ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) AT
DELTA HIGH SCHOOL
2013-2014
AP Courses Offered
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Science:
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Language and
Composition
 Literature and
Composition
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Environmental Science
 Physics B
 Chemistry
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Math:
Statistics
 Calculus AB
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English:
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Social Studies:
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US Government and
Politics
Schedule
Class Period
Class
Instructor
Room #
1st Hour
AP Environmental Science
Reiher
A-39
AP Language and Comp.
Groome
A-29
2nd Hour
AP Physics B
Magtutu
D-2
3rd Hour
AP Statistics
Davis
A-37
AP Calculus AB
Rover
A-10
AP Literature and Comp.
Ames
A-32
AP Chemistry
Mock
D-3
5th Hour
AP US Government and
Politics
MacKendrick
A-42
6th Hour
AP Statistics
Cronenberg
A-9
AP Language and Comp.
Groome
A-29
AP Literature and Comp
Ames
A-32
4th Hour
7th Hour
AP Environmental Science
Instructor:
Steve Reiher
sreiher@deltaschools.com
Rm. A-39
8:10-9:00
Prerequisites:
None
AP Environmental Science is designed to give
students the opportunity to study our environment
through the integration of biological, chemical,
physical, and geological concepts as well as the
cultural and political aspects. Students will involve
critical thinking skills along with the scientific
method to gain an understanding of the
relationships between living things and their
environment as well as human impact on the
environment.
**This class is open to Sophomores, Juniors, and
Seniors**
Sample Units:
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Aquatic Ecology
Biodiversity
Geology
Human Populations
Non-renewable
Resources/Energy
Nuclear Energy
Meteorology and the
Atmosphere
AP Physics B
Instructor:
Ben Magtutu
bmagtutu@deltaschools.com
Rm. D-2
9:05-9:55
Prerequisites:
Physics
Algebra II
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This course is designed to develop an
appreciation of the beauty of the physical
universe and the laws that govern it. In order to
reach this goal we will work daily at developing
your intuition, creativity, and inquiry skills. You
will be designing and implementing experiments
that lead to greater mastery of the laws of the
phenomenon we see in the physical universe. We
will also be using historical experiments and
perspectives to uncover the elegance of how
physics has developed over the last 400 years.
**This class is open to Juniors and Seniors**
Sample Units
Newtonian Mechanics:
Kinematics
 Fluid Mechanics
 Thermodynamics
 Electricity and Magnetism:
Electrostatics
 Wave Motion
 Optics
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AP Chemistry
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Instructor:
Joe Mock
jmock@deltaschools.com
Rm. D-3
10:55-11:45
Prerequisites:
Chemistry
This course is structured around the six big
ideas presented by College Board for AP
Chemistry. The following is the order of the
content presented along with the big idea in
which it aligns:
 1. Chemical Elements
 2. Chemical and Physical Properties
 3. Change in Matter
 4. Chemical Reactions
 5. Thermodynamics
 6. Intermolecular Attraction
**This course is open to Juniors and
Seniors**
Sample Units and Labs
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Units: Chemical
Foundations;
Stoichiometry; Bonding;
Gases; Chemical Kinetics;
Acids and Bases;
Thermochemistry;
Spontaneity, Entropy, and
Free Energy
Labs: Chromatography;
Molar Volume of a Gas;
Spectrophotometry;
Titration: How Much Acid Is
in Fruit Juice and Soft
Drinks?; Calorimetry: The
Hand Warmer Design
Challenge: Where Does the
Heat Come From?
AP Language and Composition
Instructor:
Mary Groome
mgroome@deltaschools.com
Rm. A-29
8:10-9:00/
1:50-2:40
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By focusing on American literature, the "AP
English Language and Composition [course]
engages students in becoming skilled
readers of prose written in a variety of
rhetorical contexts and in becoming skilled
writers who compose for a variety of
purposes. Both their writing and their
reading should make students aware of the
interactions among a writer’s purposes,
audience expectations, and subjects, as well
as the way genre conventions and the
resource of language contribute to
effectiveness in writing.”
Sample Texts/Writing Assignments
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; The Scarlett
Letter; The Crucible; The Color Purple; Beloved
Rhetoric and Rhetorical Analysis; Memoirs;
Comparison/Contrast; Research Paper
AP Literature and Composition
Instructor:
Rob Ames
rames@deltaschools.com
Rm. A-32
10:55-11:45/
2:45-3:35
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Reading in an AP course is both wide and deep,
and through the close reading of selected texts,
students deepen their understanding of the ways
writers use language to provide both meaning
and pleasure for their readers. The course includes
intensive study of representative works from
various genres and periods with each study
corresponding to an approach to writing about
literary works. Writing to understand a literary
work may involve writing response and reaction
papers, along with annotation, free writing, and
keeping some form of a reading journal.
Sample Texts/Unit Themes
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Novels: Frankenstein; 1984; A Modest Proposal; Death of a
Salesman; Brave New World; The Road; Ethan Frome; Heart of
Darkness
Unit Themes: College Application Essay; Elements of Genre;
Responsibility and Consequence; Ambition; Perfection; Pain; Beauty;
AP Statistics
Instructors:
Renee Cronenberg
rcronenberg@deltaschools.
com
Teresa Davis
tdavis@deltaschools.com
Rm. A-9/A-36
Prerequisites:
Algebra II
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Advanced Placement Statistics acquaints
students with the major concepts and tools for
collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions
from data. Students will frequently work on
projects involving the hands-on gathering and
analysis of real world data. Ideas and
computations presented in this course have
immediate links and connections with actual
events. Computers and calculators will allow
students to focus deeply on the concepts
involved in Statistics.
**This course is open to Sophomores, Juniors,
and Seniors
Sample Units
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Exploring and Understanding Data
Exploring Relationships Between Variables
Gathering Data
Randomness and Probability
Inference When Variables Are Related
AP Calculus AB
Instructor:
Marty Rover
mrover@deltaschools.com
Rm. A-10
10:00-10:50
Prerequisite:
Pre-Calculus
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The course teaches for major topics during the
year: limits, derivatives, indefinite integrals
and definite integrals. In each unit, we will
study the topics graphically, numerically,
analytically and verbally. We will not just
learn the how, but the why to each of these
four main topics. Students are encouraged to
learn calculus through a variety of formats:
direct teacher instruction, exploration, reading
and writing about calculus topics, and
cooperative group learning.
**This course is open to Juniors and Seniors**
Sample Units and Activities
Units:
Velocity and other rates of change
Derivatives of trigonometric functions
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Trapezoidal rule and Simpson’s rule
Activities:
MODELING HORIZONTAL MOTION
TRAPEZOIDAL METHOD
CBL BALL TOSS EXPERIMENT
AP US Government and Politics
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Instructor:
Tonya
MacKendrick
tmackendrick@deltaschools
.com
Rm. A-42
12:55-1:45
This course includes both the study of general
concepts used to interpret U.S. government and
politics and the analysis of specific examples. It
also requires familiarity with the various
institutions, groups, beliefs, and ideas that
constitute U.S. government and politics. While
there is no single approach that an AP United
States Government and Politics course must follow,
students should become acquainted with the
variety of theoretical perspectives and
explanations for various behaviors and outcomes.
Certain topics are usually covered in all college
courses.
 **This course is open to Seniors**
Sample Units
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Origins of the American Republic
Origins of American Federalism
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Voter Behavior
Path to Presidency
Interest Groups/Political Parties/Media
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Civil Liberties/Civil Rights
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