We are also planning to change things around due to the science assessment and regents requirements. We plan to offer a ?Foundation of Physics? class to all freshman next year. Like Bruce, we see this as an inquiry based (laboratory) conceptual physics class using only basic algebra skills. Calling it ?Foundations? and making it a lab class allows us to count this class as one of the three science classes required for qualified admissions. According to this plan, the sequence for a ?typical one science /yr student ? will eventually be: Freshman * Foundation of Physics Sophmores * Chemistry or Foundations of Chemistry Juniors * Biology Seniors * Physics, A&P, Bio 2, or nothing If accelerated students would like to move through the sequence faster, we feel they could double up taking chem and bio together or bio and physics together. I have a kind of flow chart describing this sequence. I would be happy to e-mail it out to anyone interested in looking at it. Penny Blue Chemistry / Physics Lyons High School Lyons, Ks *************************************************** Replying to this email will send it to the entire group--use individual email addresses if you wish to direct a response to individual members. To post to the mailing list, send email to kact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, change your settings or to search the archives, visit //www.freelists.org/list/kact