What is AP? - The Advanced Placement (AP) is a program created by the College Board offering college-level curriculum and examinations to high school students. American colleges often grant placement and course credit to students who obtain high scores above a certain number on the examinations.
Why take AP courses? - Confidence: develop better study habits, improve your writing skills and sharpen your problem solving abilities.
- Credit: Entering college with AP credits gives you time to move into upper-level courses in your field of interest, pursue a double major, or study/travel abroad
- College Success: Research consistently shows that students who are successful in AP typically experience greater academic success in college than similar students who do not participate in AP.
A few words from our SCA students… First experience with AP - First experience with AP
- Balance
- Considerations
- Reality check
- Benefits
Considerations - Work Ethic
- Maturity
- Organizational Skills
- “Passion” for Subject
- Rigorous Pace
- Taking Initiative—seeking assistance
- Independent Work
- Cooperative Learning
More Considerations - Realistic Time Commitments
- Balance
- Grading
- Learning Curve
- AP Exam
Questions for students? for example… - How many AP’s should I take?
- How much time will I need to study for each AP course?
- What’s the hardest AP class?
- Is AP English Lit harder than AP English Language?
AP Weighting - 1.0 added to quality points
- C+ 2.3 + 1.0= 3.3
- Exam should be taken
- $83 exam fee
- High School Plan of Studies
- Personal Finance & Economics
Social Sciences - Advanced Placement Program Goals
- Inclusion
- Communication/Awareness of the Community
- Academic Rigor: Complex, Ambiguous, Provocative, Emotional
- Preparation of Students
World History Examination - World History Examination
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- Three Hours and Five minutes long
- Section I: 70 Multiple Choice Question: 55 minutes
- Section II: Three Essays in this 130 minute free response section—compare/contrast, change over time, document based question (DBQ). Graded on a 1-9 Rubric. National average for essays usually around 3.0!
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Historical Thinking Skills - Historical Thinking Skills
- The AP World History curriculum emphasizes specific historical thinking skills.
- Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence
- Chronological Reasoning
- Comparison and Contextualization
- Historical Interpretation and Synthesis
- Course Themes: AP World History highlights FIVE overarching themes
- 1. Interaction between Humans and Environment
- 2. Development and Interaction of Cultures
- 3. State Building, Expansion, and Conflict
- 4. Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
- 5. Development and Transformation of Social Structures
Stone Bridge + AP World History - For the seven years the exam has been given in Loudoun County, over 70 % of SBHS students have passed the exam with a score of 3, 4, or 5. National average pass rate hovers approximately around 50-55 % with a low of 48%.
Sample Essays - *Compare and contrast Han China and Imperial Rome in terms of the political control that they exercised over their respective populations.
- *Analyze the cultural and political changes and continuities in ONE of the following civilizations during the last centuries of the classical era.
- Chinese, 100 CE to 600 CE
- Roman, 100 CE to 600 CE
- Indian, 300 CE to 600 CE
Geometry - Students MUST have a strong grasp of Algebra I concepts!
- Students MUST realize “Geometry is like a language!”… Students must recall and apply vocabulary!
- Math may not be the passion for the students who enroll in this course.
Functions, Algebra, and Data Analysis - This course is a bridge between Algebra I and Algebra II.
- Students looking to strengthen Algebra I skills should enroll.
Algebra II - Students MUST have a strong grasp of Algebra I concepts!
- Math may not be the passion for the students who enroll in this course.
Algebra II/Trigonometry - Students MUST have a passion for mathematics
- and be self-motivated!
- Students MUST have a strong grasp of Algebra I concepts! Did students earn “A”s on their midterm and final exams to demonstrate long term retention/comprehension?
- If a student is enrolled in this course, he/she should be enrolled in higher science courses as well.
- This course has a common county-wide assessment.
Advanced Functions and Modeling - This course is a bridge between Algebra II and Advanced Algebra/Precalculus.
- Students looking to strengthen Algebra II skills should enroll.
- Students will be exposed to real world mathematics by completing labs.
Advanced Algebra/Precalculus - Students should have a passion for mathematics, a STRONG grasp of Algebra II concepts, and intentions to enroll in Calculus at some point!
