Course Schedule

Course Schedule

Week

Topic

Assignment

Supplies 

1

 Historical context Take Pre-Course Survey. Read (details in guide), narrate. Schedule time with a local naturalist. Computer with internet access. 

2

 What Mason said, Form 1 Read, activities, explore book examples, narrate. Time outside. nature notebook. Computer with internet access. A few friends. Order a book from Amazon or find at the library. 

3

 What Mason Did Explore programmes, narrate. Read. Schedule time with a local naturalist. Computer with internet access. Four Loves by C.S. Lewis. 

4

 Nature Study Read, wildflower walk, narration, nature notebook, begin a special study. Four Loves. 

5

 Literature Read, lab activity, narrate, science notebook, bird song nature walk. Schedule time with a local naturalist. Tuning Fork Kit. Computer with internet access. Four Loves. 

6

 Literature Explore book examples, narrate, read.  Computer with internet access. Four Loves. 

7

 Modern reform Read, narrate. Schedule time with a local naturalist. Four Loves. 

8

 Modern reform Read, explore work of A. Stinner, narrate. Return to a favorite location for a nature walk. Computer with internet access. 

9

 Mason in the 21st century, Form 2 Read, narrate, Form 2 lesson, water walk, lab activity. Schedule time with a local naturalist. Computer with internet access. Tracking Trash by Loree Griffin Burns. Pyrex baking dish (~2qts), Dried herb, Teaspoon measuring spoon, Measuring cup, ~3 cups of vegetable oil, Spoon or whisk for stirring, 2 sturdy ceramic coffee mugs equal in height, Small candle (much shorter than the coffee mugs), Lighter or matches, Surface that can handle oily spills —or towel to protect surface

10

 Mason in the 21st century, Form 3 Read, narrate, begin Form 3. Stargazing.

11

 Mason in the 21st century, Form 3 Form 3 lab activity, stargazing, explore nature notebooks. Schedule time with a local naturalist. Computer with internet access. 

12

 Mason in the 21st century, Forms 4-6 (High school) Read, narrate. Physics. How else to use books. Time outside. Case study. Plants as a compass. Biology. Computer with internet access. 

13

 Mason in the 21st century, Forms 4-6 (High school) Citizen science, current events, science and faith. High school labs and lab reports. Mitosis lab. Chemistry. Computer with internet access. The Fool and the Heretic by Todd Charles Wood and Darrel Falk. prepared onion tip plant mitosis slide and possible roundworm animal mitosis slide. Compound microscope.

14

 Assessments Exam questions through the forms, reflective practices, Course exam. Take Post-Course Survey