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rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/3/2008 10:52:40 PM)

Hi Everyone,

For those of you working on Marine Biology, the Viperfish is a cool fish to study. A viperfish’s needlelike teeth can be very long, and its hinged lower jaw allows it to swallow large prey. Its strong jaw muscles help grab and hold the prey. Viperfish may live up to 8 years old and are 9 -12 inches long. They live in the midwater depth range of about 250 - 5, 000 feet. They migrate upward at night to feed and eat shrimp squid, and other fishes. In the dark, other fish can’t see the viperfish’s fanglike teeth—its mouth becomes an unseen trap. The viperfish has a very large mouth, which opens very widely but is not big enough to contain the fish's long teeth. The viperfish is also bioluminescent, with photophores--light-emitting organs--on its dorsal fin and along its body to lure its prey to it. The fish has been observed hovering in place in the water with its dorsal fin curved around so that its photophore is waving near its mouth, as a means of drawing prey. Because the viperfish's body is dark blue or black in color, it is thought that other fish can see no part of it other than its lights.

The viperfish is a scary-looking creature, but it is no threat to humans. In the first place, humans have so rarely encountered a viperfish in its natural habitat that to date there are no photographs of one in its home in the deep ocean. Here is a great web page for you:

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/csloani.htm

Hope you enjoy looking at one of God's most unusual sea creatures.

God Bless,

Steve



drumplayersmom -> RE: Apologia (2/9/2008 8:15:12 PM)

I thought I read several posts back that you can skip physical science and go strait to biology if you child takes algebra 1.
Isn't physical science a requirement for college so would you have to make it up at a later date/ My son is taking Apoligia Biology now thru a co op and loves it. I have wondered if we need to make up physical science though.

Thanks
Heidi



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/9/2008 11:44:55 PM)

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Isn't physical science a requirement for college so would you have to make it up at a later date/ My son is taking Apoligia Biology now thru a co op and loves it. I have wondered if we need to make up physical science though.


Hi Heidi,

You need a certain number of science credits for college admittance and to be considered a high school graduate. Each college has its own admission standards and each State its own required credits required for graduation. I would check with the college or your choice and your local, state homeschool association for graduation information. Most colleges are going to require one year of life science, one year of a physical/earth science, and one year of science electives to be considered for admittance. Biology takes care of life science. You can take the physical science, chemistry, or physics course to fulfill the physical/earth science requirement. Elective courses are the marine biology and any of the advanced courses that Apologia offers. The best sequence to prep for college is biology, chemistry, physics, and an advance science course if your student is planning a science major, because it makes you eligible to take the national AP subject exam. If you are looking at a liberal studies degree or something other than a science major, then consider physical science, biology, marine biology, and chemistry sequence to give you the best transcript for admission to a good liberal studies college.

Hope that helps.

Steve



eroomns -> RE: Apologia (2/11/2008 12:10:29 PM)

The math is too difficult in Physical Science for my son -- he is struggling with math for sure. We are working hard in math, but this is putting him behind in science as well. Any suggestions? He is 14 and just finished Math U See division and heading into fractions. Algebra is at least 1 year away, possibly 1 1/2 years. help!



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/11/2008 10:51:05 PM)

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ORIGINAL: eroomns

The math is too difficult in Physical Science for my son -- he is struggling with math for sure. We are working hard in math, but this is putting him behind in science as well. Any suggestions? He is 14 and just finished Math U See division and heading into fractions. Algebra is at least 1 year away, possibly 1 1/2 years. help!


Dear eroomns,

My advise to you is twofold: Put the science book aside until next Fall and work on math heavily until September. I am assuming your student is eighth-grade. Physical Science is actually a ninth-grade textbook. I would set it aside, get a tutor if necessary, and get your student at least up to pre-Algebra by September. You need pre-Algebra for some of the problem work in PS. If you aren't there, you probably should have waited to start the curriculum until you were. A concentrated study online or privately over summer can get your student where he needs to be by Fall. If you need the name of a good online tutor, I would consider Lori Martin. If you are interested drop me an e-mail and I will give you her address or seek someone local, which is expensive but you need to get caught up at any cost. You can't start Biology until you are doing Algebra I and you can't do Chemistry until you have finished Algebra I in the Apologia series.

