Science 1b (online), 2024-25

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Room: Online
Time: Monday 5:30PM - 6:15PM
Grades: 5-6
Prerequisites:
Material fee: $0.00

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Description: The first year of the new 2-year Natural Science curriculum covers many important scientific concepts needed to understand the physical world around us. We will be discussing physical and chemical structure of matter, forces and energy; the last quarter will be dedicated to the introduction to Life Sciences. Along the way, students will learn about famous experiments with an emphasis on the process of scientific inquiry and discovery, both historical and prospective.

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Homeworks

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• Assigned on 09/10: Welcome Letter: A year full of discoveries!  |  
  
• Assigned on 09/13: Class Calendar: Mondays the class is in session  |  
  
• Assigned on 09/15: Classwork #1: "What is Science? Introduction"  |  
  
• Assigned on 09/22: Classwork #2: "Observation"  |  Homework #2: "DIY observations"  |  
  
• Assigned on 09/29: Classwork #3: "Measurement"  |  Homework #3: "My own yard"  |  Reading Material: "Some Historical Units of Measurement"  |  
  
• Assigned on 10/6: Classwork #4: "Metric System"  |  Homework #4: "SI System and Fundamental Constants of Nature"  |  
  
• Assigned on 10/20: Classwork #5: "What is Matter?"  |  Homework #5: "A human and an atom"  |  
  
• Assigned on 10/27: Classwork #6: "Physical Properties of Matter"  |  Homework #6: "States of matter examples"  |  
  
• Assigned on 11/3: Classwork #7: "Matter in Physics"  |  Homework #7: "Matter word bank"  |  Reading Material: "States of Matter Review"  |  
  
• Assigned on 11/10: Classwork #8: "States of Matter"  |  Homework #8: "States of Matter word bank"  |  
  
• Assigned on 11/17: Classwork #9: "Matter in Chemistry"  |  Homework #9: "Classify substances"  |