Life Science
- This course is offered for 7th grade junior high students. We will cover a range of topics introducing students to the diversity of life found on our planet. The course includes an overview of scientific principles and procedures and leads students toward a clearer understanding of cells and heredity, genes and DNA, evolution, classification and the five kingdoms, bacteria and viruses, animal behavior, human body systems, and ecology.
- This course is offered for 8th grade junior high students. We will cover a range of topics which include: mapping the Earth, earth's structure, minerals and rocks, plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes, clues to Earth's past, weather and climate, and exploring the universe. Students will have to use scientific methods to answer questions in labs. A variety of assessments will be used to assess student knowledge.
- This course is offered for freshman high school students. We will cover a range of topics which include: the nature of science, motion, forces and Newton's Laws, work and energy, classification of matter, properties of atoms and the periodic table, elements and properties, and chemical bonds and reactions.
- This course is offered for sophomore high school students. We will cover a range of topics which include: science of biology, chemistry of life, ecology, cell structure and function, cellular respiration, cell growth and division, genetics, DNA and RNA, protein synthesis, evolution, and biodiversity and classification.
- This course is offered for junior and senior high school students. We will cover a range of topics which include: analyzing data with units and measurement, properties of matter, structure and electrons of the atom, the periodic table and periodic law, ionic and covalent compounds, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, states of matter, and acids and bases. Students will have to purchase a composition notebook for all labs. A variety of assessments will be used to assess student knowledge.
- This course is offered for senior high school students. We will cover a range of topics which include: motion and accelerated motion, forces in one-dimension and two-dimensions, gravitation, momentum and conservation, energy, work, simple machines, states of matter, vibrations and waves, sound and light, and electricity. Students will be using excel document to type up all lab reports. We will also be doing course work with the students in the elementary school. A variety of assessments will be used to assess student knowledge.
- This course is offered for senior high school students. Students will be working with modules from the Roughrider Area Career and Technology Center. It is a consortium that New England is a member. The subject titles that we will be working with include: robotics, electricity, mechanics/pneumatics/hydraulics, and bio-chemistry. Students may work at their own pace but all materials have to stay in the classroom. Students will be working out of the curriculum that is provided with the modules. Student assessment will be graded after each activity for the above modules.
- This course is offered for senior high school students after they have taken the chemistry course. We will cover a range of topics which include: organic chemistry (naming and reactions), nuclear chemistry, oxidation-reduction reactions, reaction energies, acid/bases. Students will be required to complete the course work which will include presentations, debates, and lab studies.