Biology
This course will explore God’s awe-inspiring handiwork in everything from microscopic cells to earth’s largest creatures. Topics will include the scientific method, the five-kingdom classification system, microscopy, biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics, and more. Lectures, discussions, hands-on lab experiments, dissections, and other activities will fill the allotted class time. This course will give students a deeper appreciation of God’s creation while satisfying part of their graduation requirements.
Deirdre Cannon - deirdre.cannon@tafa.org
Chemistry
This year-long basic high school course will use Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Chemistry by Jay Wile. It will cover measurement and units; energy, heat and temperature; atoms and molecules; matter; chemical equations; stoichiometry; atomic and molecular structure; polyatomic ions and molecular geometry; acid/base chemistry; solutions; gas phase; thermodynamics; reaction kinetics; chemical equilibrium; and reduction/oxidation reactions. The course will include lectures and labs. This course will give students a deeper appreciation of God’s creation while satisfying part of their graduation requirements.
Elizabeth Jimenez - elizabeth.jimenez@tafa.org
Anatomy & Physiology (Advanced Biology)
This Anatomy and Physiology course will give students a deep appreciation of how they are fearfully and wonderfully made. The eleven body systems will be studied in detail with lectures, discussions, hands-on lab experiments, dissections, and other activities filling the allotted class time. This course will give students a deeper appreciation of God’s creation while satisfying part of their graduation requirements.
Elizabeth Jimenez - elizabeth.jimenez@tafa.org
Forensic Science
A fascinating study of over twenty scientific disciplines offering investigative work to the judicial system. Students will use keen observational techniques as they study these disciplines, while pursuing lab investigations and reviewing case studies of real crimes.
Elizabeth Jimenez - elizabeth.jimenez@tafa.org