Page 21 - De Anza Summer Academy 2025 Catalog

These four-week classes will be taught in person on the De Anza College campus.
SCIENCE
ESSENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY PRINCIPLES**
Entering Grades 9-12 – This course is designed
to preview some of the main topics in high school chemistry. Students will learn about dimensional analysis, the periodic table, stoichiometry and gas laws. The class will investigate the structures and properties of matter, chemical reactions and the energy and forces that drive these interactions. Students will be expected to use algebra to explain these ideas. Students will be challenged to solve problems and answer complex questions in pairs and group work. This is not a lab class, but students will complete activities and projects such as building their own periodic table and creating molecule models to promote understanding and retention.
SPACE SCIENCE LAB: PLANETARIUM ASTRONOMY
Entering Grades 9-12 – In this introductory course, students will explore the physical principles, logic and development of stellar astronomy from ancient times
to the present, with emphasis on recent developments. Students will examine the relationship of earth to its deep-space environment and contrast the sun with other types of stars. The class will also cover earth and sky relationships, explore the solar system and study theories of its origin as well as properties of other stars’ planetary systems. This course is held in the De Anza College Planetarium, providing access to state-of-the- art equipment and unique learning tools.
ESSENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS PRINCIPLES** Entering Grades 10-12 – This course will help students prepare for high school physics. The instructor will emphasize conceptual understanding in describing natural phenomena, while introducing the use of mathematical reasoning in the central concepts
of physics. The class will cover basic mechanics, including the properties of matter, motion, forces and energy. Students will examine basic physical laws as they apply to everyday physical phenomena. Students will use verbal logic, critical thinking and some mathematics in this course.
**Meets Next Generation Science standards
Register at deanza.edu/academy For questions, email communityeducation@deanza.edu
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June 30-July 25
GRADES 9-12
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS