Biology 101, Chapter 6 - The 6th Day, Mankind part 1

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The Brain and the Nervous System, the 5 Senses, and the Skeletal System

We have fun in our class!  I "lecture" (if you can call it that, lol), and give an overview of the chapter.
Sometimes I have visuals or handouts for them to look at along with me, or to read aloud.  We discuss as we go.  The kids know there will be a "quiz-game" at the end, and they win chocolate, so they listen pretty well.
I ask questions aloud and they all write the answers on small dry erase boards and show me when they know I'm looking.  I don't tell who is right or wrong until all have answered, and they get one try.  We've tried several different ways, including written quizzes on paper, but we all agree that this is our favorite way.  I love that all the kids get to answer each question, and that we can discuss each answer as we go.  Often I will ask a question more than once especially if some have missed it, or just ask it in a different way.
Usually I have gone over most of them during the 'teaching' time, questioning them as we go, re-questioning ones they missed, etc.  So they do pretty well when we get to the quiz-game.


Labeling Oscar
Sometimes we get to physically do something as part of the quiz-game rather than just answer questions, but there are always questions too.
Our first class was about the brain and nervous system, and I had no activities really, so no pics.
During the second class for this chapter, they had fun labeling "Oscar."  My oldest daughter and niece had named him Oscar when we did Biology 3 years ago.  They name everything! =)

One of the teams labeling Oscar - use super sticky Post-its!

The boys putting Oscar in all sorts of silly poses =D

A couple of illustrations for fun =)

There was some discussion as to how one would know if a skeleton was male or female.
JohnDavid said one way to know, is that if the jawbone was wore down more, it was female!  Or, he said, you can look to see if the feet are pointed toward the mall!
He cracks me up! =)


sMiLeS,

My Mom and Dad... the most amazing parents and in-laws ever...

♥ ♥ ♥

And now I'm a mother-in-law...

During my early married life, I can remember some examples of how my Dad let Travis and me make decisions for our family.  And I never remember a time when he tried to make us feel like we were making a wrong decision.
It's amazing I even remember this! I guess it's because of how he was so gracious. ♥

Once the kids and I were at Mom and Dad's, and in the extra bedroom there were stacked 2 mattresses on the floor. The kids were jumping around on them and jumping off. I told them not to do that.
Now when other kids are at your house, and they're doing something that's perfectly fine w/ you, and their parent says not to, you might be thinking that the parent said it because they thought YOU didn't like it. I'm sure that's what my Dad was thinking. He told me (not in front of the kids) that he didn't mind them jumping on the mattresses. I think I said something like, "Well... I'd rather them not anyway... and I've already told them not to..." And he just nodded his head and said, "Okay."  And that was that. 
(Have you ever had someone continually let your kids do things you didn't want them to do? So glad my kids never felt like they could disobey Travis' and my rules while at my Mom and Dad's. I never had to worry about that.)

Another time was when we needed a new washer. Our old one was totally messed up and not fixable. So Travis was looking around for a new one. 
Sometimes people give advice in a way that makes you feel like you're making a mistake if you don't do it their way, you know? Not my mom and dad.
Now growing up, we always bought used whatever we could. My dad is a handyman and could fix something up and make it work in a way you'd never dream of. It was just a common thing, and we knew Daddy could fix it. So when our washer quit on us, my dad suggested to me a place that sold used ones. I told him Travis was wanting to get a new one that would last awhile since we had 3 little kids and I would be doing lots of laundry, and a new one would have a warranty. He nodded his head and said, "Okay, yeah, a new one will last longer." And that was that.  And he probably gave me a hug. =)

Rebekah & Caleb ♥

I'm a mother-in-law now, and I only hope I can be half as good at it as my mom and dad were.  ♥♥♥

sMiLeS,

♪♫ Man of my Dreams

I have been waiting forever to post this!!! (not really, hehe)  

After the wedding, we were advised to get the song copyrighted before posting publicly, so now I can post it!!!

This song was written by my daughter and my niece.  My daughter sung it on her wedding day, January 4, 2014, and my niece played the piano.

Man of my Dreams

written by Abigail Hawks and Rebekah Hawks Moore

When I was a little girl, I dreamed about the day,

My prince charming would come; Daddy would give me away.

His eyes would be blue; his smile would melt my heart.

And one day my dreams would come true.

I fell in love with the man of my dreams.

My heart to him I gave, from others I would keep.

I waited for the day I would finally meet

The man of my dreams.

As the years went on, I prayed about the day

That God would send the one for whom my heart I’d saved.

His life would be surrendered for the cause of Christ.

Faithfully we’d serve, and for God we’d sacrifice.

And one day my prayers would come true.

I fell in love with the man of my prayers,

For my heart to God I gave, from others I would keep.

So I waited for the day, I would finally meet

The man of my prayers.

                  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

sMiLeS,

Biology 101, Chapter 5 - The 6th Day, Land Animals

Bethany:  "What are we dissecting today, Mom?"
Me: "Frogs!"
Bethany: "Oh, that sounds fun!"
......
Rebekah:  Did no dissections.
This was her Biology book:

Hehehe...

Land Animals
In part 1 of this chapter, we studied warm-blooded land vertebrates, which are mammals, and we didn't have a class during that section.
In part 2, we studied coldblooded land vertebrates, then land invertebrates.  So this is where I decided to have the dissections for frogs and earthworms.  We did them on separate weeks.


Frog Dissection:
These frogs were injected with dye, supposedly to help distinguish one organ from another...
actually they almost look tie-dyed!

