International Baccalaureate (IB)

1. A1: Students will explain how water's properties, including polarity and hydrogen bonding, support DNA function, replication, and transport, and how these properties contribute to metabolic processes and the survival of organisms in aquatic ecosystems.
    
2. A2: Students will describe the origin of cells, formation of carbon compounds, and RNA's role in early life, while comparing cell structures, understanding eukaryotic cell evolution via endosymbiosis, and examining virus diversity and evolution.
    
3. A3: Students will explain organism diversity, species classification, and use molecular evidence to analyze evolutionary relationships.
    
4. A4: Students will describe the evidence for evolution, including DNA sequences, selective breeding, and homologous structures, explain speciation processes, and discuss the causes of biodiversity loss, including anthropogenic factors and conservation strategies.
    
5. B1: Students will explain the chemical properties of carbon and the structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins, focusing on their roles in energy storage, cell recognition, and biological processes, as well as the impact of environmental factors on protein structure.
    
6. B2: Students will describe the structure and function of biological membranes, transport mechanisms, and the roles of organelles, cell compartmentalization, and specialization in cellular functions and organism development.
    
7. B3: Students will study adaptations in gas exchange, transport, and muscle function in multicellular organisms, focusing on respiratory, circulatory, and movement mechanisms.
    
8. B4: Students will explore how species adapt to their environments, including abiotic factors, biomes, and ecological niches, while examining various modes of nutrition and the role of adaptations in survival, growth, and reproduction.
    
9. C1: Students will understand enzyme functions in metabolism, energy conversion in respiration and photosynthesis, and apply experimental skills to investigate these processes.
    
10. C2: Students will study chemical and neural signaling, including receptors, signaling molecules, and nerve impulses, to understand cellular communication and neurotransmitter effects.
     
11. C3: Students will explore the integration of body systems through hormonal and nervous signaling, feedback mechanisms, and organ coordination, examining their roles in maintaining homeostasis, regulating physiological processes, and responding to stimuli in both animals and plants.
     
12. C4: Students will explore how interactions regulate population sizes and interdependencies within communities, apply methods to estimate population sizes, and understand energy flow and matter recycling in ecosystems.
     
13. D1: Students will understand the processes of DNA replication, transcription, translation, and mutation, including their mechanisms, applications in biotechnology, and their roles in genetic variation, gene expression, and protein synthesis.
     
14. D2: Students will understand cell division (mitosis and meiosis), the regulation of gene expression through transcription factors and epigenetic modifications, and the role of water potential in cellular water movement, applying these concepts to biological and medical contexts.
     
15. D3: Students will understand the mechanisms of reproduction, inheritance, and homeostasis, including meiosis, fertilization, hormonal regulation, genetic inheritance patterns, and the physiological processes involved in maintaining internal conditions in organisms.
     
16. D4: Students will understand natural selection as a driving force of evolution, examining the roles of mutation, reproduction, and environmental pressures, while also exploring the impacts of climate change on allele frequencies, adaptation, and ecosystem stability.
     
17. Inquiry: Students will design and conduct a scientific investigation, analyze data with attention to uncertainty, draw a justified conclusion, and critically evaluate their methodology, proposing realistic improvements.

1. SWBAT demonstrate knowledge and understanding of business management tools and theories, key course topics and concepts, and the complexities of business problems, issues, and decisions.
    
2. SWBAT apply and analyze business management tools and theories, course topics and concepts, and business issues to evaluate decisions and problems by selecting and utilizing appropriate data.
    
3. SWBAT synthesize and evaluate business management tools and theories, course topics and concepts, and stakeholder perspectives to reach well-informed business decisions.
    
4. SWBAT select and apply relevant business management tools, theories, and concepts to investigate a business issue or problem; interpret and analyze primary and secondary business materials; create well-structured materials using business management terminology; and effectively communicate analysis, evaluation, and conclusions of their research.

1. Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of relevant environmental terminology, facts, concepts, methodologies/techniques, perspectives, and worldviews.
    
2. Student will apply knowledge and understanding to analyze explanations, concepts, theories, data, models, case studies and examples, arguments, and values.
    
3. Students will evaluate, justify, and synthesize (as appropriate) explanations, concepts, theories, models, arguments and proposed solutions, methods of fieldwork and investigation, political, economic, ethical and sociocultural contexts of issues.
    
4. Students will investigate sustainability issues at the local or global level by identifying an appropriate environmental issue and research question for investigation then selecting and demonstrate the use of appropriate methods and skills to carry out insightful and ethical investigations into environmental issues.

