Middle School Lab Science

Course: Middle School Science (with weekly hands-on lab)
Grade Level: 6-8
Day/Time: Monday 8:50am - 10:20am OR Wednesday 9:00 - 10:30am OR Wednesday 10:40am - 12:10pm OR Wednesday 12:40 - 2:10pm OR Wednesday 2:20 - 3:50pm
Instructor: Natalie Slaton
Cost: $81 per month + $70 application fee
Online Availability: Students cannot enroll in this class as an Online Real Time student. All students must attend in person. If you are sick or traveling, you can join via Zoom for up to two consecutive weeks.
Books: Call 1-800-848-9500 to order all four textbooks, or order used or new online through Amazon, Thrift Books, AbeBooks, or try McKay’s. All four books are the 3rd edition and published in 2004/2005.

Fall & Spring Semester

• Prentice Hall Science Explorer: From Bacteria to Plants, ISBN# 0131150863 

• Animals, ISBN# 0131150871 

• Inside Earth, ISBN# 013115091X 

• Motion, Forces and Energy, ISBN# 0131150995

Supply List: 1” three-ring binder, notebook paper, pencils, binder dividers, and a mixed media paper pad
Description: This is a comprehensive course designed to prepare the student for high school science by introducing them to life, physical, and earth science concepts. A hands-on lab will be incorporated into most classes, and students will learn to create a lab report following the scientific method.  This class is packed full of scientific facts, projects and group activities that reinforce science concepts, and help students to learn to work collaboratively.  Our goal is to help students become more amazed by our Creator, who designed and cares about the tiniest detail of the vast world we live in, and to be able to think critically about how science is presented in our world today.  We desire that not only will students leave this class well prepared for high school science courses, but also with a curiosity about the mysteries of this world that God has in store for us to discover!  We use a three-year rotation of books, so students may enter as 6th graders and take this class until they are ready for High School Biology and High School Physical Science. Homework, labs, and a variety of quiz assessments will be given each week with a test every 3-4 weeks.  We will start with the From Bacteria to Plants book in August.

Course: Biology
Grade Level: 9-11 (Advanced 8th graders may apply)
Day/Time: Tuesday 8:00 - 9:50am OR 12:30 - 2:20pm OR 2:25 - 4:15pm
Instructor: Jennifer Clark
Cost: $99 per month + $80 application fee
Online Availability: Students can enroll in this class as an Online Real Time student, pending teacher approval.
Book:  Order used or new online through Amazon, Thrift Books, AbeBooks, McKay’s  or order directly through Abeka. 

• Abeka Biology: God's Living Creation (5th Edition)  ISBN: 978-0019777704 (It should have a picture of a sea creature on the cover - not the human brain and salamander)

Supply List: 1” three-ring binder, notebook paper,, and binder dividers
Description: Step into the fascinating and exciting world of living things! Each week students will have the privilege of doing a hands-on lab such as microscopy, pig dissection, bacteriology, pathology, resting heart rate, testing lung capacity, and much more. Few Biology courses in the Chattanooga area offer such extensive hands-on labs every week. That’s over 30 college preparatory labs happening in one year.   Research, presentations, projects, debates, discussions, and fun labs make this class a Hilger favorite.  Homeschool parents consistently tell us that it is hard to be successful in setting up labs at home. Let us do the prep work for you. Homework will be given each week, while tests are given every four weeks and a comprehensive final exam at the end of each semester. Our students are fully prepared for whatever science class they move on to next.