Hope that helps.

Steve



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/15/2008 3:52:14 PM)

Hi Everyone,

I apologize for the length in time between vignettes, but it has been a very hectic exam season this year. Hope you enjoy this edition for Apologia Biology, Module 10:

Mutualism is defined as two or more organisms living together so that each one benefits. It is incredibly common in Creation and is a wonderful testament to God’s amazing design abilities.

For example, there are certain bacteria and fungi which produce acid (primarily a substance called lactic acid) as a by-product of the processes which keep them alive. This lactic acid is an incredibly effective defense against many types of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Thus, your body encourages these acid-producing bacteria and fungi to live on your skin by producing food for them in the form of sweat. These beneficial bacteria and fungi then cover your skin in acid, protecting it from harmful bacteria and fungi. A healthy person has as many as 65,000 bacteria living on almost every square inch of his or her body!

There are bacteria which live in your intestines and produce Vitamin K for you. If you did not have these bacteria, your blood could never clot and even the tiniest of scratches would cause you to bleed to death. You provide these bacteria with food and a home.

Mutualism is every where in Creation, and some of the examples are stunning. Certainly the ones given in the book are amazing. Here is another.

http://www.highschoolscience.com/images/cecropia.gif

The Azteca ants live on the cecropia tree. The tree provides them with food and shelter. In return the soldier ants fiercely attack any animal that attempts to eat or otherwise accost the tree. However, when the tree needs to be pollinated, it releases a chemical which tells the ants to go away for a while. That way, pollinating insects can visit the tree. The ants return when the chemical is no longer produced.

http://www.highschoolscience.com/images/l_blue.gif

The Large blue is a butterfly that lives in Europe and Northern Asia. The female butterflies lay their eggs on thyme flowers close to an ant's nest. The caterpillar hatches, burrows into the flower's head and starts eating it. After its first three molts it chews a hole in the plant and crawls outside and onto the ground. If the caterpillar is discovered by the right type of red ant, it will be "adopted". The ant touches the caterpillar and a sweet secretion comes out form its tenth segment, which the ants like. At the caterpillar's signal, the ant will carry it into an underground chamber of the ants' nest containing ant larvae. The caterpillar will be fed by the worker ants and eat some of the ant grubs. The next summer, the caterpillar turns into a chrysalis. A month later it emerges as a butterfly and leaves the nest.

http://www.highschoolscience.com/images/leafcut.gif

These red ants live in Central and South America. They climb bushes and trees and cut the leaves into 1-2 inch pieces and carry them overhead into football-sized underground rooms in their nest. One ant colony may have millions of members and their nest thousands of chambers. In the nest special worker ants chew up the millions of leaves into smaller pieces. Then they release a fluid to dampen them, so the leaves start decaying and turning into soil. Soon fungi begin growing in these "gardens". The ants regularly weed their garden from mildew and other types of competing fungi. Then they happily feed on their crop.

How can any of this be explained by evolution. Remember, one of the principle tenants of ALL evolution (Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, punctuated equilibrium) is a FIERCE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE. Nevertheless, here are these creatures HELPING EACH OTHER OUT. Now, you could argue that this is just organisms getting together to enhance their chances of survival. Okay, then, but how did the cecropia tree know to release the chemical? As soon as Azteca ants started living on the tree, it would have to emit the chemical, or if could not reproduce. That would be the end, then. Thus, AT THE SAME MOMENT that ants ‘decided’ to defend the tree, the tree would have to ‘know’ to release the chemical when it is time for pollination. That’s crazy. Over and over again, however, you must postulate such wild coincidences if you believe in evolution. Once again when you look at the Creation, it always points a finger to its Creator.

God Bless,

Steve



cynthia -> RE: Apologia (2/15/2008 4:21:47 PM)

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ORIGINAL: rosenon

Hey Cynthia,

Your student is doing biology at this time, right? Forgive me but my brain is foggy after semester exams, so I can't remember. I am looking for someone to beta test Dr. Jay's and my new audio/note program for the rest of this school year. Basically, I would grant you free access to the program in exchange for your honest feedback in June. It is a pretty neat system, having downloadable audio lectures, web based notes with clickable links to some wonderful web sites, test review documents, lab report examples, printable lecture notes, and online tests which the computer partially grades (Sorry, it can't grade essay questions) and then sends you a grade report via e-mail. Are you interested in trying it out?

