MR. derooy's

Science & Math HQ

 Courses: Financial Algebra -- CP Chemistry -- Honors Chemistry -- Forensics/Biotechnology -- AP Statistics -- PHYSICS & Technology

TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT SCIENCE AND MATH

is to RECOGNIZE and ACCEPT that it is NOT something you simply know or don't know. 

It’s a SKILL that takes PRACTICE to train. To get your skills where you want them to be, it takes EFFORT, TIME, and GUIDANCE.

 Be BRAVE! Know that you’re doing the right thing when you ask for help.

 Building STRENGTH can hurt, but it gets EASIER if you keep working at it. And eventually, the CHALLENGE starts to go--and has a chance to be FUN.

Financial Algebra

Financial Algebra provides students a motivating, young-adult centered financial context for understanding and applying the mathematics they are guaranteed to use in the future.

This course addresses college preparatory mathematics topics from Algebra 2, Statistics, Probability, Precalculus, and Calculus under eight financial umbrellas: Discretionary Expenses, Banking, Investing, Credit, Employment and Income Taxes, Automobile Ownership, Independent Living, and Retirement Planning and Household Budgeting.


Students will explore the composition of matter and all of the changes it undergoes around them.  Over our year together we'll explore a vast array of topics: physical and chemical properties, metric measurements, the experimental basis for the atomic theory, the design and use of The Periodic Table, atomic structure and its influence of chemical behavior, bonding types and nomenclature, stoichiometry and experimental calculations, how gases work through physical parameters, acids and bases, pH and solution concentration, reaction kinetics and equilibrium, nuclear reactions, and an introduction to organic chemistry.


Forensics/Biotechnology

Forensic Science/Biotechnology is a year-long lab-science elective multidisciplinary course where students use the principles and procedures learned from Biology, Chemistry, Physics , Algebra II and Math Analysis to be able to solve real-world problems with a Forensic Science/Criminal Investigation emphasis. The course expands on the content from the pre-requisite courses and asks students to problem-solve at more advanced levels. 

This is a lab-based course and many new skills are introduced including, but not limited to gel electrophoresis and spectrophotometry. Materials from a wide variety of sources including primary sources, non-fiction literary materials, and manuals, multimedia, case studies, official government websites written for technicians in the field are used to ensure that the course reflects the state of the science as it is practiced. The course aims to provide an authentic experience in the art and practice of Forensic Science. 


AP Statistics is a rigorous applied mathematics course designed to prepare students for the AP Statistics Exam in May. As such, the course will simulate a college-type experience for the motivated high school student.

Students will find a new lens to understand society and their world as they explore the collection and interpretation of data.  With the goal of statistical analysis, students will be able to describe and produce data, conducting probabilistic studies, and the ability to state statistical inferences based on conducted analyses.


Physics & Technology

Students will explore the mechanics of everything around them with a focus on critical thinking and problem solving.  

Over our year together, we'll explore a vast array of topics drawn primarily from classical Newtonian physics: vector quantities, force and acceleration, gravitation fields, linear and 2-D kinematics, the conservation and transformation of energy and momentum, heat and heat transfer, wave motion, optics and light, circuit design, electromagnetism, and a primer on quantum mechanical theory.