This one had lots of 'fat bodies' -- the yellow things there.  Fat bodies are for storage of food/nutrients
for hibernation or when food is scarce.  The girls said it looked like he swallowed an octopus!

Lifting the stomach to show organs underneath.  The black and pale
speckled material are the eggs, contained in ovaries, so this is a female.

Working in pairs... they all kind of paired up with a buddy at the first of the year and have stuck with them.
I had planned to mix it up each class, but they work well together this way, so I've let them stay with their buddy. =)

"Ramen noodles!" declared the boys, hahaha!
Actually coils of the oviduct where the eggs pass through.

Earthworm Dissection:

We have been fortunate to find great videos for all the dissections this year!  After a bit of  preview, going over
terminology and body parts while looking at diagrams, I have them watch a video or two before doing the actual dissection.  

Earthworm dissection.  This one went more quickly than the others.

Done with animals, next we are studying the human body.  But no dissections! =D

sMiLeS,

Biology 101, Chapter 3 - Aquatic Creatures

So for the first time ever in my life, I did dissections.  Well, err, I didn't do them -- I watched.  With great interest.  And wished I had my own specimen.  =)

During the first class for this chapter, we dissected a perch.
We had two males and one female.  These kids name everything, so one was named Jonah, the boys named theirs Samson (because they took out his eyes...!!!), and one was called Alfreda, after first being named Alfred and ended up being female.

exposing the gills

We ditched the saran wrap (kept sticking to the fish) in favor of freezer paper.

"Samson"

In our second class for this chapter, we dissected a crawdad, crayfish, or whatever you'd like to call it. =)

And the kids turned in their reports on an aquatic creature. =)

sMiLeS,

Obedience comes from a ready heart...

This chapter just blessed me so much today!
The people of God wanted to hear his words.  They heard his words and understood and wept.  They heard something they should be doing, and they did it.

Nehemiah 8

1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:

15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 

You need to have a ready heart.  You've got to have already prepared your heart.  We could read this on a different day when we haven't been open to the words of the Lord, and may not get anything out of it except that it is history.  These people were open and ready to receive His word.  =) =) =)

sMiLeS,

Words in the King James Bible

The word "divers" in the Bible is an old spelling of the word "diverse."
So today I searched my Bible on my Kindle app (free), and here are some of the verses I found with "divers."

--Prov 20:10, 23 divers weights and divers measures (merchants may have false weights in order to charge you more);
--II Sam 13:18 a garment of divers colours
--II Chron 16:14 divers kinds of spices
--Psalm 78:45 He send divers sorts of flies among them.
--Matt 4:24 sick people that were taken with divers diseases
--Matt 24.7  famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
--Mark 1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases
--Mark 8.3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
--Titus 3.3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures
--Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
--Hebrews 13.9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.
--James 1.2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; v.3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.


I found the "divers" definition in the King James Bible Companion, a little booklet that is about $0.50 at Gullion's Christian Supply Center (locations in Winston-Salem, Mt. Airy, and Statesville, NC).
Or you can view it online, but I like to keep my booklet with my Bible.

Remember when Joshua and then David houghed the horses of the enemy in time of war?  Well, now you can know what that means. =\  Well, it was war...

sMiLeS,

Edisto Island, SC

Last month our family was able to go on a free vacation!  Not often you get to do that.  Some friends of ours set it up for us to use their points or something (not sure how that works), and we got to stay an entire week at a really nice place on Edisto Island.  Still others gave us money that paid for our gas and our food the day we ate out.  So very thankful.  =)
Since Rebekah is getting married in a couple of weeks (!!!), it was especially nice for our family to be together for 7 whole days with nothing that "had to be done."
My sister and her family came up to be with us a couple of days.  We hadn't seen them in a while, and being a couple hours closer to them worked out great.  And my brother got to be with us a few days too. =)

We had such a great time!  It was wonderful.  =)


Cousins Day!
Glad it was mid-70's that day.  It was actually really nice for November!

sisters

Rebekah, Bethany, Elisabeth, Rachel - cousins! =)

hahaha! 

Sunrise and Sunset
Love my kids! The girls are really close, and the twins are really close. For being boy-girl twins, unusually close I'd say. =)

♥Sisters, sisters... those who've seen us, know that not a thing could come between us!

He just acts as if he doesn't like it, haha!

Bethany took this pic of JohnDavid using his iPod!
One of my favorites.

The docks
I love pics with water, but I really love these at the docks!  This was right behind the place we were staying, within walking distance.  I loved walking on the floating docks that rise and fall w/ the tide.  They rock side-to-side as you walk on them.  I just love these pics. =)

Edisto Marina

pelican =)

stingray!

Beach Again

horseshoe crab!

shrimp

The condo
We had the 2nd floor, but were two flights up because all the houses down there were on stilts. =)

Love the wrap-around balcony.  Having the 2nd floor meant we had
our whole balcony to ourselves with no one tromping by on the stairs.

Girls in the kitchen.  We cooked all our meals except for the day we went to Charleston.

Travis & Rebekah ♥

Love these twisty trees!  They were everywhere down there.

Free
Lots of free stuff to do, including miniature golf, tennis (but no pics), golf, and more that we didn't do.

In Charleston

Aircraft Carrier - there were 5 "tours" and the kids went on them all!
Also went on the submarine and the destroyer.

Love this =)

=D

Girls together

Twins together

In the gift shop.  Trying on hats, a usual thing. =)

sMiLeS,