Science
bbin娱乐平台’s science sequence takes students through biology, chemistry, and then on to University courses. An inquiry-based approach to science allows students at all grade levels to make connections between concepts learned in class and the reality of the world around them. Students are exposed to real-life science through hands-on laboratory work, demonstrations, and discussions that encourage them to become actively involved in their own learning. Students are asked to predict, observe, explore, question, measure, and compare; to test theories and articulate beliefs with their peers and teachers; and to modify their thoughts and draw conclusions based on experience. bbin娱乐平台 students may also arrange for research opportunities in University labs in the summer before senior year.
BI25: Biology
In this experiential, inquiry-based class, students will explore the natural world and learn about the many living creatures with which they share the planet. This course covers a range of topics including scientific method, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, ecology, and evolution. Extensive laboratory work supports the main themes of the curriculum, and is reinforced by hands-on, place-based learning, extending the borders of the classroom to include the living world in and around bbin娱乐平台. Other integral aspects of the course are student collaboration, attention to current scientific literature, and student-led seminars.
CH45: Chemistry
This course is an intensive study of general chemistry. The course experimentally and theoretically investigates both the structure and properties of matter as well as how it changes. The historical and societal implications of chemistry are explored. Topics include stoichiometry, chemical bonding, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, reduction-oxidation reactions, and kinetics. All students keep an active lab notebook, write formal lab reports, give presentations on everyday chemical topics, and write a research paper. Students complete weekly laboratory experiments that correlate with topics studied throughout the year. Homework problems and laboratory exercises allow students to experience how theories and principles can be used to explain their observations firsthand. Text used: Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach, Zumdahl and Zumdahl.
Junior Research Seminar: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
The class explores research science at Boston University and in the surrounding area. The students read and discuss research articles, then meet the investigators and tour the various research labs. In the spring, they choose a lab for a hands-on rotation and training session to set-up for a six-week summer research experience. The goal is that this summer research will lead to the basis of the senior thesis. For 11s only.