This exciting introductory science course for junior high students has been enhanced to include even more interactive and engaging activities to encourage students to dive deep into General Science!  Students will approach each week’s topic by first taking a systematic look at the subject matter through reading in the text, but their study won’t stop there!  During class, students will enhance and build on this systematic knowledge by examining and discussing new scientific discoveries that have been made in the area they are studying, what current impact this has on our culture and world, and briefly look at scientific career fields pertaining to the week’s topic.  Although this course is “introductory” in that it is many junior high student's first methodical study of science, General Science is not amateur in the breadth of topics to be covered.  The scientific method, designing experiments, simple machines, archaeology, geology, paleontology, biology, and human anatomy and physiology are just some of the important topics covered.  Assignments and homework will be targeted to challenge and equip junior high students to read with comprehension and study and take tests at a more advanced level, giving them ample opportunity to see improvement and success in reward for their hard work.  This course will require the text Exploring Creation with General Science, 2nd Edition, by Dr. Jay Wile, in which students will read 20-25 pages per module.  In addition to this reading, the homework for each module will include completion of a Module Study Guide to help students prepare for the module test, one typed and other hand-written experiment reports to be compiled in the student’s lab notebook , and an end-of-module test. Students will show their knowledge on two semester exams, to be taken at the end of the first and second semesters.  During class, bi-weekly ungraded “quiz bowls” will help students get excited about what they’ve learned and review for the module tests by dividing into two teams for a friendly competition.

Section 1 (2011 Overseas)	Thu	10:00 pm	-	11:30 pm	Closed	Bob Lemon
Section 2 (2011)	Mon	8:00 am	-	9:30 am	Closed	Lori McKeeman
Section 3 (2011)	Mon	9:45 am	-	11:15 am	Closed	Lori McKeeman
Section 4 (2011)	Thu	8:00 am	-	9:30 am	Closed	Cheryl Garmong
Section 5 (2011)	Thu	3:00 pm	-	4:30 pm	Closed	Cheryl Garmong
Section 6 (2011)	Fri	11:30 am	-	1:00 pm	Closed	Cheryl Garmong

Physical Science excellently prepares students for high school biology, chemistry, and physics.  Students will study topics such as the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, weather, the structure of the earth, environmentalism, the physics of motion, gravity, Newton's laws, light, sound, and astrophysics.  This course will also guide students through learning a vital skill that will be required in high school and college science courses: writing lab reports.  Students will learn to compose a proper lab report, including the purpose section (with hypothesis), list of materials, procedure steps, data and observations, results and conclusions, and bibliography.  This experience will give students of Physical Science a jump-start on the rigorous requirements of the formal lab reports in high school Biology.  This course will require the text Exploring Creation with Physical Science, 2nd Edition, by Dr. Jay Wile (the first edition of the text will not be compatible with this course), in which students will read 20-25 pages per module.  In addition to this reading, the homework for each module will include completion of a Module Study Guide to help students prepare for the module test, thorough lab reports to be compiled in the student’s lab notebook, and an end-of-module test.

Section 1 (2011 Overseas)	Mon	10:00 pm	-	11:30 pm	Closed	Cheryl Garmong
Section 2 (2011)	Wed	11:30 am	-	1:00 pm	Closed	Rachel Arney
Section 3 (2011)	Thu	9:45 am	-	11:15 am	Closed	Rachel Arney
Section 4 (2011)	Tue	8:00 am	-	9:30 am	Closed	Cheryl Garmong
Section 5 (2011)	Tue	11:30 am	-	1:00 pm	Closed	Cheryl Garmong
Section 6 (2011)	Tue	3:00 pm	-	4:30 pm	Closed	Cheryl Garmong
Section 7 (2011)	Wed	8:00 am	-	9:30 am	Closed	Cheryl Garmong
Section 8 (2011)	Wed	9:45 am	-	11:15 am	Closed	Cheryl Garmong