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AP Chemistry 434 11-12 2 1
The AP Chemistry course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course usually taken during the first college year. 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 investigations, as they explore content such as: atomic structure, intermolecular forces and bonding, chemical reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium. This course requires that 25 percent of instructional time engages students in lab investigations. This includes a minimum of 16 hands-on labs (at least six of which are inquiry-based). It is recommended that students keep a lab notebook throughout. Students should have successfully completed a general high school chemistry course and Algebra II.
In order to receive weighted grading credit for the class, students must earn a B or better in the class (click here for AP policy). This class meets for 9 periods per six-day cycle.
PREREQUISITE: Student must have all of the following:
● Final grade of B or higher in Honors Chemistry.
● Composite score of Proficient or Advanced in all 3 Keystone Exams. OR;
● Teacher recommendation.
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AP Physics C: Mechanics 428 12 2 1
This course is designed to meet the standards of both the Advanced Placement Physics “C (Mechanics Only)” curriculum and the College in High School through the University of Pittsburgh. AP Physics C: Mechanics is a calculus-based, college-level physics course. It covers kinematics; Newton’s laws of motion; work, energy, and power; systems of particles and linear momentum; circular motion and rotation; oscillations; and gravitation. AP Physics C: Mechanics should include a hands-on laboratory component comparable to a semester-long introductory college-level physics laboratory. Students should spend a minimum of 25% of instructional time engaged in hands-on laboratory work. Students ask questions, make observations and predictions, design experiments, analyze data, and construct arguments in a collaborative setting, where they direct and monitor their progress. Each student should complete a lab notebook or portfolio of lab reports. Students should have taken or be concurrently taking calculus.
College credit (4 cr) is available for this course through the University of Pittsburgh. Click here for more information on College in High School. In order to receive weighted grading credit for the class, students must earn a B or better in the class (click here for AP policy). This class meets for 9 periods per six-day cycle.
PREREQUISITE: Student must have all of the following:
● Final grade of B or higher in AP Physics I.
● Final grade of B or higher in Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry.
● Concurrent enrollment or successful completion of Calculus course.
● Composite score of Proficient or Advanced in all 3 Keystone Exams. OR;
● Teacher recommendation.
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