Biology: Botany Study

This year we will be doing an in depth study of Biology with my older two. While Z train will be doing a tag along with a little lighter approach.

Biology is the study of living things. We will be splitting our study into 3 main topics: Botany, Zoology and Anatomy. We have already begun our Botany study. We've already done several Projects and Activities in our Botany Study. We are using Apologia's Exploring Creation Series as our spine.

Exploring Creation with Botany is our Botany Spine. Botany is the study of plants life.

We'll be using these books as reference books throughout our Botany study.

The Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Natural World
God Made Plants by Kyle Butt
Ohio Plants and Animals by Marcia Schonberg

Exploring Creation with Botany covers plant terminology,
11 area's of plant development, and a final chapter on nature journaling.

• Chapter 1 is an intro into Botany

We got a taste of journaling our first chapter in our Notebook journal.

Here is one of Moca's pages


And here is one of Joe Bean's

• Chapter 2 is all about seeds.

These are the books we used to further study seeds.

The Trellis and the Seed by Jan Karon
The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed by Joanna Cole
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds by Patricia Rief

• Chapter 3 is all about flowers.

These are the books we will use to study flower further.



The Parable of the Lily by Liz Curtis Higgs
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
The Flower Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta

• Chapter 4 is all about Pollination.

These are the books we will use to study Pollination further.





Honey in the Hive by Anne Rockwell
The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive by Joanna Col
Magic School Bus Bugs, Bugs, Bugs by Lily Tomlin
Are You a Bee? by Judy Allen
Are You a Butterfly? by Judy Allen
Butterflies by Martha Rustad
Beautiful Butterflies by Meish Goldish
Flying Colors by Nancy Loewen

• Chapter 5 is all about Fruits.

These are the books we will use to study fruits further.


Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
A Fruit is a Suitcase for a Seed by Jean Richards
From Blossom to Fruit by Gail Saunders-Smith

• Chapter 6 is all about Leaves.

These are the books we will use to study Leaves further.



Leaves by Ruth Thomson
Catching Sunlight by Susan Blackaby
I wonder Why Trees Have Leaves by Andy Charman

• Chapter 7 is all about Roots.

These are the books we will use to study Roots further.



Plant Plumbing by Susan Blackaby
Carrots by Gail Smith

• Chapter 8 is all about Stems.

This is the book we will use to study Stems further.



Stems by John Farndon
How Plants Grow by Angela Royston

• Chapter 9 is all about Trees.

These are the books we will use to study Trees further.






The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Meeting Trees by Scott Russell Sander
Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees by Jim Arnosky
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry
Sky Tree by Thomas Locker
A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt
Tell Me Tree by Gail Gibbons
The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt

• Chapter 10 is all about Gymnosperms.

These are the books we will use to study Gymnosperms further.

The Pine Tree Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs
Devouring Flames: the story of forest fires by Meredith Costain

• Chapter 11 is all about Seedless Vascular Plants.

These are the books we will use to study Seedless Vascular Plants further.


Classifying non-flowering Plants by Francine D. Galko
Plants Without Seeds by Helen J. Challand
Non-flowering Plants: over400 species in full color by Floyd S. Shuttleworth
Ferns of Ohio by Harry H. Vannorsdall

• Chapter 12 is all about Nonvascular Plants.

These are the books we will use to study Nonvascular Plants further.

Growing Vegetable Soup by Lewis Ehlert

Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell