Comparing and measuring objects: Using standard and nonstandard measurements.

Butterfly life cycle: Identifying survival patterns of plants and animals. Designing solutions to problems by mimicking plants and animals.

Organisms: Determining the basic needs of living things and recognizing their similarities and differences.

Solids and liquids: Identifying different states of matter and investigating floating, sinking, magnetism and fluidity.

Weather: Using scientific tools for measuring weather and recording data to make predictions.

Soils: The relationship between soils and plant growth and how matter and energy can flow in soil.

Changes: Categorizing states of matter by their properties and recognizing phase changes of matter.

Balancing and weighing: Cause and effect relationships. Graphing mass and volume data.

Plant growth and development: Learning about the relationship between light, soil and water. Learning about scientific drawing and data organization.

Sound: Mechanics of sound and how a human ear functions. Designing musical instruments.

Rocks and minerals: Minerals and rock identification. Obtaining and evaluating evidence.

Land and water: How water shapes the land. Planning and creating water land models to predict effects and observe patterns.

Food chemistry: How good health is related to nutrition. Making predictions, conducting experiments and communicating information.

Electrical circuits: Understanding the uses and properties of conductors and insulators. Creating a wiring plan and wiring circuits.

Human impact on Earth’s systems: The role that water plays on our Earth and steps that can be taken to conserve it.

Matter and energy flow in ecosystems: Designing a self-sustaining garden that would provide enough food for the community.

Earth and the solar system: Space objects in the universe and how they move in relation to one another.

History of Earth: Clues that can tell us about a planet’s past and help us predict its future.

Earth’s materials, systems and natural hazards: What past geoscience processes tell us about Earth’s materials and natural hazards.

Role of water in the Earth’s surface and weather and climate: How interactions of the air, ocean and land can be used to predict the formation and movement of a hurricane.

Natural resources and human impacts on Earth systems: Ways that the use of natural resources like petroleum impacts the environment.

Structure, function and information processing: How an organism survives in an unfamiliar environment.

Growth and development of organisms: Ways that we can promote the healthy growth and development of plants and animals.

Interdependent relationships in ecosystems: Effect of changes in ecosystems on relationships among organisms in an area.

Inheritance and variation of traits: How mutations can affect future offspring.

Evidence of common ancestry and diversity: Evidence that organisms existed millions of years ago.

Changes in organisms over time: How organisms can be bred for specific purposes.

Chemical reactions: How chemical reactions can be used to describe the law of conservation of mass.

Structure and properties of matter: Ways that the transfer of thermal energy affects different types of matter.

Forces and motion: How forces impact motion in our daily lives.

Potential and kinetic energy: How kinetic and potential energy interact in a system.

Energy transfer in temperature: Maximizing thermal energy transfer in a system.

Waves and their application in technologies and information transfer: How different types of waves are used in technology and communication applications.

Environmental science

Biology

Honors biology

Natural resources conservation

Advanced Placement computer science

Chemistry

Honors chemistry

Advanced horticulture

Advanced natural resources conservation

Zoology

Physics

Advanced Placement environmental science

Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate physics

International Baccalaureate computer science

Human anatomy and physiology

Planetary and space science

Astronomy

Oceanography

Planting the seeds

Science and global issues

Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate biology

Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate chemistry

Advanced Placement physics