zaichiki Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 My dd(14) is in love with the sea. She's an animal lover with lots of hands-on experience with land animals (farm). I'm planning Marine Biology for her science this year. She has studied biology lightly (using Real Science 4 Kids) and Chemistry (Thinkwell, Real Science 4 Kids, and CrashCourse Chemistry) in the past. What resources would you recommend for Marine Biology? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 I didn't use it for study (just to have around for interest) but when I asked a similar questions a few years ago, this was the text that was recommended to me: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marine-Biology-Nasta-2005-publication/dp/0073212024?ie=UTF8&ref_=pe_217191_31005151_3p_M3T1_dp_1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 We use the Castro & Huber's Marine Biology book Laura linked for reference. You can see a complete 7th edition (2008) here on archive.org. https://ia801301.us.archive.org/14/items/Marine_Biology_by_Peter_Castro/Marine_Biology_by_Peter_Castro.pdf An old thread with more marine bio resource. We did end up getting the MATE pufferfish ROV for my DS10. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/183971-marine-biology-resource/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emzhengjiu Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 My daughter used Apologia's Marine Biology with Red Wagon tutorial DVD. She enjoyed the course. For me, Apologia high school texts are too wordy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Eons ago, but Apologia here and it seems to do a very good job. That's one course I didn't do along with my son (or know enough myself to not have to do that), but let him do on his own. I just graded as per the answer key, so can't give a personal testimony as to its value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks so much! I like the idea that Apologia has "everything included" and seems to be "open and go," however, I do not want a Young Earth approach to science. How much does this viewpoint impact their Marine Biology curriculum? Really like the Great Courses Oceanography, too! I will continue to check out the other resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I didn't use it for study (just to have around for interest) but when I asked a similar questions a few years ago, this was the text that was recommended to me: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marine-Biology-Nasta-2005-publication/dp/0073212024?ie=UTF8&ref_=pe_217191_31005151_3p_M3T1_dp_1 We used that text this year and it's very good. It can be done in a semester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach, by Nybakken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I'm working through a mooc on EdX on Tropical Coastal Coral Reefs. It is really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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