SCIENCES
SCIENCES
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All AISJ high school students take an investigation-based Integrated Science course in grades 9 and 10. In grades 11 and 12, there are five additional courses offered, four of which are IBDP courses, and one is HSP.
S C I E N C E 9
Offered at: Grade 9
Credits: 1 (one-year course)
Concepts Include: Relationships, Structure, Function, Changeability, Matter, Linear Motion, Energy transformation, Interaction, Communication.
Overview:
The course provides an introduction to topics typically linked to Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physics. Students gain an appreciation for the basic principles, approaches, and skills of each discipline through a combination of theoretical and practical studies. The course aims to develop successful students who have the required understanding, knowledge and scientific skills essential for a sound foundation for future science study.
Course prerequisites: None
Course requisites: None
S C I E N C E 1 0
Offered at: Grade 10
Credits: 1 (one-year course)
Concepts Include: Relationships, Structure, Function, Changeability, Matter, Energy, Movement, Interaction, Communication, Systems, Change.
Overview:
The course gives students the opportunity to study an integrated science curriculum that includes topics typically linked to Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Physics. Students gain an appreciation for the basic principles, approaches, and skills of each discipline through a combination of theoretical and practical studies. The course aims to develop successful students who have the required understanding, knowledge and scientific skills essential for a sound foundation for future science study.
Course prerequisites: Successful completion of a Grade 9 Science course.
Course requisites: None
S C I E N C E 11/12
Offered at: Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 1 (one-year course), can be both in Grade 11 and Grade 12.
Concepts Include: Cause and effect, Systems, Scale (quantity, both relative and absolute), Models, Change, Structure and function, Variation, Relationships.
Overview:
This course aims to allow students to develop their understanding of how science can help us solve the problems facing our world using their own questions and ideas through a JEDI lens. Students are doing science to help them learn science. Students continue their journey through the Next Generation Science Standards, which includes Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth and Space Science. These are often covered concurrently to allow students to see the many connections between disciplines.
Classes are student-driven and allow them to develop their science and engineering practices while exploring scientific concepts. Students are assessed through their application of knowledge and demonstration of science and engineering practices. Assessments occur throughout the unit and are frequently open notebook.
Course prerequisites: None
Course requisites: None
I B D P B I O L O G Y H L & S L
Offered at: Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 2 (two year course)
Concepts Include: Structure and function, Universality versus diversity, Equilibrium within systems, Evolution, Balance, Relationships.
Overview:
The IB Biology course allows students to theoretically and practically investigate living systems. The aim of the course is to allow students to formulate good understanding of how life on Earth has evolved and now operates. There is also a heavy focus on the nature of science allowing students to appreciate that science itself is a collaborative and international endeavor that is ever developing and is constantly in search of new discovery. The course is broad in terms of content and gives students a good foundation to continue more specialized biological studies at university level should they choose to.
Course prerequisites: Completion of Grade 10 Science
Course requisites: None
I B D P C H E M I S T R Y H L & S L
Offered at: Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 2 (two year course)
Concepts Include: Changeability, Matter, Energy, Organization, Communication, Relationships, Balance, Conditions.
Overview:
Chemistry is sometimes called the Central Science, as chemical principles underpin both the physical environment in which we live and all biological systems. Through studying Chemistry, students will become aware of how chemists work and communicate with each other. The emphasis will be on critical thinking, problem-solving, and experimental skills, fostering an appreciation for the scientific method.
Course prerequisites: Completion of Grade 10 Science
Course requisites: None
I B D P E N V I R O N M E N T A L S Y S T E M S & S O C I E T I E S ( E S S ) HL & S L
Offered at: Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 2 (two year course)
Concepts Include: Relationships, Communication, Systems, Sustainability, Transformation, and Change
Overview:
ESS examines both the scientific and social (cultural, economic, ethical, political) aspects of the most relevant issues facing humanity and the planet today. From climate change to food production to conservation of biodiversity, we will build understanding, international-mindedness, and empathy by exploring local and global case studies and conducting interviews, investigations, and field research. HL ESS students will explore these issues through the lenses of environmental economics, ethics, and justice. in addition to the core SL curriculum, ESS is an IBDP interdisciplinary course, so students taking this course will satisfy the requirements for both Group 3 (Individuals and Societies) and Group 4 (Experimental Sciences). Choosing ESS brings flexibility to students in deciding on the subjects they wish to pursue for their IB Diploma.
Course prerequisites: Completion of Grade 10 Science
Course requisites: None
I B D P P H Y S I C S H L & S L
Offered at: Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 2 (two year course)
Concepts Include: Matter, Energy, Movement, Communication, Transformation, Change.
Overview:
Physics has always been a science of theory and explanation. This two-year course is a combination of complementary activities. The first part is theoretical: abstract models and mathematical systems are formulated to explain phenomena and make predictions. The second aspect is experimental, in which these abstract concepts are linked to reality.
Course prerequisites: Completion of Grade 10 Science
Course requisites: HL Physics are strongly recommended to be taking an IBDP Math course.
I B D P C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E H L & S L
Offered at: Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 2 (two year course)
Concepts Include: Networks, Databases, Machine Learning, Computational Thinking, Programming, Object Oriented Programming, Abstract Data Types
Overview: In IBDP Computer Science, students will develop their understanding of the fundamental concepts of computing systems and the ability to apply the computational thinking processes to solve problems int he real work. Students will also develop skills in algorithmic thinking and computer programming. The course draws on a broad spectrum of knowledge of computer systems, develops skills in algorithmic thinking and computer programming, is underpinned by the computational thinking process, enables and empowers innovation, includes the study of machine learning, and raises ethical issues.
Course prerequisites: Completion of Grade 10 Science
Course requisites: None
F O R E N S I C S C I E N C E
Offered at: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (semester course)
Concepts include: Data Interpretation and Communication, Evidentiary Theory, Systems.
Overview:
Forensic Science is a semester course that applies science to criminal and civil law, dealing specifically with evidence. Topics covered will be crime scene analysis and mapping, hair and fiber evidence, DNA analysis, fingerprint analysis, and blood spatter trajectory analysis. This forensics class will investigate each topic using the scientific method and laboratory activities. Critical reading and analytical skills, as well as teamwork, are integral parts of this class. Students will be assessed using two science competencies: Thinking Scientifically and Analyzing and Evaluating.
Course Prerequisites: None
Course Requisites: None
E N V I R O N M E N T A L I N V E S T I G A T I O N S A T A I S J
Offered at: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (semester course)
Concepts include: Environmental diversity, processes, and sustainability.
Overview:
This course will give students the opportunity to investigate the physical environment of the AISJ campus, developing an understanding of the processes shaping the natural world. The course will include the study of processes and effects of elements such as weather and climate, rocks and soils, water and ecosystems and will connect changes in these systems to human activities. Assessment will be through individual inquiry projects based on fieldwork carried out around the AISJ campus. This course may be taken in Semester 1 or Semester 2 or for the whole year.
Course Prerequisites: None
Course Requisites: None
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