SCI 0800: Physical Science

Course Description

This year-long course introduces students to chemistry and physics. Students apply foundational skills such as critical thinking, scientific measurement, and graphing to various lessons and experiments about scientific laws of the physical and chemical world. Students experiment hands-on using an “at home” lab kit to complete required exercises throughout the course. Additionally, students propose and investigate a scientific phenomenon by completing a Science Fair Project. Major topics include the laws of Newton and Galileo, friction, pendulums, centripetal force, work, simple machines, types of energy, electricity, light, atomic theory, chemical reactions, and the behavior of matter. For the duration of the course, the student will investigate God’s order and sense of balance in the working of His creation and the mechanisms that maintain natural laws. This course requires the purchase of an at-home physical lab kit in order to perform the labs for this course. A lab fee will be assessed automatically during Financial Check-In, and the fee is also listed on the fees page. On the first day of class, the family will receive an email containing a voucher code. A specific lesson will be provided in the first days of the course that includes a link where the unique voucher number must be redeemed, and a valid shipping address must be entered by the student or parent. Typically, the kit will arrive at the designated address approximately two weeks later.

Prerequisite

Lab Kit and Fee

This course requires the purchase of an at-home physical lab kit in order to perform the labs for this course. A lab fee will be assessed automatically during Financial Check-In, and the fee is also listed on the fees page. On the first day of class, the family will receive an email containing a voucher code. A specific lesson will be provided in the first days of the course that includes a link where the unique voucher number must be redeemed, and a valid shipping address must be entered by the student or parent. Typically, the kit will arrive at the designated address approximately two weeks later.

Schedule