Course+Selection

There is some discussion taking place on exactly what courses need to be a part of STEM. We need to have a meeting where we can look at what are the goals of our STEM program, and how will we reach these goals? What courses are required and what courses can be substituted. For example, do all students need to take AP Biology if they plan on going to college to study engineering or some other physical science? Could PLTW courses be substituted here? How about band or foreign language? Do we expect STEM to be just for students that want to have a career in these fields or is it open to students that want to have a different career like teaching or journalism? We need to look at STEM and design it for a complete 4 year program with the understanding that we have constraints like finances, space, staff etc.

I believe that at the last discussion we / someone mentioned that if not A.P. Biology then A.P. Chemistry could be taken during the 10th grade year. We also need to find an A.P. level intro to robotics class that can be placed at the 10th grade level. What would happen if we alowed the A.P. science in 10th to be replaced by Oracle I and II? Is the level of rigor comparable? -- Just thinking on the Wiki -- VC