NO NEED TO PANIC: BREAKING DOWN THE NEW SCIENCE CHANGES

Science students working hard in Jesse DiLorenzo's classroom, a science teacher here at Clear Creek Amana High school.

Sometimes words get confused and it causes panic, but I'm writing this to bring some comfort to you all in the best way I can. The new science requirements aren't as scary as they might sound, it is really just all name changes. The administration had trouble transferring credits because it wasn't collaborating well with college level courses. This change will just be easier for colleges, and they didn't like the fact it was called conceptual Chemistry and Physics. Honors Physics and Chemistry will be a year-long class, while Physics and Chemistry will be one semester long. According to Mr. Reisinger, who is one of the Guidance Counselors, they will not be changing the name of the class in the transcripts. Putting Honors in front of a class name might change the perception of the class, according to Mr. DiLorenzo, who is our school's Chemistry teacher. The classes will have the same content and standards, just a changed name. Conceptual Chemistry will change to Chemistry, while Chemistry will change to Honors Chemistry, same thing with Physics.

This will not change Earth Science or Biology, just Physics and Chemistry. Honors classes will be a little more challenging. Regular Physics and Chemistry will be for people that don't want to go into a science major or want to go straight into the workforce. But, in order to graduate, you will still have to take one semester of Chemistry and Physics.