General Outcome 1: Students will analyze how the human circulatory system facilitates interaction between blood cells and the external environment and investigate cardiovascular health.
General Outcome 2: Students will analyze the defense mechanisms used by the human body to protect itself from pathogens found in the external environment.
Infectious Disease Bulletin
General Outcome 3: Students will apply the principles of heredity and molecular genetics to explain how human diseases can arise from inherited traits, the risks and benefits of genetic technology, and the need for ethical considerations in the application of scientific knowledge.
Inheritance
Chemistry and the Environment
General Outcome 1: Students will analyze the sources of acids and bases and their effects on the environment.
General Outcome 2: Students will analyze the sources of organic compounds and their effects on the environment.
General Outcome 3: Students will analyze, from a variety of perspectives, the risks and benefits of using chemical processes in meeting human needs and assess technologies for reducing the impact of chemical compounds on the environment.
Electromagnetic Energy
General Outcome 1: Students will explain field theory and analyze its applications in technologies used to produce, transmit and transform electrical energy.
General Outcome 2: Students will describe the properties of the electromagnetic spectrum and their applications in medical technologies, communication systems and remote-sensing technologies used to study the universe.
Energy and the Environment
General Outcome 1: Students will explain the need for balancing the growth in global energy demands with maintaining a viable biosphere.
General Outcome 2: Students will describe the sun as Earth’s main source of energy and explain the functioning of some conventional and alternative technologies that convert solar, nuclear, tidal and other energy sources into useable forms.