Monday, August 1, 2016

Hello 2016-17 Biology Students


Welcome 2016-17 Biology Students! 

What is Biology?  Bio is a prefix meaning 'Life' and ology is a suffix meaning 'study of', therefore Biology is the study of life.  There are many branches of Biology and we will touch on many of them. I created this blog in order to help you learn the material we will cover this year, but I also hope that you will find additional information on the areas you find interesting. 

On the Info Page, you will find links to the student letter, the syllabus, and other information that will be useful through out the year.

On each module page, you will find links to various kinds of worksheets from each module, interesting links to youtube videos or other sites that might prove helpful in explaining various concepts that we are studying.

The following link is from your textbook and is used for Exp. 1.1. It can be printed or saved and used for Exp. 1.1.

 Biological Key for Exp 1.1 from Apologia Textbook Biological Key for Homework Assignment

Try using this interactive key to identify the Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, and maybe even family for the organism pictured  below.  Good Luck!  Interactive Classification Key  Additional pictures of this critter are on a previous post (Welcome 2015-16).

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What is it?