Regents Chemistry
Great Neck North’s regents chemistry curriculum is adapted in accordance with New York States Physical Settings Core Curriculum and includes the 1200 minutes of laboratory required. Courses are designed so that students gain experience in the practice of the scientific method, use of modern technology, and develop skills that are required of all scientists. This includes the ability to retain new knowledge, as well as, apply old knowledge to new situations. The topics covered include: matter and energy, atomic structure, bonding, the periodic table, the mathematics of chemistry, kinetics and equilibrium, acids and bases, oxidation-reduction reactions, electrochemistry, organic chemistry, and nuclear chemistry.
Regents Chemistry Honors
Honors Chemistry is an advanced high school level science course for those students who feel they would like to be strongly challenged. The mathematical relationships used are rigorous and integral to the problem-solving techniques required for in-depth understanding. Students may expect that to adequately complete homework and lab assignments they will need to spend a minimum of six hours per week on preparation outside the classroom. This course expands on and exceeds the NYS curriculum material and relies on SATII level comprehension.
Advanced Placement Chemistry
A.P. Chemistry is designed to be the equivalent of an introductory Chemistry course taken in college. It is designed for those students who have firm mastery of the concepts of chemistry, and have demonstrated ability in critical thinking, and in mathematical and laboratory skills. Consider enrolling if you identify will all of the following predictors of success: grades of "A" in Regents Chemistry/Honors Chemistry and in Mathematics, above 12th grade reading and writing skills, and ability to apply newly learned conceptual information to unique, unfamiliar, complex problems.