At the advanced level topics include protein biochemistry, DNA replication, microbiology, evolution and ecology. Students in the Environmental Science course will develop a research project using the local ecology. Topics include bonding, polymers and household chemicals. Laboratory activities include hands-on projects and demonstrations. Topics include program development, invariant relations, block structure, recursion, data structures, analysis of algorithms, retrieval and transmission of information .
Advanced students study a wide range of openings, analyze middle game and solve end game.
Techniques include use of symmetry, working backwards, indirect methods of proof, parity, recursion, pigeonhole principle, congruence and induction. Advanced students solve Olympiad problems using inequalities, combinatorials, transformations, binomial theorem, congruence, induction and graphs. Special topics include conservation principles, symmetry arguments, reference frames, use of models, field concepts, wave concepts, relativity, atomic, nuclear, solid state and particle physics. A camera is required and we supply the slide film. Students will present their work at the graduation brunch.