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, 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 – Students will learn to study, and information will be reinforced 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 – Observational and analyzing skills will be developed during the exploratory labs and investigations.
• Critical thinking skills - Class discussions, higher-thinking questions, lab analysis, and conclusions will be part of each class.

TEXTBOOK

Bob Jones, Earth Science, 5th Ed.

Do not buy any teaching or testing materials. The lab book is NOT required.

Homework: 45 min-1 hr/day. 

This science course connects everyday observations and experiences to the science that causes them. Through physical science, students will learn how everything they do relates to chemistry and physics.  In the chemistry chapters, they will see the wonder in how matter and energy interact and how matter makes up our world.  In the physics chapters, they will see how and why things move.  This is a quest to understand matter and energy that God has created.

• IPC is the foundational, honors physical science course that prepares students for upper-level high school science studies (Biology / Chemistry / Physics).
• It is required that the student take Algebra 1 either before or concurrently to be prepared for the calculations in the Physics portion of the course.
• IPC is a full lecture and lab course including testing that will earn 1 high school honors credit in science.
• Laboratory exercises hone skills in deduction, reasoning, and problem-solving, allowing the student to develop critical thinking as they approach the study of science.
• There are two major projects assigned:
  • The fall project is a guided research paper on a famous scientist.
  • The spring project is a science project demonstrating an IPC concept covered during the year.

TEXTBOOK

Bob Jones, Physical Science, 6th Ed.

Bob Jones, Physical Science Lab Manual, 6th Ed. 

Do not buy any teaching or testing materials.

HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS: 1+ hour / day.