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Moodle Help Desk
Teacher: David Huston
| This course supports faculty use of Moodle and is moderated by help desk personnel at the hosting provider. Teachers can ask technical and best practices questions within forums in this course.
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World History I-HUSTON
Teacher: David Huston
 | World History I concentrates on the beginnings of human life, cultures, civilizations, and world religions. It covers the period from the first emergence of human ancestors (c. 4 million years before present) to the beginning of the second millenium (c. 1,000 CE). We study five world religions in depth: Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. We focus on three major civilizational centers: Middle East, Mediterranean, and South Asia.
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M4 Projects--HUSTON
Contributor: m4 student
| M4 Projects are multi media mind mapping projects that combine mind maps, PowerPoints, and audio narration to present the results of student research on World History I topics.
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World History II
Teacher: tim connell
| World History II is a survey of world history from about 1350 to the present. We view history from a global perspective, with a particular emphasis on the continent of Afrasia. In the context of this survey format, we also focus on several topics in depth, most often by reading a novel related to the topic. These books include The Death of Woman Wang (a look at the life of peasants in 17th century rural China), Things Fall Apart (a look at life in Africa on the eve of European domination), All Quiet on the Western Front (a soldier's view of the horror of World War I), and Dry Tears (a young Jewish girl's struggle to survive during the time of the Holocaust).
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KAP/AP US HISTORY
Teacher: David Huston
| KAP/AP US History is a college course offered through the Kenyon Academic Partnership (KAP), emphasizing a thorough mastery of the essential information of US History and a rigorous analytical understanding of the causes, consequences, and significance of major historical trends. Major emphasis is placed on learning to write the analytical, interpretive essay.
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US HISTORY
| US History is a college prep course emphasizing a thorough mastery of the essential information of US History and a rigorous analytical understanding of the causes, consequences, and significance of major historical trends. Major emphasis is placed on learning to write the analytical, interpretive essay.
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AP English
Teacher: angela fasick
| AP American Literature fulfills the English III requirement and prepares students for the College Board's Advanced Placement examination in English Literature, which takes place in May of each year. AP English moves at an accelerated pace, is writing intensive, and utilizes challenging literature to teach students how to interpret and analyze written texts. Because the course focuses on American literature, we also examine the texts within a historical, social, religious, and political context. |
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KAP English
Teacher: jeanne stephens
| KAP English is a college-level course for seniors who want to explore major literary texts from a variety of critical perspectives, such as feminist, psychoanalytic, and New Historicist. One of the central strategies investigated in the course concerns the relationship between text and context. The texts are poems, plays and short stories by the writers of the Irish Renaissance: Yeats, Synge, O’Casey and Joyce. The context is Irish history, mythology and contemporaneous politics. The culmination of this unit is a research project presented as a website.
The purpose of KAP English is to make interested and already perceptive students even more aware of how they read and to introduce them to new and different ways of reading. The literature studied comes from a variety of genres: lyric, drama, prose fiction, myth, satire and personal essay. Writers include Emily Brontë, William Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf and Henrik Ibsen. Prerequisites: departmental approval; KAP acceptance by Kenyon College
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Geometry
Teacher: Kelly Winkelhake
| This course addresses the traditional geometry topics (e.g. lines, angles, polygons, circles). Students explore concepts directly through their own investigation, make and test conjectures about what they observe, and apply these conjectures to solve problems. |
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Algebra 2
Teacher: Kelly Winkelhake
| In this intermediate-level algebra course, topics covered include an extensive study of linear and quadratic equations, inequalities and systems over the real numbers, matrices, intensive investigations of functions and their graphs, and the application of mathematical models to real world phenomena are introduced. |
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Honors Geometry
Teacher: denise brzezinski
| This course is designed to enable students to comprehend the structure and use of an axiomatic system so that they will be able to understand the logic of a complex theorem and to construct their own proofs on the properties of two- and three-dimensional figures.
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Teacher: stan bender
| Environmental science is the study of the physical environment and the interactions of living things with their environment. It includes components from many branches of science, including biology, chemistry, physics, geology, ecology, and astronomy. This science uses a multi-faceted approach to observe, analyze and understand our world.
