Science Courses

Course Description:

Broken into two major themes, this course studies energy and the environment and green architecture. Students will be challenged to think big and look toward the future as they explore sustainable solutions to our energy needs and investigate the impact of energy on our lives and the world. They will design and model alternative energy sources and evaluate options for reducing energy consumption. Additionally, they will apply sustainable solutions of architecture and construction by exploring dimensioning, measuring, and architectural sustainability as they design affordable housing units.

Course Description:

Eighth grade science integrates NGSS Earth/Space Science with PLTW's Magic of Electrons and Flight and Space. This course primarily introduces students to those skills needed for careers in fields such as 3D modeling & design and/or aerospace engineering.

Course Description:

This course will introduce the student to the basic principles of physics and chemistry.  Basic laboratory techniques will be taught.  Students need to have basic math skills.

Course Description:

This course will prepare the student for high school science through the introduction of the basic principles of physics and chemistry.  Basic laboratory techniques will be covered.  Students will need to have taken or need to be taking Algebra I.

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Biology promotes scientific thinking, problem solving and is a process that encourages curiosity and careful inquiry.  It is an introduction to the life sciences.  Basic concepts covered include scientific method, ecology, cells, genetics, prokaryotes, viruses, plants, animals and the human body.  Laboratory work is integrated into each topic area.

ADV Biology

Course Description:

ADV Biology is prerequisite course for Advanced Placement Biology.  Basic concepts covered include scientific method, chemistry for biology, cells, genetics, prokaryotes, viruses, plants, animals, the human body and ecology.  Laboratory work is integrated into each topic area.  

Notes:  This is a course recommended for the student who has demonstrated a high level of interest, dedication, and aptitude for a subject area.

Course Description:

Environmental science is the study of patterns and processes in the natural world and their modification by human activity. To understand current environmental ISSUES, students will consider physical, biological and chemical processes that are often the basis of those ISSUES. This course will provide students with the skills necessary to address the environmental issues that are faced today by examining scientific principles and the application of those principles to natural systems.

Chemistry

Course Description:

Chemistry is listed in the Arkansas core of college preparation science courses.  Chemistry explores the composition of matter through its properties, its atomic structure, and the manner in which it bonds and reacts with other substances.  Students are expected to use suitable mathematics and collect and analyze data.  Students are engaged in hands-on laboratory experiences.

ADV Chemistry

Course Description:

This is a first year chemistry course for superior science students with strong math skills.  The subject matter is the same as Chemistry, but more in-depth and at a quicker pace.  This class is designed as an introduction to AP Chemistry.  Students who wish to take AP Chemistry in their junior or senior year will build upon topics learned in ADV Chemistry.

Notes:  This is a course recommended for the student who has demonstrated a high level of interest, dedication, and aptitude for a subject area. 

AP Environmental Science

Course Description:

The goal of the AP Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them.

Notes:  This is a course recommended for the student who has demonstrated a high level of interest, dedication, and aptitude for a subject area.  College credit may be earned with an acceptable score on the AP exam.  Students must take the AP exam in order to receive the weighted grade points.

AP Biology

Course Description:

Advanced Placement Biology is designed to be the equivalent of a college introductory biology course taken by biology majors during their freshman or sophomore year in college. The AP Biology course is offered to students who have met the following requirements:  ADV Biology with an average of at least a C completion grade, completion of General Chemistry, ADV Chemistry, or AP Chemistry, and the completion or enrollment in Algebra II.  AP Biology is a highly advanced biology course as prescribed for college by the College Board.  Students must score a 3, 4, or 5 on the National AP Biology exam in order to receive college credit.   Students are required to take the AP Exam in order to receive advanced quality points for grade point calculation at Lakeside High School and upon scoring a 3 or more, may receive college credit for the course.

Notes:  This is a course recommended for the student who has demonstrated a high level of interest, dedication, and aptitude for a subject area.  College credit may be earned with an acceptable score on the AP exam.  Students must take the AP exam in order to receive the weighted grade points.

Course Description:

AP Chemistry is an introductory college-level chemistry course. Students cultivate their understanding of chemistry through inquiry-based lab investigations as they explore the four Big Ideas: scale, proportion, and quantity; structure and properties of substances; transformations; and energy.

Notes:  This is a course recommended for the student who has demonstrated a high level of interest, dedication, and aptitude for a subject area.  College credit may be earned with an acceptable score on the AP exam.  Students must take the AP exam in order to receive the weighted grade points.

Course Description:

This is a non-calculus-based class which relies primarily on Algebra II and somewhat on trigonometry skills to understand Physics concepts such as motion, electricity and magnetism, waves, and light.  This course will primarily consist of lectures, physics problems, labs, and projects.  Each week, general physics will have 2 to 3 days devoted to laboratory work, with the remainder of the days focusing on lecture and completing textbook problems.

Course Description:

This course provides an integrated study of plant and animal topics including the scientific method, introductory biological chemistry, cell structure, function and reproduction, nutrition, energy transformations, the molecular basis of inheritance, and the interaction of the organism and the environment.  This course may include full day, weekend lab exercises throughout the semester.

Notes:  *ONLY OFFERED AS A VIRTUAL COURSE*

Course Description:

This course provides the student with the fundamental laws and theories with respect to structure and interactions of matter, properties of matter, stoichiometry, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, physical states of matter, and changes of state.  Additionally, this course discusses the study of solutions, chemical kinetics, equilibrium, pH, electro chemistry, nuclear chemistry, and fundamental concepts of organic chemistry. This course may include full day, weekend lab exercises throughout the semester.

Notes: *ONLY OFFERED AS A VIRTUAL COURSE*