Encouraged Family Outside Reading
Each Arete family is encouraged to purchase one shared family copy of The God Proofs: How Science Points to YOUR Creator by Douglas Ell. This is outside reading, not a class-specific text, and it may or may not be referred to in class.
Arete Upper School · Grade 8
Honors Earth Science
A rigorous study of Earth’s interacting systems, scientific stewardship, and the processes that shape God’s world.
Prerequisite: Pre-Algebra
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Arete Honors Earth Science is an eighth-grade, old-earth science course using Novare’s Earth Science: God’s World, Our Home. Students study Earth in space; mapping and geospatial tools; scientific reasoning; minerals and rocks; plate tectonics; volcanoes and earthquakes; weathering and erosion; geologic time; oceans; atmosphere; weather; and climate.
Weekly tutorials combine cumulative quizzes, discussion, demonstrations, interpretation practice, laboratory investigations, and selected Lyrical Earth Science memory songs. At home, students use RRC notetaking, Anki, Moodle, chapter exercises, lab reports, and independent projects.
What Students Will Do
- Develop scientific questions and lab procedures
- Create a commonplace journal with notes, drawings, and reports
- Interpret evidence across the four Earth systems
- Participate in experiments, discussion, presentations, and field experiences
Required Materials
- A sturdy binder
- A commonplace journal
- Novare Earth Science: God’s World, Our Home
- Additional supplies listed in the full syllabus
Tuition & Materials
Annual tuition is $430 plus a $50 materials fee, for a total of $480—approximately $13.33 per week across the 36-week program. Children of Arete teachers receive a $50 tuition discount per enrolled student, making the annual total $430, or approximately $11.94 per week, including the materials fee. Scale How School is a nonprofit; tuition supports teacher compensation and the materials fee pays for course materials.
Location & Enrollment
This class meets in South Kaysville, Utah. Enrollment is selective and limited to seven students.
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