Course Description:

This course will provide scientific exploration about the basic concepts of biology, chemistry, earth & space science, and physics. It also enables the students to relate science the technology, society, and the environment with an entrepreneurial approach. The assessment and evaluation in this course emphasize theoretical aspects of the content as well as the concrete applications.Students will plan and conduct investigations and develop their understanding of scientific theories related to the connections between cells and systems in animals and plants; chemical reactions, with a particular focus on acid–base reactions; forces that affect climate and climate change; and the interaction of light and matter.

Aims and Objectives:

• Students will demonstrate the cell cycle in plants and animals and explain the importance of mitosis for the growth of cells and the repair of tissues.
• Analyze the importance of cell division and cell specialization in generating new tissues.
• Describe the links between specialized cells and tissues in plants and animals.
• Explain the links between specialized cells, tissues, organs, and systems in plants and animals.
• Demonstrate the primary functions of a variety of systems in animals.
• Describe the interaction of different systems within an organism and why such interactions are necessary for the organism’s survival.
• Analyze, based on research, ethical issues related to technological development in the field of systems biology.
• Assess the importance to human health and society of medical imaging technologies.
• Describe public health strategies related to systems biology and assess their impact on society.
• Construct molecular models to illustrate the structure of molecules in simple chemical reactions and produce diagrams of these models.
• Use an inquiry process to investigate the law of conservation of mass in a chemical reaction.
• Analyze, based on research, various safety and environmental issues associated with chemical reactions and their reactants and/or products.
• Describe how the pH scale is used to classify solutions as acidic, basic, or neutral.
• Will write word equations and balanced chemical equations for simple chemical reactions.
• Describe, based on observation, the reactants in and products of a variety of chemical reactions, including synthesis, decomposition, and displacement reactions.
• Build a model to illustrate the natural greenhouse effect.
• Investigate the influence of ocean currents on local and global heat transfer and precipitation patterns.
• Investigate a popular climate change hypothesis.
• Research the influence of ocean currents on heat transfer and precipitation patterns.
• Analyze the positive and negative effects of climate change on humans and natural systems.
• Assess the effectiveness of some current individual, regional, national, and international initiatives that address the issue of climate change and propose a course of action related to one of those initiatives.        
• Will identify and label the visible and invisible regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Describe the properties of light and use them to explain naturally occurring optical phenomena.
• Will describe images formed by mirrors and lenses explain partial and total reflection and refraction.
• Identify the factors that affect refraction as light passes from one medium to another.
• Explain how optical devices have enhanced society.
• Analyze technological devices and procedures related to human perception of light.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of technological devices and procedures related to human perception of light.
• Identify and label the visible and invisible regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Describe the properties of light and use them to explain naturally occurring optical phenomena.
• Describe images formed by mirrors and lenses
• Explain partial and total reflection and refraction.
• Identify the factors that affect refraction as light passes from one medium to another.
• Explain how optical devices have enhanced society.
• Analyze technological devices and procedures related to human perception of light.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of technological devices and procedures related to human perception of light.

Expectations:

• Biology: (Tissues, Organs, and Systems of Living Things)

Throughout this course, students will:

1. Evaluate cells have special structures that enable them to perform important life functions.
2. Investigate, using a microscope, specialized cells in the human body or plants, focusing on different types of cells and draw labeled biological diagrams to show the cells’ structural differences.
3. Investigate the rate of cell division in cancerous and non-cancerous cells using pictures or images, and predict the impact of this rate of cell division on an organism.
4. Investigate, using a microscope, specialized cells in the human body or plants, focusing on different types of cells and draw labeled biological diagrams to show the cells’ structural differences.
5. Investigate, through laboratory or computer-simulated dissection of a plant, worm, fish, or frog, the interrelationships between organ systems of a plant or an animal.

