The goal of Ontario secondary schools is to support high-quality learning while giving individual students the opportunity to choose programs that suit their skills and interests.
The updated Ontario curriculum, in combination with a broader range of learning options outside traditional classroom instruction, will enable students to better customize their high school education and improve their prospects for success in school and in life.
The three goals of the science program are as follows:
1. to relate science to technology, society, and the environment
2. to develop the skills, strategies, and habits of mind required for scientific inquiry/investigation
3. to understand the basic concepts of science
(Ontario curriculum, https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/science910_2008.pdf)
Our school offers the following courses:
Grade 9
Locally Developed Science (SNC1L)
pre International Baccalaureate Science (SNC1DB)
De-streamed Science (SNC1W)
For more information on grade 9 science, please click this
link.
Grade 10
Locally Developed Science (SNC2L)
pre International Baccalaureate Science (SNC2DB)
Applied Science (SNC2P)
Academic Science (SNC2D)
For more information on the grade 10 science curriculum, please click this
link.
Grade 11
Biology (University SBI3U or College SBI3C)
Chemistry (University SCH3U or College SCH3C)
Physics (University SPH3U)
Environmental Science (University/College SVN3M or Workplace SVN3E)
International Baccalaureate Standard Level Biology OR International Baccalaureate Standard Level Physics (a two semester course, with examinations occuring usually in April/May)
International Baccalaureate Higher Level Chemistry (course begins in grade 11 for 1 semester and continues in grade 12 for 2 semesters)
Grade 12
Biology (University SBI4U)
Chemistry (University SCH4U)
Physics (University SPH4U or College SPH4C)
Earth and Space Science (University SES4U)
International Baccalaureate Higher Level Chemistry
For more information on a grade 11 or 12 science course, please click this
link.