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| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | |
| Guest Hollow’s High School Biology Textbook | |||||
 | Chapter 14: Eukaryotes: Protists and Fungi 14.1 Introduction to Protists | 14.2 Types of Protists | 14.3 Introduction to Fungi | ||
| Workbook | Chapter 14.1 workbook pages | Chapter 14.2 workbook pages | Chapter 14.3 workbook pages | ||
| Writing Assignments | |||||
| Labs | |||||
 Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments | Lab Session VIII-1: Investigating Protista | ||||
| Guest Hollow Labs | Microscopic Life Kit | 2nd option: Microscopic Life – A Free Alternative Set up 4 jars and fill each 1/2 filled with collected pond water. Put some chopped hay in one jar, a tsp. of rice in another, 1/4 tsp. egg yolk in another and 2 tsp. soil in the last. Place in a lighted area (but not direct sunlight) and culture for several days. On day 3, take a drop from each (use a new dropper for each jar) and make 4 slides to observe under the microscope. Make new slides and observe again several days later. | |||
| Apologetics and Creation Science | |||||
 Evolution Exposed | Chapter 6: The Origin of Microorganisms | ||||
 The Lie: Evolution | Chapter 1: Christianity is Under Attack | ||||
| Other Resources | |||||
 A World in a Drop of Water | Let’s Go Hunting A Circus Full of Life The Amoeba | Paramecium Algae | Euglena Rotifers | The Hydra The Flatworm | A World in a Drop of Water (End of book) |
 Biology Coloring Workbook | Chapter 6- (p. 192) Protozoa | Chapter 6 (p. 196) Simple Algae | Chapter 6 (p. 194) Slime molds | ||
| Videos | |||||
 BrainPOP | Protists | Algae | Protozoa | Fungi | |
| Protists Song Amoeba Sisters: Protists & Fungi | How a Slime Mold designed the Tokyo Railway System How This Blob Solves Mazes | WIRED Amoeba eats paramecia ( Amoeba’s lunch ) The Amazing Microscopic World | Amoeba in Motion How Do Protozoa Get Around? The video starts after the 1 min. mark to skip some comments about evolution. | Giardia in the dog and cat. Dr. Dan *Optional: Research how humans can get giardia. | You Didn’t Know Mushrooms Could Do All This | National Geographic | |
 Planet Earth | Episode 4 | ||||
| Amoeba in Motion | |||||
| Extras | |||||
| Google image search: Microscope slide: Amoeba proteus | Google image search: Microscope slide: Paramecium caudatum | Google image search: Microscope slide: Spirogyra (green algae) colony | Google image search: Microscope slide: Euglena | Google image search: Microscope slide: Hydra Pond Scum (a printable game about protozoa) | |
| Suggestion: Draw and label the microscope slide images. Optional: Research different types of protozoa. Make a chart illustrating and explaining several varieties. | |||||
The link for “How a Slime Mold Designed the Tokyo Railway System” doesn’t go to the intended video. It IS about the Tokyo Railway System, but nothing about slime mold.
Thank you!! We had linked the wrong video. The link is fixed now: https://youtu.be/HBi8ah1ku_s?si=Uc9rK–G_lO3LC7n
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