to add to our science binders.

We read stories.

We love the diagrams and labeling exercises too!

We explored dot art...

And analyzed Poetry too!

I love this approach that integrates variety into our learning!  We had a lot of fun with Bubbleology  - learning the science behind it and finding new ideas for a family favorite...bubble blowing 😊

Be sure to check out our previous review - we spent some time investing the MathArt courses which get students exploring the mathematical connections there are with math, nature, science, art, and architecture. We had loads of fun! 

This is a great way to get your students engaging in what interests them.  I wish it spent time showing a Christian worldview and how it relates to our world.  But, if you are looking for something engaging and easy to use, you will want to check it out.  

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1-year membership to Super Teacher Worksheets: A TOS Crew Review

Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way

1-year membership with Unlimited downloads/access from Super Teacher Worksheets

Founded in 2007, Super Teacher Worksheets offers an online 1-year membership with Unlimited downloads/access to over 16,000 downloadable and printable resources.  It's designed primarily for grades K-5, with more and more resources being added all the time, and it's one of my favorite homeschool resources!

You will want to stock up on printer ink, because they have something for everyone!  Their worksheets are organized conveniently by subject, making it easy to find what you want.

• Math - topics from addition to geometry
• Reading Comprehension - organized by grade levels 1st grade through Middle School
• Reading & Writing - a variety of worksheets to improve reading skills and engaging writing exercises and prompts
• Phonics - sounds, blends, word families, and more
• Early Literacy - alphabets, sentences and sight words
• Grammar - parts of speech, punctuation, syllables
• Spelling - spelling lists for grades 1-5 and holiday themed lists
• Chapter Books - literacy units for dozens of popular children's books
• Science - worksheets for all science subjects
• Social Studies - US States, maps, history timelines and much more
• Holidays - seasons and holiday themes
• Puzzles & Brain Teasers - cootie catchers, puzzles, sodoku, hidden pictures, and much more
• PreK and Kindergarten - alphabets, numbers, shapes
• Teacher Helps- awards, certificates, planners, templates and more

These make great additions & supplements to any curriculum, and have saved me hours of searching to find that perfect worksheet.  

In addition to traditional worksheets, they offer a variety of unique printable games, scavenger hunts, cootie catchers, dioramas, puppets, task cards, mini-books and much more.  I love all the choices!

The team at Super Teacher Worksheets, in-house writers, artists and web-developers, work to create resources to help students  "use higher-order thinking skills, promote creativity, and make learning fun!"

In addition to math and language arts, we really appreciated the variety of science, social studies, and even art worksheets they have to choose from.

My testers enjoyed the mystery pictures. They plotted coordinates and connected the lines to create the picture.  She could see right away where she missed...

They have great quizzes that you can use for review.  All the printables come with full answer keys for you too!  My testers told me... "these are the best worksheets we've ever done..."

The Worksheet Generator allows you to create your own custom word searches, crosswords, word scrambles, and math worksheets. We love the bingo cards I made with our vocabulary words, it's a fun way to review, and it's so easy to do!

The handy My File Cabinet feature allows you to save worksheets into your personal collection, so they are super easy to find and print again.

I highly recommend this affordable homeschool resource, be sure to check it out!

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