In Integrated Physics and Chemistry, students conduct
field and laboratory investigations, use scientific methods during
investigations, and make informed decisions using critical-thinking
and scientific problem-solving. This course integrates the disciplines
of physics and chemistry in the following topics: motion, waves, energy
transformations, properties of matter, changes in matter, and solution
chemistry.
Biology
In Biology, students conduct field and laboratory investigations,
use scientific methods during investigations, and make informed decisions
using critical-thinking and scientific problem-solving. Students in
Biology study a variety of topics that include: structures and functions
of cells and viruses; growth and development of organisms; cells,
tissues, and organs; nucleic acids and genetics; biological evolution;
taxonomy; metabolism and energy transfers in living organisms; living
systems; homeostasis; ecosystems; and plants
Biology II Advanced Placement Biology
This course is designed to be the equivalent of a college
introductory biology course usually taken by biology majors during
their first year. Some AP students, as college freshmen, are permitted
to undertake upper-level courses in biology or to register for courses
for which biology is a prerequisite. Other students may have fulfilled
a basic requirement for a laboratory science course and will be able
to undertake other courses to pursue their majors.
In Environmental Systems, students conduct field and
laboratory investigations, use scientific methods during investigations,
and make informed decisions using critical thinking and scientific
problem solving. Students 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
though an environmental system; relationship between carrying capacity
and changes in populations and ecosystems; and changes in environments.
Chemistry
In Chemistry, students conduct field and laboratory
investigations, use scientific methods during investigations, and
make informed decisions using critical thinking and scientific problem
solving. Students study a variety of topics that include: characteristics
of matter; energy transformations during physical and chemical changes;
atomic structure; periodic table of elements; behavior of gases; bonding;
nuclear fusion and nuclear fission; oxidation-reduction reactions;
chemical equations; solutes; properties of solutions; acids and bases;
and chemical reactions. Students will investigate how chemistry is
an integral part of our daily lives.
Chemistry II Advanced Placement Chemistry
This course is designed to be the equivalent of the
general chemistry course usually taken during the first college year.
For some students, this course enables them to undertake, as freshmen,
second-year work in the chemistry sequence at their institution or
to register for courses in other fields where general chemistry is
a prerequisite. For other students, the AP Chemistry course fulfills
the laboratory science requirement and frees time for other courses.
Aquatic Science
In Aquatic Science, students conduct field and laboratory
investigations, use scientific methods during investigations, and
make informed decisions using critical thinking and scientific problem
solving. Students study a variety of topics that include: components
of an aquatic ecosystem; relationships among aquatic habitats and
ecosystems; roles of cycles within an aquatic environment; adaptations
of aquatic organisms; changes within aquatic environments; geological
phenomena and fluid dynamics effects; and origin and use of water
in a watershed.
Physics
In Physics, students conduct field and laboratory investigations,
use scientific methods during investigations, and make informed decisions
using critical thinking and scientific problem solving. Students study
a variety of topics that include: laws of motion; changes within physical
systems and conservation of energy and momentum; force; thermodynamics;
characteristics and behavior of waves; and quantum physics. This course
provides students with a conceptual framework, factual knowledge,
and analytical and scientific skills.
Physics II Advanced Placement
Physics C
This course ordinarily forms the first part of the college
sequence that 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 wherever appropriate in formulating physical
principles and in applying them to physical problems. The sequence
is more intensive and analytic than that in the B course. Strong emphasis
is placed on solving a variety of challenging problems, some requiring
calculus. The subject matter of the C course is principally mechanics,
and electricity and magnetism, with approximately equal emphasis on
these two areas. The C course is the first part of a sequence which
in college is sometimes a very intensive one-year course but often
extends over one and one-half to two years, with a laboratory component.
Geology, Meteorology, and Oceanography
In Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, students conduct
field and laboratory investigations, use scientific methods during
investigations, and make informed decisions using critical thinking
and scientific problem solving. Students study a variety of topics
that include: characteristics and conditions of the Earth; formation
and history of the Earth; plate tectonics; origin and composition
of minerals and rocks and the rock cycle; processes and products of
weathering; natural energy resources; interactions in a watershed;
characteristics of oceans; characteristics of the atmosphere; and
the role of energy in weather and climate.
Jay Science Courses
and Their Prerequisites
Integrated Physics and Chemistry
PR: None
Biology 1
PR: IPC or Pre AP Grade 8 IPC
Biology 1 Pre AP
PR: IPC, Pre AP Grade 8 IPC,
teacher recommendation,
85 minimum grade in science, English, math
Chemistry 1
PR: Algebra 1 and Biology 1 Credits
Chemistry 1 Concepts
PR: IPC and Biology 1credits, Algebra 1credit and
one year behind in math, teacher recommendation
Grades 11 and 12 only
Chemistry 1 Pre AP
PR: Algebra 1, Biology 1, teacher recommendation
85 minimum grade in Algebra and Biology
Physics 1
PR: Two core science courses - IPC, Biology, or Chemistry credits
Algebra 2 credit completed or concurrent
AP Physics 1 B
PR: Biology 1, Chemistry 1, teacher recommendation,
Pre-Calculus concurrent
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
COURSES
AP Biology
PR: Biology 1, Chemistry 1 credits
AP Chemistry
PR: Biology 1, Chemistry 1 credits
AP Physics C
PR: Physics 1 or AP Physics B, must be
taking Calculus concurrently
