Course Details
Great Minds in Science (Grade 9-12)
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Course Information
- Subject Area
- Life and Physical Sciences
- State Course Code
- 03202
- Length
- One Semester
- Total Hours
- 90
This course explores the body of scientific knowledge and discoveries from an historical perspective, wherein students gain an understanding of how one discovery led to others or to entire revolutions of thought. In this course, original experiments may be replicated, and students may study primary materials. This course is only offered during the first semester.
Learning Goals
- Student will learn more about neuroscience and why Ramachandran is interested in studying the brain.
- Student will learn more about some of this new equipment and technology and how Stone is exploring uses for it in space as well as caves.
- Student will learn about treating harmful drug resistant bacteria.
- Student will learn about Joshua Klien’s influence on science.
- Student will learn more about how the various biomes of earth work together to support life and how these biomes were recreated in Biosphere II.
- Student will examine some of the challenges that the Arctic faces environmentally and what is being done to try to stop these threats.
- Student will learn about Richard Pyle and his influence on science
- Student will explore plants and animals make up the redwood ecosystem and learn about different types of redwoods.
- Student will investigate some of the difficulties of solving the climate change problem, including financial and social concerns.
- Student will learn more about how scientists are using computers to study the universe, what the Higgs Boson particle may be, and why scientists hope to uncover the Higgs Boson particle.
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Great Minds in Science
Is there life on other planets? What extremes can the human body endure? Can we solve the problem of global warming? Today, scientists, explorers, and writers are working to answer all of these questions. Like Edison, Einstein, Curie, and Newton, the scientists of today are asking questions and working on problems that may revolutionize our lives and world. This course focuses on 10 of today’s greatest scientific minds. Each unit takes an in-depth look at one of these individuals and shows how their ideas may help to shape tomorrow’s world.
Online
Items
| Name | Kind | ISBN | Returnable | Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Minds in Science | Online Class | No | No |
Timeline
Unit 2: Bill Stone: Into the Depths
Unit 4: Joshua Klein: Teaching Crows New Tricks
Unit 6: Ben Saunders: Exploring the Arctic
Unit 8: Richard Preston: In the Redwood Canopy
Unit 10: Brian Cox: Searching for the Universe's Beginning