Grade of B+ in Chemistry Honors or a grade of A- in Chemistry, or department recommendation.
Ability in math will be a consideration in the recommendation of this course.
Note for tenth-grade entry: Honors Chemistry. Those who have not taken Biology will need to register for Biology Honors concurrently in the same year.
AP Chemistry is an introductory college-level course where students cultivate their understanding of chemistry through inquiry-based investigations as they explore topics involving scale, proportion, quantity; structure and properties; transformations and energy.
Students develop and apply the science practices throughout the course to the four big ideas that underscore the chemistry unit concepts. These include scale proportion, quantity; structure and properties; transformations and energy. The science practices include: models and representations; question and method; representing data and phenomenon; model analysis; mathematical routines; and argumentation.
The course will have formative/summative assessments, inquiry-based laboratories and a mock examination in April using AP level questions and essay prompts.