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SCIENCE AP COURSE OFFERINGS

AP CHEMISTRY
Description: The AP Chemistry course provides students with a college-level foundation to support
future advanced coursework in chemistry. Students cultivate their understanding of chemistry
through inquiry-based investigation, as they explore topics such as atomic structure, intermolecular
forces and bonding, chemical reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium.

Skills for Success: Students should have strong algebra skills, strong reading skills, and the ability to
adapt and learn in different ways.

Academic Suitability: Students should have successfully completed a Gifted/Honors chemistry course
and Gifted/Honors Algebra II.

Out of Class Commitments: Students should expect to spend 5-8 hours per week outside of class
working on AP Chemistry. Homework is assigned nightly and includes reading, textbook problems,
and practice AP multiple-choice and free-response questions. Students will also be required to
maintain a lab notebook in which they will complete pre-lab assignments, data analysis, and post-
lab questions.

Summer Work: Students will need to review formula writing, significant figures, and stoichiometry.

AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Description: This multidisciplinary course is designed to be the equivalent of a one-semester
introductory college course in environmental science. It is designed to provide students with the
scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of
the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems, both natural and man-made, to
evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for
resolving and/or preventing them (College Board, AP Environmental Science).

Skills for Success: Self-motivation and analytical thinking (or willingness to learn) are needed. Math
is incorporated into almost every unit so basic math skills are necessary. An interest in
understanding Earth’s inter-connectivity.

Academic Suitability: Successful completion of Biology is required and Chemistry is recommended.

Out of Class Commitments: Average 30 minutes per class to complete assignments, read, prepare
for labs, write reports, take quizzes, and/or study for tests.

Summer Work: None