Courses

This conglomerate course which was specially designed by teachers at Heritage to prepare Heritage scholars for high school and college-level science classes. A strand of scientific inquiry through the OHEC model weaves throughout the course. Universal critical thinking and problem-solving strategies are also introduced and strengthened throughout the course.

This course is designed to emphasize physics and chemistry principles that will help the students in future science classes or vocational programs. These principles will be taught through the context of astronomy, meteorology, geology and oceanography. This course is intended to enhance the students’ science foundation before taking on more intense lab courses such as Physics, Chemistry or Anatomy or vocational programs.

This course is algebra-based Physics with a study of Kinematics, the reasons for, laws of and patterns in the motion of things. Common misconceptions are unraveled as scholars learn how to articulate a new and improved perspective of the physical world. New vocabulary as well as old vocabulary used in new ways helps scholars to communicate their findings in scientific inquiry activities. Forming and testing hypotheses by experimentation and analysis of the results are important parts of this process. Other components of Newton’s mechanical universe are studied, including Momentum, Energy, Vectors, and Relativity. Once scholars master the concepts of rectilinear motion, they are introduced to curves, satellites and orbits. A capstone unit on harmonic motion, waves, sound and light finishes this course of study.