The foundation year of secondary science. The same seven-unit framework as the elementary years, now at secondary rigour — the scientific method and peer review, the solar system and the expanding universe, atomic structure and the periodic table, cell biology and DNA, biomes and biodiversity, forces and energy, and a survey of the Islamic Golden Age.
Pacing: one lesson per week, 36 weeks. This is the primary science course for the year.
Course Information
Course Instructor
Unit 1: Evidence & Inquiry
The Scientist Who Sees — Observation and Islamic Tafakkur
Measurement, Units, and Precision — The Virtue of Itqan
Designing an Experiment — Variables, Hypotheses, and Fair Tests
Reading Data — Tables, Graphs, and Patterns in Allah’s Signs
Communicating Science — Reports, Peer Review, and the Islamic Tradition of Verification
Unit 2: Earth & Space
The Earth System — Four Spheres, One Perfect Balance
Plate Tectonics — Mountains as Pegs and Continents in Motion
Earthquakes and Volcanoes — Signs from Beneath Our Feet
The Water Cycle — Allah’s Endless Circulation of Blessing
Weather Systems — Winds, Pressure, and the Mercy of Rain
Earth in Space — The Solar System, Stars, and the Expanding Universe
Unit 3: Chemistry
Atoms and the Periodic Table — The Building Blocks Allah Created
Chemical Bonding — How Atoms Join in Perfect Pairs
Chemical Reactions — When One Substance Becomes Another
Acids, Bases, and pH — Balance and the Mizan in Chemistry
Water — The Most Miraculous Molecule
Unit 4: Life Science
The Cell — Allah’s Smallest Living Unit
Cell Division — Growth, Repair, and Allah’s Design for Continuity
DNA and Genetics — The Code Allah Wrote in Every Cell
Photosynthesis — How Plants Capture Allah’s Light
Cellular Respiration — Energy for Every Living Thing
Classification — Ordering Allah’s Diverse Creation
First Aid — The First Five Minutes
Sleep, Movement and the Body’s Maintenance
Unit 5: Ecology & Green Tech
Ecosystems — Energy Flow, Food Webs, and Interdependence
Biodiversity — The Wealth of Allah’s Creation
Human Impact on Ecosystems — The Khalifah’s Responsibility
Renewable Energy — Technology in Service of Stewardship
Pollution and Remediation — Restoring What We Broke
Unit 6: Physics & Robotics
Forces and Motion — Newton’s Laws in Allah’s Universe
Gravity — The Universal Attraction Allah Built Into Creation
Energy — Forms, Transformation, and Conservation
Electricity and Circuits — Controlling the Hidden Force
Waves, Light, and Sound — The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Unit 7: Legacy & Capstone
The Islamic Golden Age — When Muslim Scholars Led the World
Ibn Al-Haytham, Al-Biruni, and Al-Khwarizmi — Three Giants of Islamic Science
My Year 1 Inquiry Project — A Question I Cannot Yet Answer
Year 1 Portfolio — What a Muslim Scientist Looks Like
