AP Science Courses Offered at Battlefield High School for 2017-18 |
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AP
Biology
AP
Biology
employs
a
model
of
instruction
that
focuses
on
enduring,
conceptual
understandings
and
the
content
that
supports
them.
This
approach
will
enable
students
to
spend
less
time
on
factual
recall
and
more
time
on
inquiry-based
learning
of
essential
concepts,
and
will
help
them
develop
the
reasoning
skills
necessary
to
engage
in
the
science
practices
used
throughout
their
study
of
AP
Biology.
Students who take AP Biology will also develop advanced inquiry and reasoning skills, such as designing a plan for collecting data, analyzing data, applying mathematical routines, and connecting concepts in and across domains. The result will be readiness for the study of advanced topics in subsequent college courses. The revised AP Biology course is equivalent to a two-semester college introductory biology course and has been endorsed enthusiastically by higher education officials.
AP
Chemistry
Students
taking
an
AP
Chemistry
course
should
attain
a
depth
of
understanding
of
fundamentals
and
a
reasonable
competence
in
dealing
with
chemical
problems.
The
course
should
contribute
to
the
development
of
the
students'
abilities
to
think
clearly
and
to
express
their
ideas,
orally
and
in
writing,
with
clarity
and
logic.
The
college
course
in
general
chemistry
differs
qualitatively
from
the
usual
first
secondary
school
course
in
chemistry
with
respect
to
the
kind
of
textbook
used,
the
topics
covered,
the
emphasis
on
chemical
calculations
and
the
mathematical
formulation
of
principles,
and
the
kind
of
laboratory
work
done
by
students
.
Quantitative
differences
appear
in
the
number
of
topics
treated,
the
time
spent
on
the
course
by
students,
and
the
nature
and
the
variety
of
experiments
done
in
the
laboratory.
The
AP
Chemistry
course
is
designed
to
be
the
equivalent
of
the
general
chemistry
course
usually
taken
during
the
first
college
year.
AP
Environmental
Science
The
goal
of
the
AP
Environmental
Science
course
is
to
provide
students
with
the
scientific
principles,
concepts,
and
methodologies
required
to
understand
the
interrelationships
of
the
natural
world,
to
identify
and
analyze
environmental
problems
both
natural
and
human-made,
to
evaluate
the
relative
risks
associated
with
these
problems,
and
to
examine
alternative
solutions
for
resolving
or
preventing
them.
The
AP
Environmental
Science
course
is
intended
to
enable
students
to
undertake,
as
first-year
college
students,
a
more
advanced
study
of
topics
in
environmental
science
or,
alternatively,
to
fulfill
a
basic
requirement
for
a
laboratory
science
and
thus
free
time
for
taking
other
courses.
The AP Environmental Science course is designed to be the equivalent of a one semester, introductory college course in environmental science.
AP
Physics
1:
Algebra-Based
AP
Physics
1
is
an
algebra-based,
introductory
college-level
physics
course.
Students
cultivate
their
understanding
of
physics
through
inquiry-based
investigations
as
they
explore
these
topics:
kinematics;
dynamics;
circular
motion
and
gravitation;
energy;
momentum; simple harmonic motion; torque and rotational motion; electric charge and electric force; DC circuits; and mechanical waves and sound.
AP
Physics
C:
Mechanics
AP
Physics
C:
Mechanics
should
provide
instruction
in
each
of
the
following
six
content
areas:
kinematics;
Newton's
laws
of
motion;
work,
energy
and
power;
systems
of
particles
and
linear
momentum;
circular
motion
and
rotation;
and
oscillations
and
gravitation.
Instruction
should
utilize
guided
inquiry
and
student
centered
learning
to
foster
the
development
of
critical
thinking
skills
and
should
use
introductory
differential
and
integral
calculus
throughout
the
course.
The
content
of
this
course
should
corresponding
to
approximately
a
semester
of
college
work.
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| Last Updated: 2/15/18 |
Battlefield High School
