Science 9-12
BIOLOGY
Course Code: 03051G1000
1 Credit
Prerequisite: None
This course emphasizes how the world functions, the interactions between living organisms and our relationship with the earth. Specifically, this course covers the scientific process and application skills, cell processes, cell theory, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, genetics, classification, plants, animals, ecology, and biogeochemical cycles. This course fulfills the biology graduation requirement.
HONORS BIOLOGY
Course Code: 03051H1000
1 Credit
Prerequisite: None
This course is taught using an advanced inquiry-based approach that emphasizes how the world functions, the interactions between living organisms and our relationship with the earth. Specifically, this course covers the scientific process and application skills, cell processes, cell theory, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, genetics, classification, plants, animals, ecology, and biogeochemical cycles. Participants will be required to focus on patterns, processes, and interactions among living organisms including structures and processes, ecosystems, heredity, and unity and diversity. This course fulfills the biology graduation requirement and earns an additional .5 quality point of weighted credit.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Course Code: 03159G1000
1 Credit
Prerequisite: None
This course will study the scientific process and application skills, the periodic table, solutions, bonding, chemical formulas, physical and chemical changes, gravitational, electromagnetic, and nuclear forces, motion, energy, energy transformation, electricity and magnetism, nuclear science, and metric units. This course fulfills the requirement for the physical science graduation credit.
HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Course Code: 03053G1000
1 Credit
Prerequisite: Biology
This course is organized to follow a logical sequence of the ten systems of the human body with emphasis on diseases and disorders. The course will cover the scientific process and application skills, anatomical terminology, structure and function of cells, tissues, and body systems, biochemistry, and system regulation integration. This course may be offered through ACCESS.
HONORS CHEMISTRY
Course Code: 03101H1000
1 Credit
Prerequisite: Biology, Algebra I
This course is designed to teach the fundamental concepts of general chemistry, scientific process, and application skills, matter classifications, carbon chains, the periodic table, solutions, kinetic theory, stoichiometry, ideal gasses, physical and chemical changes, chemical and nuclear reaction. Advanced investigation of empirical concepts central to biology, earth science, environmental science, and physiology; in-depth investigations on the properties and interactions of matter including matter and its interactions, concentration of forces and motion, types of interactions, stability and instability in chemical systems, conservation of energy, energy transformations, and applications of energy to everyday life. This course fulfills the physical science graduation requirements and earns an additional .5 quality point of weighted credit. For students seeking an advanced academic endorsement.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Course Code: 03003G1000
1 Credit
Prerequisite: None
This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of how nature works. Participants will study the scientific process and application skills, natural and human impacts, carrying capacity, renewable and nonrenewable resources, the living world, population, land and water, energy resources and consumption, pollution, and global change.
PHYSICS
Course Code: 03151G1000
1 Credit
Prerequisite: Algebra II with Statistics
This course is designed to study the relationship between matter and energy, and the forces that affect them. Major units of study include mechanics, heat, light, and electricity. Emphasis is on theory and math applications as well as laboratory experiences. This is a must-have course for future science majors. This course is weighted. This course fulfills the requirement for the physical science graduation credit and earns an additional .5 quality points of weighted credit. This is for students seeking an advanced academic endorsement.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
Course Code: 03008G1000
1 Credit
Prerequisite: Biology and Chemistry; or Physical Science
In this course, participants will be introduced to the forces of the physical and biological Earth. This course covers topics in astronomy (space sciences), and meteorology (atmospheric sciences), and places a strong emphasis on the internal and external structure of the Earth (geological sciences) and the physical ocean and marine biology (oceanographic sciences). This course does not fulfill the physical science graduation requirement.
Dual Enrollment BIOLOGY 103
Course Code: 03999C1004
1 Credit
Prerequisite: High School Biology
Additional costs for this course
This class covers physical, chemical, and biological principles common to all organisms. These principles are explained through a study of cell structure and function, cellular reproduction, basic biochemistry, cell energetics, the process of photosynthesis, and Mendelian and molecular genetics. Also included are the scientific method, basic principles of evolution, and an overview of the diversity of life with emphasis on viruses, prokaryotes, and protists. A laboratory is required. This course earns an additional .5 quality points of weighted credit.
Dual Enrollment BIOLOGY 104
Course Code: 03999C1005
1 Credit
Prerequisite: BIOLOGY 103 with a C or higher
Additional costs for this course
This course is an introduction to basic ecological and evolutionary relationships of plants and animals and a survey of plant and animal diversity including classification, morphology, physiology, and reproduction. A 180 minute laboratory is required. A laboratory is required. This course earns an additional .5 quality points of weighted credit.