• Chemistry: Chemical Reactions

By the end of this course, students will:

1. Analyze how an understanding of the properties and reactions of chemicals can be applied to solve environmental challenges.
2. Describe the relationships between chemical formulas, composition, and names of binary compounds and explain using the law of conservation of mass and atomic theory, the rationale for balancing chemical equations.
3. Describe the types of evidence that indicate chemical change write word equations and balanced chemical equations identify and write the formulas for simple compounds.
4. Describe the process of acid-base neutralization identify acids, using the periodic table and a list of the most common polyatomic ions, and write their formulas.
5. Investigate simple chemical reactions, including synthesis, decomposition, and displacement reactions, and represent them using a variety of formats.

• Earth and Space Science: Climate Change

By the end of this course, students will:

1. Investigate the effects of heat transfer within the hydrosphere and atmosphere.
2. Describe the natural greenhouse effect and explain why it is important.
3. Distinguish the natural greenhouse effect from the anthropogenic greenhouse effect.
4. Analyze sources of scientific data for evidence of climate change.
5. Identify and describe the indicators of global climate change.

• Physics: Light and Geometric Optics

Throughout this course, students will:

1. Use appropriate terminology related to light and optics.
2. Describe and explain various types of light emissions.
3. Investigating the properties of light and how humans interact with the light phenomena.
4. Investigate the laws of reflection using a plane and curved mirrors.
5. Investigate the refraction of light and use ray diagrams and equations to predict the position and characteristics of images formed by lenses.
6. Identify and locate the effectiveness of technological devices and procedures related to human perception of light.

Unit-wise Progression:

Teaching/Learning Methodologies:

The students are provided with almost all the material they would need to learn. The students will be provided with the whole resource of the course. The textbook will be attached to the course; the students will be able to download extra reading packs according to the lessons for a deep understanding of the concerned lesson. This course has almost all the things included for the learning of the students/learners as well as for the entertainment. This course includes the activities in the form of cumulative activities; moreover, as the course would start the student will be given specific lab access for every topic, which they need about. The students will be able to solve the scientific problems by applying the acquired knowledge from this course. The assessments for every unit, the assessment of every lesson will be checked and reports will be designed. The students will be given full-time access to ask the questions to teacher about the lessons. Proper lectures for every lesson will be conducted. The student will have to give the reflection feedback for the previous lecture and then the teacher will start the next lecture. The student will be able to ask queries about the lesson at the end of the lecture

• Lesson plans

• PowerPoint presentations
• Videos
• Reading Packs
• Assignment for Learning
• Assessment of Learning
• Quiz   

All of these are a cluster of downloadable and embedded files that will be provided to each candidate with the progression of the course.

E-Learning Approach:

E-learning is not only a training method but is a learning method that is tailored to individuals. It is found that different terminologies have been used to define learning that takes place online which makes it difficult to develop a generic definition.

E-learning includes the delivery of content on the Internet, Intranet, and Extranet, satellite broadcast, audio-video tape, interactive TV, and CD-ROM. The term implies that the learner is at a distance from the tutor or instructor, that the learner uses some form of technology.

With attention to this new system of education that is spreading across the globe its imperative that the content of such study programs is enhanced and modified to serve both the learner and the instructor well whilst dealing with the gap of conventional studying methodologies. Thus the courses promise their reader an experience full of engagement, student-concentric approach, personalization, and Interaction.  Using a wide array of multimedia tools, cloud-based LMS, and a diverse repository of subject-tailored audio-visual material that students can utilize and learn in a simulated work environment where he’s in charge of his work hours.

Our e-learners paddle through these courses in the mediation of skilled mentors to the finish line with the understanding of their subject's application into real-world problems following a futuristic model of education.

Strategies for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Performance:

Assessment is the ongoing gathering of information related to the individual student’s progress in achieving the curriculum expectations of the course. To guide the student to his/her optimum level of achievement, the teacher provides consistent and detailed feedback and guidance leading to improvement. Strategies may include:

• Diagnostic assessment
• Formative assessment
• Summative assessment
• Performance assessment
• Portfolio assessment
• Rubrics
• Checklists

The final grade will be based on:

Resources Required by the Student:

• Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.)
• A laptop, or Mac, or Android, or any other operating system functional enough to use the web browser and use online software.
• Curriculum Reference: The Ontario Curriculum, Sciences