Biology is a lab science and covers the following topics: the study of living organisms, their interrelatedness with their environments, the similarities involved in their life processes, the process of science, unity and diversity among living things, heredity, evolution, and ecology, and earth science as it relates to the history of life. Laboratory notebooks are required.

Students will demonstrate learning through a variety of methods. Students will primarily complete written tests and quizzes and keep a detailed lab journal complete with labs, in class demonstrations, homework and classroom assignments. Students will also be required to complete a self designed and implemented laboratory investigation task.

Introductory course designed to explore concepts in astronomy, chemistry and physics. This includes: 
* Astronomy: Explore the origins and make-up of many deep sky objects, such as nebulae, supernovas, and black holes. 
* Chemistry: Discover the atom and its relationship to the periodic table and basic chemical reactions along with their relation to earth's composition. 
*Physics: Experience basic laws of motion and forces and how these laws apply to the universe as well as your lives

Students will demonstrate learning through a variety of methods. Students will primarily complete three tests per trimester and weekly quizzes as well as a detailed lab journal. Students will also be required to complete three self designed and implemented laboratory investigation tasks throughout the year focusing on pendulum motion, wave motion and identifying an unknown chemical.

This is a first-year lab course devoted to understanding the concepts and principles, which underlie all chemical phenomena. Using an inquiry approach, the primary focus is to understand these concepts in context; connections between the scientific principles and their application will be developed. This course covers the following topics: the particulate theory of matter, states of matter, chemical and physical properties, solutions, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, oxidation-reduction, chemical bonding, atomic structure, periodicity, nuclear process, and atmospheric chemistry.

Students will be evaluated on quizzes and tests as well as lab journals documenting labs and in class exercises. Students will also perform one or two investigations outside of class dealing with the predominance of chemistry in their own daily lives.