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Science


Unity High School offers standard high school science courses, following this sequence: Astronomy/Cosmology, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Most classes during the entire four-year sequence will involve instruction provided by the teacher, viewing a short video, discussion, and hands-on project work, either individually or in groups.

Astronomy/Cosmology
Following is the subject matter sequencing for this course, to be taught to 9th grade students:
Scale of the Universe
  • Scale of the earth, sun, galaxy and universe
  • Time scale of the cosmos
  • Light and fundamental forces
  • Big bang and expansion of the universe
Stars, black holes and galaxies
  • Life and death of stars
  • Quasars and galactic collisions
  • Stellar parallax
  • Cepheid variables
Earth geological and climatic history
  • Plate tectonics: Difference between crust and lithosphere
  • Seismic waves and how we know earth’s structure
  • Earth’s rotation and tilt
  • Moon phases and eclipses
Life on earth and in the universe
  • History of life on earth
  • Humanity on earth
  • Measuring age on earth
  • Life in the universe
 
Biology
Following is the subject matter sequencing for this course, to be taught to 10th grade students:
Biology Foundations
  • Biology and the scientific method
  • Important molecules for biology
  • Water and life
  • pH, acids and bases
Cells
  • Introduction of cells
  • Basic cell structures
  • The cell membrane
  • Eukaryotic cell structures
  • Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
  • Plant versus animal cells
Energy and transport
  • Introduction of metabolism
  • Enzymes
  • Passive and active transport
  • Osmosis and tonicity
  • Photosynthesis
  • Cellular respiration
Reproduction and cell division
  • Types of reproduction
  • Chromosome structure and numbers
  • The cell cycle and mitosis
  • Meiosis
  • Fertilization and development
Classical genetics
  • Introduction to heredity
  • Non-mendelian inheritance
  • Sex linkage
  • Pedigrees
Molecular genetics
  • DNA structure and replication
  • RNA and protein synthesis
  • Biotechnology
Evolution
  • Evolution and natural selection
  • Evidence of evolution
  • Phylogeny
Human body systems
  • Body structure and homeostasis
  • The circulatory and respiratory systems
  • The musculoskeletal system
  • The digestive and excretory systems
  • The nervous and endocrine systems
  • The reproductive system
  • The immune system
Ecology
  • Introduction to ecology
  • Population ecology
  • Community ecology
  • Ecological relationships
  • Trophic levels
  • Biogeochemical cycles
  • Human impact on ecosystems
 
Chemistry
Following is the subject matter sequencing for this course, to be taught to 11th grade students:
Atoms, compounds and ions
  • Introduction to the atom
  • Ions and compounds
  • Names and formulas of ionic compounds
Chemical reactions and stoichiometry
  • Balancing chemical equations
  • Stoichiometry
  • Limiting reagent stoichiometry
  • Molecular composition
  • Types of chemical reactions
Electronic structure of atoms
  • History of the atomic structure
  • Bohr’s model of the hydrogen atom
  • Quantum numbers and orbitals
  • Electron configurations
Periodic table
  • Introduction to the periodic table
  • Periodic table trends
Chemical bonds
  • Types of chemical bonds
  • Dot structures and molecular geometry
  • Hybridization and hybrid orbitals
Gases and kinetic molecular theory
  • Ideal gas equation
  • Non-ideal gas behavior
States of matter and intermolecular forces
  • States of matter
  • Introduction to intermolecular forces
  • Mixtures and solutions
Chemical equilibrium
  • Equilibrium constant
  • Factors that affect chemical equilibrium
Acids and bases
  • Acids, bases, and pH
  • Acid-base equilibria
Buffers, titrations, and solubility equilibria
  • Buffer solutions
  • Titrations
  • Solubility equilibria
Thermodynamics
  • Internal energy
  • Enthalpy
  • Entropy
  • Gibbs free energy
  • Redox reactions and electrochemistry
  • Galvanic cells
  • Standard cell potentials
  • Electrochemistry, thermodynamics and equilibrium
  • Cell potentials under nonstandard conditions
  • Electrolytic cells and electrolysis
Kinetics
  • Reaction rates and rate laws
  • Relationship between reaction concentrations and time
  • Arrhenius equation and reaction mechanisms
  • Spectrophotometry
Nuclear chemistry
  • Radioactive decay
 
Physics
Following is the subject matter sequencing for this course, to be taught to 12th grade students:
One-dimensional motion
  • Introduction to physics
  • Displacement, velocity, and time
  • Acceleration
  • Kinematic formulas and projectile motion
Two-dimensional motion
  • Two-dimensional projectile motion
  • Optimal angle for projectile
Forces and Newton’s laws of motion
  • Newton’s laws of motion
  • Normal force and contact force
  • Balanced and unbalanced forces
  • Slow sock on Lubricon VI
  • Inclined planes and friction
  • Tension
  • Treating system
Centripetal force and gravitation
  • Circular motion and centripetal acceleration
  • Centripetal forces
  • Newton’s law of gravitation
Work and energy
  • Work and energy
  • Springs and Hooke’s Law
  • Mechanical advantage
Impacts and linear momentum
  • Momentum and Impulse
  • Elastic and inelastic collisions
  • Center of mass
Torque and angular momentum
  • Rotational kinematics
  • Torque, moments and angular momentum
Oscillations and mechanical waves
  • Simple harmonic motion
  • Introduction to mechanical waves
  • Sound
  • The Doppler affect
  • Wave interference
Fluids
  • Density and Pressure
  • Buoyant Force and Archimedes’ Principle
  • Fluid Dynamics
Thermodynamics
  • Temperature, kinetic theory, and the ideal gas law
  • Specific heat and heat transfer
  • Laws of thermodynamics
Electrical charge, field and potential
  • Charge and electric forces (Coulomb’s law)
  • Electric field
  • Electric potential energy, electric potential, and voltage
Circuits
  • Ohm’s Law and circuits with resistors
  • Circuits with capacitors
Magnetic forces, magnetic fields and Faraday’s law
  • Magnets and magnetic force
  • Magnetic field created by a current
  • Electric motors
  • Magnetic flux and Faraday’s law
Electromagnetic waves and interference
  • Introduction to electromagnetic waves
  • Interference of electromagnetic waves
Geometric optics
  • Reflection and refraction
  • Mirrors
  • Lenses
Special relativity
  • Michelson and Morley’s luminiferous ether experiment
  • Minkowski spacetime
  • Lorentz transformation
  • Einstein velocity addition
Quantum physics
  • Photons
  • Atoms and electrons
  • Quantum numbers and orbitals
  • Nuclei

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