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INTEGRATED SCIENCE SCI 155
Course Prerequisite/Co-requite – None
CCCS Course Description (in verbatim from CCCS web page):
Examines the nature of energy and matter, their interactions and changes, and the application of fundamental concepts to the study of our natural world.
CCCS Course Outline (in verbatim from CCCS web page):
- Science as a Way of Knowing
- Properties of Motion
- Energy (the ability to do things)
- Heat
- Electricity
- Waves (another way to move energy)
- Atoms (building blocks of macroscopic matter)
- Macroscopic matter (and its microscopic explanations)
- Macroscopic Interactions and Microscopic Explanations
- Nuclear Reactions.
STUDENT OUTCOMES:
Competencies View (from CCCS on line):
- Select and use appropriate technologies to gather, process, and analyze data and to report information related to an investigation.
- Measure heat in standard metric units.
- Identify the basic properties of waves and wave motion.
- Describe the basic structure of the atom and the properties of the parts of the atom.
- Explain what is meant by properties of atoms and what is indicated by the atomic number of an atom.
- Be familiar with the periodic table and how the elements are arranged within the table.
- Differentiate between mixtures and compounds.
- Interpret and write chemical formulas.
- Explain the composition of solutions and the intermolecular interactions that occur when solutions are formed.
- Explain identifying properties of acids and bases.
- Describe how polymers form and how some polymers may be used.
- Discuss the concept of half-life and what makes an atom radioactive.
- Outline the process of fission and how the energy released may be used in nuclear power plants.
- Explain the process of fusion and know where it occurs.
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