Physical Science Full Year (Two Semesters) Prerequisites: Biology or equivalent AND Science Department recommendation This course provides students with an introduction to physics and chemistry with a focus on skill growth for investigative science studies. During the first semester students will explore energy/motion and how it changes with various forces at play for macroscale systems. In the second semester, students will continue this theme of energy but for various properties of matter at a microscopic level. They will examine how particles of matter behave when their system changes. Students will identify testable questions, design experiments, explore topics through project-based learning, and solve problems modelling nature with class concepts and mathematical models. Chemistry Full Year (Two Semesters) Prerequisites: Biology or equivalent, concurrent enrollment in Math 2, AND Science Department recommendation This course is designed for students to investigate the concepts of chemistry through skills-based learning. Students will be able to track their learning through the four core science skills: investigation, solving with models, collaboration, and communication. Students will practice these five skills through the study of chemistry. Topics covered include: matter, scientific measurement, particle motion, describing substances, internal structure of particles, chemical reactions, counting particles, stoichiometry, the nucleus, and beyond the nucleus. Laboratory investigations, simulations, and projects entailing research, creativity, and applications will enhance understanding of the above topics.
Biology Full Year (Two Semesters) Prerequisites: None Students will be learning biology through
experiments, collaboration and creating class models to explain the world around them with the use of the modeling biology science framework. The topics covered during the course include characteristics and classification of life, population growth and interaction, evolutionary theory, inheritance, energy between organisms and energy within a system. Students will be able to track their learning through the four core science skills: investigation, solving with models, collaboration, and communication.
Honors Biology Full Year (Two Semesters) Prerequisites: Completion of honors prerequisites
The honors-level biology course explores an in-depth foundation in biology, necessary for students interested in one day taking advanced level biology and chemistry courses at University Liggett School. This course will include a greater depth in overall biology knowledge, use of analytical analysis, and a focus on the underlying chemistry of life. Course content encompasses biochemistry, characteristics and classification of life, population growth and interaction, cellular biology, energy between organisms, energy within a system, inheritance, and evolutionary theory. Instruction centers around inquiry-based learning and utilizes the modeling biology science framework. Students will be able to track their learning through the four core science skills: investigation, solving with models, collaboration, and communication.
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