SCIENCE
Earth Science
Holt, Rinehart
• Plants – structure, pollination, fertilization, photosynthesis and respiration
• Scientific Method – applied to plant tropisms
• Food Webs – dissection of owl pellet
• Earth Science introduction – branches of science – measurement and safety
• Maps – types and use of topographic maps
• Earth’s crust – formation, identification and use of minerals – with lab
• Rock cycle – igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks – with lab
• Amphibians – common characteristics, anatomy of frog, dissection of injected frog. Lab-eggs to adult frog (about 3 months)
• Plate tectonics – plates and deformation of earth’s crust
• Earthquakes – measurement and prediction techniques, Pacific Ring of fire, building modifications for safety. DVD- Northridge Earthquake
• Volcanoes – types of eruptions, causes of eruptions. DVD – Mt. St. Helens
• Arthropods – characteristics, metamorphosis
• Weathering – examples, rates of weathering, types of weathering, bedrock to soil and soil conservation
• Atmosphere – layers of atmosphere, heating, winds, and pollution
• Weather – air masses and fronts, severe weather, forecasting, tornados, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and lightning
• Sensory organs – anatomy of eyes and ears (lab – dissection of pig eye), damage to ear from loud voices
• Skeleton – study of 42 of the major and most important bones, types of bones, and joints
• Cardiovascular system – pumping chambers, valves, circulatory sequence, (lab – dissection of pig heart)
• Human reproduction – anatomy of male and female, ovulation, fertilization, development and birth of a baby, the most important STD’s, an appeal to follow God’s word and limit sexual activity to within marriage. DVD – fetus in womb and birth of a baby
• Digestive system – anatomy and chemistry of the digestive system, (lab – dissection of the digestive system of a fetal pig)