Cycle 3 Science & Nature: Biology Form 4+

Attached, you will find the Form 4, 5 and 6 Biology reading schedule. Students at STAR Homeschool Community who study biology also do labs in class. Ask your student to narrate what he is reading, either verbally or in writing. Encourage your student to draw pictures about what he learns about and keep a notebook full of them throughout the year.

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden

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Drawing from Nature by Jim Arnosky

  • Amazon paperback or hardback

Note: this book is out of print. An alternative book you might consider is:

Law’s Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws 

The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel

Microbe Hunters by Paul De Kurt

Life and Her Children by Arabella Buckley

The Biology Coloring Book by Griffin

The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope 

This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two experiments per week for all four terms. This book is also read by Form 4 and 5 students for Biology. If you have a Form 4 or 5 student, you may wish to read this book as a part of your family reading time.

The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock

The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart

The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay

The Health Reader by W. Hoskyns-Abrahall

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Biology Labs

At STAR Homeschool Community, our students did labs each week. This list of labs isn’t totally complete, but this will give you some ideas for most of the weeks of the school year.

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