Advanced Placement

Science
Chemistry 20 Pre-AP & 30/35 AP
Along with the Alberta Chemistry 20/30 curriculum, the advanced placement curriculum
is designed to be the first course in post-secondary studies. Topics include atomic theory,
expressing changes using chemical equations, chemical bonding, gas laws, liquid and solids,
solutions, stoichiometry, equilibrium, kinetics, redox , thermochemistry and thermodynamics.
Strong emphasis on developing theory, mathematical calculations and laboratory skills will be
enhanced. Students will be expected to design labs given a specific problem to investigate.
Biology 20/30/35 AP
This course covers and goes beyond the Biology 20/30 curriculum through a more advanced
paradigm. The student will look at the material through the four Big Ideas of the AP program: 1)
Evolution, 2) Biological systems, 3) Living systems, and 4) Biological system interactions. AP labs
use an inquiry-based model and will include concepts of Hardy Weinberg, cellular respiration,
photosynthesis, osmosis, mitosis, meiosis, bacterial transformation, restriction enzymes and
transpiration. The diversity of topics will provide students with both intellectual knowledge and
analytical skills.
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“I am taking AP classes because I want to take medicine in university and this class will help me later”.
Jo-Ann F.