Students interested in competing in the Envirothon competition are urged to take this course. Chemistry is an academic course dealing with measurement, matter, and energy, chemical nomenclature and equations, stoichiometry, gas laws, solutions, acids and bases, and atomic structure. High emphasis on problem solving and lab work is stressed. Additional laboratory periods are linked to regular class periods. Physics is an academic course dealing with the relation between matter and energy, beginning with measurement and continuing with force and motion, vectors, momentum, work energy and power, wave transfer of energy, light and optics, direct current electricity, circuits, magnetic applications of electric and magnetic fields, and nuclear energy.
High emphasis is placed on laboratory work and problem solving.
The units start with an introduction to the chemical basis of life, the cell, tissues and continues with heavy emphasis on organ systems. References are made to homologous structures in non-humans. This course is structured as a background for further studies, including nursing, pre-med, allied health professions, physical education, athletic training, and related fields. Advanced chemistry reviews basic chemical principles and introduces topics in organic chemistry, qualitative analysis, and quantitative analysis. Heavy emphasis is placed on laboratory work.