Improvisation
This course is designed for students who love creativity, spontaneity and the thrill ofperforming without a safety net. Students learn the fundamentals of improvisation,including creating a character, developing relationships, advancing the story, andfreeing imagination and memory. This comedy improvisation course utilizes short-form,“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” style and improvisation constructs. (Semester, .50 credit)
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This course is designed for studying acting techniques for the stage. It is designed to develop the ability to play dramatic action honestly and believably using a variety of materials beginning with realism and perhaps extending to other traditions of actor preparation. Course work includes exercises and improvisations exploring awareness, relaxation, observation, the senses, voice,…
Read MoreIndividualized Fitness Program
This course is designed to benefit all fitness levels, from beginner to advanced. The course focuses on weight training and cardiovascular training. Each student develops strategies for independent fitness goals designed for lifetime health. Each program contains core exercises and specific exercises designed to meet each student’s individual fitness-related goals. Daily record-keeping is used to…
Read MoreHuman Development
This course is designed to provide a developmentally appropriate framework for factual content and behavioral strategies to help adolescents navigate the physical, social and emotional aspects of their lives. Students learn the importance of staying socially, emotionally and physically healthy. Students learn how to evaluate social situations, which include peer pressure, decision-making and understanding themselves…
Read MoreScientific Research
Have you always had an interest in a science topic but never had the time to study it in great depth? Have you ever had a question pop into your curious mind that you wished you could investigate to discover the answer? This course allows students to pursue a scientific topic of interest in great…
Read MoreMarine Science
This course explores the relationship between marine ecosystems and physical and chemical oceanography, including units related to geology and the atmosphere. The course also introduces students to the fundamentals of marine biology. Topics include ecosystem dynamics, biological interactions, biogeochemical cycles, ocean stratification and circulation, and wave–shore interactions. For all topics, the interplay between natural phenomena…
Read MoreForensic Science: Physical Evidence
This course focuses on the collection and analysis of physical trace evidence, such as document analysis, fingerprints, and casts/impressions. Case studies and crime scenarios help students understand the implications and complicated issues that are emerging as the science of forensics continues to develop. The course incorporates basic forensics skills along with other science knowledge to…
Read MoreForensic Science: Chemical and Biological Evidence
This course focuses on the collection and analysis of biological and chemical trace evidence such as blood typing, DNA profiling, and toxicology. Case studies and crime scenarios help students understand the implications and complicated issues that are emerging as the science of forensics continues to develop. The course incorporates basic forensics skills along with other…
Read MoreField Natural History and Ornithology
On weekly field trips to local parks from Delaware Bay to Shenandoah National Park, students investigate the local flora, fauna, geology and ecology. Insect watching, eating wild edibles, stream surveys, botany, frog surveys and searching for fossils are all interesting ways to learn about ecosystems. A major component of the course is ornithology (the study…
Read MoreEvolution of the Biosphere
This course focuses on the relationship between the evolution and interactions of life on Earth, and the physical and chemical processes that shape the world. The initiation and evolution of life through time is intricately linked to extraterrestrial (e.g., the delivery of major elements to Earth, the formation of the solar system, bolide impacts, and…
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