Natural Science

Natural Science is a full year required course. The course is designed to give a broad understanding of topics important for our technological society and necessary for further studies in the sciences. Natural science will be divided into four areas. Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, and Space Science. Topics will include:
 

   Atomic Theory and the Periodic Table
   Chemical Bonding and Reactions
   Acids and Bases
   Organic Chemistry

   Biosphere and Biomes
   Ecosystems: Structures and Relationships
   Populations
   People and the Environment

   Laws of Motion
   Work, Energy, and Power
   Sound and Light
   Electricity and Magnetism
 
   The solar system
   Earth and Moon
   Stars and Galaxies
   Cosmology

The course enhances manipulative and critical reasoning skills, relies on basic laboratory work and emphasizes lab safety.

State goals 11 A, B
                  12 B, C, D, E, F
                  13 A, B