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The Human Brain and Senses Course emphasizes the use of knowledge
and evidence to construct explanations for the relationship between structure
and function in the human sensory and nervous system. Students investigate
how the brain and senses acquire, interpret, and respond to information. An
emphasis on vision and touch leads to investigations of the structure and
function of the sensory organs and the brain itself. Images (MRI and EEG)
are used to reveal brain anatomy and activity. Students also explore
learning, memory, and sensory dysfunction.
The FOSS Electronics Course emphasizes the use of knowledge and
evidence to construct explanations for electrical energy and its use in
technology. Students learn fundamental electrical circuitry and basic
electronic principles. They make simple and complex circuits, quantify
electrical interactions and properties (current, voltage, resistance)
using a digital multimeter, and discover how different components
affect circuits (resistors, diodes, LEDs, capacitors, transistors). They
make and read schematics and construct solid-state devices.
The FOSS Chemical Interactions Course is an inquiry into the
structure and behavior of matter. Students conduct experiments to
observe the macroscopic transformations of matter—phase change,
dissolution, reaction—and apply kinetic particle theory to explain those
transformations at the microscopic level. In the process, students
learn useful conventions for thinking about and communicating
chemical concepts: all common matter on Earth is composed of 90
naturally occurring fundamental substances called elements; each
element is represented by a unique, defining particle called an atom;
atoms combine to produce all of the unique forms of matter called
substances; the basic particles of substances are called molecules and
compounds.
Health: Choosing the Best Life- High-Impact eight lesson
curriculum for the upper middle school students engages the heart as
well as the head and teaches students that abstinence is the best
choice. Parent letter at later date.