Students in Environmental Systems study a variety of topics that include biotic and abiotic factors in habitats, ecosystems and biomes, interrelationships among resources and an environmental system, sources and flow of energy through an environmental system, relationship between carrying capacity and changes in populations and ecosystems, natural changes in the environment, and human activities that…

In Pre-AP Biology, students engage in real-world data analysis and problem solving that sparks critical thinking about our living world. As students engage in grade-level content, they utilize the kind of scientific reasoning skills needed to analyze the natural world—and to succeed in future science and social science courses in high school and college. The…

The AP Biology course focuses on enduring, conceptual understandings outlined by the College Board. Inquiry-based learning of essential concepts develops the reasoning skills necessary to engage in the science practices used throughout the study of AP Biology. Students taking this course will develop advanced inquiry and reasoning skills such as designing a plan for collecting…

In Pre-AP Chemistry, students develop a deep conceptual understanding of matter and energy at the molecular level as they learn to explain their macroscopic observations using particulate-level reasoning. As students engage in grade-level content, they utilize scientific reasoning skills needed to analyze the natural world—and to succeed in future science and social science courses in…

Students in Physics study a variety of topics that include: laws of motion, changes within physical systems and conservation of energy and momentum, forces, characteristics and behavior of waves, and electricity and magnetism. Students will apply conceptual knowledge and collaborative skills to experimental design, implementation, and interpretation.

AP Physics 1 is an algebra-based, introductory college-level physics course. Students cultivate their understanding of physics through inquiry-based investigations as they explore these topics: kinematics, dynamics, circular motion and gravitation, energy, momentum, simple harmonic motion, torque and rotational motion, electric charge and electric force, DC circuits, and mechanical waves and sound. Students are encouraged to…

AP Physics II is an algebra-based, introductory college-level physics course designed to be the equivalent of a second-semester college course. This AP science course covers topics in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics, atomic and nuclear physics through inquiry-based investigations. Students are encouraged to take the Advanced Placement test at the completion of the…

Students cultivate an understanding of physics through inquiry-based investigations of the big ideas of mechanics, heat and sound, specifically kinematics, dynamics, circular motion and gravitation, energy, momentum, simple harmonic motion, torque and rotational motion, and mechanical waves and sound. This is an algebra-based (non-calculus) course in mechanics that fulfills a general physics requirement. Students will…