Earth Science (Cypress)

Class Year:  2024-2025
Time:  Mon 11:30 am - 01:30 pm;
Teacher:  Bethany Garcia
Tuition:  $550 / Year ($580 if PayPal) or $55 / Month for 10 Months ($58 if PayPal)
Supply Fee:  $90 / Year ($94 by PayPal) - Due Upon Registration (Non-Refundable afterAugust 1)
Location:  Northwest (Cypress)

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Explore the universe that God created and investigate how it all works perfectly together to create the world we live in.  This course will use a zoom-in approach as it begins with outer space, the galaxies, and the solar system; it moves to the atmosphere and weather and the complex oceans; finally, the course culminates with the amazing layers of the earth.  This is a quest to understand the world that God has created.

This class is designed to teach and implement a variety of important skills needed in high school including:

• Research Skills - A guided project is assigned in which the students research, form, and execute an action plan in addition to writing an essay.
• Study Skills - by exploring how the student learns best and by reinforcing the information in a variety of ways.
• Note-Taking Skills - worksheets become more interactive and students learn to record important notes from the lecture.
• Public Speaking / Oral Reporting Skills - the students share their researched information when they do a formal presentation with their project.
• Lab Skills - developed during the exploratory labs and investigations.
• Critical Thinking Skills - class discussion, higher-thinking questions, lab analysis, and conclusions.

The lecture introduces the topic and prepares the students for the laboratory exercises and testing.

TEXTBOOK
Bob Jones, Earth Science, 5th Ed.
(I will supply all labs; do not buy the lab manual.) 
Do not buy any teaching or testing materials.

HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS:  45 min - 1 hour / day

Homework:  45 min - 1 hour / day

**Section A and Section B are the exact same class taught at different times.  Please only register for one of these sections.