Science & Health - A Beka Book

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Science: Order & Design cont. Human Anatomy & Physiology cont. • Muscular system: h Largest body system by weight • Nervous system: h Impulses • Endocrine system: h Gland defined, parathyroid glands, epinephrine h Types of diabetes mellitus h Reproductive system: eggs, sperm h Tissue types • Prenatal growth and development: • Pictures and detailed descriptions of development at weekly intervals: h Conception, fertilization, uterus A Healthy Life • Proper nutrition: • Carbohydrates, fiber, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water: h Amino acids, lipids • Exercise: h Anaerobic • Aerobic, training heart rate, benefits • Rest • Outward appearance: cleanliness, grooming, sun exposure, acne, dental care • Introduction to disease: • Bacteria, viruses • Infectious h Noninfectious, congenital h Spread of pathogens • Common diseases: • Common cold, allergies h Cardiovascular disease, cancer • Substance abuse: • Medications, abuse • Dependence, withdrawal • Narcotics, hallucinogens, stimulants, depressants h Emotions: adolescence • Spiritual health: Bible study and prayer Creation & Science h Design in nature: introduction, history, and evidence of design h Homology: similar structures h Information in living things: complexity, DNA, mutations h Natural selection: kind, speciation vs. macroevolution, specific examples h Three views of life: “tree of life”—evolution, “lawn view,” “orchard view”—Creation science h A Christian’s faith: what I believe and why h History of science: h Materialism, Aristotle, Middle Ages h General and special revelation h Protestant Reformation h The Bible and science: advances in modern life science h Law of biogenesis: experiments by Redi and Pasteur h World views and science: ordered or accidental, who determines truth, faith Science 159 h red indicates NeW MATerIAL h Development of modern evolutionary thought: Darwin, Lyell, uniformitarianism, missing links h Evolution as a retreat from true science: h Chemical evolution, evolutionary relationships h Recapitulation, vestigial organs, mutations h Evolution of horses, whales, humans h Mutations: most are harmful or deadly, gradualism, punctuated equilibrium Biological Classification • Pioneers in classification: John Ray and Carolus Linnaeus • Classification system: • Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, scientific name h Six-kingdom system h Classifying the plant kingdom—with and without vascular systems (tracheophytes and bryophytes) • Classifying the animal kingdom—with and without backbones (vertebrates and invertebrates) Mammals • Characteristics of mammals: h Four-chambered heart • Hair, mammary glands, endoskeleton, warm-blooded h Orders of placental mammals: 16 orders taught with more than 90 specific example animals h Marsupials: mammals with pouches • Egg-laying mammals—monotremes • Endangered animals Birds • Internal anatomy: • Skeletal and muscular systems h Respiratory, cardiovascular, and digestive systems • Senses: • Sight, hearing h Smell • Feathers: • Flight and down feathers, structure, preening h Contour feathers, growth, molting h Flight: motions, types of flight • Behavior: • Audible communication h Visual communication • Baths h Dusting, anting, mobbing, running, migration • Courtship, egg laying, nesting, incubation • Identifying features: wings, tails, bills, feet, field marks h Groups: perching, birds of prey, water, game, tropical, flightless Grade 7 Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians (cold-blooded) • Fish anatomy and groups: • External and internal structures of bony and cartilaginous fish: h Types of fins, types of scales, myomeres h Circulatory, digestive, excretory, nervous, and reproductive systems • Reptile anatomy and groups: • External and internal structures, and characteristics: h Lizard and snake groups, snake movement, snake venom, tuataras Science: Order & Design cont. p. 160
