Science Courses Online
Life Science I
Life Science I has 14 lessons organized in 4 Units that introduce types and characteristics of animals and plants and what they need to survive.
Topics covered include:
- needs of plants
- plant parts
- characteristics of plants
- benefits of plants
- needs of animals
- characteristics of animals
- animal offspring
- life cycles of butterflies, frogs, and flowering plants
- types of habitats
- natural camouflage
Earth and Space Science I
Earth and Space Science I has 15 lessons organized in 4 Units that introduce the roles of the sun and the Earth in weather and climate conditions and how animals and plants adapt to those conditions.
Topics covered include:
- weather
- climate
- extreme weather events
- clouds and precipitation
- adaptation of plants
- adaptation, migration, and hibernation of animals
- functions of the sun
- rotation and revolution of the Earth
- seasons
- the water cycle
- natural resources
- air and water quality
- conservation of natural resources
Physical Science I
Physical Science I has 20 lessons organized in 5 Units that identify physical actions by animate and inanimate objects and how we observe those actions.
Topics covered include:
- using sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch to make observations
- matter, mass, and volume
- solids, liquids, and gases
- melting, freezing, boiling, evaporation, condensation
- states of water
- interactions with water
- motions
- sound
- vibration
- magnetism
Science Software Online
Junior Simulation Insight / Simulation Insight
Simulations are software tools for investigating the behavior of a variety of systems which can be represented in a virtual environment provided by a computer. The purpose of a simulation is to help understand the system under investigation, to describe its properties and predict its outcomes. In Science, simulations can help students to explore phenomena and develop scientific thinking.
Our Simulation Insight programs can be used not only to run prepared simulations supporting upper elementary, middle school, and high school science curriculum, but it also allows students too build their own simulations.
Junior Simulation Insight: choose input parameters for 35 prepared science oriented simulations and observe the effects.
Simulation Insight: choose input parameters for 56 prepared simulation models with physics, chemistry or biology themes,and observe the effects.
The features of these programs include:
- study the behavior of a system through use of animated graphics files
- analyze data generated by the simulation models with graphs, bar charts and tables
- modify existing simulation models or create entirely new simulation models
- import additional graphics to use in the simulation models ( you can create them in corefx!)
- Activity Guide explains the use of the software features and provides the particular curriculum-relevant activities
In addition to developing understanding of scientific concepts, the Simulation Insight programs also develop critical thinking skills and computer skills. As such it supports the technology curriculum as well.
| System Requirements: | Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 and 98 |
| Mac using a Windows emulation product such as Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion | |
| High Speed Internet Connection |