Malcolm Shabazz Alternative H.S., Madison, WI, Science Course DescriptionsStudents are expected to put in a consistent effort and improve their study skills with individual and group work. Math WorkshopUnlock the mysteries of math to assure a bright future! We will set up an individual program for each student to fit their goals and needs in mathematics. Students are expected to put in a consistent effort and improve their study skills with individual and group work. Structured Collaborative Algebra 124-110 This course is for the student who needs more direct instruction in algebra than is provided in the math workshop. Students in this class should be prepared to work with others, to do homework when needed, and to think hard about how

	Science Course Descriptions
Course Name	Descriptions

Cellular Biology 1 & 2	126-201 This is a 0.50 credit lab science course with no prerequisites. It may be very difficult to keep up on your course work for this class if you will be taking numerous days for field trips for other courses. This course will introduce students to the basic life and organelle functions as well as examing the important cycles and processes that occur within cells. These include: cellular course has two parts offered over consecutive quarters but students may enroll in only the first section (offered during 1st and 3rd quarters).
Botany - Service Learning	Plants provide nearly all the food that makes life on land possible. They release the oxygen that animals breathe and even fashion the places in which animals live. They trap the energy of sunlight and connect it into forms that other living things can use. This class will cover how and why plants perform functions for all living things. We will conduct Service Learning projects at the UW Arboreturm.
Internet	126-999 This course is a 0.25 science credit course. This is a very intensive reading and writing course that will require extensive time outside of scheduled class time for research, reading, and writing. Each student will select a topic of interest, subject to instructor approval, and will then research this topic using online resources, interviews, and the UW-Madison Library System to provide the information needed to produce a 10-15 page research paper on the selected topic. All course assignments will be geared to guide students through the process of writing such a paper. The last week of the course will be spent presenting the final papers to the other students in the class.
Cellular Biology 1 & 2	126-201 An Introduction to Cellular Biology. This is a .5 credit lab science course with no prerequisites. It may be very difficult to keep up on your course work for this class if you will be taking numerous days for field trips for other courses. This course will introduce students to the basic life forms, and will discuss the categories of cells, cellular anatomy, and organelle functions as well as examing the important cycles and processes that occur within cells. These include: cellular respiration, photosynthesis, mitosis, and protein synthesis. mitosis, and protein synthesis. This course has two parts offered over consecutive quarters but students may enroll in only the first section (offered during 1st and 3rd quarters).
Stream Ecology Service Learning	131-240 (Check for different description) This course is part of a two period class offered with Eco Leadership in conjunction with the Science Department and is a 0.25 credit lab science service learning course. All participants must also have registered for Tina's Eco Leadership course. We will learn about energy and nutirient cycling through a stream ecosystem as well as how to identify the biotic and abiotic componets of streams and other fresh water systems. The course will culminate in ten day field trip to a Wisconsin DNR stream restoration area on the Kickapoo River. There students will work on restoring habitat and applying knowledge from the classroom setting. Field trip participation may require a fee to cover transportation, food, and misc. expenses.
Chemistry in the Community 1B	126-311 This series of four courses begins with Chem. com. - 1 and continues through Chem. Com. -2. This course consists of two semester courses with students required to enroll for a full semester in order to receive credit. Chem. Com. - 1 is a prerequisite for Chem. Com. -2. Each course is a .50 lab science credit. The Chem. Com. curriculum is an ACS approved basic introduction to fundamentals of chemistry and is suitable as a college preparatory program that relies on a “hands on” less math intensive study of this science. Participation on extended field trips is highly likely to interfere with your ability to keep on your work in Chem. Com. and thus it is not recommended that you take a trip class at the same time you take Chem. Com.
Introduction to Microbiology	Introduction to microbiology is a 0.25 credit lab science course with no prerequisities. The class will study the anatomy, physiology, and ecology of bacteria using a variety of lecture, video, and laboratory activities. This course can serve as the prerequisite for Cellular Biology-2. Class size is restricted due to equipment considerations.
Introductory Genetics	126-202 This will be a 0.25 credit lab science course with a prerequisite of instructor approval or Cellular Biology-2. Further course descriptors are pending.
Science Research Writing	126-999 This course is a 0.25 science credit course. The goal of the class is to research a topic within science that is currently under research and to develop a 15-20 page research paper to describe the current state of this research, it’s implications for science and society, and relate this information to others within the class. Topics will be selected by the individual student and subject to approval by the instructor. Plan on spending a lot of time outside of class reading and writing in order to meet deadlines.
Comparitive Anatomy	This is a 0.25 credit lab science course with no prerequisites. This is a lab-based course with numerous dissections. If you will be missing numerous days from this class due to field trips for other courses you should not take this course. There are no alternatives to dissection for this course. Students will learn the detailed anatomy of several vertebrate animals with an emphasis understanding the evolutionary relationships between members of Kingdom Animalia.
Chemistry in the Community 2B	126-311 This series of four courses begins with Chem. com. - 1 and continues through Chem. Com. -2. This course consists of two semester courses with students required to enroll for a full semester in order to receive credit. Chem. Com. - 1 is a prerequisite for Chem. Com. -2. Each course is a .50 lab science credit. The Chem. Com. curriculum is an ACS approved basic introduction to fundamentals of chemistry and is suitable as a college preparatory program that relies on a “hands on” less math intensive study of this science. Participation on extended field trips is highly likely to interfere with your ability to keep on your work in Chem. Com. and thus it is not recommended that you take a trip class at the same time you take Chem. Com.