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Course Overview

Science 400 is a basic elementary course intended to expose students to the designs and patterns in God’s physical universe. This course builds on concepts taught in Science 300, providing a broad survey of the major areas of science. Some of the areas covered in Science 400 include the study of plants and animals, ecology, work and simple machines, electricity and magnetism, properties of water and matter, weather, solar system, and the different spheres of earth.

The course seeks to develop the student’s ability to understand and participate in scientific inquiry. The units contain experiments and projects to capitalize on children’s natural curiosity. The student will explore, observe, and manipulate everyday objects and materials in their environment. Collectively, this should help students develop and build on their subject-matter knowledge base.

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to do the following:

  • Use their main senses for observation of the world around them.
  • Describe different uses for plants.
  • Discuss the differences among the ways that different animals act.
  • Understand how people are responsible for preserving and conserving nature.
  • Explain the different types of simple machines.
  • Describe an electrical current and how it relates to magnetism.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the different properties of water.
  • Observe weather and how it affects people.
  • Describe our solar system.
  • Discuss the three different spheres of the earth and how they interact.
  • Explain the changes in seasons and time.

Additional Resources

Some assignments in this course require the use of resources that must be supplied by the user. A list of these outside resources is available from the link below.

List of required resources

In addition to the default course program, Science 400 includes extra alternate assignments, experiments/projects, and tests for use in enhancing instruction or addressing individual needs. These are listed below.

Unit 1

  • Project: Things Made of Wood
  • Report: Read and Write
  • Report: Flower Paragraph
  • Alternate Test

Unit 2

  • Report: Writing about Fish
  • Project: Observing Fish
  • Project: Animal Scrapbook
  • Alternate Test

Unit 3

  • Project: Your Environment
  • Project: Populations
  • Project: Make a Pyramid
  • Report: Rabbits in Australia
  • Experiment: Still Water Life
  • Report: Read and Write
  • Project: Terrarium or Diorama
  • Report: Forest Community
  • Project: Ask an Expert
  • Report: Endangered Species
  • Report: How to Save Energy
  • Report: Special Treasures
  • Alternate Test

Unit 4

  • Report: Galileo
  • Experiment: Gravity
  • Experiment: Seesaw
  • Experiment: Inclined Plane
  • Experiment: Screw and Nail
  • Experiment: Pulleys
  • Alternate Test

Unit 5

  • Experiment: Wet Cell
  • Project: Electric Objects
  • Experiment: Magnet Poles
  • Experiment: Testing a Magnet
  • Experiment: Generate Electricity
  • Experiment: Electromagnet
  • Report: Explorers
  • Alternate Test

Unit 6

  • Experiment: Ice Volume
  • Experiment: Potato
  • Experiment: Forming Dew
  • Experiment: Molecules
  • Alternate test

Unit 7

  • Experiment: Air and Space
  • Report: Hurricanes
  • Project: Thermometers
  • Alternate Test

Unit 8

  • Essay: Astronomy
  • Essay: Ancient People
  • Report: Isaac Newton
  • Essay: Astrology
  • Alternate Test

Unit 9

  • Essay: Psalm 147
  • Experiment: Currents
  • Alternate Test

Unit 10

  • Project: Weather Scrapbook
  • Project: Thomas Alva Edison
  • Report: Passenger Pigeon
  • Alternate Test
 
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