ES 3: General Biology

Course Description: One of the basic divisions of natural beings is between those that live and those that do not. Biology is the study of living things. This course is designed for high-school students and is suitable for use in any of the four grades. It does not assume the student has had any other high-school science course and, in particular, does not assume a background in Chemistry.

Labs. A laboratory component is essential for every high-school level science class. Not only does a lab practicum give students direct knowledge and experience that are virtually impossible to obtain from a text, but the report writing component of lab work provides a rich enhancement to the overall learning objectives for the course. The students will be required to write full-length lab reports from scratch for some labs and short form reports for others.