God Bless,

Steve

I've been off forums for two weeks. This is my first post since then.

Thank you for the offer, Steve, but my dd is doing Physical Science this year. She is in the eighth grade. She should be doing Biology next year. In fact, I was looking into doing the class with CHOSS, but have only had a couple people respond. Not near the 16 you need. I don't think it's going to work this year.



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/15/2008 4:56:37 PM)

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ORIGINAL: cynthia

I've been off forums for two weeks. This is my first post since then.

Thank you for the offer, Steve, but my dd is doing Physical Science this year. She is in the eighth grade. She should be doing Biology next year. In fact, I was looking into doing the class with CHOSS, but have only had a couple people respond. Not near the 16 you need. I don't think it's going to work this year.


Dear Cynthia,

I was not offering the summer lab course to you for free. (I am kind of glad the interest was low. Dr. Wile asked me to do some research this summer and it is something I really want to complete for him.) However, I was offering my audio recorded class program to you to beta test. I need someone who is currently completing Apologia Marine Biology, General Biology, and General Science to test the system for me. I basically am giving a $150 program away free for feedback. The family gets access to the audio program -- including lectures, notes, lab report examples, and online testing -- for the rest of this school year for providing me feedback this Spring. There will bugs in the system. That is why I need someone to work through the audio program. The program is going to be featured in the Apologia catalog this Spring and available this Fall for enrollment. I want testers/evaluators at this point, not customers. I would prefer families in the Olympia, WA area so I can talk with them by phone, which is why I thought of you.

God Bless,

Steve



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/20/2008 11:33:45 PM)

Hi Everyone,

Okay, I did not get any takers from the Olympia, WA area. If you are interested in testing the audio/note program for free until June, I will make it first come; first served. I need a student who is taking Marine Bio, Biology, and General Science at this point. Please no co-op groups; individual students only. If you are interested, please drop me a line at rosenon@apologia.com. I do give perference to missionary families first.

God Bless,

Steve



2jsmom -> RE: Apologia (2/21/2008 12:21:08 PM)

Steve,
We just did a chemistry experiment on exothermic reactions. The instructions were to put lye or drain cleaner in a beaker and add a little tap water. We used Drano. The water started fizzing and emitted a noxious gas. I flushed it all down the drain, put on the kitchen fan and opened the doors. It's 19 degrees here, but that stuff was awful. It was just announced that our town is under a boil order for turbidity. I'm wondering if the water had a higher than usual amount of bleach in it and if that was enough to set of a reaction causing chlorine gas to be given off? Or does Drano just naturally fizz like that? My son has asthma, so we didn't take any chances.



cindybode -> RE: Apologia (2/22/2008 1:57:23 AM)

Steve, my boys thank you for that seriously cool link to the viperfish. I did, however, have to spend several minutes discussing the pros and cons of keeping one in the bathtub. [8D]



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/22/2008 8:02:35 AM)

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ORIGINAL: 2jsmom

Steve,
We just did a chemistry experiment on exothermic reactions. The instructions were to put lye or drain cleaner in a beaker and add a little tap water. We used Drano. The water started fizzing and emitted a noxious gas. I flushed it all down the drain, put on the kitchen fan and opened the doors. It's 19 degrees here, but that stuff was awful. It was just announced that our town is under a boil order for turbidity. I'm wondering if the water had a higher than usual amount of bleach in it and if that was enough to set of a reaction causing chlorine gas to be given off? Or does Drano just naturally fizz like that? My son has asthma, so we didn't take any chances.


I believe it has to be increased chlorine in your water. According to the National Institutes of Health's Household Products Database, Drano's crystal form is composed of sodium hydroxide, sodium nitrate, sodium chloride, and aluminum. The crystallized lye reacts with fats to form soap. The machined shards of aluminum react with the lye to generate near-boiling temperatures. The sharp shards in the hot churning lye physically cut hair and dislodge deposits. There is some chlorine in the salt, but not enough to cause the powerful odor you are describing here.

