Course title
Marine SciencePre-requisite
Biology or Honors BiologyCourse description
This course is designed to explore the great frontier of Earth’s oceans. Combining aspects of Physical Science, Biology, and Chemistry, Marine Science is a 2-semester course that attempts to explain the oceans’ significant impacts in the sea and on land. The coursework includes collaborative discussion, hands-on activities, and scientific modeling to answer important questions about them. First semester MS focuses on the physical and chemical properties of the ocean, which are integral to understanding the biology of the marine world. This includes plate tectonics, ocean currents, tides, and water chemistry. 2nd-semester topics shift to living marine organisms ranging from microscopic invertebrates to the largest animals ever to have existed on the planet. Throughout each semester, it is common practice to analyze the impacts of global climate change on ocean properties and, thus the entire planet. This class requires students to actively participate, logically use evidence to prove scientific claims, and meet the rigorous demands of an upper-division science class.School Country
United StatesSchool state
ArizonaSchool city
TucsonHigh school
Mica Mountain High SchoolSchool Address
10800 E Valencia RdSchool zip code
85747Requested competency code
Lab ScienceDate submitted
Deferred
YesDeferred Reason
In order to be reviewed as a laboratory science, we will need a list of laboratory experiments completed for this course and number of hours students spend doing laboratory assignments each week.
Per ABOR Requirement, "A Laboratory Science course is defined as a course in which at least 1 class period each week is devoted to providing an opportunity for students to manipulate equipment, materials, or specimens, to develop skills in observation and analysis, and to discover, demonstrate, illustrate, or test scientific principles or concepts, such as chemistry, physics, earth sciences and biology."