We focus on building critical thinking skills and developing a research and inquiry mindset with the resulting quality lab reports and thinking skills that affect every area of academics and life. I believe we should think critically, deeply, creatively, and biblically." God is glorified as we explore His Creation... illuminating His Creation - revealing His glory!

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"Lead on Greg! Chris has a new perspective on science. We appreciate your leadership."

Dave

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"Greg, ...your orientation toward training students to be researchers and critical thinkers is just what our girls needed. It has also spilled over into how they approach history and literature..."

Carol

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"The signal is very limited but what text messages I'm getting are full of the words 'great', 'fun', and 'amazing!' Lily is so glad she was able to attend. Thank you Greg Landry, for spearheading such a fabulous endeavor, benefiting our nation's homeschooling community. It knits us together from coast to coast, across the entire USA!"

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"Greg, your two day science intensive labs have been such a blessing to our family. They absolutely loved every one they did and we never could had that kind of in depth experience anywhere else as homeschoolers. I feel so much better about their science preparation for college. Also, thanks for spending time talking with me about their other science courses."

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What is Considered a High School "Science Lab"?

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Most colleges and state requirements want to see science labs that include:
 

1. A student participating (interacting) in the lab they're working on - either in person or in an interactive virtual lab (rather than just watching a video, for example).

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2. A student following (and documenting) a systematic "method" or "procedure" to complete the lab.
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3. A student collecting data and / or recording observations from the lab they're working on. This is typically recording results, numbers, observations, etc. and is included in a data table and graphic presentation of results.
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4. A student writing a full, formal lab report on the lab they've completed. It should include statement of purpose, background information, hypothesis, materials, method / procedure, results (data table and graphic presentation), hypothesis evaluation, errors or anomalous results, future research, and conclusion(s).
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​5. A minimum of eight labs (for a science subject) in a school year completed with full, formal lab reports.
 

Our Two Day lab Intensives Allow Students to Complete  All  5 of These

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Biology / Anatomy & Physiology Two Day Lab Intensive Details

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(Note: this is the lab intensive for high school level Biology or Anatomy & Physiology, or both)

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Academic credit for transcript: 1 school year of Biology / Anatomy & Physiology Labs

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Student age range: 11 - 18 years old

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Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites. Appropriate background information is presented prior to and during each lab that is performed.
 

This lab intensive can be attended:

- Before a student takes Biology / Anatomy & Physiology Class

- While a student is taking Biology / Anatomy & Physiology Class

- Or, after a student has taken Biology / Anatomy & Physiology Class

 

When taking Biology / Anatomy & Physiology classes after attending our Lab Intensive, the class material will be much easier to comprehend - because students already understand the application of what they're learning in classes. For students who have taken Biology / Anatomy & Physiology classes prior to our Lab Intensive, these labs will bring their book knowledge to life.

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Teacher: Greg Landry, homeschool dad and former college professor with over 20 years of teaching experience.

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Travel to intensive and location: Students may commute from home each day or some families use local overnight accommodations - often in the same hotel where the lab intensive is held. Approximately 35% of families travel from over two hours away (10% of families travel from over four hours away) and spend the night near the lab intensive. The lab intensives are usually held in the meeting room of a hotel - typically Hampton Inn or Hilton Garden Inn.

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Lunch and snack breaks: We'll take a lunch break and morning and afternoon snack breaks. Students should bring a brown bag lunch, snacks, and a bottle of water each day.

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What is provided to students: As part of our Biology / Anatomy & Physiology Lab Intensive each student will receive instruction, all supplies, specimens, a lab manual, apron, colored pens, colored pencils, use of our equipment / models, and a certificate of completion.

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Who can attend: our lab intensives are for registered students only. We will ask for a  couple of "lab mom" volunteers (who have a student registered) to help during those two days.

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What should you bring? A basic calculator, a brown bag lunch, snacks, and a water bottle each day.

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Email reminder: We'll send you an email message three weeks prior to the intensive reminding you of the dates, time, and location.

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If you have questions, please click here to contact Greg Landry

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Click here to see lots of photos from various lab intensive locations

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What Will We Do?

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- Students will learn how to collect data appropriately and prepare and critique college-quality lab reports.

- Students will record their experiment data, graphs, etc. in their lab manual. We'll also discuss the critical importance of graphing to develop process reasoning and critical thinking skills that affect not only science but all aspects of life.

 

- Students will learn to think critically and deeply about scientific processes.

 

- We'll discuss what they need to know about high school academics and successfully handling college academics.. and how to relate to their professors and peers in college and beyond. We'll also discuss what they should be doing now to achieve their future goals! It's two days packed with learning, fun, and fellowship.

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Laboratory Topics Covered

- We'll do an experiment to quantify and study diffusion and osmosis (usually done in college level anatomy labs)

- We'll isolate each students DNA as we study genetics
- We'll demonstrate the affect of a colligative property on marine biology.
- Metric system applications to biology and medicine.
- We'll do blood type and Rh Factor determinations on each student.
- Students will construct and learn the critical importance of graphing.

- Autopsy / cadaver style organ dissections on sheep brain and frog.
- To study the respiratory system, we'll inflate preserved healthy and smoker's lungs to investigate anatomical and physiological differences
- Students will eat candy, honey buns, etc. (or they can bring healthier food if they prefer) for breakfast to produce a "glucose load challenge" to help them understand the pancreas, glucose absorption, diabetes, normal and abnormal glucose response curves, and the production and function of insulin. (usually done in college level anatomy labs).
- We'll use Phenylthiocarbamide to study genetics
- We'll do experiments to study the cardiovascular system, anatomy, heart rate, hemoglobin saturation, etc.

- Students will learn how to prepare and critique college-quality lab reports

- Students will learn to follow detailed experimental procedures.
- And more.

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Real Life

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We'll discuss what they need to know about high school academics and successfully handling college academics.. and how to relate to their professors and peers in college and beyond. We'll also discuss what they should be doing now to achieve their future goals!

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I'll tell them cadaver lab stories and "real-life" life lessons from the college human anatomy lab. They'll work hard, laugh, talk about serious topics, have fun, and finish the lab intensive with a lab manual of data representing their work.

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"all those kids having so much fun"

 

"Greg, what a refreshing change it was to see all those kids having so much fun with high school science. And, it was so wonderful to get so much done in two days. Katie didn't know what to expect but loved the experience. She said you immediately put them at ease and the time flew by. In fact, her first question to me after the second day was if she could do another intensive. Science in our household has been reinvigorated - thank you!."

Jenny

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"we drove over three hours"

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"Mr Landry, we drove over three hours for our two children to attend your lab intensive and it was so worth every bit of the drive! They talked about it all the way home..."

Beth in Lexington

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