Teacher: Kim Vander Hill Time: Friday 9:00-9:55 Class and Material Cost: $245 A copy and material fee of $30 is included in the cost of the class. Book: None Supplies: Spiral Notebook or 1" 3-ring binder with pocket folder/pencil. First Semester: Earth Movements, Rocks, and Minerals. This year, the students will begin to gain a basic understanding of God’s world through a detailed analysis of earth sciences. They will explore the massive movements that are constantly shaping the earth and learn how rocks provide clues to the earth’s structure and geological activities. They will explore rock and mineral properties and become geologists by performing field tests on mineral and rock samples. Students will also create rocks and grow salt crystals to model minerals. Second Semester: Solar System and Solar Energy. Students will explore the Solar System through hands-on activities, become familiar with the names and positions of the planets, and create model planets. They will also discover the concept of energy transfer from a source (the Sun) to a receiver (solar collector). In a series of heat exchange experiments, the students will test the variables that affect energy retention. ***This class is on a three-year rotation of subject matter.
Class and Material Cost: $245 Book: None Supplies: Spiral notebook or a 1" 3-ring binder with pocket folders, pencil. A copy and material fee of $30 is included in the cost of the class. First Semester: Earth Processes and Weather Forecasting. This year, the students will begin to gain a basic understanding of God’s world through a detailed analysis of earth sciences. Earth Processes begin with activities to explain continental drift and plate tectonics. They will construct replicas that demonstrates our planet’s structure and the three main types of rocks. Then they explore, map, and measure the forces that result in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain-building and model the explosive events that make plate margins. Second Semester: Shipwrecks and Astronomy. During the second semester, students are introduced to the world of shipwrecks and marine archaeology. They will learn the methods and tools used to navigate and some of the most common causes of shipwrecks and discover how archaeologists work in the marine environment to discover, map, and preserve historic shipwrecks of the past. Next, the students discover how Earth’s motion relates to day and night, the annual seasons, and the predictably changing night sky. They reproduce constellation patterns and investigate the life cycles of stars, the shapes of galaxies, and the size of the universe. ***This class is on a three–year rotation of subject matter.