God Bless,

Steve



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/22/2008 8:08:06 AM)

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ORIGINAL: cindybode

Steve, my boys thank you for that seriously cool link to the viperfish. I did, however, have to spend several minutes discussing the pros and cons of keeping one in the bathtub. [8D]


Hi Cindy,

I certainly would not want to take a bath with one [sm=smile.gif] Here is a bonus link for you:

http://www.deepseaphotography.com/fish.php

God Bless,

Steve



BCMOM -> RE: Apologia (2/22/2008 1:27:32 PM)

Hi Steve. We are the family that took you up on the offer to test the General Science. Looking forward to it. We are a bit behind (just finished module 5) but were building a house the last 6 months. Now we can "get down to business" This is a great thread and we do appreciate you taking the time to keep us all "scienced up"

Laurie



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/22/2008 2:36:03 PM)

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ORIGINAL: BCMOM

Hi Steve. We are the family that took you up on the offer to test the General Science. Looking forward to it. We are a bit behind (just finished module 5) but were building a house the last 6 months. Now we can "get down to business" This is a great thread and we do appreciate you taking the time to keep us all "scienced up"

Laurie

Hi Laurie,

Actually I took six GS students into the testing program. I picked several on cable, DSL, and dial up connections. I could actually take a few more ... especially biology and marine biology. I will post a "Stop, got enough testers" message when I am full. The idea is to put a load on the system before next Fall's big push and use multiple connection types, browsers, and operating systems if possible to test. If projections and feedback we have gotten already hold true, then we are looking at several hundred individuals using the system. We want to make sure it works well before we get that far into the program. We are also going to be video/screen capturing the presentations for the Summer Biology class this year and for the new Physical Science class. The goal is to have the whole Apologia JH and HS series on downloadable video lecture in the next couple of years.

God Bless,

Steve



BCMOM -> RE: Apologia (2/23/2008 1:20:15 AM)

Thanks for clarifying that.

Laurie



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (2/28/2008 10:42:25 PM)

Hi Everyone,

I have been experimenting with screen capturing my classes. For those of you doing Apologia General Science, Biology, or Marine Biology, I have provided links to my video lectures for Module 11, (1st half) classes. I need your input on these video presentations. I am looking to see if they will run on all platforms (Windows, Mac, FireFox, etc) that have Windows Media Player installed. You are welcome to use the recordings to help your student understand the Module 11 content. If the videos do not work for you, could you please send me an e-mail and tell me what operating system/browser you are using. My address is rosenon@apologia.com.

Here are those links:

General http://www.redwagontutorials.com/VideoG/GModule11-1.wmv

Biology http://www.redwagontutorials.com/VideoB/BModule11-1.wmv

Marine http://www.redwagontutorials.com/VideoM/MModule11-1.wmv

Thank you for your assistance.

God Bless,

Steve



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (3/8/2008 12:10:25 AM)

Hi Everyone,

Here is a great little vignette for those of you doing Apologia Module 11. Hope you are enjoying your worm dissection [;)]

What can roundworms teach us about following God’s rules, even if we do not understand them?

http://www.trichinella.org/biology.htm

Trichinella spiralis is a roundworm that causes a potentially deadly disease, trichinosis. This infection in people is usually caused by eating poorly-cooked pork. To completely kill the trichina worm cysts in pork, the meat must be frozen at 5 oF for 21 days or -22 oF for 25 hours. Clearly, such processing was not available to the people of Old Testament times; thus, God decided to protect His people from trichinosis by simply forbidding them to eat pork.

The Israelites in Old Testament times didn't know anything about Trichinella spiralis. In order to protect His people, then, God simply forbade them to eat pork. Now to someone who was alive back then, such a rule might have seemed arbitrary and unfair. After all, they might have asked themselves, why can't we eat pork? Is God simply trying to keep us from enjoying ourselves? No, of course not. God was simply taking care of His people by forbidding them to eat something that was unhealthy for them! If you ever think that one of God's rules is designed simply to make life more difficult for you, just remember trichinosis. God's rules protect us from dangers that we do not understand, just like God's Law forbidding pork protected the children of Israel from a disease that they did not understand.

