Fall Semester Topics

The Nature of Science

• Laboratory Safety
• The Scientific Method
• Measurement

Cells

• Characteristics of Living Things
• Viruses, Bacteria & Parasites
• Plant and Animal Cells
• Parts of a Cell
• Photosynthesis and Respiration
• Cellular Organization & Organ Systems

Computer Science

• Computer Coding Applications
• Robotics

Waves

• Waves as Digitized Signals
• Waves and Human Communication

Spring Semester Topics

Forces, Motion, and Energy

• Newton's Laws
• Gravity
• Potential and Kinetic Energy
• Energy Transformations
• Sound Waves

Electricity and Magnetism

• Light Waves
• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Magnetic Fields
• Static Electricity
• Simple Circuits

Using Sphero Robots

• Applications of Coding
• Applications of Physics