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Science permeates every aspect of the world and our daily lives. We want our students to be able to apply scientific concepts to everyday life and gain an appreciation of the complexity and relatedness to everyone and everything in the world. We would like our leaders of tomorrow to be aware of scientific issues and to be able to make informed decisions about them.

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Topics covered in this introductory course include the structure and function of the cell, basic chemistry, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, mitosis and meiosis, genetics, evolution, plant and animal structure and function, human body systems, and ecology.  Laboratory activities related to these topics are an integral part of this course.

This Advanced Placement course Integrates general biology topics throughout 8 major themes: Science as a Process, Evolution, Energy Transfer, Continuity and Change, Relationship of Structure to Function, Regulation, Interdependence in Nature, and Science, Technology and Society.   The general topics include molecules and cells, heredity and evolution, and organisms and populations.  Students must complete 12 required labs during the course of the year.  All students are required to take the Advanced Placement examination at the conclusion of the course.  Course prerequisites include biology, chemistry, and the recommendation of the science department.

Chemistry – 10th year
Topics covered in this introductory course include matter and energy, atomic structure, bonding, the periodic table, stoichiometry, kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, oxidation-reduction reactions, electrochemistry, organic chemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Laboratory activities related to these topics are an integral part of this course.

Topics covered in this introductory course include translational  and rotational kinematics, Newton’s laws, heat and thermodynamics, optics, electricity and magnetism, and conservation of energy and momentum.  Laboratory activities related to these topics are an integral part of this course.  An honors section of this course allows students with strong mathematical backgrounds to cover topics with greater depth, as well as additional topics. 

This Advanced Placement course is a calculus-based introduction to classical mechanics. Topics include straight line kinematics, motion in a plane, forces and equilibrium, experimental basis of Newton’s laws, particle dynamics, universal gravitation, collisions and conservation laws, work and potential energy, vibrational motion, conservative forces, inertial and non-inertial frames, central force motions, rigid bodies, and rotational dynamics. Laboratory experiments are an integral part of the course. All students are required to take the Advanced Placement examination at the conclusion of the course. Course prerequisites include Physics, Calculus (which can be taken concurrently with AP Physics), and the recommendation of the Science Department.

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