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BIOLOGY COURSES

LABORATORY BIOLOGY
COLLEGE PREP Year 5 credits GRADE 10
Prerequisite: Physics Accelerated or Physics College Prep

The program is an inquiry-based lab science that emphasizes foundational concepts and methods of biology
and relates these to the practical issues of human use of the environment. The major areas of study are:
characteristics of living things; cell theory; energy and food systems; genetics; evolution; structure and function
of living things; ecology and living systems; cycles of matter; pollution; and environmental issues.

LABORATORY BIOLOGY
ACCELERATED Year 5 credits GRADE 11
Prerequisite: Physics Honors or Physics Accelerated and Chemistry Honors or Chemistry Accelerated

The aim of this course is to give the student an in-depth understanding of living matter in a laboratory-oriented
situation. The course is designed in an inquiry-oriented fashion to guide the student to an overall concept
through carefully designed investigations that unify concepts. The main themes include the nature of life, the
continuity of life, the diversity of life, organization of living systems, matter and energy transformations,
biological evolution and ecology.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT
BIOLOGY Year 6 credits GRADES 11-12
*Dual Credit Opportunity*
Prerequisite: A grade of 80% or better in Freshmen Physics Honors and Lab Chemistry
Honors or a grade of 90% or better in Freshmen Physics Accelerated and Lab Chemistry Accelerated.

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Advanced Placement Biology is designated to be the equivalent of an introductory college-level general biology
course. It is designed to cover both the pattern and process of biology. There will be a significant emphasis on
biochemistry and sub-cellular biology. In addition, statistical data analysis of experimental results will also be
emphasized to illustrate correlation and evidence-based conclusions. A college level textbook is used, along
with inquiry based laboratory exercises that are more sophisticated in both the nature of the experiments
performed and the instrumentation used.

An examination administered by the College Board is available at the end of the school year, and it is highly
recommended that students take this exam to gain the full benefits of the A.P. Program. Many colleges
consider acceptable grades on this exam as evidence that a student has done work comparable to that done in
a college biology course, and thus college credit may be granted. Successful completion of this course should
enhance a student’s credentials for acceptance into college.

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