Mountlake Terrace High School
2008-2009
The Innovation School
Science
 

Earth Science Core
Biology
Principles of Engineering
Engineering Science Connections

 
 
Super Terrace Classes including AP & CHS
 
  HONORS  in SCIENCE
The honors challenge in science is to master the expecting learning and then go beyond it. To earn the honors designation for the semester, a student must:
 
  • show that they have exceeded the standards for the course by earning an “A”,successfully complete additional advanced learning activities as determined by the teacher, and show their ability to apply
  • processes of science by successfully completing at least one independent investigative project.

Earth Science Core (SCI102)

Prerequisite:  None
Length:  1 semester

Credits:  .5

This is a lab science course that covers introductory topics in earth science including: earth history, plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, natural resources, meteorology, and oceanography. This course helps prepare students for the science WASL. Honors credit available.

Students demonstrate learning by their performance on a variety of tests, lab work, and projects as well as completion of regular class work and homework.Special emphasis on learning through inquiry and scientific problem solving.

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Biology  (SCI201/202)

Prerequisite: None
Supplies:  Laboratory notebook required
Length: 2 semesters/year long
Credits:  .5 per semester

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.

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Principles of Engineering (IAR135)

Prerequisite: none 

Length:  1 semester

Credits: .5 per semester

Principles of Engineering is an engaging class in the nationally recognized “Project Lead the Way program.  Students will work on project-based lessons to apply principles of science and math in an introduction to the problem-solving and design experiences in the field of engineering.  Engineering is the career in which math and science are used along with materials and forces of nature to design and build new things for the benefit of society.  Machines, robotics, engineering software, and electronics equipment will be combined with challenging textbooks and thorough instruction to give students an opportunity to learn about developing technological solutions to today’s problems. 

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Engineering Science Connections (IAR136)

Prerequisite: none 

Length:  1 semester

Credits: .5 per semester

This project-based lab science integrates physics and engineering technology. Students study, design, and build technical projects and use engineering design computer sotware programs. This class follows the nationally recognized Project Lead the Way curriculum and also earns .5 CTE credit in a year-long course. This course helps to prepare students for the science WASL.

Learning will be assessed in a variety of ways: comparisons to scoring rubrics and models, traditional tests, demonstrations of ability to apply knowledge, design and build projects, skills with tools and equipment, teacher observations/evaluations, peer evaluations, and engineering journals.

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