1. Demonstrate detailed and accurate knowledge and understanding of power relations and political theories, concepts and issues.
    
2. Apply relevant concepts and tools to analyze contemporary political issues and challenges in a variety of contexts.
    
3. Synthesize and evaluate perspectives on political beliefs, positions, and biases.
    
4. Research and investigate contemporary political issues and challenges.
    
5. Identify and analyze relevant evidence to formulate, present and sustain an argument.

1. Demonstrate detailed, relevant and accurate historical knowledge.
    
2. Formulate clear and coherent arguments in a structured and focused essay that responds effectively to the demands of a question.
    
3. Students will demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the provided prompts that require them to formulate an evaluative argument.
    
4. Students can analyze historical concepts and synthesize diverse historical examples to formulate an analytical argument.
    
5. Students can demonstrate their understanding of the content of two historical sources in relation to an inquiry question, they can analyze how the context of a source shapes how it can be used, and they can synthesize the perspectives from diverse historical sources.
    
6. Students can formulate an appropriate historical investigation question, can analyze the sources they have chosen to utilize from their research, and can synthesize their chosen evidence to produce a response to their question.

1. Demonstrate detailed, relevant and accurate historical knowledge.
    
2. Formulate clear and coherent arguments in a structured and focused essay that responds effectively to the demands of a question.
    
3. Students will demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the provided prompts that require them to formulate an evaluative argument.
    
4. Students can analyze historical concepts and synthesize diverse historical examples to formulate an analytical argument.
    
5. Students can demonstrate their understanding of the content of two historical sources in relation to an inquiry question, they can analyze how the context of a source shapes how it can be used, and they can synthesize the perspectives from diverse historical sources.
    
6. Students can formulate an appropriate historical investigation question, can analyze the sources they have chosen to utilize from their research, and can synthesize their chosen evidence to produce a response to their question.

1. Use knowledge and understanding of a text to draw conclusions in relation to the chosen topic.
2. Analyze and evaluate how textual features and/or authorial choices shape meaning (essay).
3. Present ideas in a well-organized, developed, coherent and focused manner (essay).
4. Integrate examples into the essay, discussion or speech.
5. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of extract and of work/text they come from.
6. Make use of knowledge and understanding of extract and works/texts to draw a text-based conclusion in relation to a global issue.
7. Use knowledge and understanding of each of the extracts and their works/texts to analyze and evaluate the ways in which authorial choices present the global issue.
8. Deliver a structured, well-balanced and focused oral commentary.
9. Engage in collaborative and interactive discussion.
10. Employ clear, varied and accurate language, register and style.

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the text and draw reasoned conclusions from the implications.
    
2. Support ideas by references to the text.
    
3. Analyze and evaluate how textual features and/or authorial choices shape meaning.
    
4. Present ideas in a well-organized, coherent, balanced and focused manner.
    
5. Employ clear, varied and accurate language, register and style.
    
6. Make use of knowledge and understanding to draw conclusions about similarity and differences in relation to a question.
    
7. Use analysis and evaluation skills to compare and contrast two or more works.
    
8. Engage in collaborative and interactive discussion

1. Use knowledge and understanding of a text to draw conclusions in relation to the chosen topic.
    
2. Analyze and evaluate how textual features and/or authorial choices shape meaning (essay).
    
3. Present ideas in a well-organized, developed, coherent and focused manner (essay).
    
4. Integrate examples into the essay, discussion or speech.
    
5. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of extract and of work/text they come from.
    
6. Make use of knowledge and understanding of extract and works/texts to draw a text-based conclusion in relation to a global issue.
    
7. Use knowledge and understanding of each of the extracts and their works/texts to analyze and evaluate the ways in which authorial choices present the global issue.
    
8. Deliver a structured, well-balanced and focused oral commentary.
    
9. Engage in collaborative and interactive discussion.

    10.  Employ clear, varied and accurate language, register and style. 

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the text and draw reasoned conclusions from the implications.
    
2. Support ideas by references to the text.
    
3. Analyze and evaluate how textual features and/or authorial choices shape meaning.
    
4. Present ideas in a well-organized, coherent, balanced and focused manner.
    
5. Employ clear, varied and accurate language, register and style.
    
6. Make use of knowledge and understanding to draw conclusions about similarity and differences in relation to a question.
    
7. Use analysis and evaluation skills to compare and contrast two or more works.
    
8. Engage in collaborative and interactive discussion.

1. Students will be able to analyze motion using kinematic principles, force laws, and energy conservation. This includes understanding both linear and rotational motion, as well as special relativity.
    
