Course Catalog 2018_w_ CTE draft

Students will be collecting, representing, and processing data to enhance their social awareness and career opportunities. Subtopics and activities include simulations and/or sampling to estimate probabilities, fitting curves, testing hypotheses, and drawing interferences. They will solve problems involving uncertainty through experimental probability and create and interpret probability distributions (norm curve and properties). Students will make informal observations about the likelihood of events to interpret and judge the validity of statistical claims.

STATISTICS I DUAL ENROLLMENT

3191(1 high school credit) (NRCC college credit in MTH 245, 3 college credits) Grade Level: 11 and 12 Prerequisite: A letter grade of C in Pre-Calculus Dual Enrollment

This course presents an overview of statistics, including descriptive statistics, elementary probability, probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, and correlation and regression. Students will follow the course guide and will use the texts of New River Community College for Statistics or Math 240.

SERVICE LEARNING – MATH PEER TUTORING

2502(1 credit) (elective credit) Grade Level: 11 and 12 Prerequisite: Application and successful completion of the math course to be tutored

Peer tutoring is a course in which students are given an opportunity to help other students with their class work so they too can excel in their education. Tutoring is not only a worthy service students can provide for the PCHS community, but also a means to prove themselves as responsible and caring individuals. As a peer tutor, a student will tutor other students in a course they have previously completed successfully at PCHS. This course can offer valuable experiences for students who are interested in a teaching career. Students who wish to enroll in this course are required to obtain or possess the following:  Teaching recommendation  Good interpersonal communication skills and ease in relating to peers from varying educational, cultural, and social backgrounds  High level of responsibility, reliability, and punctuality  Good attendance  A GPA of 3.0 or higher  Completion and submission of the tutor application form to the Math Department Chairperson

SCIENCE

SCIENCE COURSE SEQUENCES

Earth Science*

Biology

Chemistry

Environmental Science Biology II/Ecology Physics Meteorology Biology I Dual Enrollment Biology II Dual Enrollment

BIOLOGY

4300(1 credit) Grade Level: 10 and 11 Prerequisite: None EOC Test: Standards of Accreditation require an End of Course Test upon completion of this course.

This course is an integrated approach to life science that will utilize the study of certain chemistry, physics, and environmental science principles necessary for the study of this fundamental science. The Virginia Standards of Learning is the base for this course.