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Course Title: Biology 1 Supplemental Credit Value: 0.5

Course Number: 103215 Term(s) Semester 1

Offered:

Prerequisite(s): Based on Keystone test results and recommendation Open to 10, 11

Grades:

Description: This course is designed to help students understand the key concepts embedded into the Pennsylvania

Standards in Biology. The course will meet every day during semester 1. Students will be given an initial assessment on

Biology content and will work through a Biology Keystone preparation program. This program will allow students to

increase their understanding of the key concepts and demonstrate their understanding through the Biology Keystone Exam

or local assessment. This course is only available to students who have yet to achieve a score of proficient or advanced on

the Biology Keystone Exam.

Course Title: Honors Biology Credit Value: 1.0

Course Number: 103220 Term(s) Full Year

Offered:

Prerequisite(s): Completion of Compacted Extended Science 8 with a 90% or Open to 9

higher and teacher recommendation Grades:

Description: This course is designed to be a rigorous introductory course for college bound students interested in some

field of science or medicine. This class utilizes reading, writing, and higher order thinking skills in order to develop

competency in the sciences. Students analyze, interpret, and evaluate the validity of experimental data, in order to draw

conclusions about biological principles. Students taking Honors Biology should realize that there is an obligation to do a

considerable amount of work outside the classroom, both in individual studies and group work. Areas of study include

molecular and cellular biology, genetics, evolution and ecology. Lab investigations are used to demonstrate various

biological principles and to reinforce key concepts. All students completing a Biology course are required to take the end

of course Keystone Biology Exam as mandated by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Keystone Exam grade

is not calculated in the student’s final course grade.

Course Title: Advanced Placement Biology with Lab Credit Value: 1.0

Course Number: 103230 Term(s) Full Year

Offered:

Prerequisite(s): Completion of Academic Biology or Honors Biology with a Open to 11, 12

90% or higher plus completion of Honors Chemistry with Grades:

an 80% or higher and teacher recommendation.

Requirement(s): Summer work for this course: Students are strongly

encouraged to complete a review of first year biology and

chemistry concepts. All review materials will be provided.

Students are required to complete the designated Advanced

Placement exam at their own expense (2018-2019 cost $94).

Description: This course is designed for students who wish to continue the study of biological sciences in college. It is

based on the Advanced Placement Biology Curriculum. Intensified studies in molecular and cellular biology emphasize

biological chemistry, photosynthesis, cellular respiration and fermentation, protein synthesis and DNA replication. Units

in genetics dealing with inheritance patterns and gene expression as well as population genetics are also covered along with

units in microbiology. Laboratory investigations supplement all course work. Students who elect this course have the

opportunity to be adequately prepared for the AP test in Biology. Student are encouraged to take Comparative Anatomy

and Physiology either before taking AP Biology or concurrently with AP Biology.

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