Biology or Earth Science?
Help! Should I take Biology or Earth Science in my freshman year of high school? I know it's a stupid thread, but i need help. Since I took Algebra this year, 8th grade, I can take Bio next year. Earth Science is supposed to be boring, but it's a little less challenging. Keep in mind: In bio, I'll be with sophomores.bleck.
don't all reply at once.
not to mention i have to decide by tomorrow
thanks for le help
Bio. Earth science is utterly useless. Oh, and don't worry about the sophmores, they are nice people.
sophomores scare me still.
this is funny-it says you last edited your message at 2:48 am
here, it's 9:48
where do you live
New Granada
31-01-2005, 03:51
I took earth science and to this day (as a student at university) dont regret it.
Dark Queen Deirdre
31-01-2005, 03:51
definitely take bio if u can get into it. dunno how your hs works but the one i went to u had to take ES before bio unless u placed out
Sir Peter the sage
31-01-2005, 03:52
I recommend bio. It's funny how the order taught in high school is bio, chemistry, and then physics though, when it should be the inverse. But I guess it is because the math needed for each class gets harder in that order.
since i'm taking geometry next year i think my math and science will be screwed up if i take earth science because i think you're supposed to take bio and geometry at the same time
Johnistan
31-01-2005, 03:54
Biology rules, Earth Science sucks.
Antebellum South
31-01-2005, 03:54
I recommend bio. It's funny though how the order taught in high school is bio, chemistry, and then physics though, when it should be the inverse. But I guess it is because the math needed for each class gets harder in that order.
yeah knowledge of calculus is very very helpful for physics and most people don't get to calc until junior year or later.
Sir Peter the sage
31-01-2005, 03:55
Geometry doesn't have much (nothing I can think of at the moment anyway) to do with biology, so I wouldn't worry.
Stormforge
31-01-2005, 03:59
If you're ambitious and have dreams of doing anything even remotely related to medicine, then take biology. If you're lazy and just need to take a science course, take earth science. Personally, I find earth science to be about 1000x more interesting than biology.
Sir Peter the sage
31-01-2005, 03:59
yeah knowledge of calculus is very very helpful for physics
That is why I think kids should be taught up to calculus beforehand, leaving out everything but basic science and then teach that in high school. Because math is the basis for physics, which is the basis for chemistry, which is the basis for biology and earth science. Whether this would be practical or not...
Definitely take Biology. Earth science is the most useless class in high school. Biology is a bit more difficult (still not hard though), but that's because you are actually learning new information, not doing such useless activities as drawing the "rock cycle" and similar projects.
Compulsorily Controled
31-01-2005, 04:03
Help! Should I take Biology or Earth Science in my freshman year of high school? I know it's a stupid thread, but i need help. Since I took Algebra this year, 8th grade, I can take Bio next year. Earth Science is supposed to be boring, but it's a little less challenging. Keep in mind: In bio, I'll be with sophomores.bleck.
BIO! I teach bio, take bio, bio is much more interesting, earth science is physics, calculations and measurments and stuff bleck
Sir Peter the sage
31-01-2005, 04:03
Definitely take Biology. Earth science is the most useless class in high school. Biology is a bit more difficult (still not hard though), but that's because you are actually learning new information, not doing such useless activities as drawing the "rock cycle" and similar projects.
I wouldn't say earth science is useless. Learning it helps us better understand the world around us, just like biology does.
Compulsorily Controled
31-01-2005, 04:04
I wouldn't say earth science is useless. Learning it helps us better understand the world around us, just like biology does.
thats the point of science
Sir Peter the sage
31-01-2005, 04:05
I know. That is why I corrected the person who said earth science is useless.
Ke-Ke Land
31-01-2005, 04:08
If you plan to go to college, take Bio. No college looks upon earth science as being a good course. Bio is a requirement for most. In my personal opinion, I found it quite easy. Then again, that all depends on your natural talents, willingness to work, teacher, and how it's taught. But definitely bio over earth science. Earth science was taught at my school in either 7th or 8th grade (yes, this was way back in the day). I took bio in 10th, so I got to have both, and I personally found the earth science to be a bit more challenging than bio because its themes were broader and it jumped around more rather than having a continuing theme that builds on itself like bio. I hope this helps!
Her Most Supreme Seductiveness,
Ke-Ke
Antebellum South
31-01-2005, 04:08
That is why I think kids should be taught up to calculus beforehand, leaving out everything but basic science and then teach that in high school. Because math is the basis for physics, which is the basis for chemistry, which is the basis for biology and earth science. Whether this would be practical or not...
i think that the bio chem phys order most high schools have is pretty good... most of the chemistry they teach in high school is pretty much basic science and does not require any understanding of calculus. High school level chem gives students a good feel for the subject.
biology is so much better than earth science :p :p :p :p :p :p :p
Nude Bandies
31-01-2005, 04:12
since i'm taking geometry next year i think my math and science will be screwed up if i take earth science because i think you're supposed to take bio and geometry at the same time
I took geom my freshman year and had a blast in Earth Science. It may sound weird, but Earth Science really will help you when you get to Biology. It sets a base up for you. I had a friend that skipped Earth Science and she had quite a bit of trouble in Biology. She was second in the class, too. Just because you can skip Earth Science doesn't mean you should. Just think about that.
While Earth Science may be interesting in principle, in practice, low level Earth Science courses are boring as hell, and teach next to nothing. Take the bio if you actually want to learn something, and take a course in Earth Science in college if it interests you.
this sounds like good advice
Ashmoria
31-01-2005, 23:18
biology. that way it will be easier to fit in bio2
biology. that way it will be easier to fit in bio2
Bio 2? Some sort of AP bio without the AP test?
Gnostikos
31-01-2005, 23:29
Biology! It does happen to be my favourite subjects, but Earth Science sounds like a junk class.
Justifidians
31-01-2005, 23:32
Bio 2? Some sort of AP bio without the AP test?
i took bio 2, it was the best class i ever had in high school.
i took bio 2, it was the best class i ever had in high school.
What is bio 2...
Super-power
01-02-2005, 00:01
Take Bio.
I was forced to take Earth Sciences frosh yr and it sucked
What is bio 2...
um, don't quote me but i think it's the bio you take as an elective like in your senior year if you wanna go more into bio
off the subject but:
to the left of a message you post it says something like "Today, 11:15 PM" even though it's like 3:00 where you are so is this like Nationstates time because i'm not feelin it.
Spookistan and Jakalah
01-02-2005, 00:41
Is there any way you can take them both?
um, don't quote me but i think it's the bio you take as an elective like in your senior year if you wanna go more into bio
So it's like AP bio, just without the test?
Illich Jackal
01-02-2005, 00:52
In my opinion the classes you take before university don't matter. I took latin, greek and switched to science and math by the end of "high school" (it's not called that in my country). I had to take a math test to take the most difficult scientific course at university. I 'prepared' myself by studying all the math i had learned in the past 6 years. For 4 days i woke up in the late afternoon, studied for 3 hours and went out to celebrate my graduation. During the first month at university i had allready seen more than in 6 years of highschool...
Help! Should I take Biology or Earth Science in my freshman year of high school? I know it's a stupid thread, but i need help. Since I took Algebra this year, 8th grade, I can take Bio next year. Earth Science is supposed to be boring, but it's a little less challenging. Keep in mind: In bio, I'll be with sophomores.bleck.assuming you are equally interested (or disinterested) in both subjects, i would say go for Bio. it's going to be more useful in the long run, and will look better on transcripts if you decide to go to college.
but then, i am just the tiniest bit biased, since i was a Bio major and am now in a Biomedical Sciences graduate program...