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Posted: Oct 16 2007 at 4:47am | IP Logged Quote mariB
Can I do biology without a text? I am going to order a dissection kit for my son and I have an outline of what needs to be studied in biology. Has anyone done highschool biology without a text and if so what did you do?(real books?)

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Good question.
We are doing Biology now . I'd like to see a booklist too
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Posted: Oct 16 2007 at 9:48am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
MacBeth's page is an excellent source for information for doing living high school science without a text. The linked section is specifically for biology.

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Posted: Oct 16 2007 at 3:17pm | IP Logged Quote Angie Mc
MaryM wrote:
MacBeth's page is an excellent source for information for doing living high school science without a text. The linked section is specifically for biology.


My dd really enjoyed several books from MacBeth's list. She read them parallel to a Christian biology text that was given to us...made for interesting discussion.

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Posted: Oct 16 2007 at 5:13pm | IP Logged Quote mariB
Thank you so much everyone. I will checked out Macbeth's list and it looks wonderful!
Thanks!

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So what all do you do with these books?
Just read 'em?

Any memorization? Just exposure?

I'm curious.
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LH wrote:
So what all do you do with these books?
Just read 'em?

Any memorization? Just exposure?

I'm curious.


My dd outlines the living books as she does her literature. She follows the guidelines for how to read a book as outlined in The Well Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer. We discuss them as well.

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Angie Mc wrote:
My dd outlines the living books as she does her literature. She follows the guidelines for how to read a book as outlined in The Well Educated Mind


In a simplied format would you care to explain? thanks
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Thank you, Angie! I'll have to get The Well Educated Mind. I guess we also could outline the way Bauer suggests in The Well Trained Mind too? (I have that book.) Oh! And lots of sketches, of course! My kids love to draw.

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LH wrote:
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My dd outlines the living books as she does her literature. She follows the guidelines for how to read a book as outlined in The Well Educated Mind


In a simplied format would you care to explain? thanks


I wish I could! You might just want to borrow the book from the library or a friend because the actual process is summarized well (briefly considering the topic) at the beginning of the book while the rest and bulk of the book goes into detail about applying the process to different genres and specific books. Also, I know there are other books that describe "how to read a book"...Adler?...but we use this one because, it's what we have .

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