This calculus-based AP physics course ordinarily forms the first part of the college foundation courses for students majoring in the physical sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Outlined by The College Board, this course will provide instruction in each of the following six content areas: kinematics; Newton’s laws of motion; work, energy, and power; systems of particles…

This course serves as the foundation in physics for students majoring in the physical sciences or engineering. The sequence is parallel to or preceded by mathematics courses that include calculus. Methods of calculus are used in formulating physical principles and in applying them to physical problems. Strong emphasis is placed on solving a variety of…

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…

The AP Environmental Science course is designed to be the equivalent of a one semester, introductory to college course in environmental science. This course is interdisciplinary, embracing a wide variety of topics from different areas of science and social study. The course will provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand…

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…

Scientific Research and Design is a broad-based course designed to allow districts and schools considerable flexibility to develop local curriculum to supplement any program of study or coherent sequence. The course has the components of any rigorous scientific or engineering program of study from the problem identification, investigation design, data collection, data analysis, formulation, and…

This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Group 4 Experimental Sciences. Students will study topics in biology from the molecular to global biome issues. The course will focus on critical thinking skills necessary to explore diverse strategies in the experimental sciences on an international stage. The group 4 project will be…

This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Group 4 Experimental Sciences. Students will study topics in biology from the molecular to global biome issues. The course will focus on critical thinking skills necessary to explore diverse strategies in the experimental sciences on an international stage. The group 4 project will be…

This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Group 4 Experimental Sciences. Students will explore in greater detail topics in biology from the molecular to global biome issues. The course will focus on critical thinking skills necessary to explore diverse strategies in the experimental sciences on an international stage. This is the…