2. Students will understand the particulate nature of matter and how it relates to thermal energy transfers, the greenhouse effect, and gas laws. They should be able to apply thermodynamic principles to analyze energy changes.
    
3. Students will be able to describe and analyze wave behavior, including simple harmonic motion, wave properties, wave phenomena like interference and diffraction, standing waves, and the Doppler effect.
    
4. Students will be able to apply the concept of fields including gravitational, electric, and magnetic fields, and analyze the motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields.
    
5. Students will be able to explain the structure of the atom and the evidence for different atomic models. They will also be able to apply quantum physics to analyze atomic transitions.
    
6. Students will be able to describe radioactive decay, including different types of decay and half-life calculations. They will be able to describe the processes of nuclear fission and fusion.
    
7. Students will be able to apply mathematical and problem-solving skills in physics, including using equations, graphs, and diagrams to analyze physical phenomena.
    
8. Students will be able to connect their understanding of physical phenomena to real-world applications and contexts, such as the greenhouse effect, nuclear power, and stellar evolution.

1. Students will be able to analyze motion using kinematic principles, force laws, and energy conservation. This includes understanding both linear and rotational motion, as well as special relativity.
    
2. Students will understand the particulate nature of matter and how it relates to thermal energy transfers, the greenhouse effect, and gas laws. They should be able to apply thermodynamic principles to analyze energy changes.
    
3. Students will be able to describe and analyze wave behavior, including simple harmonic motion, wave properties, wave phenomena like interference and diffraction, standing waves, and the Doppler effect.
    
4. Students will be able to apply the concept of fields including gravitational, electric, and magnetic fields, and analyze the motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields.
    
5. Students will be able to explain the structure of the atom and the evidence for different atomic models. They will also be able to apply quantum physics to analyze atomic transitions.
    
6. Students will be able to describe radioactive decay, including different types of decay and half-life calculations. They will be able to describe the processes of nuclear fission and fusion.
    
7. Students will be able to apply mathematical and problem-solving skills in physics, including using equations, graphs, and diagrams to analyze physical phenomena.
    
8. Students will be able to connect their understanding of physical phenomena to real-world applications and contexts, such as the greenhouse effect, nuclear power, and stellar evolution.

1. Analyze and create functional models of research in based on historical psychological research.
    
2. Demonstrate the ability to analyze key factors of the Biological Approach to Psychology.
    
3. Demonstrate the ability to analyze key factors of the Cognitive Approach to Psychology.
    
4. Demonstrate the ability to analyze key factors of the Sociocultural Approach to Psychology.
    
5. Create a presentation showing understanding of the themes Psychology.

1. Communicate clearly and effectively in a range of contexts and for a variety of purposes.
    
2. Understand and use language appropriate to a range of interpersonal and/or intercultural contexts and audiences.
    
3. Understand and use language to express and respond to a range of ideas with fluency and accuracy.
    
4. Identify, organize and present ideas on a range of topics.
    
5. Understand, analyse and reflect upon a range of written, audio, visual and audio-visual texts.

1. Communicate clearly and effectively in a range of contexts and for a variety of purposes.
    
2. Understand and use language appropriate to a range of interpersonal and/or intercultural contexts and audiences.
    
3. Understand and use language to express and respond to a range of ideas with fluency and accuracy.
    
4. Identify, organize and present ideas on a range of topics.
    
5. Understand, analyse and reflect upon a range of written, audio, visual and audio-visual texts.

1. Students will be able to analyze how a body sends and receives information about its internal environment to maintain optimal functioning conditions.
    
2. Students will be able to analyze how nutritional and hydration influence how the body's ability to perform.
    
3. Students will be able to analyze how the body responds to exercise or training.
    
4. Students will be able to analyze how the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system is related to movement.
    
5. Students will be able to analyze how the laws of motion can be applied to explain the movement of bodies and improve performance.
    
6. Students will be able to analyze the primary causes of musculoskeletal injury, and how it can be prevented.
    
7. Students will be able to analyze how stress and anxiety manifest themselves and affect performance and health and apply specific coping strategies to manage this.
    
8. Students will be able to analyze the psychological processes that drive human behavior, and how these can be influenced.
    
9. Students will be able to analyze how skills are acquired, practiced, and perfected.
    
10. Students will be able analyze characteristics and explain how and why some individuals succeed and experience well-being in sports and health contexts more than others.
     
11. Students will be able to analyze how sport psychology interventions enhance sporting performance.

1. Interpretive: Students will be able to identify a few words, signs, phrases, or cognates on a limited range of familiar contexts.
    