Science: Order & Design cont. Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians (cold-blooded) cont. h Dinosaurs and similar creatures: descriptions of various types • Amphibians: h Anatomy • Metamorphosis • Salamanders, frogs, and toads h Salamander life cycles, estivation h Caecilians (limbless amphibians) Insects & Other Arthropods • Common characteristics of arthropods: • Basic common traits: h Open system of circulation • Jean-Henri Fabre—entomologist • Insect anatomy and life cycles: • Complete and incomplete metamorphosis h Structure of compound eyes • Insect orders: h Detailed description and examples for each order • Coleoptera (sheathed wings), Hemiptera (half-wing) • Homoptera (same wings), Diptera (two wings) • Orthoptera (straight wings), Odonata (toothed) h Neuroptera (nerve wings) • Hymenoptera (membrane wings), Lepidoptera (scale-wing) h Insects and man: helpful and harmful characteristics of insects • Crustacean anatomy and orders (aquatic arthropods): h Common anatomy • Orders: • Decapoda (ten feet) h Amphipoda (both legs), Copepoda (one eye), Branchiopoda (gill feet) • Cirripedia h Euphausiacea (shining bright) • Isopoda (equal feet), includes wood lice • Arachnid anatomy and groups: • Details of common anatomy • Spiders, harvestmen (daddy longlegs), scorpions h Pseudoscorpions • Mites, ticks • Centipedes and millipedes: comparison and contrast of traits Microbiology • Cell theory: introduction to the cell, Robert Hooke • Cell structure: • Basic structures and functions: h Plant cell structure and differences from human and animal cells • Algae: • Characteristics and types: h Classification; volvox, spirogyra • Fungi: • Characteristics and types: h Classification h Rusts, smuts h Yeast reproduction Science 160 h red indicates NeW MATerIAL • Protozoa: • Leeuwenhoek, sarcodines, ciliates h Flagellates, sporozoa, vorticella, stentor h Bacteria: eukaryotes and prokaryotes, examples of helpful and harmful bacteria Forestry • Tree groups: • Basic traits of angiosperm and gymnosperm trees: h Cycads, ginkgoes • Tree structure: • Details of roots, stems, branches, and leaves: h Bark and wood as vascular tissue h Pith h Bud structure and types h Nodes and lenticels h Sun and shade leaves, leaf pigments h Locations of American forests: introduction and geographical description of North American forests h Branches of forestry: introductory concepts regarding forestry h Functions and resources of forests h Using forests: harvesting methods and renewing the resources • Notable tree species: details and characteristics of 24 types of North American trees h Forest conservation: Theodore Roosevelt, sustainability, reforestation, forest fires, disease, insects Ecology h Factors in an ecosystem: h Overview of factors affecting an ecosystem h Tolerance vs. optimum range h Limiting factor h Carrying capacity h Biodiversity h Biogeochemical cycles h Levels of ecology: biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, community, population h Types of biomes: h Overview of traits and communities of: h Tundra, boreal forest, temperate deciduous forest h Grassland, tropical rainforest h Aquatic biomes h Nutrition types: traits and types of producers and consumers: • Food chains h Trophic levels h Food webs h Special nutritional relationships: predation, symbiosis, competition, and neutralism h Dominion and stewardship: role of man in the environment, biblical stewardship h Dangers of modern environmentalism: bias, pantheism • Biblical conservation: h Bible examples Grade 7
Page 1: es f owers mammals sects drug abuse
Page 5 and 6: Science: Earth & Space cont. Geolog
Page 7 and 8: Science: Earth & Space cont. Weathe
Page 9 and 10: Science: Earth & Space Grade 8 cont
Page 11 and 12: Science & Health Science of the Phy
Page 13 and 14: Science & Health Health Grade 9 Dev
Page 15 and 16: Health cont. Administering First Ai
Page 17 and 18: Biology cont. Botany • Angiosperm
Page 19 and 20: Biology cont. Human Anatomy & Physi
Page 21 and 22: Biology cont. Ecology cont. • Spe
Page 23 and 24: Chemistry cont. Chemistry: An Intro
Page 25 and 26: Chemistry cont. Chemical Equilibriu
Page 27 and 28: Physics cont. Liquid State—Charac
Page 29 and 30: Physics cont. Laws of Thermodynamic
Page 31: Physics cont. Current Generation—

Science & Health - A Beka Book

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?