Welcome back! Click this button to log in, update your contact information, add students, and enroll yourself or your student in our courses.
- Home
- About Us
- Online Education
- Enrollment
- Resources
- Courses
- Community
- Login
-
Course Description
Academic Year 2010-2011 • Grade 7 and above • Science Sequence
For reference only; see current year course listing for course availability and details.Natural Science I
Sections and Teachers
Section 1: Instructor: Christe McMenomy
Starts: September 7, 2010
Ends: May 31, 2011
Tuesday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM ET
Tuition: $400.00
There is more information at the teacher's course Website: Natural Science I
Natural Science is designed to provide the background in earth, life, and physical sciences necessary for success in more intensive college-preparatory courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. The core concepts of modern science are presented in their social and historical context, rather than as abstract theories isolated from each other or their historical roots. We will encounter the basic principles underlying both the physical and life sciences, including atomic theory, chemical reactions, motion, energy, electricity and magnetism, classification of living things, ecology, evolution, and cellular biology, along with overviews of the sciences of geology, meteorology, astonomy, oceanography, zoology and botany as we move through the history of scientific ideas from the ancient world to our own time. Students will learn to apply and recognize the limitations and advantages of scientific methodology, experimental and observational methods, to use mathematical methods for data analysis, and to appreciate not only the interrelations between different areas of scientific knowledge, but how the methods of critical analysis of observations developed, and how social forces shaped modern science. The first year covers advances made during ancient, medieval, and Renaissance periods.
This course is taught using the Scholars Online Chat software, which allows the teacher to embed graphics, mathematical equations, and movies in the chat session, with complete logging available for the entire year. Audio software is not used to allow students with limited internet access to participate fully, and to encourage precise thinking and writing skills.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Recommended background
Junior high level courses in life, earth, and physical sciences are useful but not required. Students should have taken a survey course in world history or western civilization, or be taking one concurrently.
Teacher's notes:
Parents: please read the Procedures page at the teacher's website above, which describes the course in more detail.
Textbooks and Materials
This item is required:
How to Study Science [Edition or Version: 4], Authors: Fred Drewes, Kristen L.D. Milligan
ISBN: 0072346930
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This is a small, very good, but very overpriced book. Get it used if you can.
Ready to Enroll?
Don't yet have a member account? Click this button to create one. We collect only the information we need to identify you and support your enrollments.
Need to know more first? Click the button to check out our FAQs page. You can also email the teacher (just click on the teacher's name in the section listing above!), or contact our Academic Support advisor (See our Support page).
Scholars Online is fully accredited through the Middle States Accreditation Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Hosted on Interserver
Natural Science I
Sections and Teachers
Section 1:
Instructor: Christe McMenomy
Starts: September 7, 2010
Ends: May 31, 2011
Tuesday 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM ET
Tuition: $400.00
There is more information at the teacher's course Website: Natural Science I
Natural Science is designed to provide the background in earth, life, and physical sciences necessary for success in more intensive college-preparatory courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. The core concepts of modern science are presented in their social and historical context, rather than as abstract theories isolated from each other or their historical roots. We will encounter the basic principles underlying both the physical and life sciences, including atomic theory, chemical reactions, motion, energy, electricity and magnetism, classification of living things, ecology, evolution, and cellular biology, along with overviews of the sciences of geology, meteorology, astonomy, oceanography, zoology and botany as we move through the history of scientific ideas from the ancient world to our own time. Students will learn to apply and recognize the limitations and advantages of scientific methodology, experimental and observational methods, to use mathematical methods for data analysis, and to appreciate not only the interrelations between different areas of scientific knowledge, but how the methods of critical analysis of observations developed, and how social forces shaped modern science. The first year covers advances made during ancient, medieval, and Renaissance periods.
This course is taught using the Scholars Online Chat software, which allows the teacher to embed graphics, mathematical equations, and movies in the chat session, with complete logging available for the entire year. Audio software is not used to allow students with limited internet access to participate fully, and to encourage precise thinking and writing skills.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Recommended background
Junior high level courses in life, earth, and physical sciences are useful but not required. Students should have taken a survey course in world history or western civilization, or be taking one concurrently.
Teacher's notes:
Parents: please read the Procedures page at the teacher's website above, which describes the course in more detail.
Textbooks and Materials
This item is required:
How to Study Science [Edition or Version: 4], Authors: Fred Drewes, Kristen L.D. Milligan
ISBN: 0072346930
Best sources: Scholars Online Bookstore
Other information: This is a small, very good, but very overpriced book. Get it used if you can.
Ready to Enroll?
Don't yet have a member account? Click this button to create one. We collect only the information we need to identify you and support your enrollments.
Need to know more first? Click the button to check out our FAQs page. You can also email the teacher (just click on the teacher's name in the section listing above!), or contact our Academic Support advisor (See our Support page).
Scholars Online is fully accredited through the Middle States Accreditation Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Hosted on Interserver