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CORE COURSE OFFERINGS AT A GLANCE
Core courses are arranged by discipline (subject area or type of credit granted). Core subjects are English, Math, Science and Social Studies. Course offerings are subject to change and contingent
upon sufficient course enrollment. The credit earned will be applied in the manner most advantageous to the student.
Course State Course Course Title Course Description May Be Grade Credit Fall Spring Even Grad Odd Prerequisites
Number ID Applied* Level Years Grad
Years
AP® Physics C Mechanics is equivalent to approximately a
semester of college work using introductory differential and
integral calculus throughout the course. AP® Physics C
Mechanics provides an in-depth coverage of concepts using
guided inquiry and student-centered learning to foster the
131853 17365133 AP Physics C development of critical thinking skills, The course provides Science (Lab 10 - 12 1.0 credit / full X X X X Co-requisite of
Precalculus or
131863 Mechanics (A/B) instruction in each of the following six content areas: Science credit) year
kinematics; Newton’s laws of motion; work, energy and power; higher
system of particles and linear momentum; circular motion and
rotation; and oscillations and gravitation. Students are
encouraged to take the national exam given in May which
many colleges accept for college credit.

THIS COURSE WILL introduce students to the structure and vastness of the
universe. Learn how we determined the distance to the stars and galaxies,
132310 discovered over 1000 different worlds, determined the fate of the universe Science (Lab 1.0 credit / full X X Algebra I or
132320 17614133 Astronomy A/B and explored our own solar system. Students may be required to attend an Science credit) 10 - 12 year Part A Part B X X equivalent and
evening star-viewing where they will observe stars, planets, galaxies, and one lab science
nebulae through telescopes.

THIS COURSE WILL introduce the study of living organisms and how they
are inter-related. The topics of cell structure and function, organism Completion of
classification, theory of evolution, genetics and comparative anatomy and
131010 17114133 Biology A/B physiology will be studied. Science (Lab 10 - 12 1.0 credit / full X X X X Chemistry or
131020 Science credit) year Part A Part B Chemistry in the
STUDENTS WILL experience various learning strategies including
cooperative learning, inquiry, textbook reading, field work, written reports, Community
and oral presentations to develop concepts.

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