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Chemistry Honors – 260712 AP Environmental Science – 265216
10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12 10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12
1 Year Course 1 Year Course
UC Requirement d UC Requirement d
CSU Requirement Science CSU Requirement Science
School Site LHS, THS School Site(s) THS, LHS (12 Gr. Only)
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Description: Honors/Pre-AP Chemistry is a first-year Description: Advanced Placement Environmental
chemistry course that exceeds the requirements of the Science is designed to be an introductory college course.
Next Generation Science standards for high school This course provides students with the scientific
chemistry. Topics studied include measurement, principles, concepts, and methodologies required to
matter, energy & heat, gases, atomic structure, nuclear understand the interrelationships of the natural world.
chemistry, electronic structure, periodicity & the The course content covers topics outlined by the College
periodic table, chemical formulas & nomenclature, Board and prepares the students to take the AP exam
covalent bonding & molecular geometry, intermolecular in May. Some of the themes covered in this college level
forces, solutions, chemical reactions & equations, course will be: interrelationships of the natural world,
oxidation & reduction, the mole, stoichiometry, kinetics energy conversions, environmental problems and
& equilibrium, and acids & bases. Honors Chemistry alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them.
prepares students to take chemistry for science majors Students are involved in laboratory and field
in college, AP Chemistry, and/or the SAT subject test in investigations, individual research and writing
chemistry. laboratory reports. This course partially fulfills the
CSU and UC lab science requirement. Recommended
Environmental Science CP – 265210 pathway: completion of Biology and Chemistry with a
10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12 grade of “C” or better.
1 Year Course
UC Requirement g Astronomy – 260010
CSU Requirement Elective 10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12
School Site(s) MHS 1 Year Course
Description: This course is designed for students who UC Requirement d
have a desire to continue their studies in the biological CSU Elective
sciences but do not have the necessary math skills to School Site(s) MHS
take Chemistry or Physics. This course examines Description: This course is designed for the student
attitudes toward nature and the use and misuse of the who wants to learn more about the universe in which
environment with an emphasis on the local we live. Topics include: the history of astronomy,
environment. Ecological principles pertaining to technological advances in astronomy, stellar evolution,
population, resources, and pollution are studied and the contents, structure, and evolution of the
regarding their impact upon the environment and universe. This course includes a variety of labs and
society. Solutions to developing a sustainable activities.
relationship with our environment are examined.
Geology CP – 262010
Forensics – 263110 10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12
10 Credits Grade(s) 10–12 1 Year Course
1 Year Course UC Requirement g
School Site(s) LHS CSU Requirement Elective
Description: This course is designed to provide the School Site(s) MCHS
science behind forensics. This course integrates all Description: This course is designed for the student
aspects of science: Physics, Geology, Chemistry, and with a special interest in the planet on which we live.
Biology with mathematics and writing skills by using Topics covered include: the geological history of the
real-life ap[plications and case studies. As students’ Earth, plate tectonics, identification and interpretation
progress through this course, they will refine critical of mineral rocks, surface features, California geology
thinking and problem-solving skills, lab techniques, and planetary geology.
technical writing skills, deductive-reasoning skills,
crime-scene investigation skills, and handling of
evidence. It reinforces NGSS Scientific and
Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and
many Disciplinary Core Ideas (physical, earth, and
biology) in a truly integrated, relevant learning process.

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