Re: [Phys-l] What science courses are offered at your school?

["Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>]

Only two sciences are required at my school. Not sure why. Most take 4 or
5 as we are a "college prep" school. We offer the usual bio, chem, and
phys (and all three APs). We also have 4 electives: Anatomy, Astronomy,
Environmental, and Forensics. Astronomy is the least popular of the four,
even though we have a planetarium on campus -- which is my classroom!

Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> writes:
> Greetings everyone.  I have some questions regarding science courses that
> are offered at your high school.
>
> In Ohio, students now must now have 4 years of science credit.  The
> problem we are running into is that we are a small school (about 100
> students per grade level) and have only 3 science teachers.  We've been
> asked to think of other science courses that might be offered to help
> fulfill these 4 credits (years) of science credit.  Currently, we only
> have Chemistry, Physics, Advanced Physics, Anatomy & Physiology,
> Environmental science, Biology, Physical science, and Life Science.
>
> My fellow science teachers and I are looking into other classes that we
> might be able to offer.  We are looking for classes that could be geared
> more for the "upper level" students and "weaker" students.  AP courses
> are also being considered.
>
> I'm also certified to teach computers and CAD (computer aided design). 
> Does anyone offer a computer science, robotics, or engineering courses
> that could be counted as a science credit?
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Dwight Souder
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