SCIENCE Physical Science
Course Numbers: 3651 & 3652 Grade: 9 Credit: 1.0 NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible. This is a foundational course that emphasizes science skills, laboratory experiences, and problem solving. The Physics will cover concepts in motion, forces and energy. The Chemistry semester will focus on basic chemistry concepts of atomic structure and the properties of matter, the periodic table, and interactions of matter. Both semesters will use discussion, activities and laboratory experiments to achieve these outcomes.
Advanced Physical Science
Course Numbers: 3601 & 3602 Grade: 9 Credit: 1.0 Note: Provides strong foundation for success in AP Biology. See description for Physical Science (course 3651 and 3652). NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible. Topics also include momentum and electric circuits during the physics semester and acid-base chemistry and introduction to carbon chemistry during the chemistry semester. There is an emphasis on data creation and analysis.
Biology
Course Numbers: 3617 & 3618 Grades: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible. This course focuses on the major themes of biology: experiments in biology, what living things are composed of and how they function, how living things interact with each other and their environment, and how life has changed over time.
ARCC College Biology
Course Numbers: 8601 & 8602 Grades: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Sequential Course for MVHS: Physical Science (3651 & 3652) or Advanced Physical Science (3601 & 3602). Anoka Ramsey Prerequisite: Students must be a junior in the top 1/3 of their class, senior in the top 1/2 of their class, a member of the early college cohort, or have recommendation from dean, administrator or science teacher. Note: This is an Anoka-Ramsey Community College course offered at Mounds View High School. Upon successful completion, students will earn 4 college credits for BIOL 1100, Unifying Concepts in Biology. Students must enroll for both college and high school credit. (This course fulfills the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal 3: Biological Sciences.) MVHS 10th grade students can be enrolled at Anoka-Ramsey to receive college credit. Academic grades and standardized test scores from MAP and MCA tests may be used to determine college readiness. Students may be required to take the Accuplacer test in the spring prior to the course beginning. Concurrent enrollment in 10th Grade College Seminar along with College Biology Support may also be required by Anoka Ramsey to receive college credit. NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible. Introductory course designed to teach the process of science as it applies to biology today. Topics include molecular structure of living things, cell processes, energy utilization, genetic information and inheritance, mechanisms of evolution, biological diversity, and ecology.
AP Biology
Course Numbers: 3604 & 3605 Grades: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1.0 Note: Students that successfully complete this course will be prepared to take the corresponding Advanced Placement exam, which may earn them college credit. NCAA Note: This course is NCAA eligible. This is a full year, advanced biology class which covers a broad range of biology topics and provides students with a challenging, college-level experience. The expected outcome is a comprehensive understanding of biology’s “Big Ideas”: evolution, energy, information, and interactions.
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