In this year-long course, students will focus on some of the key disciplinary core ideas in Physical, Earth and Space, and Life Science concepts and processes as outlined in the Washington State Science Learning Standards. Students will have the opportunity to explore the science and engineering practices, as well as the cross cutting concepts, that allow us to answer questions and solve problems. Students will be provided hands-on activities in the laboratory, class discussions, individual and group projects and activities, and opportunities to investigate science topics of relevance to their own lives to enhance their understanding of essential learning in science.
The course is supported by students' concurrent enrollment in mathematics that includes fundamentals of algebra. While algebraic treatment is not the focus, students have an opportunity to apply the math they are learning to the physics concepts studied. Computer simulators of systems to study the laws of physics are used extensively.