Anonymous
02/11/2026 16:42
Subject: AP Biology - double period in all schools?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish schools would differentiate the sciences like they do math. A lot of science is math based. We offer 2 year Alg 2 for the kids that need a slower pace. AB Calc covers less material than BC Calc. In theory, BC Calc could be a DP for some kids.
DS attends Churchill. He's a math/science kid. There's no reason that AP Chem needs to be a DP for him. But that's all that's offered. I wish schools would offer 1 section of a single period class. Would it be that difficult to get the course format from RM and implement it at Churchill? It's the same for Physics C--both are year long classes at Churchill. At other schools, Mech and E/M are combined into a single year long class. So while not coded as DP, that's in essence what it translates to. It takes up too much time in the schedule for the kids who don't need that much time. Now, if they were to offer a DP AP Lang class with extra time for support, I'd be all over that! Different kids need different things. I don't think asking for a single section that offers the anomaly schedule is unreasonable.
No one listens to me but the way to do it is DP Bio and Chem together so you have time for labs but not all the downtime between labs.
I like that!
Anonymous
02/11/2026 16:16
Subject: AP Biology - double period in all schools?
Anonymous wrote:I wish schools would differentiate the sciences like they do math. A lot of science is math based. We offer 2 year Alg 2 for the kids that need a slower pace. AB Calc covers less material than BC Calc. In theory, BC Calc could be a DP for some kids.
DS attends Churchill. He's a math/science kid. There's no reason that AP Chem needs to be a DP for him. But that's all that's offered. I wish schools would offer 1 section of a single period class. Would it be that difficult to get the course format from RM and implement it at Churchill? It's the same for Physics C--both are year long classes at Churchill. At other schools, Mech and E/M are combined into a single year long class. So while not coded as DP, that's in essence what it translates to. It takes up too much time in the schedule for the kids who don't need that much time. Now, if they were to offer a DP AP Lang class with extra time for support, I'd be all over that! Different kids need different things. I don't think asking for a single section that offers the anomaly schedule is unreasonable.
No one listens to me but the way to do it is DP Bio and Chem together so you have time for labs but not all the downtime between labs.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 13:08
Subject: AP Biology - double period in all schools?
I wish schools would differentiate the sciences like they do math. A lot of science is math based. We offer 2 year Alg 2 for the kids that need a slower pace. AB Calc covers less material than BC Calc. In theory, BC Calc could be a DP for some kids.
DS attends Churchill. He's a math/science kid. There's no reason that AP Chem needs to be a DP for him. But that's all that's offered. I wish schools would offer 1 section of a single period class. Would it be that difficult to get the course format from RM and implement it at Churchill? It's the same for Physics C--both are year long classes at Churchill. At other schools, Mech and E/M are combined into a single year long class. So while not coded as DP, that's in essence what it translates to. It takes up too much time in the schedule for the kids who don't need that much time. Now, if they were to offer a DP AP Lang class with extra time for support, I'd be all over that! Different kids need different things. I don't think asking for a single section that offers the anomaly schedule is unreasonable.
DS attends Churchill. He's a math/science kid. There's no reason that AP Chem needs to be a DP for him. But that's all that's offered. I wish schools would offer 1 section of a single period class. Would it be that difficult to get the course format from RM and implement it at Churchill? It's the same for Physics C--both are year long classes at Churchill. At other schools, Mech and E/M are combined into a single year long class. So while not coded as DP, that's in essence what it translates to. It takes up too much time in the schedule for the kids who don't need that much time. Now, if they were to offer a DP AP Lang class with extra time for support, I'd be all over that! Different kids need different things. I don't think asking for a single section that offers the anomaly schedule is unreasonable.
Anonymous
02/11/2026 12:39
Subject: AP Biology - double period in all schools?
How are double period ap chemistry scored at the end of the school year for the transcript
Anonymous
10/04/2020 15:09
Subject: AP Biology - double period in all schools?
Einstein has double period AP Bio. Honors is vastly different at different schools. Some schools offer only Honors Chemistry, for instance. No on-level chemistry.