Science

Focused on the growth and preparation of students, the Science Department strives to help students to become global citizens who can navigate the technological and scientific realities of the world around them.  We introduce students to the methodical nature of science and scientific research through hands-on study and participation in laboratory exercises and focus on current and future scientific issues. We guide students to evaluate controversial issues on their merit and foundation rather than on emotion and rhetoric.  We connect our students to the world that they experience on a day-to-day basis by introducing them to the concepts that underlie their interactions.  We welcome students to become engaged through courses taught across multiple ability levels.

  • IB Environmental Systems and Societies (SL)

    In this one-year course encompassing 150 hours, students develop a perspective of the interrelationships between environmental systems and global societies that enables them to adopt an informed personal response to the wide range of pressing environmental issues. The teaching approach is such that students evaluate the scientific, ethical, and socio-political aspects of topics including ecosystems and ecology, biodiversity and conservation, water and food production systems, soil systems, atmospheric systems, climate change and energy production, and human systems and resource use. Environmental Systems and Societies stresses research, contains an extensive laboratory component, and relies on students to express their ideas through writing.  Due to the nature of this course, students will be required to put in extra hours outside of time in the classroom. Students will be required to participate in an introductory session in the spring before they take the course and  complete an extensive summer assignment. During the year, students will be required to attend a laboratory field trip, put in time outside of class to complete an individual research project, and attend weekly sessions after school hours. 

    OPEN to juniors and seniors pursuing the full IB Diploma.

  • IB Environmental Systems and Societies (SL)

    In this one-year course encompassing 150 hours, students develop a perspective of the interrelationships between environmental systems and global societies that enables them to adopt an informed personal response to the wide range of pressing environmental issues. The teaching approach is such that students evaluate the scientific, ethical, and socio-political aspects of topics including ecosystems and ecology, biodiversity and conservation, water and food production systems, soil systems, atmospheric systems, climate change and energy production, and human systems and resource use. Environmental Systems and Societies stresses research, contains an extensive laboratory component, and relies on students to express their ideas through writing.  Due to the nature of this course, students will be required to put in extra hours outside of time in the classroom. Students will be required to participate in an introductory session in the spring before they take the course and  complete an extensive summer assignment. During the year, students will be required to attend a laboratory field trip, put in time outside of class to complete an individual research project, and attend weekly sessions after school hours. 

    The end-of-year IB exams and internal assessments are required for this course.

    OPEN to juniors and seniors pursuing the full IB Diploma.
Main Phone Number: 410-969-9105
Fax: 410-969-1026

School Address:
8080 New Cut Rd. - Severn, MD 21144

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Archbishop Spalding High School

8080 New Cut Road
Severn, MD 21144
410-969-9105