Mrs. Francis's class website
Science Teacher: Coginchaug Regional High School
Here you will find links to all classroom assignments, notes, blogs, and more. I will update my website daily so please use this as a resource for all class work (especially when you are absent).
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Welcome to science class with myself, Mrs. Francis. I hope to engage you all in a challenging fun year. I will provide a collaborative, hands-on, rigorous environment where I hope you will grow as a student and citizen of the world.
SCUBA field trip with New England Dive Center in Wallingford, CT
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UConn Oceanography
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OceanographyOceanography is a semester course designed for students who wish to broaden their understanding of our “ocean planet” and critical marine issues of growing concern to us all. Study units will include a focus on local marine life and its ecological place in Long Island Sound, current environmental issues impacting waters of the earth, oceanic circulation as it affects weather and climate, and finally, advances that drive ongoing ocean exploration and research. Semester-long interaction with the CRHS Aquarium will enhance the seawater chemistry unit. A major class project will focus on elementary design and engineering techniques as teams of students work to accomplish underwater tasks with SeaPerch Remotely Operated Vehicles.
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Integrated ScienceIntegrated Science is an interdisciplinary course in basic physics and chemistry as they apply to the Earth, its materials and processes. Topics to be explored include conservation of energy, energy transfer and transformations, environmental impacts of various human activities, natural resources, and chemical structures and properties. Study of integrated science encourages stewardship of the earth through an understanding of earth processes. The approach used in this lab-science course emphasizes inquiry, discovery, and interpretation of studentobtained data.
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