- Students MUST have a strong grasp of Algebra II concepts! Did students earn “A”s on their midterm and final exams to demonstrate long term retention/comprehension?
Prob Stats/Discrete Math - These courses span all disciplines.
- Students will enhance creative problem solving ability through verbal and written communication.
- Students will learn to think differently.
- Discrete Math Topics include:
- Code breaking
- Voting Methods
- Fair Division
- The Mathematics of Apportionment
- Methods of Best Path (Traveling Salesman Problem)
- Graph Theory
- Fractal Geometry
Mathematical Analysis - Students MUST have a passion for mathematics
- and be self-motivated!
- Students MUST have a strong grasp of Algebra II and Trigonometry concepts!
- If a student is enrolled in this course, he/she should be enrolled in higher science courses as well.
- This course has a common county-wide assessment.
Advanced Placement Calculus AB - Students MUST have a passion for mathematics
- and be self-motivated!
- Students MUST have a strong grasp of Algebra and Precalculus concepts!
- Students MUST be able to justify their solutions by applying mathematical language.
- If a student is enrolled in this course, he/she should be enrolled in higher science courses as well.
Advanced Placement Calculus BC - Students MUST have a passion for mathematics
- and be self-motivated!
- Students MUST have a strong grasp of Algebra and Precalculus concepts!
- Students MUST be able to justify their solutions by applying mathematical language.
- If a student is enrolled in this course, he/she should be enrolled in higher science courses as well.
Multivariable Calculus - Students MUST have a passion for mathematics and
- be self-motivated!
- Stone Bridge may offer this course in 2012-2013.
Advanced Placement Statistics - This course incorporates a lot of reading and writing as well as lab applications.
- Students MUST be self-motivated, enjoy real-world applications, and be able to reason word problems.
- Colleges report most majors require a stats class. Taking the AP can give students credit or a head start.
- These courses span all disciplines.
- Students will enhance creative problem solving ability.
- Students will learn to think differently.
- These courses are beneficial
- for students pursuing Math, Engineering, and Science degrees or careers.
Math Progression AP English Lit. vs. Lang. - READING:
- Novels – 6 in total Plays – 1-2 (Shakespeare) Poetry Selection
- Skills in reading to consider effect of literary techniques on meaning
- WRITING: In class time essays Creative writing
- Focus on how language contributed to meaning –
- Multiple Choice Skills (reading critically)
- Analysis – of form and content Essays – formal, timed, writings
- Focusing on analysis
- READING:
- Non-Fiction Focus 3 longer texts Various essays, speeches and letters
- Focus on Rhetoric – the art of persuasion - technique
- WRITING: In class time essays Writing in the various modes (Exposition, narrative, persuasive etc.)
- Emphasis on Argumentation
Honors English Students Should: - be able to comprehend grade-level texts
- engage in reading outside of class
- command a wide range of writing strategies
- possess a spirit of inquiry, be curious
- make connections between text and real life
- apply analysis skills to new texts
Honors English Students Should: - be capable of fresh interpretations of old texts
- be able to develop and articulate questions
- be able to adapt an assumption when confronted with new information
- demonstrate originality of thinking
- show diligence
- be independent searchers of information
Honors English Students Should: - have the ability to build on what happens in class outside of class
- be thinking at a higher analytical level
- have curiosity in the English discipline
- engage in the ongoing reading of novels, blogs, nonfiction
- demonstrate a willingness to write
- engage in deep revision
AP Science - AP Biology
- Co-requisite: Chemistry
- Janet.cascio@lcps.org
- Swapna.karandikar@lcps.org
- AP Chemistry
- Robert.mandes@lcps.org
- Aaron.dobbs@lcps.org
- AP Physics
- Co-requisite: Calculus
- Timothy.gresh@lcps.org
Stone Bridge High School 2013 AP Exam Schedule | | | - Afternoon Session
- 12:45 PM
| | | | | | | - Computer Science A
- Spanish Language
| | | | | | | | | | | | | - Statistics
- Studio Art (portfolios due)
| | | | | | | | - Government (Comparative)
- French Language
| | | - German Language
- U.S. History
| | | | - Macroeconomics
- World History
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