|
Junior Level |
Senior Level |
Hours |
% Curriculum |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Course |
I |
II |
III |
I |
II |
III |
|
|
Biology |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
198 |
3.5 |
Chemistry |
|
|
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
372 |
6.7 |
Physics |
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
500 |
9.0 |
Math |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1,026 |
18.5 |
Total |
31 |
31 |
31 |
29 |
26 |
26 |
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| Junior Level | Senior Level |
|---|---|
Physics: The physics course begins in the second year of the junior school with the study of mechanics. Topics include measurement, weight, force, pressure in liquids and gases, buoyancy, force and movement, simple machines, work and energy, change of state, heat energy, and heat engines. In the third year, the course includes current electricity, electrical work, transmission in liquids and gases, electromagnetism, and an introduction to light. |
Physics: Three years of physics are offered. Topics include mechanics, including concepts of equilibrium and motion including Newton's laws; mechanical vibration and wave motion and the gas equations; electric and magnetic fields, static electricity, alternating current electricity, the nature of light, and elementary concepts of atomic structure. |
Chemistry: The chemistry course begins in the third year of the junior level with topics including oxygen, hydrogen, solutions, moles and heats of reaction, the structure of matter, nitrogen subgroup, speeds of reaction and equilibrium, the carbon group, and organic compounds. |
Chemistry: Senior Level chemistry begins in year 1 with sodium and sulfuric acid, heats of reaction, the periodic table of the elements, the nitrogen group, the carbon group, and colloids. In year 2 topics include electrolysis, magnetism and aluminum, transitional elements, hydrocarbons, sugars and proteins, and high polymer compounds. |
Biology: The biology course begins in the first year of the primary school and continues into the second year. The course begins with a consideration of the structure of living things, including cells, tissues, and organs. The organs of flowering plants, seeds, roots, stems and leaves, flowers, and fruit follow this. Students then study the structure and functions of the major groups. |
Biology: Senior level biology begins with the structure and function of the cell, and then considers the origin of life, assimilation and metabolism, reproduction and development, regulation and control, heredity and variation. |