Students acquire improved experimental and reading skills as they deepen their scientific knowledge base. Through observation, analysis, writing, speaking, and listening, students learn biological concepts. Working both individually and in groups, students use various technologies, laboratory resources, and the outside world to explore the living world. This course is designed for students who have found science difficult and who lack proficiency in reading. This course is divided into four segments.
Students explore a new area of science each quarter.
During the other two quarters, students study astroscience and biology with an emphasis on ecology. They complete laboratory experiments with all activities. The course is heavily lab oriented. 1 Biology Students learn about the complexity and simplicity of the living world. They focus on how living things have adapted to the problems in nature and use the scientific method to probe and analyze the mysteries of life.