2024-2025 Course Flipbook v2 - Flipbook - Page 21
Example culminating projects include analyzing movie clips to determine if what the
scene portrays breaks the laws of physics, or explaining the rules and equipment in
a sport based on the laws of physics. Students will engage in high-level lab design,
problem solving,
and data analysis
geared towards
preparing them for
the rigor of college
science classes.
Robust algebra and
trigonometry skills
are required and will
be used regularly in
the context of deep
scienti昀椀c inquiry.
Prerequisites:
Analytical Algebra II,
concurrent enrollment
in or completion of
Analytical Precalculus.
MARINE AND GEOSCIENCE SYSTEMS
SCIENCE
How do we explore the scope and intersection of the meteorological, oceanic, geological,
and living systems in the deepest, largest, least explored, and only three-dimensional
ecosystem on the planet? Students in Marine and Geoscience systems take an inquirybased approach to learning, engaging in a variety of laboratory techniques, data
collection, and analysis in the 昀椀eld, examining primary and peer-reviewed journals,
and using model-based studies to make predictions and inferences. We also
focus on the core concepts: the physical, chemical, and geologic processes that
have shaped marine systems and their ecology, and how those systems have
evolved and changed over time and affected the life that inhabits the ocean.
Students are expected to demonstrate their analytical skill set, both qualitatively
and quantitatively, while looking at multiple real world problems and a spread of
numerical data from the marine environment. Ultimately, students will gain a better
understanding of what life in saltwater is, ranging from the smallest and some
of the most extreme microbial populations on the planet to giant mammals that
traverse great spans of distance and time, over and through Earth’s biological,
geological, chemical cycles, and the interrelationships within each. Summative
projects include designing, conducting, and analyzing an on-topic, student-choice
lab with a formal lab report for the end of 昀椀rst semester; in the second semester, all
students will conduct multiple dissections of marine organisms (bony 昀椀sh, sharks,
and squid) and a formal paper on comparative anatomy.
Prerequisite: Biology
