Course: Marine biology

Length: Half year

Grade-level: Juniors and Seniors

Pre-Requisites: Biology and Chemistry

Credits: 2.5

Intro: To have basic knowledge of the environment and of the marine environment.

Goals: This is an elective course designed for students who are interested in topics in marine biology and oceanography. This course will provide an excellent background for students who are interested in studying these topics in college, or who simply have an interest in these areas.

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Course: Biology

Length: Full year

Grade-level: Sophomores

Pre- Requisites: NA

Credits: 5

Intro: Serves as an introduction to molecular and cellular biology, stressing a relationship between chemical and life activities. This class is offered with or without the laboratory component. The laboratory experiments are correlated to the subject matter.

Goals: Develop career planning and workplace readiness skills. Develop and understanding of the environment as a system of interdependent components affected by human activity and natural phenomena.

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Course: Physical Science

Length: Full Year

Grade Level: Freshmen

Pre-Requisites: NA

Credits: 5

Intro: A general introduction to the concepts of chemistry and physics.

Goals: Students will be able to explain the structure of atoms and molecules, including the component parts and the bonds between atoms that give rise to molecules. Students will demonstrate experimentally the differences between compounds and mixtures as commonly found in their environment.

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Course: Biology AP

Length: Full year

Grade: Seniors

Pre-Requisites: College Bound

Credits: 5

Intro: Through this course, students should gain a deeper understanding of biology, being in touch with the environments, observing living organisms, and discovering for oneself how they function. A satisfactory score on the AP exam in May should enable the students to earn college credit.

Goals: Students will demonstrate the ability to use correctly the instruments, apparatus, and technologies of biology and demonstrate the procedures of biology in a safe, prescribed manner.

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Course: Physics

Length: Full Year

Grade-Level: NA

Pre-Requisites: NA

Credits: 5

Intro: This course requires conceptual thinking and the use of mathematical ideas to study topics such as motions, optics, forces, and electricity.

Goals: Students will be able to use a geometric model to explain or predict outcomes  for systems considered in the content proficiencies and recognize that they are dynamic in nature.

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Course: Earth Science

Length: Full Year

Grade-Level: Juniors

Pre-Requisites: Biology

Credits: 5

Intro: This class emphasizes the interrelationships of astronomy, geology, meteorology, and oceanography, as well as the technologies used to study the earth.

Goals: Students will be able to know and apply proper safety precautions in laboratory and/or field situations and explain why all maps of the earth’s surface are distortions of the actual surface of the planet.