ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
Basic scientific ideas are presented and explored by the
student. The methods used in
Science
and
History
courses to teach are identical.
Science
should be done two times a week, and each semester will
consist of multiple courses to be done in sequence. In
example, the first semester consists of three courses,
dealing with the ability to observe, to determine the
difference between fact and opinion, and the nature of cause
and effect, and more. These are bottom-line understandings
one must have to start to learn modern science. The
exercises are fun and creative, and keep the student active.
Later semesters cover specific areas of science such
as Earth Sciences, Biology, and simple Physics and
Astronomy.
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Science I - Measurements & Tools How do scientists discover the truths of the physical universe? What tools do they use? What do they measure, and how? |
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Science II - Categorization The student extends their understanding of measurements and how science uses them to create categories and so better understand the universe. |
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Science III - The Earth - Geology The student learns about tectonics and tectonic plates, types of rock, volcanoes, islands, continents, earthquakes, ice ages, pollution, and the ways our planet is put together. |
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Science IV - The Earth - Water & Air The first half of the course covers the Earth's waters - its oceans, lakes, rivers, underground waters, currents, hurricanes, tidal waves and tsunamis, and how these impact life and weather on our planet. Part two covers our atmosphere. What is air, how did it come to be. Weather is explored in detail. |
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Science V - Biology I - What is Biology? /Mammals & Birds In this course, the student has biology carefully defined. Then, what life is, is defined. Many lessons follow explaining and demonstrating what mammals and birds are, and how they live their lives. |
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Science VI - Biology II - Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, The Plant Kingdom & Microscopic Life This course covers reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, microscopic life, and the Plant Kingdom. It describes how Earth's various living things interact and rely on each other. |
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Science VII - Our Solar System A massive course that covers what our sun is, the eight planets (and poor Pluto), moons, asteroids, comets, the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, and other things found in our solar system, along with what a galaxy is, and what a universe is. |
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Science VIII - Our Universe and How It Works Basic physics, in a hands-on approach that will engage the student, and have them look seriously at how this universe functions, and how it affects them. |
