Description: In Aquatic Science, students conduct field and laboratory investigations, use scientific methods during investigations (including animal dissections), and make informed decisions using critical thinking and scientific problem solving. Students study a variety of topics that include: components of an aquatic ecosystem; relationships among aquatic habitats and ecosystems; roles of cycles within an aquatic environment; adaptations of aquatic organisms; geological phenomena and fluid dynamics effects; and origin and use of water in a watershed.  Animal dissection is a required part of the curriculum in this course.