This is just one case where God's Laws protected His people. There are many others: don't eat shellfish (Red Tide toxin), don't touch dead things (transmittance of disease), etc., etc. We serve a loving Father who protects His children, even when we don't understand the need.

God Bless,

Steve



cynthia -> RE: Apologia (3/13/2008 4:49:43 PM)

Bellatia asked this question in a new thread, but since we already have an Apologia thread, I am closing her thread and linking it to this one with her question below.

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ORIGINAL: Bellatia

Does anyone use Jay Wile Science? If so, did you get the multi-media CD? There is an MP3-CD that is simply a reading of the text for those who are slow readers, have learning disabilities, or are aural learners. There is also a "companion CD" (available from Veritas Press) that says "multi-media material only." I have no idea what that means, and I can find no contact number or e mail address for the company that offers the CD. What would be on that CD?



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Apologia (3/13/2008 4:57:54 PM)

Www.apologia.com is his web site.

I do buy the companion CD-roms. They have pronunciations, video clips and stuff, and the kids enjoy them. I don't buy the book-on-CD, although I will if my younger son, who is an auditory learner, struggles with remembering the info.



rosenon -> RE: Apologia (3/13/2008 5:04:44 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Bellatia

Does anyone use Jay Wile Science? If so, did you get the multi-media CD? There is an MP3-CD that is simply a reading of the text for those who are slow readers, have learning disabilities, or are aural learners. There is also a "companion CD" (available from Veritas Press) that says "multi-media material only." I have no idea what that means, and I can find no contact number or e mail address for the company that offers the CD. What would be on that CD?


Dear Bellatia,

I am an Apologia online teacher and employed by the company to teach three courses for The Potter's School. I also have my own business teaching these materials. The company contact information and description of all the course materials can be found on www.apologia.com. The multimedia companion CD provides pronunciation helps, animations, video, and supplemental materials to help the student with the book. Many of the figures in the text are animated on the companion multimedia CD and some of the experiments have video to watch also. It is a great addition to your book set. If you buy the full course CR-ROM, the CD-ROM has the complete textbook, solutions manual, and multimedia CD on a two disk set. MP3-CD only reads the text to the student so they can follow along with the printed text. There are no multimedia helps on the MP3-CD, however.

Hope that helps.

Steve



cynthia -> RE: Apologia (3/13/2008 5:09:56 PM)

We use the companion CD and find it an important suppliment to the book. It adds another layer of learning that is well worth the extra couple of bucks. It is also a lot better to hear the correction pronunciations. My eight year old son can say uniformitarianism from listening while his sister was using the CD rom. Not that it does him much good, but he thinks he smart now. [;)]



2jsmom -> RE: Apologia (3/13/2008 7:09:17 PM)

We bought the book and companion CD the first year we did Apologia. The visuals and pronunciations were a great addition. Since then, we've used the complete course on CD. My son prefers having the text on computer, and I like the fact that the videos and pronunciations are inserted at the correct place in the text.



ddsisson -> RE: Apologia (3/13/2008 10:20:56 PM)

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I don't buy the book-on-CD, although I will if my younger son, who is an auditory learner, struggles with remembering the info.


What book Jen? If you need the EC w/Phys Sci Ed 2 I have that and if yoy'd like it just let me know. I bought it in hopes to use it for the same reason with my dd, but our book was Ed 1.

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ORIGINAL: 2jsmom

We bought the book and companion CD the first year we did Apologia. The visuals and pronunciations were a great addition. Since then, we've used the complete course on CD. My son prefers having the text on computer, and I like the fact that the videos and pronunciations are inserted at the correct place in the text.


We did this too with my oldest for Chem.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Apologia (3/13/2008 11:56:21 PM)

You are sweet, Deb. That son hasn't done any, though, he's still doing Astronomy and Botany (in the sixth grade). He's a good reader, so I probably won't need the books on CD, but I'm happy to know they are there if we do!



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