Nature's Song: Biology: Zoology

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.

Zoology is the study of animal life. We will be splitting our study of Zoology into three areas: Flying Creatures, Swimming Creatures, and Land Animals.

We'll be using these books as reference books throughout our Zoology Study.

Exploring Creation with Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day

The Kingfisher First Animal Encyclopedia

Birds of Ohio
Aquarium Guide
Zoo Guide
Museum Guide

Marvels of Creation by Buddy & Kay Davis

Readers digest pathfinders Birds

Lesson 1: What is Zoology?

The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
Ohio Plants and Animals by Marcia Schonberg
Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines by Caroline Arnold
Classifying Birds by Andrew Solway
Birds by Leia Tait

Lesson 2: What Makes a Bird a Bird?

Swordbird by Nacy Yi Fan
Alphabetical Birds in Color by Lawrence Hohman
How Birds Fly by Bobbie Kalman
The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of Eastern North America by Bill Thompson III
For the Birds by Carrol Jacqueline
Birds, Nests, and Eggs by Mel Boring

Lesson 3: Birds of a Feather
Feather Facts

Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines by Caroline Arnold
The Illustrated Bird Watcher's Dictionary by Donald S. Heintzelman
All About Owls by Jim Arnosky
Goose Down by Kelly Doudna
The Perfect Purple Feather by Hanoch Piven
Don't fidget a Feather! by Erica Silverman
The Falcon's Feathers by Ron Roy
Rooster's Off to See the World by Eric Carle

Lesson 4: Flying Factuals

Life in the Tundra by Penny Clarke
Seabirds by John Bonnet Waxo
Seabird by Holling Clancy Holling
There is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems
Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan
Raptor!: a kid's guide to birds of prey by Christyna & Rene Laubach

Lesson 5: Nesting

Cardinals by Julie MurrayMigration
The Mountain That Loved a Bird by Alice McLerran
The Magic School Bus Flies From the Nest by Joanna Cole
Puffing by Margaret Wild
Albert by Donna Jo Napoli
The Scarecrow's Hat by Ken Brown

Lesson 6: Matching and Hatching

Around the Pond: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barret George
A Nest Full of Eggs by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
Egg Drop by Mini Grey
Hatching Magic by Ann Downer
Egg to Chick by Millicent E. Selsam
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss

Lesson 7: Bats

Baby Birds : growing and flying by Eulalia Garcia
The Magic School Bus Goes Batty: a book about bats by Joanna Cole
Vampire bats: hunting for blood by Barbara A. Somervill
Bats at the Library by Brian Lies
There was an old lady who swallowed a bat by Lucille Colandro
How Do Bats See in the Dark?: questions and answers about night creatures by Melvan Berger

Lesson 8: Flying Reptiles

Flight of the Quetzalcoatlus by Rex Stone
Flying Giants by Monica Hughes

Lesson 9: A First Look at Insects

Insects by Laurence Alfred Mound
Insects by Steve Parker
The Very Ugly Bug by Liz Pichon
Classifying insects by Andrew Solway
Explorer Extraordinaire! by Jane O'Connor
Drawing and Learning About Bugs: using shapes and lines by Amy Bailey Muehlenhardt

Lesson 10: Insect Life Cyles and Life Styles

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Carla Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Insect Metamorphosis: from egg to adult by Ron Goor
God Made Insects by Eric Lyons

Lesson 11: Social Insects

Tiny Workers: ants in your backyard by Nancy Loewen
Ant King by Anders Hanson
All About Ants by Sue Whiting
Exploring Ants: amazing fats about how animals adapt by Joanne Settel
Termite Trouble by Kathy Caple
Insectlopedia: poems and paintings by Douglas Florian

Lesson 12: Beetles, Flies, and True Bugs

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Ladybug by Susan Ashley
Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes by Meish Goldish
Bzzz, Bzzz!: mosquitoes in your backyard by Nancy Loewen

Lesson 13: Interesting Insects

Praying Mantises by Connie Colwell Miller
Speedy Dragonflies by Molly Smith
Common dragonflies & damselflies of Ohio : field guide by Division of Wildlife
The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
Grasshoppers by Valerie Bodder Cicadas by Margaret Hall

Lesson 14: Order Lepidoptera

From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Sally Hewitt Monarch Butterfly by Tracy Kompelien
Butterflies: magical metamorphosis by Eulalia Garcia
The Magic School Bus Butterfly Battle by Joanna Cole
Beautiful Butterflies by Meish Goldish
Butterflies by Deirdre A. Prischmann

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Exploring Creation with Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day by Fulbright

Marvels of Creation Sensational Sea Creatures by Buddy & Kay Davis

Tropical Fish Hobbyist (magazine)

