Mountlake Terrace High School
2008-2009
The Renaissance School
Science
  Biology
Physical Science
  
 
 
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.

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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Physical Science(SCI101/102)

Prerequisite:   None
Length:  2 Semesters/ year long
Credit:  .5 per semester
This is a lab science that covers fundamental principles of chemistry including atomic structure, energy transfer and matter transformation - and the applications of these topics in other fields of study. In addition, this course will cover the fundamental principles in physics. This course meets one of two core requirements, designed to prepare students for the science WASL. Learning will be assessed in a variety of methods: comparisons to scoring rubrics and models, traditional tests, demonstrations of ability to apply knowledge, lab exercises, computer simulations, projects, teacher observations/evaluations, peer evaluations, and observation journals.
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