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Science
10 Biology Self-Paced solids and water. Note: A non-
Grade 10 programmable, scientific calculator is
Course Number SP441 necessary for the many mathematical
Full Year Course - 1 credit calculations that are required.
Prerequisite: 9 Physical Science
Estimated Fee: $25.00
Recommended For: College Bound/Technical
Education AP Chemistry [Year 1]
Career: CORE Grades10-11
Course Number 447
10 Biology is a broad-based survey of the Full Year Course - 1 credit
study of life. The course emphasizes the Prerequisite: Grade of A or B in Physical Science
seven themes in Biology: cellular structure and Biology or complete Honors Biology, and
Teacher Recommendation
and function, reproduction, metabolism, Estimated Fee: $20.00
homeostasis, heredity, evolution and Recommended For: College Bound
interdependence. Inquiry learning, Career: A,B,E,F,H,P
laboratory and field experiences, as well as
the use of technology are utilized to teach With recommendations from and the
Biology concepts. This course satisfies the approval of the College Board, the Advanced
high school requirement for a life science. Placement Chemistry course work models a
first semester first year college course in
Chemistry.
Chemistry This is the first of a two-year sequence for
Grades 11-12
Course Number 451 Advanced Placement Chemistry. It helps
Full Year Course - 1 credit prepare the student for the Advanced
Prerequisite: 9 Physical Science, 10 Biology, or Placement exam to be taken upon
Honors Biology and Taking/Completed completion of the AP Chemistry [Year 2]
Mathematics 2 class during his/her junior or senior year.
Estimated Fee: $20.00
Recommended For: College Bound The course is designed to approximate the
Career: CORE first semester of a first-year college
chemistry course. Topics to be covered
Chemistry deals with all of the substances include: introduction to matter and
that make up our environment and the measurements; atoms, molecules, and ions;
changes that take place in these substances. chemical stoichiometry, formulas, and
Students are introduced to chemistry as a equations; aqueous reactions and solution
science and discuss matter and its changes. stoichiometry; thermo chemistry; electronic
Once these basic concepts are understood, a structure of atoms; the periodic table;
more detailed study is begun with topics chemical bonding; molecular geometry;
such as atomic structure, classification of gases; intermolecular forces, liquids, solids;
elements, the periodic table, chemical and properties of solutions. Appropriate lab
bonding, and chemical formulas. The experiments are incorporated into the
interaction of substances is further expanded course. Students should have a strong
to include chemical equations and mass commitment to completing the two-year
relationships in chemical reactions. Course sequence.
study also includes the phases of matter,
including topics of the gas laws, molecular
composition of gases, and a study of liquids,
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