SCIENCE
LIFE SCIENCE Course Number: 4011
Grade level: 9
Credit Value: 1
Prerequisite: n/a
This course, for all 9th grade students, includes the study of ecosystems, and how human factors and personal choice affect other factors within shared systems. Further study will include investigation of the human body and how behaviors affect health by focusing on the digestive, circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems. Strong emphasis will be placed on scientific investigation skills including: planning, data collection, data processing and presentation, and evaluation as well as scientific research. Students will be assessed on these skills as well as the content of the topics addressed. PHYSICAL SCIENCE Course Number: 4012
Grade level: 1 0
Credit Value: 1
Prerequisite: Life Science
This course, for all 10th grade students, addresses topics in matter and energy, solution chemistry, states of matter, waves, motion and forces. Strong emphasis will be placed on scientific investigation skills including: planning, data collection, data processing and presentation, and evaluation as well as scientific research. Group project investigations are an integral part of every unit. Students will be assessed on these skills as well as the content of the topics addressed. 29
