3108S1/3108S2 Integrated Chemistry and Physics (ICP)

Recommended Grade: 9-10

Required Prerequisites: None

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Counts as an elective for all diplomas

Fulfills a science (physical) course requirement for all diplomas 

Qualifies as a Quantitative Reasoning course

Course Description: Integrated Chemistry Physics is a laboratory based course in which students explore fundamental chemistry and physics principles. Students enrolled in this course use scientific inquiry to examine the structure and properties of matter, chemical reactions, forces, motion, and the interactions between energy and matter. Working in a laboratory environment, and using the problem-based format, students investigate the basics of chemistry and physics in solving real-world problems that may have personal or social consequences beyond the classroom.

3024HS1/3024HS2 Advanced Biology I

Recommended Grade: 9

Required Prerequisites: B- or better in 8th grade science

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Fulfills the Biology requirement for all diplomas

Course Description: Advanced Biology is a course based on regular laboratory and field investigations that include a study of the structures and functions of living organisms and their interactions with the environment.  At a minimum, students enrolled in Advanced Biology explore the functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems within various species of living organisms and the roles and interdependencies of organisms with populations, communities, ecosystems, and the biosphere.  Students work with the concepts, principles, and theories of the living environment.  In addition, students enrolled in this course are expected to:  (1) gain an understanding of the history and development of biological knowledge, (2) explore the uses of biology in various careers, and (3) investigate biological questions and problems related to personal needs and societal issues.

3024S1/3024S2 Biology I

Recommended Grade: 10

Required Prerequisites: None

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Fulfills the Biology requirement for all diplomas

Course Description: Biology I is the study of the natural world and the living organisms within it. To enable students to understand life and its interactions, the course explores the concepts, principles, and theories of biology, including cell theory, evolution, gene theory, energy, and ecology. The complexity of life on Earth will be investigated via a variety of methods that promote active learning, student engagement and critical thinking skills.

3064S1/3064S2 Chemistry I

Recommended Grade: 10-12

Required Prerequisites: Advanced Biology or Biology

Recommended Prerequisites: Algebra II (may be taken concurrently)

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Fulfills a science (physical) course requirement for all diplomas 

Qualifies as a quantitative reasoning course

Course Description: This is a laboratory based course that is concerned with the composition, behavior, structure, and properties of matter. This course explores the reactions between substances, the periodic trends in the chemical reactivity, energy exchanges, and the laws that unite these events into a unified and comprehensive system. Because chemistry provides an important understanding of how the world around us works, it has a large impact on our daily living. Understanding chemistry helps students better understand many matters of both private and public concern. This is a grade weighted course. 

3084S1/3084S2 Physics I *Will not be offered beyond 2024-2025. Please sign up for AP Physics 1 (3080)

Recommended Grade: 10-12

Required Prerequisites: None

Recommended Prerequisites: Geometry, Algebra II (may be taken concurrently)

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Counts as an elective for all diplomas

Fulfills a science (physical) course requirement for all diplomas 

Qualifies as a Quantitative Reasoning course

Course Description: First semester physics topics include linear motion, Newton’s first law, Newton’s second law, Newton’s 3rd law, energy, buoyancy, gravitation, and the history of physics. Physics is a very lab-intensive, hands-on course. A boat project and an energy or vehicle construction project is completed during the year. Second semester physics topics are projectile motion, momentum, circular motion, rotational mechanics, light and sound, electricity and magnetism, and center of gravity. This course is intended to be a survey course in Physics rather than a mastery course. This is a grade weighted course.

3092Z1/3092Z2 Zoology

Recommended Grade: 10-12

Required Prerequisites: Biology I

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Fulfills a science requirement for all diplomas

Course Description: Zoology is an in-depth study of the classification, anatomy, and physiology of animals through comparative analysis. Topics include evolution, development, and various body systems and their organs. Structure and function will be emphasized. Students will spend some time learning about varying degrees of tissue specialization and the levels of organization of invertebrate animals such as sponges, starfish, earth- worms, snails, mussels, crayfish, and grasshoppers. The majority of the course will be devoted to expanding these concepts of tissue structure and function to vertebrate animals. Students in the course will participate in extensive laboratory dissections of both vertebrates and invertebrates.

3010S1/3010S2 Environmental Science

Recommended Grade: 11-12

Required Prerequisites: None

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Counts as an elective for all diplomas

Fulfills a science (life) course requirement for all diplomas

Course Description: Environmental science is an interdisciplinary course that integrates biology, chemistry, and other disciplines.  Students enrolled in this course conduct in-depth scientific studies of ecosystems, population dynamics, resource management, and environmental consequences of natural and anthropogenic processes. Students formulate, design, and carry out laboratory and field investigations as an essential course component. Students completing Environmental Science, acquire the essential tools for understanding the complexities of national and global environmental systems.

