Agriscience – S1 & S2

Course Code: OAG050/250
State Code: 18003
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
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Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: Online
Description: In this course, students will learn about the development and maintenance of agriculture, animal systems, natural resources, and other food sources. Students will also examine the relationship between agriculture and natural resources and the environment, health, politics, and world trade.

Biology – S1 & S2

Course Code: OSC004/204
State Code: 03051
Grades: 9-12th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
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Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: Online
Description: This inquiry- and virtual-lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards for high school biology. Content topics include cells, organ systems, heredity, organization of organisms, evolution, energy use in organisms, and the interdependence of ecosystems. Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a number of virtual lab activities in which students will exercise experimental design, data analysis, and data interpretation skills while working through a simulated laboratory situation.

Honors Biology – S1 & S2

Course Code: OSC053/253
State Code: 03052
Grades: 9th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Lab Science, Honors, Online
Description: This compelling full-year course engages students in a rigorous Honors-level curriculum that emphasizes the study of life and its real-world applications. This course examines biological concepts in more depth than general biology and provides a solid foundation for collegiate-level coursework. Course components include biochemistry, cellular structures and functions, genetics and heredity, bioengineering, evolution, structures and functions of the human body, and ecology. Throughout the course, students participate in a variety of interactive and hands-on laboratory activities that enhance concept knowledge and develop scientific process skills, including scientific research and technical writing.

Chemistry – S1 & S2

Course Code: OSC010/210
State Code: 03101
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: Should be taking or passed Algebra I with C or better.
Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Quantitative, Lab Science, Online
Description: Chemistry is the study of matter and how it changes. This course looks at matter’s composition, properties, and transformations. In first semester, you’ll explore the structure and properties of matter. You’ll analyze and construct the periodic table of elements. You’ll compare elements based on their atomic structures and relative positions in the periodic table. You will also discuss the chemical bonding taking place in ionic and covalent compounds and metals. Finally, you’ll predict the outcome of chemical reactions based on the reactants involved. Second semester: In this semester, you will calculate the theoretical quantities of substances involved in a chemical reaction through the study of stoichiometry. You’ll analyze chemical reactions that involve aqueous solutions, acids and bases, and gases. You’ll see how gases respond to changes in pressure, volume, temperature, and quantity through the ideal gas law. You’ll also calculate changes in temperature caused by physical and chemical processes and analyze reactions in terms of bond energies. Finally, you will understand how atoms are changed by the unique processes of radioactive decay, nuclear fusion, and nuclear fission.

Honors Chemistry – S1 & S2

Course Code: OSC023/223
State Code: 03102
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: Should be taking or passed Algebra I with C or better.
Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Quantitative, Lab Science, Online
Description: This rigorous two-semester course provides students with an engaging Honors-level curriculum that emphasizes mathematical problem solving and practical applications of chemistry. Topics are examined in greater detail than general chemistry in order to prepare students for college-level coursework. Course components include atomic theory and structure, chemical bonding, states and changes of matter, chemical and redox reactions, stoichiometry, the gas laws, solutions, acids and bases, and nuclear and organic chemistry. Throughout the course, students participate in a variety of interactive and hands-on laboratory activities that enhance concept knowledge and develop scientific process skills, including scientific research and technical writing.

Earth and Space Science – S1 & S2

Course Code: OSC001/201
State Code: 03001
Grades: 9-12th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Lab Science, Online
Description: How much do we really know about our home, planet Earth? The Earth Science course will explore the dynamic systems of Earth and Space to help students understand how Earth’s systems have developed through time, how they are interrelated, and how humans impact them. In the first semester, students will investigate the universe and its stars, the planets of the Solar System, and the systems that make up Earth. Students will examine the role of water on our planet and sun-driven interactions affecting climate and weather. They will also model biogeochemical cycles and energy flow through Earth’s systems. Students will use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to learn through videos, readings, interactive activities, mini-projects, labs, and simulations based on real-world data. These course assignments are designed to explicitly engage students’ Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Performance Expectations (PEs). Also, students will apply Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) to construct an understanding of Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) through the lens of Crosscutting Concepts (CCs) to explain a phenomenon. The discussion assignments focus on enabling students to use their science knowledge to make informed decisions about personal and societal issues. Students will be assessed through lesson quizzes and semester exams.

Honors Earth and Space Science – S1 & S2

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Intro. to Marine Biology – S1

Course Code: OSC005/205
State Code: 03005
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Lab Science, Online
Description: In the Introduction to Marine Biology course you will explore the fundamental concepts of marine biology. You will learn about the formation and characteristic features of the oceans. You will also learn about the scientific method and explore careers available in marine biology. The course will introduce you to the characteristic features of different taxonomic groups found in the ocean. You will learn about the different habitats, life forms, and ecosystems that exist in the oceans and explore the different types of adaptations marine creatures possess to survive in the ocean. You will learn about succession and the flow of energy in marine ecosystems. Finally, you will also learn about the resources that the oceans provide and the threats that the oceans face from human activities. Your teacher will grade your work on the Unit Activities, and you will grade your work on the Lesson Activities by comparing them with the given sample responses. The Unit Activities (submitted to the teacher) and the Lesson Activities (self-checked) are major components of this course. There are other assessment components, namely the mastery test questions that feature along with the lesson; the pre- and post-test questions that come at the beginning and end of the unit, respectively; and an end-of-semester test. All of these tests are a combination of simple multiple-choice questions and technology-enhanced (TE) questions.

Physics – S1 & S2

Course Code: OSCI011/211
State Code: 03151
Grades: 10-12th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: Students must have taken Algebra II or currently taking.
Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Quantitative, Online
Description: Students begin their exploration of physics by reviewing the International System of Units (SI), scientific notation, and significant digits. They then learn to describe and analyze motion in one- and two-dimensions. Students learn about gravity and Newton’s laws of motion before concluding the course with an examination of circular motion, energy, and simple machines. Students apply mathematical concepts, such as graphing and trigonometry, in order to solve physics problems.

Honors Physics – S1 & S2

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Physical Science – S1 & S2

Course Code: OSC003/203
State Code: 03159
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: Students must have taken Algebra 1
Graduation Requirement: Lab Science/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Lab Science, Online
Description: Physical Science is a lab class that engages students in the four big ideas of the NGSS physical sciences. What is everything made of? (Chemistry) How do forces cause motion or stability? (Physics) What is energy? (Chemistry & Physics) How is wave energy used to transfer information? (Technology) Students will use the practices of scientists to conduct investigations that help them build understanding around these four big ideas. This is one of three courses that can be taken in any order to prepare students for the state science exam in 11th grade.