This course continues the sequence of science courses taken in grades 7 and 8. Students are expected to complete the work of the regular science classrooms and meet the higher expectations of the teachers for honors classes. Students MUST take and pass a comprehensive semester exam and complete an outside of classroom project for the Science Fair. This class a continuation of Coordinated Science 9 and 10 and how it affects our daily lives through the environment, economics, etc. This class includes the fundamentals of geology, biology, chemistry, physics, meterorology, and ecology as well as economics, politics, and social considerations to teach students how to protect and preserve their environment.
Students develop an understanding of how humans affect and are affected by their environment.
The study of matter, its composition and its changes. Students will need a scientific calculator. The primary objective of the course is to help the student develop a better understanding of living things and their relationships to each other. Emphasis is placed on the cellular level of development, inheritance, scientific classification, and interrelationships of organisms and their environment. The course includes the study of animals, plants and protists.