#9999 Honors Biology (AP exam option)
Course Fee: $25.00 each semester; Students may need to purchase their own textbook. New editions are approximately $160; used fGrade level: 12
#9999 Honors Biology (AP exam option)
Course Fee: $25.00 each semester; Students may need to purchase their own textbook. New editions are approximately $160; used editions vary in price.
Grade level: 12
This course presents principles of general biology for students desiring to major in science, engineering, and the medical and related professions in college. It is a fast-paced and demanding course for senior honors students. This course covers biochemistry, cells and cellular processes, heredity and genetics, evolutionary biology, organism diversity, structure and function of plants and animals, human anatomy and physiology, and ecology. Laboratory experience and problem solving skills are highly emphasized. Concepts, theories and applications are stressed. This course relies heavily on the lab component which may require extra time for laboratories.
Pre-Requisites: Pre-Requisites: Completion of General Biology with a B+ or better and General Chemistry with a B+ or better or Honors Chemistry
Co-Requisites: Co-Requisites: A graphing calculator such as a TI-83 plus, TI-83 plus silver, TI-84 plus or TI-84 plus silver is required
Textbooks:
Biology (7th ed.), Campbell and Reece; Benjamin Cummings publ.; 2006. AP Biology Student Lab Manual, The College Board , 2002. Supplemental: Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Regnery publ.; 2002.
#4735HP Honors Chemistry (AP exam option)
Course Fee: Course Fee: $25.00 supplies, each semester; Student must purchase their own textbook. New editions are approximately $160; usedGrade level: 11-12
This course prepares students for subsequent advanced classes in mathematics and science. This fast-paced, college-level course is tailored for juniors on the Honors track classes. Students learn an expanded chemistry curriculum including molecular orbital theory, thermodynamics, kinetics and reaction mechanisms, nuclear chemistry and organic chemistry. Course work emphasizes the theory behind results and relies heavily on the lab component which may require extra time for laboratories. This course is designed to help prepare students for the SAT II in Chemistry or the AP Chemistry exam
Pre-Requisites: Pre-Requisites: A- or better in General/Conceptual Physics or Instructor Approval, Algebra 2 or concurrent. Completion of summer
Co-Requisites:
Textbooks: Textbooks: Zumdahl Chemistry, 7th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2007 Lab Manual: Lab Experiments for Advanced Placement Chemistry, 2nd ed. Flinn Scientific, 2006 Supplemental: Christianity 101: Creation and Evolution 101. Harvest House Publishers, 2001 Supplemental: Fast Track to a 5: Preparing for the AP* Chemistry Examination. McDougal Little, 2006
#4310AP Honors Physics (AP exam option)
Course Fee: Course Fee: $25.00 each semester; Students may need to purchase their own textbook. New editions are approximately $160; used fCourse Fee: $25.00 each semester; Students may need to purchase their own textbook. New editions are approximately $160; used f
Grade level: 11-12
This calculus-based course prepares students for subsequent college classes in the physical and engineering sciences. This fast-paced, college-level course is tailored for seniors on the Honors track classes. Students learn an expanded physics curriculum including Newton’s laws of motion, statics and dynamics problems, conservation of mechanical energy, momentum, rotational motion, electricity, and magnetism. Participation in classroom discussions, assigned problems, and many outside projects is expected. This course relies heavily on the lab component which may require extra time for laboratories; including computer generation of lab reports with data analysis and graphical presentation of data. This course requires foundational knowledge of trigonometry.
Pre-Requisites: Pre-Requisites: Concurrent enrollment or completion of Calculus 1; Completion of General Physics with an A- or better; or Instru
Co-Requisites: Co-Requisites: A graphing calculator such as a TI-83 plus, TI-83 plus silver, TI-84 plus or TI-84 plus silver is required
Textbooks: Textbooks: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th ed., Thomson, 2004 Supplemental: Defeating Darwinishm by Opening Minds, Intervarsity Press, 1997