Subject: Science
This is the second semester of a rigorous, full-year course that engages students in the study of the composition, properties, changes, and interactions of matter. The course covers the basic concepts of chemistry and includes eighteen virtual laboratory experiments that encourage higher-order thinking applications, with wet lab options if preferred....
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Environmental science is a captivating and rapidly expanding field, and this is the first semester of a two-semester course that offers compelling lessons that cover many aspects of the field: ecology, the biosphere, land, forests and soil, water, energy and resources, and societies and policy. Through unique activities and material,...
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Environmental science is a captivating and rapidly expanding field, and this is the second semester of a two-semester course that offers compelling lessons that cover many aspects of the field: ecology, the biosphere, land, forests and soil, water, energy and resources, and societies and policy. Through unique activities and material,...
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Fingerprints. Blood spatter. DNA analysis. The world of law enforcement is increasingly making use of the techniques and knowledge from the sciences to better understand the crimes that are committed and to catch those individuals responsible for the crimes. Forensic science applies scientific knowledge to the criminal justice system. This...
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Although the crime scene represents the first step in solving crimes through forensic science, the crime laboratory plays a critical role in the analysis of evidence. This course focuses on the analysis of evidence and testing that takes place within this setting. We will examine some of the basic scientific...
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This is the second semester of a full-year course for sixth grade students that builds on basic principles of scientific inquiry and translates those skills to more complex, overarching themes. The course includes units that help students understand the definitions, forms, and classifications of living organisms and learn to analyze...
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This is the first semester of a full-year course for sixth grade students that builds on basic principles of scientific inquiry and translates those skills to more complex, overarching themes. The course includes units that help students understand the definitions, forms, and classifications of living organisms and learn to analyze...
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This is the first semester of a yearlong seventh-grade course that develops student knowledge of a variety of concepts within the earth, life, and physical sciences. Students investigate science topics such as matter, energy, climate, Earth’s location and role in the universe, heredity, and biological unity and diversity. Skills lessons...
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This is the second semester of a yearlong seventh-grade course that develops student knowledge of a variety of concepts within the earth, life, and physical sciences. Students investigate science topics such as matter, energy, climate, Earth’s location and role in the universe, heredity, and biological unity and diversity. Skills lessons...
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This is the first semester of a full-year, eighth-grade course that exposes students to a thorough study of specific topics within the life, earth and physical sciences. The first unit focuses on traditional concepts in chemistry and physics, and encourages a world view of the fields of science. The course...
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