All science course offerings are listed below. The ninth grade science course includes an integrated approach to biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. There will be a variety of activities with emphasis on the application of information to the real world including technology and social issues. This course is designed to provide students with a broad science background in order to prepare them for elective course and to become informed citizens regarding scientific issues. The course unifies classification, evolution, reproduction and inheritance, development, structure and function, energy relationships, ecology, and the relationship between science and society.
Significant emphasis is placed on learning by problem-solving through various activities.
Students successfully completing this course will be more scientifically literate can better understand science-related issues of our society, and can make informed decisions as a citizens. This course covers the same general topics as level 012, but it involves more reading, writing, and homework, as well as application of higher-level thinking skills. This course, a survey of the diversity of life, relates cellular biology, biochemistry, genetics, evolution, metabolic and ecologic relationships. Case study and real applications afford opportunities to demonstrate acquired competence. Significant class time is spent on lab activities as well as individual and class projects.