2. Interpersonal: Students will be able to communicate using a variety of practiced or memorized words, simple sentences, and/ or questions.
    
3. Presentational: Students will be able to present information on familiar topics using a variety of practiced words, phrases, and/ or simple sentences.
    
4. Cultural Awareness: Students will be able to identify and use appropriate social practices of the target culture at a survival level.

1. I can participate in conversations on familiar topics and ask appropriate follow-up questions.
    
2. I can present my personal preferences on familiar everyday topics and explain why I feel that way using original language.
    
3. I can apply my knowledge to interact at a functional level in some familiar contexts.
    
4. I can understand the main idea and some pieces of information on familiar topics from sentences and series of connected sentences within texts that are spoken, written or signed.
    
5. I can make comparisons between cultural products and practices to help me understand different cultural perspectives.

1. Functions: SWBAT describe, compare, manipulate, and model functions using both symbolic and graphical representations.
    
2. Polynomials: SWBAT describe, compare, solve, and model polynomials (emphasis on quadratics techniques) using both symbolic and graphical representations.
    
3. Rationals: SWBAT describe, compare, manipulate, and model rational functions using both symbolic and graphical representations.
    
4. Exponential & Logarithm: SWBAT describe, solve, and model exponential and logarthms and understand thier inverse relationship both symbolically and graphically.
    
5. Angles: SWBAT demonstrate understanding of angles and the unit circle.
    
6. Trigonometric Graphs: SWABAT graph basic trigonometric functions with transformations.
    
7. Solving Triangles: SWBAT apply trigonometric methods to solve triangles.
    
8. Trigonometric Identities: SWBAT demonstrate understanding of trigonometric identities.
    
9. Derivatives: SWBAT determine the derivative of a variety of functions, analyze and apply concepts of derivatives to application problems.
    
10. Sequences & Binomial Theorem: SWBAT apply sequence and series formulas in abstract and authentic contexts, including binomial expansions and applications.
     
11. Statistics: SWBAT model, analyze, interpret, and justify their conclusions from data.
     
12. Integration Techniques: SWBAT apply integration techniques to find the antiderivative functions and apply integration concepts to solve application problems.
     
13. Probability: SWBAT calculate probabilities, visually represent in a variety of ways, apply normal and binomial distributions to abstract and authentic context.
     
14. Exploration Paper (Math IA): Students can research their own question, apply mathematics to the investigation, clearly explain their thinking, and summarize their results and the implications.
     
15. Higher Level (HL) Extensions of Combination function: SWBAT apply nCr to counting principal situations, binomial theorem with rational and negative exponents, as well as inductive proofs.
     
16. Higher Level (HL) Advance Derivative Techniques: SWBAT find the derivative using implicit differentiation, apply trigonometric functions to derivatives, apply understanding to related rates and complex expressions.
     
17. Higher Level (HL) Vectors: SWBAT describe, compare, and model with vectors both symbolically and graphically.
     
18. Higher Level (HL) Advance Integration Techniques: SWBAT integrate by parts, separable differentials equations, utilize L'hopital's rule, and apply integration to compute volume of rotations.
19. Cognitive Engagement: SWBAT engage with schoolwork as a deliberate practice in intellectual resilience, by practicing synthesize new data, develop a deeper conceptual understanding, and take ownership of academic development.

1. Derivatives & Integrals: Students will be able to analyze and apply derivatives and integrals in abstract and authentic contexts.
    
2. Non-Linear Functions: Students will be able to analyze and apply non-linear functions in abstract and authentic contexts.
    
3. Financial Applications: Students will be able to analyze financial situations mathematically.
    
4. Linear Functions: Students will be able to analyze and apply linear functions in abstract and authentic contexts.
    
5. Sequences & Series: Students will be able to analyze and apply sequences and series in abstract and authentic contexts.
    
6. Trigonometry: Students will be able to analyze and apply triangles in abstract and authentic contexts.
    
7. Statistics: Students will be able to model, analyze, interpret, and justify their conclusions from data.
    
8. Probability: Students will be able to use probability to analyze authentic contexts.
    
9. 3D Geometry: Students will be able to analyze abstract and authentic 3D contexts with mathematical techniques.
    
10. HL: Matrices: Students will be able to analyze and apply matrices in abstract and authentic contexts.
     
11. HL: Graph Theory: Students will be able to analyze and apply graph theory in abstract and authentic contexts.
     
12. HL: Vectors: Students will be able to analyze and apply vectors in abstract and authentic contexts.
     
13. HL: Derivatives & Integrals: Students will be able to analyze and apply derivatives and integrals in abstract and authentic contexts with multiple techniques.
     
