High School Science Courses

Bi 1 Section 572 Biology I
Instructor: Rebecca Mizell
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Syllabus
1/2 credit          $145
First semester of a one-year course. Topics: survey of the world of living things, their relationships to one another and to their environment, ecosystems, communities, populations, matter and energy, the basis of living organisms, reproduction and genetics, heredity, behavior, selection and survival, biomes around the world, managing human-affected ecosystems.
9 assignments
1 exams

Bi 2 Section 573 Biology II
Instructor: Rebecca Mizell
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1/2 credit          $145
Second semester of a one-year course. Topics: continuity through development and evolution, ordering life in the biosphere; prokaryotes (viruses and disease); eukaryotes (protist, fungi, plants, and animals); food and energy; homeostasis and the human immune system; physical, chemical and electrical systems of humans and plants; adaptation in plants.
9 assignments
1 exams

ES 1 Section 576 Earth Science I
Instructor: Rachelle Carnes
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1/2 credit          $145
First semester of a one-year course. Topics: the planet Earth as an ecosystem and biome; mass, matter and energy; conversation of matter and energy; carrying capacity; energy credits and conversion; thermodynamics; plate tectonics, rock types, ore, alloys, using minerals and environmental impact of mining; growth and population. Students will use the scientific method to complete lab experiements.
7 assignments
2 exams

ES 2 Section 577 Earth Science II
Instructor: Rachelle Carnes
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1/2 credit          $145
Second semester of a one-year course. Topics: Earth's water resources; weather, climate, and atmosphere; space, planets, stars, and galaxies.
7 assignments
2 exams

H 1 Section 558 Personal Health I
Instructor: Scott Eberly
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1/2 credit          $145
First semester of a basic health education course. Topics: wellness, body systems, fitness, nutrition, tobacco and alcohol, AIDS and other diseases.
8 assignments
1 exams

H 2 Section 559 Personal Health II
Instructor: Heather Burns
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1/2 credit          $145
Second semester of a basic health education course. Topics: mental and emotional health; relationships; human growth and development; sexuality and STIs; HIV and AIDS; drug abuse; consumer and environmental health; and injury prevention and public safety, including CPR. One assignment requires the student to videotape him- or herself giving an informational speech, which will be scored using the Oregon Department of Education Speaking Official Scoring Guide rubric. An Oregon high school may consider this work sample eligible for the student's academic portfolio.
8 assignments
1 exams