Course Descriptions

Applied Chemistry/Sustainable Foods (Terra Nova Farm) - 3281, 3281, 3282, 3282

Credits/Semesters: 1.0 credit science + 1.0 Pathway/4 semesters Grade Level: 10 -12 Corequisite: Sustainable Foods 1 (1.0 Pathway Credit in either Culinary or Natural Sciences) Prerequisites: STEM Physics

This is a project-based course and is taught at the Terra Nova School which includes a 4-acre farm, woodshop and industrial kitchen. Transportation to Terra Nova is provided from your home school. This is a rigorous course where students will learn Chemistry and sustainability through experimentation and engineering on our farm, and in our kitchen. Course content will include all of the Beaverton School District Chemistry standards including: intermolecular forces, structure and properties of water, kinetic molecular theory, equilibrium and climate change. Technological, historical, political and environmental aspects of chemistry and sustainability will be addressed. Students signing up for this course should self-motivated, prepared to work outside for portions of the course, care for their own garden bed, and learn chemistry concepts in a hands-on learning environment.

• Two periods every other day at Terra Nova.  Applied Chemistry and Sustainable Foods must be taken together
• Transportation is provided from your home high school.
• Honors option is available.

Field Biology/Sustainable Practices (Terra Nova Farm) - 3271, 3271, 3272, 3272

Credits/Semesters: 1.0 credit science + 1.0 elective/2 semesters Grade Level: 10 -12 Prerequisites: 2 years science

This project-based course is taught at the Terra Nova School which includes a 4-acre working farm, woodshop and industrial kitchen. Transportation is provided from your home high school. This is a rigorous course that covers the foundational principles of modern life through the lens of sustainable agriculture at the Terra Nova Farm. Students will work outside and in the classroom learning field biology techniques. Course content will include all the Beaverton School District Biology standards including: the studies of biochemistry, cellular processes, genetics, evolution, sustainability, and ecology. Technological, historical, political and environmental aspects of biology and sustainability will be addressed. Critical thinking, research, communication and analysis are emphasized. Students signing up for this course should self-motivated, prepared to work outside for portions of the course and learn course concepts in a hands-on learning environment.

*Dual Credit available through Portland Community College

• Two periods every other day at Terra Nova. You must sign up for Sustainable Practices along with this course
• Transportation is provided from your home high school to Terra Nova