AP Physics C: Mechanics [B36424 APPHYSCM A3050006] Grades: 11-12 Credit: 1/2 PR: AP Physics 1 or 2 and Completion of or Concurrent Enrollment in Calculus Advanced Placement (AP) courses are open enrollment courses, designed for students who are passionate about the subject, prepared and willing to take on the challenge. AP Physics C is a calculus-based, college-level physics course, especially appropriate for students planning to specialize or major in physical science or engineering. The course explores topics such as kinematics; Newton’s laws of motion; work, energy and power; systems of particles and linear momentum; circular motion and rotation; and oscillations and gravitation. Introductory differential and integral calculus is used throughout the course. Students will be required to take an AP exam.
AP Environmental Science [B35329 APENVIR A3020000] Grades 10-12 Credit: 1 PR: Alg 1 and 2 yrs HS lab science Advanced Placement (AP) courses are open enrollment courses, designed for students who are passionate about the subject, prepared and willing to take on the challenge. Advanced Placement Environmental Science, a college-level environmental science course, involves a more in-depth treatment of 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. Students will be required to take an AP exam.
Earth and Space Science [B35620 ESS 03060200] Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1 PR: 3 Science Courses & 3 Math Courses ESS is a capstone course designed to build on students’ prior scientific and academic knowledge and skills to develop an understanding of Earth’s system in space and time.
Environmental Systems [B35300 ENVIRSYS 03020000] Grade: 11-12 Credit: 1 PR: Biology & 1 Physical Science Environmental Systems is for students who have passed Biology and need an elective science course. Students who have earned credit for Environmental Systems Pre-Biology, are not eligible for this course. In Environmental Systems, students conduct laboratory and field 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 through an environmental system, relationship between carrying capacity and changes in populations and ecosystems, and changes in environments. Students will assess the plant ecosystem, erosion processes, petroleum energy, crop production, and genetically engineered plants and their importance to solving world hunger.
Environmental Systems Pre-Biology [B35390 ENVRSYPREBIO 03020000] Grade: 9 and 10 Credit: 1 The Environmental Systems Pre-Biology course is for students who have not taken Biology. The Environmental Systems TEKS are vertically aligned to the Biology TEKS when possible. The intent is to set students up for future success when taking Biology. Students in this course may not be combined with students in the Environmental Systems course, which is intended for Juniors and Seniors. Students in Environmental Systems Pre-Biology will conduct laboratory and field 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 through an environmental system, relationship between carrying capacity and changes in populations and ecosystems, and changes in environments. Students will assess the plant ecosystem, erosion processes, petroleum energy, crop production, and genetically engineered plants and their importance to solving world hunger.
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