Grade 12
Certification opportunity: EKG Technician (Parent consent required). Through classroom, laboratory, and simulation experiences, students will learn and apply skills of the health science professional, including vital signs, environmental protection, safety in the healthcare environment, and admission/transfer/discharge procedures. Students will learn to perform skills specific to a health science professional such as medical assistant and EKG…
Read More about Health Science Theory & Lab: EKG.Certification Opportunity: Medical Assistant. This capstone course is designed to provide an opportunity for senior students who are completing a coherent sequence of health science courses. Students will observe and perform previously studied patient care skills related to the health science field. The unpaid practical application experiences may occur in a school lab and/or community…
Read More about Practicum in Health Science.This capstone course is designed to provide an opportunity for senior students who have taken Project Lead the Way Biomedical courses to observe and to perform practical application of previously studied laboratory skills related to the health science field. The unpaid practical application experience may occur in a school lab and/or community health facility location…
Read More about Practicum HS Sci Biomedical.This is a capstone course for students that are completing a coherent sequence of courses in the Exercise and Welness program of study providing opportunities for students to participate in work-based learning experience that combines classroom instruction with business and industry employment experiences. Students will have the opportunity to observe and to perform practical application…
Read More about Career Prep in Sports Medicine.Students will study of the structure and function of the human body, its individual systems, processes, and the interaction of the body systems for maintaining homeostasis. Specimen dissections are a component of this course, as well as independent lab skills and techniques. This course satisfies a high school science graduation requirement.
Read More about Anatomy and Physiology of Human Systems.This course is designed to explore the microbial world, studying topics such as pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms, laboratory procedures, identifying microorganisms, drug resistant organisms and emerging diseases. This course satisfies a high school science graduation requirement.
Read More about Medical Microbiology.Principles of Biomedical Science provides an introduction to biomedical science through hands-on projects and problems. Students investigate concepts of biology and medicine as they explore health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, sickle-cell disease, hypercholesterolemia, and infectious diseases. This course receives weighted GPA.
Read More about Principles of Biomedical Science.Students examine the interactions of body systems as they explore deeply biological identity, communication, power, movement, protection, and homeostasis. Through individual and team activities, projects, and problems, students design experiments, investigate the structures and function of the human body, and use data acquisition software to monitor body functions such as muscle movement, reflex and voluntary…
Read More about Human Body Systems.Human Growth and Development is an examination of human development across the lifespan with emphasis on research, theoretical perspectives, and common physical, cognitive, emotional, and social developmental milestones. The course covers material that is generally taught in a postsecondary, one-semester introductory course in developmental psychology or human development.
Read More about Human Growth & Development.This course is for the student who wants to pursue a career in education. Students will study child and adolescent development as well as principles of effective teaching and training. They will serve an unpaid internship under the guidance of their classroom teacher and an AISD elementary teacher gaining hands-on experience in planning and directing…
Read More about Instructional Practices.