Learning Recommendations:
- Successful completion of SCI125 - Chemistry Laboratory Methods
- Successful completion of MTH100 - Common Core Algebra 1
General Description:
- This is a yearlong laboratory course, which fulfills the science requirements for graduation and university entrance.
- This course will provide students with scientific principles, concepts and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world; to identify and analyze environmental problems, both natural and human-made; to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems; and to exam alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them.
- The emphasis is on problem solving and using scientific inquiry.
- This course fulfills college prep requirements as outlined by the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) as a lab based science course.
Content: Student will be actively engaged in learning and experiencing the following:
- Biodiversity
- Population Issues
- Air Resources
- Water Resources
- Land Resources
- Energy Resources
Skills taught in this course:
- Inquiry based laboratory work
- Problem solving and critical thinking strategies
- Data analysis and graphing techniques
Strategies: Students will learn through a combination of:
- Lecture/Discussion
- Inquiry based laboratory work
- Modeling
- Demonstrations (teacher or student directed)
- Student project and research
- Cooperative learning
- Interdisciplinary applications to solve problems
- Communication
Equipment to be provided by student: Scientific calculator