Animal and Plant Science is a one-year, laboratory science course, designed for the college-bound students with career interests in agriculture. Using agriculture as the learning vehicle, the course emphasizes the principles, central concepts and inter-relationships among the following topics: molecular and cellular aspect of life, the chemical and structural basis of life, energetic of life, growth and reproduction in plants and animal, evolution of modern plants and domestic livestock species, plant and animal genetic, taxonomy of modern agricultural plants and animals, animal behavior, ecological relationship among plants, animal, humans and the environment, nutrition in animals, health and disease in animals, and the similarities between animals and humans. The course is centered around an extensive laboratory component in order to connect the big ideas of life science with agriculture applications, earth and physical science principles, and other curricular areas, including written and oral reporting skills.