Lesson 1: Aquatic Animals

Ocean by Anna O'Mara
When the Tide is Low by Sheila Cole
Rivers & Lakes by Sarah Levete
The Great Lakes by Kathy Henderson
How to Draw Whales by Justin Lee
Face to Face With Whales by Flip & Linda Nicklin

Lesson 2: Whales

Whales by Ann Herriges
Whale Tale by Anders Hanson
Baird's Beaked Whales by Kristin Petrie
Bowhead Whales by Kristin Petrie
Dwarf Sperm Whales by Kristin Petrie
Fin Whales by Kristin Petrie

Pilot Whales by Kristin Petrie
Minke Whales by Kristin Petrie

Dolphins What They Can Teach Us by Ma ry M. Cerullo

Dolphins by Ann Herriges
Face to Face With Dolphins by Flip and Linda Nicklin
Chinese River Dolphins by Kristin Petrie

Ganges River Dolphins by Kristin Petrie
Risso's Dolphins by Kristin Petrie
Striped Dolphins by Kristin Petrie
Amazon River Dolphins by Kristin Petrie
Dolphins & Porpoises by Beth Wagner Brust

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphins by Kristin Petrie
Beluga Whales by Julie Murray
Wonderful Whales by Bobbie Kalman
Blue Whales by Julie Murray
Gray Whales by Julie Murray

Lesson 3: Seals and Sea Cows

The seal--furry swimmer / text by Joelle Soler ; photos by Fred Bruemmer, publiphoto/Jacana.

Pinnipeds
Finding Food
Family Planning
Pinniped Peril
True Seals
Eared Seals
Walrus Family
Manatees and Dugongs
Manatee Menaces

Lesson 4: Aquatic Herps
Ectotherms
Turtle Tales
Significant Shells
Give Me Air
Munching Mouths
Hatching Heroes
Sand Flight
Eight Turtles of the Sea
Sea Snakes
Positively Poisonous
Spotting Sea Snakes
Reptiles versus Amphibians
Frog or Toad?
Aquatic Toads
Aquatic Frogs
Aquatic Salamanders

Lesson 5: Primeval Reptiles
Amazing Creations
Four Saurs
The Nothosaurs
The Mosasaurs
The Plesiosaurs
The Pliosaurs
The Ichthyosaurs
The Deluge

Lesson 6: Fish

God Made Fish by Brad Harrub
Bony Fishes
Grand Gills
Fabulous Fins
Shaping Up
Defense
Bouncing Buoyancy
Smelly Fishes
Do You See What I See?
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Lateral Lines
Creation Confirmation
Spawning
Stages of Life
Hermaphrodites

Lesson 7: Sharks and Rays

Hungry Hungry Sharks by Joanna Cole
Sharks and Rays
Rays
Stingrays
Manta Rays
Electric Rays
Eagle Rays
Sawfish
Skates
Sharks
Shark Teeth
Shark Sense
Creation Confirmation
Shark Pups
Shark Orders
Avoiding shark bites
Jawless Fish

Lesson 8: Crustaceans
Exoskeleton
Crustacean Anatomy
Head Features
Leg Features
Hind Features
Lobsters
Crayfish
Crabs
Fiddler Crabs
Hermit Crabs
Creation Confirmation
Crabs for Christmas?
Shrimp
Symbiotic Shrimp
Shrimp-like Crustaceans
Barnacles
Trilobites

Lesson 9: Mollusks
Bivalves
Bon Appetit Bivalve
Burrowing Bivalves
Clams
Clinging Creatures
Pearls
Swiftly Swimming Scallops
Sea Snails
Conchology
Conchs
Whelks
Winkles or Periwinkles
Moon Snail
Cowries
Wentletraps
Cone Shells
Limpets
Abalones
Slipper Shell
Nudibranchs

Lesson 10: Cephalopods
Propulsion
Cuttlefish
Squids
Reproduction
Giant Squids
Octopuses
Feeling Colors
Reproduction
Octopus Brains
Seeing Eye to Eye
Nautilus

Lesson 11: Echinoderms
Sea Stars
Making New Sea Stars
Brittle Stars
Crinoids
Sea Urchins
Sand Dollars

Lesson 12: Cindarians
Polyp vs. Medusa
Nematocysts
Creation Confirmation
Jellyfish
Making More Jellies
Creation Confirmation
Floating Boxes
Floating Friends
Sea Anemones
Anemone Associates
Adding Anemones
Coral
Stony Corals
Assisting Algae
Coral Reefs
Reefs at Risk
Soft Corals
Non-nettle Jellies
Lesson 13
Sponges
Sponge Anatomy
Defenses
Sponge Assortment
Making New Sponges
Sea Squirts
Creation Confirmation
Water Worms
Phylum Annelida
Leeches
Bristle Worms
Flatworms
Tiny Tales
Rotifers

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