4700 Lone Tree Way
Deer Valley High School
Antioch, California
Advice for Sophomores
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.
Information For Sophomores by Department Chair Carrie Hurtado
What Science should I take
next year?
1. What is your plan for after high school?
a. Just graduate
b. Go to a community college after graduation
c. Go to a trade school after graduation.
d. Go to a 4 year college after graduation
2. If answered "a" or "b" and you passed both 9th
and 10th grade science classes then you are done. Ready to graduate,
but it is recommended that you take more science.
3. If answered "c" then do some research into possible
college to see if they have any requirements for the program you are interested
in. It is always recommended that you take more science.
4.
If answered "d" and pass
the year of biology then you must take a physical lab science indicated with a
"p" below. This is the
minimum required; it is recommended that you take as much as you can.
a.
Which science class
should I take? What are you interested in?
i. Nothing to do with science (not going to 4 year)
ii. Human body/Biology
1. Physiology
2. AP Biology
iii. Stars/space/earth/things in the ocean
1. Astronomy p
2. Geology
3. Marine science
4. AP Environmental p
iv. What things are made of and how they react/chemistry
1. Chemistry in Community p (in geometry)
2. Chemistry p (in algebra 2)
3. Honors chemistry p (in math analysis)
v. How things work/physics
1. Physics p
2. AP physics p
Science
Department
Links
Annual Department Awards (New)
UC vs. CSU-What's the difference?
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.
