Science courses

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1. The Formation of the Earth Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Plates, Rocks, and Minerals (Grade 7)
2. Strata and Fossils Sedimentary Rocks, How Strata Form, Fossils, and Geologic Time (7th Grade)
3. Weather and Changes in Weather Atmospheric Pressure, Fronts, Weather Maps, Humidity, and Cloud Formation (Grade 8)
4. Japan's Weather Seasonal Winds, the Baiu Rainy Season, Typhoons, Prevailing Westerlies, and Weather-Related Disasters (Grade 8)
5. Earth and Space Solar System, Earth's Rotation and Revolution, Seasons, and Phases of the Moon (Grade 9)
6. Stars and Galaxies Brightness of Stars, the Milky Way, the Structure of the Universe, and Observation (Grade 9)

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1. Structure of the Earth Shape of the Earth, internal structure, seismic waves, density/temperature/pressure, gravity and geomagnetism
2. Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes Plate boundaries, continental drift, hypocenter and epicenter, magnitude, tsunamis
3. Structure of the Atmosphere and Ocean Atmospheric composition, layered structure, atmospheric pressure, seawater salinity and temperature, ocean currents, deep circulation
4. Weather Phenomena and Changes in Weather High and low pressure systems, fronts, typhoons, monsoons, El Niño (high school basic)
5. The Solar System and Earth's History Structure of the solar system, formation of the sun and Earth, geologic time, mass extinctions (high school basic)
6. The Structure and Evolution of the Universe Stellar classification, HR diagram, stellar evolution, galaxies, Hubble's law, the Big Bang (high school basic)

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1. Motion of the Ocean and Atmosphere Coriolis force, atmospheric circulation, ocean general circulation, ENSO (high school advanced)
2. The Sun and Stellar Evolution Solar structure, nuclear fusion, HR diagram, life cycle of stars (high school advanced)
3. Galaxies and Cosmology Hubble classification, the Milky Way, CMB, dark matter/dark energy (high school advanced)
4. Geologic History and Geologic Time Earth's history and the evolution of life from the Precambrian to the Cenozoic
5. Mineralogy and Petrology Rock-forming minerals, classification and formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
6. Paleoclimate and Paleoceanography Glacial-interglacial cycles, oxygen isotope ratios, paleoceanographic reconstruction