The science standards
include designing and completing an advanced scientific investigation; applying
the concepts of emergent properties, feedback, subsystems, equilibria, and
unpredictability to a complex system; interviewing science professionals;
exploring the scientific and contemporary aspects of contemporary problems
and analyzing and evaluating proposed solutions; analyzing the structure
and function of DNA; explaining the role of exposure to certain factors
that may increase the rate of mutations or diseases; applying knowledge
and understanding of chemical and physical reactions; describing changes
and predicting by products of nuclear reactions; identifying and predicting
natural hazards; evaluating scientific theories on the origin of the universe;
explaining the geochemical cycle through movement of matter. Reading and
writing standards are incorporated into science courses.