14. Polynomial Functions: Students will be able to analyze and apply polynomial functions in abstract and authentic contexts.
     
15. Exponential Functions: Students will be able to analyze and apply exponential functions in abstract and authentic contexts.
     
16. Trigonometric Functions: Students will be able to analyze and apply trigonometric functions in abstract and authentic contexts.
     
17. Bivariate Data: Students will be able to model, analyze, interpret, and justify their conclusions from bivariate data with linear regression, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient, and Spearman's Correlation Coefficient.
     
18. Hypothesis Testing: Students will be able to model, analyze, interpret, and justify their conclusions from data with the Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Test, the Chi-Squared Test for Independence, and the T-Test.
     
19. Voronoi Diagrams: Students will be able to construct, analyze, and apply Voronoi Diagrams.
     
20. Exploration (Math IA): Students can research their own engaging question, apply mathematics to the investigation, clearly explain their thinking, and communicate their results and the implications of their results.
     
21. Univariate Data: Students will be able to model, analyze, interpret, and justify their conclusions from univariate data with Box and Whisker Plots, Histograms, and Cumulative Frequency Graphs.
     
22. Distributions: Students will be able to model, analyze, interpret, and justify their conclusions from a Normal Distribution and Binomial Distribution.
     
23. IB Exam Preparation: Students will be able to complete a mock IB Exam.

1. Creating - Students will be able to generate, conceptualize, develop, and refine theatrical ideas and work.
    
2. Producing - Students will be able use theatrical techniques for design and/or production of theatrical works.
    
3. Responding - Students will be able to analyze and assess the intent and meaning in theatrical work by applying evaluative criteria to theatrical work.
    
4. Connecting - Students will be able to examine, research, and apply societal, cultural, and historical context and/or personal experiences to make art.

1. The student will demonstrate focus on the IA prompt.
    
2. The student will provide clear, specific, and appropriate links to the AOK or AOKs required by the IA prompt.
    
3. The student will be able to construct arguments that explore the IA prompt.
    
4. The student will be able to cite examples to support their arguments.
    
5. The student will demonstrate a consideration of the implications of the discussion.
    
6. The student will demonstrate an awareness of different points of view.

1. Investigate and Generate Ideas: Students will utilize systematic inquiry, first-hand observation, and visual journaling to generate, research, and develop initial artistic ideas and themes for studio work.
    
2. Develop Technical Proficiency: Students will experiment with a variety of media, techniques, and processes across at least two different art-making forms, focusing on skill acquisition and risk-taking without the immediate pressure of final resolution.
    
3. Contextualize and Connect: Students will analyze and compare the formal qualities, function, and cultural significance of artworks from different contexts and artists to inform their own emerging practice and begin the Comparative Study.
    
4. Document and Reflect Process: Students will document their creative journey in a Process Portfolio, using critical reflection to record experiments, identify successes and failures, and articulate how their ideas evolve over time.
    
5. Resolve and Synthesize (Emerging): Students will create and refine a preliminary body of studio work that demonstrates the synthesis of technical skills and conceptual intent, moving pieces from initial sketches to resolved states.
    
6. Communicate and Situate: Students will select and situate their artworks within a space or context (physical or digital) for critique, considering how the placement and orientation of the work influences the viewer's understanding and engagement.

1. Investigate and Generate Ideas: Students will refine and consolidate their independent artistic inquiry to resolve complex themes and concepts, ensuring a coherent focus for their final body of work.
    
2. Develop Technical Proficiency: Students will demonstrate technical competence and sensitivity in the refinement of specific media and techniques, producing resolved artworks that show assurance and established practice.
    
3. Contextualize and Connect: Students will synthesize art-historical research to complete the Comparative Study, critically evaluating the connections between their own work and the cultural significance of selected artists.
    
4. Document and Reflect Process: Students will critically edit and present a Process Portfolio of 9–18 screens, providing evidence of sustained experimentation, reflection, and the development of ideas over the two-year course.
    
5. Resolve and Synthesize: Students will produce a cohesive body of 4–7 resolved artworks that demonstrate a synthesis of skill, concept, and media, effectively communicating their stated artistic intentions.
    
6. Communicate and Situate: Students will plan and situate their final body of work in an exhibition setting, writing a rationale that justifies how the arrangement and presentation choices construct meaning and facilitate an intentional relationship with the audience.