- Description
Pre Req: Middle School Life Science, High School Biology
Anatomy/Animal Science
Description: This course combination provides students a full year of anatomy, and a full year of animal science. First semester will be animal science 101 (livestock) and second semester animal science 102 (companion animals).
Grades: 9-12
This set is perfect for students who are interested in going into a medical or veterinary medicine field of study for college/career goals. In the anatomy course students will learn about each individual body system using reading sections, slideshows, Youtube video clips from medical school clips, science sketching, and labs (including dissections of a cow heart, cow eye, and sheep brain). Each week students will create notecards over new vocabulary, draw the body system, create a paper or 3d clay/play doh model, answer questions over the reading sections, research case studies, complete labs at home, and take online graded assessments.
In animal science students learn more about agriculture animals. In ADS 101 the students will learn the correct terminology, housing needs, diet, health, and behavior for cows, horses, pigs, chickens, goats, sheep, and small unique farm animals (special chicken breeds, quail, and other game birds). This part will feature lots of Youtube videos from farmers so students can step onto the farm virtually to learn from farmers, hear the animals, see animal behavior in scenerios, and learn more about overall care of animals. ADS 102 will follows the same format, but follow the path of companion animal care.
Animal Science 101
-Animal Careers
-Correct Terminology
-Housing/Behavior
Each livestock unit features the basics of livestock care, behavior, housing, diet, predation, disease and more for the following:
-Cattle
-Equine
-Poultry
-Goats/Sheep
-Swine
-Speciality Breeds (Game Birds)
Animal Science 102
-Animal Careers
-Correct Terminology
-Veterinary Abbreviations
-General Anatomy Review
-Animal Genetics
-Animal Behavior
-Dog (Care, Diet, Anatomy)
-Dog (Pigment, Competitions)
Dock Diving, Lure Courses, Agility Trials, ScentTrials
-Cats (Care, Diet, Anatomy)
Cats In Movies, Unique Characteristics
-Rabbits & Cavies
-Reptiles
Anoles, Snakes, Iguanas, Turles, Skinks, Newts, Salamanders
-Amphibians
-Birds
Finches, Parakeets, and Parrots
-Animal Import and Export Laws
-Animal Welfare Laws
Course Format: Self Paced Online
Course Type: Anatomy counts as a full year of high school science credit. Animal Science 101 and 102 can also count as a full year of sicence credit, or as an elective credit.