2025 Natural Science Year II Syllabus:
Chat Dates, Topics, and Lab Exercises
| Week |
Date
Tuesday |
Unit |
History Topic |
Science Topic |
Lab |
| 1 | 9/2/2025 | 34 | Preparing for Chat
History Review | Doing the Homework
Science Review | Lab Expectations |
| 2 | 9/9/2025 | 35 | What is Science: Round 2 | The Scope of Science | Data representation |
| 3 | 9/16/2025 | 36 | From Alchemy to Chemistry | Types of reactions | Acid-base indicators |
| 4 | 9/23/2025 | 37 | Lavoisier | Atoms and Elements, Molecules and Bonds | Candle Chemistry |
| 5 | 9/30/2025 | 38 | Dalton | Reaction theory and rates | Precipitation Reactions |
| 6 | 10/7/2025 | 39 | Quest for the Elements | Periodic Table | Flame Test |
| 7 | 10/14/2025 | 40 | Steno, Buffon, Werner, Cuvier | Earth History | Rock Identification |
| 8 | 10/21/2025 | 41 | Wegener | Plate Tectonics | Mapping the circle of fire |
| 9 | 10/28/2025 | 42 | Cuvier, Lamark | Geological Ages | Fossil examination |
| 10 | 11/4/2025 | 43 | Darwin | Natural selection | The Game of Life |
| 11 | 11/11/2025 | 44 | Post-Darwin | Social Sciences | Peppermoth simulation |
| 12 | 11/18/2025 | 45 | Mendel | Inheritance and cells | Inheritance in Peas |
| 13 | 11/25/2025 | 46 | Watt | Energy | Steam engine |
| 14 | 12/2/2025 | 47 | Industrial Revolution | Power and efficiency | Convection lab |
| 15 | 12/9/2025 | 48 | Helmholtz | Thermodynamics | No Lab |
| 16 | 12/16/2025 | 49 | Young | Light | Diffraction lab |
| 17 | 12/23/2025 | | Christmas Holiday | | |
| 18 | 12/30/2025 | | New Year's Holiday | | |
| 19 | 1/6/2026 | | Review and Exam | Review and Exam | Review and Exam |
| 20 | 1/13/2026 | 50 | Volt and Ampere | Electrical charge and circuits | Electroscope |
| 21 | 1/20/2026 | 51 | Faraday | Magnetism | Simple Circuits; the Magnetic field |
| 22 | 1/27/2026 | 52 | Maxwell | Electromagnetic waves | Microwave measurements |
| 23 | 2/3/2026 | 53 | Curie | Radioactivity | Simulating Radioactive decay |
| 24 | 2/10/2026 | 54 | Rutherford, Thomson, and Pauli | The internal structure of the atom | Blackbox |
| 25 | 2/17/2026 | 55 | Planck | Quantum Mechanics | No Lab |
| 26 | 2/24/2026 | 56 | Einstein | Relativity | Ladder Paradox |
| 27 | 3/3/2026 | 57 | Audobon, Muir, Carson | The Environment | Field lab: pollution |
| 28 | 3/10/2026 | 58 | Calvin | Photosynthesis | Chromotography |
| 29 | 3/17/2026 | 59 | Krebs | Cellular Respiration | Diffusion lab |
| 30 | 3/24/2026 | 60 | Crick and Watson | DNA | DNA Samples/Comparisons |
| 31 | 3/31/2026 | | Holy Week | | |
| 32 | 4/7/2026 | 66 | Technological Revolution | Computers and Airplanes | Program design |
| 33 | 4/14/2026 | 67 | Nature: Organic, Mechanical, or System | Systems Analysis | State change |
| 34 | 4/21/2026 | 61 | Discovery of the Planets | Planetary exploration | Telescope observations |
| 35 | 4/28/2026 | 62 | Annie Cannon | Stellar Types and spectroscopy | Spectroscopy lab |
| 36 | 5/5/2026 | 63 | Hubble | Galaxies | Galaxy identification lab |
| 37 | 5/12/2026 | 64 | The Very Begining | Cosmology | Cosmos Lab |
| 38 | 5/19/2026 | 65 | What next? | Unsolved Questions | Propose Your Own |
| 39 | 5/26/2026 | | Review and Exam | Review and Exam | Review and Exam |
| 40 | 0/0/0 | | | | |
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