4700 Lone Tree Way
Deer Valley High School
Antioch, California
Forms
We're dedicated to providing our students with the experience and knowledge necessary to make science useful in their lives and to enable our students to improve the lives of others by learning how to discover new things.
Please note: Most of these documents are in Adobe Acrobat format. They require the use of the (free) Adobe Acrobat reader. This is used instead of html because the document formatting remains identical to what the printed version lookslike, no matter what your browser settings, and the format is universal to all computer platforms (Windows, DOS, Unix, Sun, and Mac). Requires Adobe Acrobat 3 or higher.
A properly installed, recent copy of Adobe Acrobat reader should install a plug-in within your browser application and these links should work automatically. If you've installed the reader and when you click on the link, you still get a screen of random symbols, right-click (windows) or click and hold (Mac) until the pop-up menu appears and choose "Save link As..." from the list that appears. Choose Save Link as Source, and name the file something that ends in .pdf if it doesn't happen automatically. Then start Acrobat reader, and choose Open from the File menu. You should then be able to open the file.
Science Department Course Catalog and Sequences
This page, which will open in a new window, gives the course catalog descriptions of all the science classes offered at DVHS.
Lab Safety Form (required of all students)
This form describes the safety rules for DVHS science classes. All students must bring a signed copy of this form to class and pass a quiz on the contents.
Dissection Letter (required for all biology students)
This form is required for students in a bio class who may be doing animal dissections.
This page describes a general lab report format that is the basis for all the science teachers' individual formats.
Required for all students who use the internet at school.
Office Hours and Extra Help
Every science teacher at DVHS offers extra help to students who are having difficulty. To find out when each teacher is available for extra help, open the teacher information page.
Internet Access Permission Forms
Please see your science teacher for forms and instructions on how to get your internet card.
Eisenhower Workshop Handouts
The Science Department is holding a series of internal workshops to train for various topics. The handouts provided for these workshops are located here.
Articles at Low End Mac Lab Report
A number of articles related to using computers in the science classroom have been posted on the Low End Mac Web site. Please see the following articles for more information:
Downgrading to an older OS: http://lowendmac.net/lab/010122.html
Scan Converters vs. Projectors: http://lowendmac.net/lab/010104.html
Starting a Presentation in AppleWorks 5: http://lowendmac.net/lab/app4.html
Ten Uses for a WebCam: http://lowendmac.net/lab/2k1228.html
How to Use Logger Pro: http://lowendmac.net/lab/2k1221.html
Inserting graphs and tables in AppleWorks: http://lowendmac.net/lab/app3.html
Using the Internet in the Science Classroom: http://lowendmac.net/lab/2k1207.html
Creating a Graphic Library in AppleWorks 5: http://lowendmac.net/lab/010201.html
Digital Data Gathering: http://lowendmac.net/lab/2k1214.html
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Real People in math and science and what they took in High School
Antioch Unified School District
Our Mission:
We're dedicated to providing our students with the experience and knowledge necessary to make science useful in their lives and to enable our students to improve the lives of others by learning how to discover new things.
Department Goals:
1. Increase science enrollment in elective classes.
2. Prepare students to make career choices in science.
3. Get students excited about science by having them participate in relevant, realistic, hands-on science activities.
4. Improve scores on state-mandated standardized assessments.
5. Support each other in our efforts to become better professional science educators.
6. Connect all major activities and course descriptions to the California Science Standards, and analyze course descriptions and test results for standards we may not be meeting.
