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- Effective Term:
- Summer 2020 through Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- ABE 0793
- Course Title:
- Science for GED and College Prep
- Credit Hours:
- 0
- Contact Hours:
- 40-48
Course Description
Addendum to Course Description
Recommended: CASAS Reading placement 239 or higher.
Total contact hours: 40-48
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students will be able to:
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Use reading and writing strategies to analyze scientific passages and construct short answer responses related to life, physical, earth, and space science.
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Use mathematical strategies to solve science-related equations.
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Apply a range of strategies, including activating prior knowledge and cultural understanding to monitor and enhance comprehension of basic science topics.
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Apply the understanding of these topics on the GED Ready and GED Exams.
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Use the scientific method to collect measurable, empirical evidence in experiments related to a hypothesis in order to support or contradict a theory.
Aspirational Goals
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Exhibit persistence, self-motivation, self-advocacy, and personal responsibility
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Reflect upon, assess, identify, and celebrate one’s own learning gains
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Explore, develop, and monitor appropriate academic and professional goals
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Advance knowledge and skills to make independent choices as a citizen, family member, worker, and life-long learner
Outcome Assessment Strategies
- Complete CASAS reading test
● Pass GED Practice test in Science
● Take college placement test (if college bound)
● Create portfolios, including reflections, drafts and final writing pieces about basic science topics
● Develop projects, presentations, and debate
● Assess comprehension with quizzes, multiple choice questions, written response, and discussion questions
● Complete a computer-based assignment
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes: Human Health and Living Systems and Energy and Related Systems
Concepts: goal setting, critical thinking, decision making, confidence building, collaborative team-work, media literacy, cultural literacy, student success skills
Issues: barriers to student success, access to resources, communication skills, learning differences, test and school anxiety, and behavior appropriate to academic and professional settings
Skills:
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Comprehend scientific presentations
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Understand investigation design (experimental and observational)
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Analyze reasoning from data
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Evaluate conclusions with evidence
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Reconcile multiple findings, conclusions, or theories
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Express scientific information
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Understand and apply scientific models, theories, and processes
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Describe a data set statistically
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Determine the probability of events
Life Science:
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Identify body systems and how they work together to perform a function
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Describe the relationship between life functions and energy intake
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Understand energy flows in ecologic networks (ecosystems)
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Understand the organization (structure and function) of life
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Understand the molecular basis for heredity
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Describe evolution and the concepts of common ancestry and cladograms
Physical Science:
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Describe conservation, transformation, and flow of energy
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Understand work, motion, and forces
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Analyze chemical properties and reactions related to living systems
Earth and Space Science:
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Describe interactions between Earth’s systems and living things
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Understand the Earth and its system components and interactions
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Describe the structures and organization of the cosmos