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the living world, the physical environment and the
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
interactions within and between them. This course
(Full year, 1 credit, Grade 9) will also explore Biochemistry, Cells and Cell
Functions, Energy Transformations, Molecular
This course is designed to provide all students a
laboratory experience in basic physics, chemistry, Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology
and earth and space science and to offer insight Lab Fees: Students are expected to purchase safety
into the methods by which scientific knowledge is goggles ($8). Students must pay a lab fee of $30.
acquired. The course is designed to serve as a solid
foundation for students taking later courses in
Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. This course is not H2BE: Honors Biology & English
open to any student who has received credit in (Full year, 2 credits: 1 Honors Biology, 1 Honors
Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, Physics or Honors English, Grade 9)Teacher Recommendation
Physics. Required
Lab Fees: Students are required to purchase an This co-taught Honors Biology and Honors English 9
approved laboratory apron and safety goggles course is PBL-based, focusing on critical thinking
(approximately $15). Students are charged a and application. The course integrates biological
replacement fee for incurring lab breakage. concepts (cells, genetics, ecology, evolution, and
related ethical issues) with literature that
complements these topics. Students will read a
BIOLOGY
variety of literature, ranging from poetry, to plays,
(Full year, 1 credit, Grade 9) to nonfiction to learn about biological issues, using
these works as a springboard for discussion.
This course investigates the composition, diversity,
Reading selections include, but are not limited
complexity and interconnectedness of life on Earth. to, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Hour
Fundamental concepts of heredity and evolution
of Land by Terry Tempest Williams, selections
provide a framework through inquiry-based
from Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan, selections
instruction to explore the living world, the physical from Walden by H.D. Thoreau, and others.
environment and the interactions within and
Students will create proposals offering solutions for
between them. Students engage in investigations
some of today’s most compelling scientific
to understand and explain the behavior of living dilemmas. The course will include an outdoor
things in a variety of scenarios that incorporate
component, utilizing Hudson High School’s land lab
scientific reasoning, analysis, communication skills
and nearby parks, and culminate in a backpacking
and real-world applications.
trip in the spring, with a possible overnight in the
Lab Fees: Students are expected to purchase safety fall.
goggles (approximately $8).
Course fee: $55: includes $30 lab fee & $20 for
travel expenses
HONORS BIOLOGY
(Full year, 1 Honors credit, Grade 9) AP BIOLOGY
Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation (Full year, 1 AP credit, Grades 10, 11, 12)
Honors Biology is the required course for students Prerequisite Recommendation: Students should
wishing to take AP Biology. The course will have successfully completed Honors Biology
investigate the composition, diversity, complexity and Chemistry/Honors Chemistry.
and interconnectedness of life on Earth. Advanced Chemistry/Honors Chemistry can be taken
concepts of heredity and evolution provide a concurrently with this course.
framework through labs and instruction to explore
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