Science

Department Description

Science courses are designed to produce an organized sequence of experiences to help students to develop the ability:

• To distinguish between scientific evidence and personal opinion by inquiry and questioning;
• To recognize the role of observation and experimentation;
• To understand scientific theories;
• To gather information through laboratory, field trips, and library work;
• To understand, in some depth, the unifying themes of life and physical sciences.

Physics is the first course in a coherent order of science courses, taught conceptually and using the math of 8th and 9th grades and at the honors level only; chemistry is the second course, building on the knowledge of atomic structure to study the structures and properties of matter, and chemical reactions. Modern molecular-based biology is the third course in this hierarchy of science courses. In this sequence, physics concepts and topics underlie chemistry, and physics and chemistry support modern biology.

CRLS requires successful completion of three specific science courses for graduation: S102 Honors Physics, S201/S202 Chemistry, and S301/S302 Biology. If a student fails physics, chemistry or biology, he/she must repeat the course until successfully completed. A student may enroll in a required science course and an upper level science course at the same time with permission of instructors. S400 level courses are advanced science courses that assume students have solid foundations in physics, chemistry and biology. The course expectations reflect this advanced content.

Beginning with the class of 2010, all Massachusetts students must pass a Science MCAS exam in order to graduate from high school.

Download the Graduation with Distinction Chart

Course #	Designation	Title	Credits
S102	HN	Physics	10	Details
S201		Chemistry	10	Details
S202	HN	Chemistry	10	Details
S301		Biology	10	Details
S302	HN	Biology	10	Details
S403		Astronomy	10	Details
S404	HN Opt	Contemporary Application of Genetics	10	Details
S405	GSC	Ecology	10	Details
S406	GSC	Epidemiology	10	Details
S407	Honors Earned	Human Anatomy & Physiology	10	Details
S408	GSC	Marine Biology	10	Details
S409		Forensics	10	Details
S410		Marine Science Internship(Academic Internship)	10	Details
S411		Organic Chemistry	10	Details
S415		Science & Engineering Research(Academic Internship)	10	Details
S416	Honors Earned	Exercise Physiology	10	Details
S418		Oceanography	10.0	Details
S419	HN Opt	Zoology	10	Details
S421	GSC	Ethics and Sciences	10	Details
S422		Food Chemistry	10	Details
S423	GSC	Becoming Da Vinci - The Integration of Arts and Science	10	Details
S425	Honors Earned	Brain & Behavior	10	Details
S435	Honors Earned	Food, Farming, & Our Planet	10	Details
S501	AP	Biology	20	Details
S502	AP	Chemistry	20	Details
S503A	AP	Physics C: Mechanics (Semester 1 of AP Physics C)	10	Details
S503B	AP	Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism(Semester 2 of AP Physics C)	10	Details
S504A	AP	Physics 1	10	Details
S504B	AP	Physics 2	10	Details
S510	AP	Environmental Science	10	Details

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