A verified unit of credit for graduation is based on a student’s satisfactory completion of a course and a passing score on the end of-course (EOC) Standards of Learning (SOL) test for that course. Currently, there are EOC SOL Science tests for Earth Science, Biology and Chemistry. See page 19 for sample course sequences in science. Students enrolled in AP Science courses must also co-enroll in the 1.0-credit AP Science Lab Seminar aligned with the AP Science course. In every science course, the importance of scientific research that validates or challenges ideas is emphasized. Therefore, students are encouraged to develop research projects for entry into the city science fair competition.
Students are required to take this one credit laboratory course as a component of AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism; Mechanics and AP Environmental Science. Grades from the class and the lab will be averaged and assigned for both portions of the course.
AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science and/or AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism; Mechanics)
