Life Science: Junior High (NW)

Class Year:  2020-2021
Time:  Mon 11:30 am - 01:30 pm;
Teacher:  Rachel Davis
Tution:  $550 / Year or $55 / Month for 10 Months
Supply Fee:  $80 / Year Due Upon Registration
Location:  PREP North West (Cypress)

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Come and explore God's biological creation and learn to think / /critically through the study of life science. This course explores all living / /things—starting with cells, moving to plants and animals, and humans. All these / /concepts are unfolded as a quest to understand the life that God has created. / /Students will participate in engaging lectures, class discussions, and labs. / /

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• This / /class is designed to teach and hone a variety of important skills needed in / /high school including:
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• Research skills - A guided research / /paper on a major biome is the spring project.
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• Study skills - by exploring how the / /student learns best and by reinforcing the information in a variety of ways.
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• Note taking skills - worksheets become / /more interactive and students learn to record important notes from the lecture.
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• Public speaking/oral reporting skills -the students share their researched information when they do a formal / /presentation with their research paper.
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• Lab skills - developed during the / /microscopic labs and dissections as well as other lab explorations.
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• Critical thinking skills - Class / /discussion builds critical thinking skills.
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• The / /Lecture introduces the topic and prepares students for the laboratory exercises / /and testing.
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• Homework: / /45 min-1 hr/day.
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• Parents / /partner with Mrs. Davis for their student's success by checking Google / /Classroom weekly and overseeing their student's completion of assignments and / /review for testing.
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PLEASE NOTE:

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*Withdrawal fee after 9/30/2020 is 3 month’s tuition.

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*Parents provide the textbooks for their students. Texts used are the / /7th Grade, Bob Jones, 5th Edition Life Science and 5th Edition, Life / /Science Activity Manual. Only student texts are to be purchased.

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*The Laboratory Fee and Mrs. Davis’s science form are due before the / /student’s place will be held in the class. The

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Lab Fee is non-refundable after August 1st. / /$80 lab fee, Tuition $550/year or 10 monthly payments of $55.

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*Class meets 2 hours once weekly. NW Campus: Monday 11:30-1:30, West / /Campus: Tuesday 11:30-1:30.

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