MamaSprout Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I had an old user name and password, and they cancelled my order. :o( I don't want to use the Quality Science Labs kits- dd has done most of the regular one and the AP one would be overkill. We used the homescientist (Thompson) kit for Chemistry, and I don't think it would be a good fit for Biology. Our local co-op conflicts with another class. And dd has a physics camp she wants to do when the local college does their Biology lab camp this summer. I really just want to do a small number of quality labs. Is there a book and or kit for that? We're using the Holt Biology book, and she's done a majority of the do-able labs in that book. Thoughts? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Honestly, I think you've done enough and I wouldn't worry about finding more labs for this year. I'd save the AP Bio labs for AP Bio if she decides to take it later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 She did the labs in the Holt book in middle school. Still okay? She can write a good lab report, but could use more work on data analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) I wonder if you could do the labs posted here that are associated with the Miller-Levine book. (see on right hand column) https://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/index.html Edited October 21, 2019 by cintinative wrong author! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 There are also labs for her "Bio 2" which is just Bio 1 with a different focus https://www.biologycorner.com/bio2/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, cintinative said: There are also labs for her "Bio 2" which is just Bio 1 with a different focus https://www.biologycorner.com/bio2/index.html I think that might be second semester. That's the site where I pulled a lot of the labs we used for Biology in middle school. (They are good!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I did labs I picked from what was on this list. https://serendipstudio.org/sci_edu/waldron/ I substituted an egg osmosis experiment for the ones that use dialysis tubing (because the materials were less expensive). I really like the Dragon Genetics exercises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Lab paq is still selling to homeschoolers. Granted they are a pain to work with but my students like their labs because they actually work. I got Biology and chemistry from them last month. They required a notarized homeschool affidavit or declaration which was a pain but doable. you can contact Andrew andrew.fogoros@holscience.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 14 minutes ago, Lilaclady said: Lab paq is still selling to homeschoolers. Granted they are a pain to work with but my students like their labs because they actually work. I got Biology and chemistry from them last month. They required a notarized homeschool affidavit or declaration which was a pain but doable. you can contact Andrew andrew.fogoros@holscience.com Good to know! Unfortunately, I don't have any sort of official paperwork. I'll ponder that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, MamaSprout said: I think that might be second semester. That's the site where I pulled a lot of the labs we used for Biology in middle school. (They are good!) I need to figure this out. We are supposed to do it next year. I had thought since it was Biology 1 and 1A that those comprised one year (12 chapters of the text) and 2 and 2A represented a second course with a slightly different focus (more on genetics, etc). The Miller-Levine book is quite large so there is no way to get through it all in one year. I will need to do some investigating on here. Thanks for bringing that up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 minute ago, cintinative said: I need to figure this out. We are supposed to do it next year. I had thought since it was Biology 1 and 1A that those comprised one year (12 chapters of the text) and 2 and 2A represented a second course with a slightly different focus (more on genetics, etc). The Miller-Levine book is quite large so there is no way to get through it all in one year. I will need to do some investigating on here. Thanks for bringing that up! I think Biology 1 is the first semester biology course. Biology 1A is the honors section. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, MamaSprout said: I think Biology 1 is the first semester biology course. Biology 1A is the honors section. I think I just figured that out. Now to figure out what makes it 1A and 2A versus 1 and 2! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 40 minutes ago, Sebastian (a lady) said: I did labs I picked from what was on this list. https://serendipstudio.org/sci_edu/waldron/ I substituted an egg osmosis experiment for the ones that use dialysis tubing (because the materials were less expensive). I really like the Dragon Genetics exercises. These look good. Are there any that didn't work out for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 https://www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/ecology/ These are some ecology labs. Many of them are about statistics, data collection, data analysis. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinyhappypeople Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) EDIT: Nevermind. I just realized that this is the "Home Scientist" that you already mentioned wouldn't be a good fit for you. Leaving the info here in case it's helpful to someone else. Would something like this work? Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments The pdf is free. You can purchase a hard copy at amazon for about $20. Edited October 22, 2019 by shinyhappypeople 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 20 hours ago, MamaSprout said: These look good. Are there any that didn't work out for you? I didn't attempt to do all of the labs. I did egg osmosis (including trying a liquid that wasn't listed, a cola); both dragon genetics, and a couple others including Is Yeast Alive. We also did the Handwashing and Microorganisms kits from Home Science Tools and built a few Winogradsky Columns. My son also grew a lot of plants during biology, so he had hands on experience with that aspect of biology. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 I have the Teacher One Stop for the Holt book, which contains labs beyond the ones in the student book. My current (very time consuming) plan is to go through and choose 8 of the "Advanced" labs. Some of them are fairly in-depth and interesting. Of course none of the files on the one stop have names that make any sense so a lot of clicking and looking, but I'm really not finding anything better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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