COURSE OFFERINGS: SCIENCE

Living Environment (2 crs; NYS Regents Exam; on high school campus)
This year-long class is an in-depth exploration of Biology with a strong emphasis on how living organisms interact with each other. Major topics studied include Evolution, Genetics, Ecology and how humans interact and sometimes harm the environment. Labs are a integral part of the course, with students doing lab almost every week. Students who have taken Living Environment in 8th grade and earned an 85 or higher on the NYS Regents exam in Living Environment will be scheduled for another science course, most often Chemistry. 
Typically Taken By: 9th grade students

Advanced Placement Biology (2crs; no exam; preparation for BIO 101 at Hunter College)
Advance Biology embraces a wide variety of topics covering interrelationships in the natural world. The big ideas in this course are: Evolution drives the diversity and unity of life; Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis; living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes; biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.  This course fulfills the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) performance expectations. Lab component includes experimentation and field investigations which explore various science concepts through utilizations of proper tools, techniques and scientific method. 
Typically Taken By: 10th & 11th grade students

Regents Chemistry (2 crs; NYS Regents Exam; on high school campus)
Chemistry helps to explain the composition of matter and the changes it undergoes. Students will have a hands-on approach and will be able to predict how substances interact to form new substances, and to explain why this happens. They will become more aware of the fact that chemistry goes on continuously around us from industries that supply us with all our household products to the biological processes that sustain the living world.
Typically Taken By: 10th grade students; 9th grade students who have achieved an 85 or better on Living Environment Regents Exam

Physics (2 crs. NYS Regents Exam; on high school campus)
This course is a deep study into the scientific principles and laws that govern the physical world. Students engage in collaborative, inquiry-based learning to discuss and analyze natural phenomena such as kinematics, physical forces, waves, energy, and electricity and magnetism. Students develop strong critical thinking and public speaking skills that are necessary for medical and engineering careers.
Typically Taken By: 10th and 11th grade students, based on previous science coursework

Computer Science (2 crs for both high school and college. no exam; on high school campus)
This is a dual-credited high school and Hunter College course. This introductory course is focused on equipping students with real skills and knowledge to function in the ever-changing Digital Age. The fall semester is focused on understanding and organizing data by learning both front-end and back-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and Javascript and Ruby.The spring semester is focused on learning Python. By the end of the course, students are expected to produce an original and functional web application.
Typically Taken By: 10th & 11th grade students, based on previous science coursework