UPPER SCHOOL SCIENCE

UPPER SCHOOL SCIENCE

First, we suggest a look at the video that you'll find on this page. it explains our Upper School Science program. After that, this article will provide further help, as will the descriptions and samples we provide for each course, all accessed through links you'll find on this page.

Our Science Courses are secular. They are pure science courses, but they do not attack religious beliefs. They also do not refer to religion or religious views. These are straight science courses. Science courses are taught in a practical sequence, always starting with Science Basics , a course explaining what science itself is, and what the most important tools of science are. Basics are followed by courses in Earth Sciences (in Upper School, these are Geology , Oceanography and Meteorology , very thorough courses). Earth Sciences are followed by structural sciences, those explaining our universe; Chemistry , Biology , Physics and Astronomy . Each course is filled with experiments and exercises, often hundreds of them, to be done by the student in order to truly master an understanding of that field. (However, math is generally avoided in favor of conceptual understanding! We leave mathematics to curricula specializing in mathematics.)

SCIENCE COURSES OVERVIEW

Connect The Thoughts Science for Upper School is a three-four year program, comprised of eight courses. The Science Basics Course is the first in the program. These courses are BEST done in sequence, but do not need to be .

A student needing a particular course to round out curriculum could use any of these courses. These cover science basics, biology, oceanography, meteorology (the study of weather and of the atmosphere), biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy and space exploration, and a science review and project course. Again, these courses include many films and documentaries.

Additionally, the student will perform literally hundreds of experiments and exercises, as the world he lives in, and the Universe which surrounds it, becomes increasingly comprehensible. At the end of his science studies, the student will decide which area of science interests him, and following a step-by-step study guide, does a science project of their own. (In fact you, the parent, will not be allowed to assist! This is not a "science fair". The student must study, come up with a thesis in his area of science, and an experiment to prove or disprove his thesis. The student, in short, will be functioning as a scientist!)

THE END RESULT OF 'CONNECT THE THOUGHTS' SCIENCE STUDIES IS A STUDENT CORRECTLY LOCATED IN SPACE. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE IN RELATION TO THE PLANET, THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND GALAXY. THEY KNOW HOW THINGS FUNCTION IN THE WORLD AND IN THE UNIVERSE SO FAR AS SCIENCE KNOWS TODAY.

The student understands science and its value today, and is using their knowledge and awareness to improve current conditions.

Please note - Many of the required films or music have links provided so that there may be no need to secure them. However, we cannot guarantee that all the links will be “live” or active when you use them. You may need to secure films or music in other ways. No film or music selected is very hard to secure. Any book required will need to be secured by you, though a great deal of reading material built in to the courses (such as The Story of Mankind) is built directly into the courses and so do not need to be secured.

All courses are PDFs and can be instantly downloaded upon purchase!