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AP Chemistry
Teacher: Rich Kawolics
| AP Chemistry is a fast-paced and demanding second-year course in
chemistry. Students completing the course are prepared for the College
Board AP Chemistry examination, offered in May of each year. |
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AP Physics C
Teacher: Brian Carpenter
| AP Physics C is designed to be the equivalent of a first year college level physics course taken by engineers and physics majors. This means that we will cover many of the concepts that you are familiar with from your earlier physics class, but in more depth and with more mathematical elegance. We will utilize calculus, differential equations and non-Cartesian coordinate systems. One of the major goals is for you to perform well on the AP Physics C mechanics exam, and be awarded college credit for your efforts. |
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Chemistry
Teacher: licia kovach
Teacher: terry mansfield
Teacher: Rich Kawolics
| Chemistry is a required college preparatory science class for tenth grade students. Topics include atomic structure and periodicity, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, chemical bonding, phases of matter and phase transitions, ideal gas laws, properties of solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, and electrochemistry. Problem-solving skills are reinforced in this laboratory-oriented course. |
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College Preparatory Physics
Teacher: Brian Carpenter
Teacher: Rich Kawolics
| College Prep Physics is a first year physics course. The class covers the major fields of physics including mechanics, optics, electromagnetism and modern physics. The focus is on conceptual understanding and an introduction to laboratory work and presentation.
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Honors Biology
Teacher: stan bender
Teacher: terry mansfield
| This course emphasizes molecular and cellular biochemistry, as well as physiological processes, evolutionary processes, and population dynamics. The course will be taught using a theme-based approach, with major themes including evolution, cellular transport, homeostasis, energetics (including photosynthesis and cellular respiration), genetics, embryology, and reproduction. Laboratory experiences will be comprehensive and will cover a wide variety of techniques in classical and modern biology. |
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Honors Chemistry
Teacher: licia kovach
| Honors Chemistry topics such as the quantum-mechanical model, bonding, thermodynamics, and equilibrium are covered in significant detail. Students perform extensive laboratory work emphasizing the application of chemistry to the modern world. |
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Honors Physics
Teacher: Brian Carpenter
| Honors Physics is an advanced first year physics course at Laurel. The focus is on building a strong knowledge of physical phenomena and learning the skills needed to explain these ideas in a rigorous mathematical context. Topics of study include kinematics, dynamics, conservation laws, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism and modern physics. Lab work progresses from the basics of measurement taking and data gathering to a full presentation of results throughout the year. |
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Principles of Engineering
Teacher: licia kovach
| Through active problem-solving in the context of specific case studies, this course will address concepts and skills relevant to a career in engineering. Topics include structural integrity and bridge building, Rube Goldberg devices, study of ethics, and the design and construction of a computer-controlled robotic device. |
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Spanish I
Teacher: marti hardy
| Spanish I is the first course in the three year language sequence for those students who have had little or no exposure to Spanish. The course is a comprehensive audio-lingual-visual approach designed to teach the language skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and understanding cultural similarities and differences in the Spanish-speaking world. Oral speaking and listening proficiency skills are emphasized in class and in an integrated CD program correlated with the text, the workbook/ video manual and the lab manual. Students will be required to practice vocabulary, watch the fotonovela video, complete computer- related activities and access the companion website at www.vistahigherlearning.com to research topics presented in the text. |
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Spanish II (Hardy)
Teacher: marti hardy
| Spanish II is a continuation of the three-year language sequence in which the basic grammar structures, vocabulary and verb tenses are presented. By the end of the second year, students will be able to converse using several verb tenses and many new vocabulary words. Reading and writing skills are enhanced through the reading of short stories and the writing of paragraphs. Listening comprehension and oral speaking skills are emphasized in the classroom as well as an integrated lab program. Students will gain an understanding and appreciation of Spanish-speaking cultures through literary readings, video, slide and television presentations , newspaper and magazine articles, and correlated Internet activities provided by the textbook publishers. |
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AP Spanish Language
Teacher: marti hardy
| The AP Spanish Language course is designed for students who have demonstrated a talent and motivation for language learning beyond the required three -year sequence and who want to continue with an intensive study of Spanish in preparation for the AP Spanish Language Exam. The course is a skill-building class designed to build confidence in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as an understanding of the hispanic culture. In order to be successful on the AP Spanish Language Exam, students will need :
(1) To demonstrate comprehension of formal-and informal Spanish through extensive listening comprehension dialogues and lectures as well as conversations in class and the language laboratory.
(2) To acquire the vocabulary and advanced grammar structures necessary to speak clearly, accurately and confidently in Spanish.
(3) To read and analyze literature at an advanced level.
(4) To write well-composed essays that reflect their reading comprehension, listening comprehension and critical-thinking skills.
(5) To understand the Hispanic culture through literature, T.V., music, movies, magazines, etc.
Students are expected to take the AP Spanish Language Exam in May. |
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Chinese 2
Teacher: Su-Jane Chen
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Forensics
Teacher: Rich Kawolics
| Forensics is a course in which students learn and practice the art of debate. In the course, students will learn to identify critical questions and conflicts of value, will conduct research into both sides of the conflict, and will develop logical, well supported arguments to address important issues. Students will also debate in a supportive environment, and will practice verbal presentation and argumentation
skills. |
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English
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