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AP BIOLOGY ADVANCED PLACEMENT Weighted 0.50
AP BIOLOGY ADVANCED PLACEMENT Weighted 0.50
2 SEMESTERS 2 CREDITS
Grades 11,12
Prerequisite: “C” average--Biology I & Chemistry I
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The Advanced Placement Biology course is designed to be the equivalent of a college introductory biology course. Therefore, AP Biology differs SIGNIFICANTLY from Biology I with respect to the difficulty of the content, the type and level of laboratory work done by students, the time and effort required of students, and the need for independent work completed by students. This college-level course surveys the most current biological theories and ideas stressing the following four dig ideas: 1) Process of evolution drives diversity; 2) Energy and molecular building blocks; 3) Living systems and essential storage and retrieval, transmission & response to information; 4) Biological interactions. Emphasis will be on developing a solid grasp of concepts and integrating them into a broad understanding. All students completing this course will take the AP Board placement exam that is given nationally in the spring. After showing themselves to be qualified on the AP exam, some students as college freshmen will earn college credit in science and be permitted to take upper-level biology courses or to register for courses for which biology is a prerequisite. Other students may have fulfilled a basic requirement for a laboratory science course and will be able to take other courses in pursuit of their major. Students should contact the college in which they enroll for details. Students will be expected to take the AP Biology Exam in May. Students absent on the day of the exam are responsible for the unused test fee of approximately $15.00.
- A Core 40 and AHD life science course
AP CHEMISTRY ADVANCED PLACEMENT Weighted 0.50
AP CHEMISTRY ADVANCED PLACEMENT Weighted 0.50
2 SEMESTERS 2 CREDITS
Grades 11, 12
Prerequisite: Chemistry I with a “C” average
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Advanced Placement Chemistry is offered to students following the successful completion of the Chemistry I course. This course is designed to be college-level, so both the course and laboratory work will be much more difficult and in-depth than Chemistry I. The course expands on topics presented in Chemistry I and introduces several new concepts as well. Topics covered will include, but are not limited to: stoichiometry, gases, atomic structure, chemical bonding, solutions, acids and bases, descriptive chemistry, chemical equilibrium, energy and kinetics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, thermochemistry, and periodicity. More emphasis is placed on laboratory work and the AP Chemistry placement exam will be administered to students upon course completion.
AP PHYSICS I ADVANCED PLACEMENT Weighted 0.50
AP PHYSICS I ADVANCED PLACEMENT Weighted 0.50
2 SEMESTERS 2 CREDITS
Grades 10, 11
Prerequisites: Algebra I
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This algebra-based course is the equivalent of a first-semester college course in algebra-based physics. The course covers Newtonian mechanics (including rotational dynamics and angular momentum); work, energy, and power; mechanical waves and sound. It also introduces electric circuits. The course will prepare students for taking the College Board Entrance Examination tests, Physics 1. The course is at minimum 25% lab-based. It is also a college preparatory course intended for future science and/or engineering majors. The content covered in this course will mirror content discussed in the first semester of most college Physics courses.
Students will be expected to take the AP Physics Exam in May. Students absent on the day of the exam are responsible for the unused test fee of approximately $15.
- A Core 40, AHD and QR course
AP PHYSICS II ADVANCED PLACEMENT Weighted 0.50
AP PHYSICS II ADVANCED PLACEMENT Weighted 0.50
2 SEMESTERS 2 CREDITS
Grades 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Algebra I and Physics I
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This algebra-based is the equivalent of a second-semester college course in algebra-based physics. The course covers fluid mechanics; thermodynamics; electricity and magnetism; optics; atomic and nuclear physics. The course is at minimum 25% lab-based. The course will prepare students for taking the College Board Entrance Examination tests, Physics 2. It is also a college preparatory course intended for future science and/or engineering majors. The content covered in this course will mirror content discussed in the second semester of most college Physics courses.
Students will be expected to take the AP Physics Exam in May. Students absent on the day of the exam are responsible for the unused test fee of approximately $15.00.
- A Core 40, AHD and QR course
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