Science

High School Science

A broad array of science is offered in our quest to engage each student’s interest in science while fulfilling the NY State Regents requirements. The curriculum is college preparatory in nature and content. Students are taught how to apply scientific concepts to everyday life. Our aim is to make students aware of the way scientific issues affect the world.

In The Living Environment course, students study scientific method, biological tools, cells, plant and animal physiology, classification of organisms, life characteristics, reproduction, maintenance of protists, plants and animals, Mendelian and modern genetics, evolution and ecology.  This material is covered over two years. Laboratory work and written lab exercises are required for the Regents exam. The students appear for Regents Living Environment at the end of 10th grade.

In Earth Science, students study rocks, minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, oceans, weather, climate, and astronomy. Lab work is an integral component of the course. Students take the Regents exam at the end of 11th grade.

In RCT Science, students are prepared for the Regents Competency Test. Emphasis is placed on the study of Life, Earth and Physical Science and their interdependence. Vocabulary, research, current events, laboratory experimentation, and field trips enable students to make connections with science in the real world. Students read and analyze context clues, assess their knowledge through practice questions, and sharpen their skills to raise confidence levels.

Power of Intention Class

In this elective students are exposed to the ideas of various influential teachings within the field of science and psychology including that of Dr. Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, and Eloise Hale.  The curriculum combines asset based thinking with basic concepts in Particle and Quantum Physics in order to examine positive and negative thoughts, synchronicity and thought energies.  Students are challenged to examine the concept of relativity: on the sub-atomic level things are not as they seem to us on our "regular" level.  Please note that all concepts and theories are presented from a strictly objective / secular / non-religious point of view.