Integrated Science 10 (academic, 1 credit)

This course is intended to give the student a foundation in various science disciplines including biology, chemistry, meteorology and physics. Topics include chemical formulas, balancing equations, phase changes in substances and energy involved, Newton's Laws, biology of cells, plant nutrition and organic agriculture, and weather and climate change.

Biology 11 (academic, 1 credit)

This survey course involves the study of living processes and structure. Topics will include the definition of life, classification, evolution, animal and plant nutrition, cell structure and function, elements of plant and animal structure and function and genetics. The course will have a lab component, including some dissection. Students will learn and practice safe laboratory procedures.

Biology 12 (academic, 1 credit)

As a continued study of life processes topics will include the structure, functions and interactions of DNA, RNA and proteins, biotechnology, the human circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, excretory, musculoskeletal, nervous and endocrine systems, and human genetics. This course will have a lab component including some dissection. Students will learn and practice safe laboratory procedures.

Chemistry 11 (academic, 1 credit)

This basic chemistry program uses the advanced development of "small scale" laboratory work. Topics include: matter, a particle model of the atom, the periodic table, electronic structure of the atom, chemical bonding, nomenclature, formulas, balancing equations and an introduction to organic chemistry.

Chemistry 12 (academic, 1 credit)

Pre-requisite: Chemistry 11. Topics include a review of Chemistry 430, the gas phase, solutions, chemical and nuclear energy, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, and oxidation and reduction.

Physics 11 (academic, 1 credit)

Pre-requisite: Mathematics 10. Topics include how light behaves, reflections and images, refraction, the particle model of light, introduction to waves, Newton's Laws of Motion, motion at the earth's surface.

Physics 12 (academic, 1 credit)

Pre-requisites: Physics 11 and Grade 11 Pre-Calculus Mathematics. Topics include universal gravitation and the solar system; momentum, work, power and energy, Coulomb's Law and elementary electric circuits, the magnetic field, electromagnetic induction and electromagnetic waves, the Rutherford atom, photons, atoms and spectra, and matter waves.