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
- Amazon hardback or paperback
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
- Amazon paperback, hardcover, or Kindle
- Audible Audio
- Audio CD
Microbe Hunters by Paul De Kurt
- Exodus paperback
- Amazon paperback
- Audible Audio
- Audio CD
Life and Her Children by Arabella Buckley
- Yesterday’s Classics ebook
- Amazon paperback
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
- Yesterday’s Classics paperback (the book is broken up into multiple smaller books on this site)
- Exodus paperback
- Amazon paperback
The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart
- Amazon paperback, hardcover, and Kindle
- Audible Audio
- Audio CD
The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay
The Health Reader by W. Hoskyns-Abrahall
- Yesterday’s Classics paperback
- Amazon paperback
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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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