Graduation Requirement
Members of the class of 2005 and beyond are required to successfully complete three units and one Regents Exam in science to graduate with a Regents diploma.  Of the three units, one must be from the Living Environment curriculum and one from the Physical Setting.  Students in pursuit of an Advanced Regents diploma are required to pass a second Regents Exam in Science as well.

Progression

Science Courses

Earth Science Regents follows the New York State Core Physical Setting/Earth Science Curriculum.   Skills, ideas, concepts and facts are emphasized through laboratory experiences, classroom discussion, media demonstrations, mathematical analyses, notebook work, and textbook assignments.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Topics of study include Astronomy, Meteorology, and Geology.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  A Regents Exam is administered in June.  

Earth Science Honors follows the New York State Core Physical Setting/Earth Science Curriculum as well as a number of enrichment topics.  Skills, ideas, concepts and facts are emphasized through laboratory experiences, classroom discussion, media demonstrations, mathematical analyses, notebook work, and textbook assignments.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Topics of study include Astronomy, Meteorology, and Geology.  Students may be required to do an independent research study or project work.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  A Regents Exam is administered in June.

Minimum Math Recommendation:  Completion of Math 8H or taking Math AE concurrently.   Minimum Science Recommendation:  A average in Science 8  

Biology Regents follows the New York State Core Living Environment Curriculum.  Emphasis is placed on scientific inquiry, testing of proposed explanations, analyzing proposed explanations using conventional and invented methods, examining similarities and differences among living things, genetic information, how organisms change over time, and the continuity of life sustained through reproduction and development.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  A Regents Exam is administered in June.

Biology Regents  - Honors covers the New York State Core Living Environment Curriculum as well as various enrichment topics.  Students are exposed to more sophisticated concepts and probe more deeply into recent research findings than in Biology Regents.  Students may be required to do an independent research study or project work.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  A Regents Exam is administered in June.

Minimum Science Recommendation:  A final average of 85 % in Earth Science Regents – Honors or 90 % in Earth Science Regents and a passing grade on the Physical Setting/Earth Science Regents Exam.  

Chemistry Regents follows the New York State Core Physical Setting/Chemistry Curriculum as well as various optional topics.  This course is recommended for students planning on attending a four-year college.  Topics of study include matter, energy, atomic and molecular structure, the periodic table, bonding, kinetics, equilibrium, acid/base theory, and organic chemistry.  This course is theoretical and quantitative.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  A Regents Exam is administered in June.

Minimum Math Recommendation:  Completion of Math A (E) and Math A/B (or Math A2).  Math A  (or Math A2) may be taken concurrently.  
Minimum Science Recommendation:  A final average of 75 % in Biology Regents and a passing grade on the Living Environment/Biology Regents Exam.  

Minimum Math Recommendation:  Math B concurrently.

Minimum Science Recommendation:  A final average of 85 % in Biology Regents - Honors or 90 % in Biology Regents and a passing grade on the Living Environment/Biology Regents Exam.

AP Chemistry is designed to be a college level course.  Topics of study include structure and states of matter, reaction types, stoichiometry, kinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, acid/base theory, and organic chemistry.  Students may be required to do an independent research study or project work.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  The AP Exam must be taken.  A Regents Exam is administered in June.

Minimum Math Recommendation:  Math B concurrently.

Minimum Science Recommendation:  A final average of 95 % in Biology Regents - Honors and a passing grade on the Living Environment/Biology Regents Exam.  
 

This course is designed to introduce students to the various aspects of our environment and into the interdependence of life on earth.  Topics of study include ecology and populations, mineral resources and energy, waste management and human health.  It consists of student-centered lab activities, in addition to interactive and web-based research and analysis.  Students will relate assigned readings to meaningful class discussion.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  A school exam is administered in June.

This course can be used as the third unit of science, which is necessary for graduation with a Regents diploma.  

This course is intended to provide a conceptual understanding of the basic concepts of Physics.  Emphasis will be placed on the meaning and implications of physical principles rather than on their mathematical treatment.  Recommended for students who do not intend to major in Physics or Engineering, but who desire a study of Physics at a level less intensive than that of Physical Setting/Physics Regents.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  A school exam is administered in June.

Minimum Math Recommendation:  Completion of or enrollment in Math A/B or Math A2.  

Physics Regents follows the New York State Core Physical Setting/Physics Curriculum.  Topics of study include mechanics, energy, electricity, magnetism, wave phenomena, and nuclear physics.  This course emphasizes the meaning and implications of physical principles as well as their mathematical treatment.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  A Regents Exam is administered in June.

Minimum Math Recommendation:  Math A/B and Math B (the latter may be taken concurrently).

Minimum Science Recommendation:  A final average of 75 % in Chemistry Regents  and a passing grade on the Physical Setting/Chemistry Regents Exam.  
 

This course is intended for students who plan to major in science or engineering at highly competitive colleges and/or universities.  Topics of study include those listed for Physics Regents as well as angular displacement, angular velocity, angular acceleration, coefficient of friction, thermodynamics, torque, special relativity, rotational kinetic energy, simple harmonic motion, capacitance in series and parallel circuits, and internal resistance.  Students may be required to do an independent research study or project work.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  The AP Exam (B version) must be taken.  A Regents Exam is administered in June.

Minimum Math Recommendation:  Completion of or enrollment in Pre-Calculus.

Minimum Science Recommendation:  A final average of 90 % in Chemistry Regents - Honors or 80 % in AP Chemistry and a passing grade on the Physical Setting/Chemistry Regents Exam.  

AP Biology is designed to be a college level course.  It is intended for students who plan to continue their study of science beyond the first year of biology.  The goals of this course include helping students develop a conceptual framework for modern biology, gain an appreciation of science as a process, and prepare students to take the AP Exam in Biology.  Topics of study include molecules, cells, heredity, evolution, organisms, and populations.  Students may be required to do an independent research study or project work.  Students will collect, organize, and analyze data using a computer, the Internet and other laboratory equipment.  Classes meet seven periods per week.  The AP Exam must be taken.

Requirement:  Completion of Earth Science, Biology, and Chemistry.  Accelerated science students MUST complete Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

Minimum Science Recommendation:  A cumulative final average of 88 % in previous science courses.

This course is designed to provide assistance to those students who are at risk for not meeting the science requirements for graduation.  It is a remediation program intended to assist students in meeting the minimum graduation requirements pertaining to science.

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