Course Concept Outline

I.   Review of Measurement and Scientific Methods of Investigation

        A.  How to design and conduct an experiment

        B.  How to write a Lab Report

        C.  Practice in measuring with accuracy

II.  Weather Measuring Techniques for Participation in NASA's S'COOL   program

        A.  Structure of the Atmosphere

        B.  The water cycle

        C.  Barometric pressure, Relative humidity, and Cloud structure

III.  Our Planet's  Structure and How it Changes

        A.  Crystals, Minerals and Rocks

        B.  Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

IV.  Our Taiwan Watershed- The creation of a Field Report on 3 sites along a local river.

        A.  Library research

        B.  Mapping using GPS

        C.  Water quality testing

V.   Forces and Their Applications

        A.  Newton's 3 Laws of Motion

        B.  Gravity or Not