3044S1/3044S2 Earth and Space Science I

Recommended Grade: 11-12

Required Prerequisites: None

Recommended Prerequisites: Geometry, Algebra II (may be taken concurrently)

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Counts as an elective for all diplomas

Fulfills a science course requirement for all diplomas

Course Description: Earth and Space Science I is a course focused on the following core topics: study of the earth’s layers; atmosphere and hydrosphere; structure and scale of the universe; the solar system and earth processes. Students analyze and describe earth’s interconnected systems and examine how earth’s materials, landforms, and continents are modified across geological time. Instruction should focus on developing student understanding that scientific knowledge is gained from observation of natural phenomena and experimentation by designing and conducting investigations guided by theory and by evaluating and communicating the results of those investigations according to accepted procedures.

3090B1/3090B2 Advance College Project (ACP) Biology

Recommended Grade: 12

Required Prerequisites: Chemistry, Algebra II, and IU/ACP acceptance

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 cedit per semester

Dual Credit Information: Pending an application and demonstration of prerequisite requirements, students may earn credit for Biology L100 (5 credits) through Indiana University. 

Counts as a Science Course for all diplomas

Course Description: Students in ACP Biology will follow the same curriculum as Indiana University.  Students will earn credit in Biology and semester credit hours from IU which may be transferred to most colleges.  Entrance requirements must be met and tuition paid to earn college credit. 

Biology — BIOL L100 Humans and the Biological World (5 cr). Principles of biological organization, from molecules through cells and organisms to populations.  Emphasis on processes common to all organisms, with special reference to humans.

This is a grade weighted course.

According to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations, instructors are not allowed to discuss a student’s ACP grade with the parent. The student will have to keep his/her parent abreast as to what his/her IU grade is in the class. 

3090A1/3090A2 Advance College Project (ACP) Chemistry

Recommended Grade: 11-12

Required Prerequisites: Chemistry I and IU/ACP acceptance

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Dual Credit Information: Pending an application and demonstration of prerequisite requirements, students may earn credit for Chemistry 101/121 through Indiana University.

Counts as a Science Course for all diplomas

Course Description: C101: Basic principles including stoichiometry, thermochemistry, atomic and molecular structure, gases, solutions, and selected topics in descriptive chemistry. 

C121: Introduction to laboratory experimentation with emphasis on the collection and use of experimental data, some properties of solutions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and synthesis

Students in ACP Chemistry will follow the same curriculum as Indiana University.  Students will earn credit in Chemistry and semester credit hours from IU which may be transferred to most colleges. Entrance requirements must be met and tuition paid to earn college credit. This is a grade weighted course.

According to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations, instructors are not allowed to discuss a student’s ACP grade with the parent. The student will have to keep his/her parent abreast as to what his/her IU grade is in the class. 

3080S1/3080S2 Advanced Placement (AP) Physics I

Recommended Grade: 10-12

Required Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Algebra II or higher math course

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Dual Credit Information: Pending an application and demonstration of prerequisite requirements, students may earn credit for PHYS 101 through Ivy Tech Community College.

Counts as a Science Course for all diplomas

Qualifies as a quantitative reasoning course

Course Description: Students can elect to take the AP Physics 1 exam credit. It is more mathematical in nature than Physics 1 and the class moves at a faster pace. First semester topics include linear motion, Newton’s first law, Newton’s second law, Newton’s 3rd law, work and energy, circular and rotational motion, gravitation, momentum and vectors. An egg drop project and a mousetrap vehicle construction project will be completed during the year. Second semester includes statics, waves and sound, and electricity and magnetism. Laboratory experimentation and demonstrations is emphasized. Students will become skilled at modeling physics using graphical and mathematical means. This is a grade weighted course.

3081S1/3081S2 Advanced Placement (AP) Physics II

Recommended Grade: 11-12

Required Prerequisites: AP Physics I

Recommended Prerequisites: none

Credits: 2 semester course, 1 credit per semester

Dual Credit Information:  Pending an application and demonstration of prerequisite requirements, students may earn credit for PHYS 102 through Ivy Tech Community College. 

Counts as a Science Course for all diplomas

Qualifies as a quantitative reasoning course

Course Description: Course content and technical applications will be explored through group work and laboratory experiments. This class will help students become competent in utilizing math concepts to support the study of advanced physics topics. Topics include:  temperature and heat, thermodynamics, fluids, pressure, electricity and magnetism, and atomic and nuclear physics). This is a grade weighted course.