Science Courses

Title	Physical Science
Grades	8th-9th
Tutor	Hope Cumbia
Contact	allenandhope@yahoo.comPlease include "Arete Physical Science" in email subject.
Frequency	2 Days per Week
Costs	$55/Month; $35 supply fee for the year
Books	Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Physical Science, 2nd edition By Jay Wile, Ph. D. Order: Classical Conversations Science Lab Journal Optional: Companion CD-Rom, MP 3 Audio CD)
Description	This course provides a detailed introduction to the physical environment and some of the basic laws that make it work. The fairly broad scope of the course provides the student with a good understanding of the earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. It also covers details on weather, motion, Newton’s Laws, gravity, the solar system, atomic structure, radiation, nuclear reactions, stars and galaxies. A lab is included in this course. This should be the last course the student takes before high school biology. It is recommended that the student take this course after they have taken pre-algebra. This course gives the student high school credit for a science with a lab.

Title	Biology 1
Grades	9th-10th
Prerequisite	Ready for high school science and has at least a 10th grade reading ability. Exceptions made on a case by case basis
Tutor	Hope Cumbia
Contact	allenandhope@yahoo.comPlease include "Arete Biology" in email subject.
Frequency	2 Days per Week
Costs	$55/Month; $50 supply fee for the year
Books	Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Biology 2nd edition By Wile and Durnell Order: Classical Conversations Science Lab Journal Optional: Companion CD-Rom, MP 3 Audio CD)
Description	Exploring Creation with Biology is a college-prep biology course that provides a detailed introduction to the methods and concepts of general biology. Heavily emphasizing the vocabulary of biology, it provides the student with a strong background in the scientific method, the five-kingdom classification scheme, microscopy, biochemistry, cellular biology, molecular and Mendelian genetics, evolution, dissection, and ecosystems. It also provides a complete survey of the five kingdoms in Creation. Please note that this course does not contain a discussion of human anatomy and physiology. Most college biology professors do not consider human anatomy and physiology to be a part of a solid, college prep biology course. Students who take and understand this course will be very well-prepared for a tough university biology course.

Title	Advanced Chemistry
Grades	10th-11th
Prerequisite	Algebra I and preferably Algebra II
Tutor	Rick Sward
Contact	rs54613@gmail.com
Frequency	2 Days per Week
Costs	$55/Month; $30 supply fee for the year
Books	Exploring Creation with Chemistry (2nd Edition), by Jay P. Wile, Ph.D. with solution manual (Can only be bought used. This edition is out of print.)
Description	This is an advanced chemistry course. Course will include labs and reports and students will be required to keep a lab notebook. There will be one research project. There will be review for the AP exam included in this course.

Title	General Chemistry
Grades	10th-11th
Prerequisite	Algebra I (and preferably Alg.2) - Understanding algebraic concepts is mandatory.
Tutor	Rick Sward
Contact	rs54613@gmail.com
Frequency	2 Days per Week
Costs	$55/Month; $30 supply fee for the year
Books	TBD
Description	Modules cover atoms and molecules, chemical equations, atomic and molecular structure, acids and base, thermodynamics, oxidation-reduction reactions and more. Students will be expected to read and outline the book, do problems, quizzes and in-class and take home exams, perform experiments, and write informal and formal labs as well as do one research paper and one project.

Title	Physics
Grades	High School
Tutor	Rick Sward
Contact	rs54613@gmail.com
Costs	$55/Month; $30 supply fee for the year
Description	The physics class starts with mechanics (how forces affect motion). The mechanics concepts we’ll work on are much simpler than those of the other science classes – so much so that the students are mostly learning to apply what they already know. For example, motion analysis is based on the concepts of time, distance, graph paper to describe position, and some geometry, trigonometry, and algebra. Contrast that with a chemistry concept like atomic orbital shape and its effect on the behavior of a material. A high school student has little or no chance of figuring that out from prior knowledge. The challenge in physics is imagining the problem and figuring out how to use your prior skills in a new context to solve the problem, usually with multiple steps. Progress usually comes on a different schedule for different students. As the problems become more advanced, the same skills are often used in parts of the new problems. Student who are not up to date will have to keep working mostly on prior skills, although with some exposure to the new concepts. Because students make progress at different rates, and because the class is much more about skill development than learning facts, we’ll emphasize guided individual and group projects (with some lab work) much more than lectures and tests. The priority is getting it right rather than moving on to other topics on a fixed schedule. At some point, students will be exposed to additional topics such as electrical physics, materials and thermal physics, and vibrations. Those who have mastered the basics of mechanics can also start to solve problems involving those additional topics.

Title	Forensic Science
Grades	High School
Tutor	Mona Bausone
Contact	keystroke1@verizon.net
Frequency	1 Day per Week (4 hour class block)
Costs	$55/Month; $40 copy fee for the year
Books	TBD
Description	The class is designed around authentic performance assessments with students working in teams to solve crimes using scientific knowledge and reasoning. It involves all areas of science including biology, anatomy, chemistry, physics, and earth science with an emphasis in complex reasoning and critical thinking. In addition, students must incorporate the use of technology, communication skills, language arts, art, family and consumer science, mathematics, social studies and put it all together to find out “whodunit.”

Tutors

Tutor	Mona Bausone
Email	keystroke1@verizon.net
Biography	Mona Bausone is a homeschooling mom of three who has been training adults for over 15 years in software and soft skills for the last seven. She is MOS (formerly MOUS) certified in Office 2000, but currently teaches all versions up to version 2013 to adults at various computer schools in Richmond. As an independent consultant she has built databases, written manuals and trained clients such as US Navy and other government officials. Through the years, companies have recognized her ability to help today's adults with their writing, management, and interpersonal skills. She is an industry published author, has worked on several official historical projects, and other research assignments. Although teaching for corporations has been a blessing by allowing her to be at home with her children, Mona hears the Father's call to serve the children and families of other homeschoolers so that they are prepared for the future as knowledgeable and faith-filled leaders on earth.

Tutor	Hope Cumbia
Email	allenandhope@yahoo.com
Biography	Hope Cumbia home educated her four daughters for 19 years. She has a BS in Education from Oklahoma Baptist University and has taught and substituted in the public arena. She has given year end evaluations for home schooled students for the past 20 years. I feel blessed and honored to be a part of Arete while helping home educating parents teach their teen high school level science. I look forward to coming along side students and parents while teaching and encouraging during the journey.

Tutor	Rick Sward
Email	rs54613@gmail.com
Biography	Mr. Sward holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (New York Polytechnic Institute) and a Master's Degree in Physics (SUNY at New Paltz). He has had a total of 34 years in industry, having been a factory worker rebuilding automobile parts, a materials development technician in the flame spray industry, and an engineer for the semiconductor industry, mostly building computer chips. Since 2010 he has taught Physics courses at J Sargeant Reynolds Community College. "I like teaching Physics and Math and I like to help people learn. Also, I think that it is important that many people become skilled in math and physics, and that others get some experience in the kind of thinking that is used in those subjects, even if they later apply it to something else. I also know that each student is different and comes into a class with different strengths. I like to work with students knowing that the next appropriate step might be a little different for each one."