WJ Science Department

    Susan Bergeris , Resource Teacher

    Phone: 240-740-6853

    Click Here for a list of Science Department staff.

     

    Department Overview

    The goal of the Walter Johnson HS science department is to help students develop a variety of critical thinking skills including: making inferences, designing experiments, and using dimensional analysis to calculate the value of a variable. 

    In addition to the NGSS aligned MCPS core coursework, we offer many elective courses including forensic science, astronomy and molecular biology. Furthermore, our AP program offers a variety of biological and physical science options including: AP Environmental Science, AP Biology (double period), AP Chemistry (double period), AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C (this course covers Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism).

    WJHS science scholars program and competition teams:
     
    The ACES Scholars program is designed to offer students a challenging course of study in the science disciplines. Students follow a comprehensive curriculum combining honors level courses and rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) level course work. The course of study provides students with a broad background in all scientific disciplines at levels appropriate to talented and motivated learners. In addition to the basic graduation requirements, ACES scholars need an additional 5 credits of upper-level science classes, 3 of which are at the AP level. Students do not need to enroll in the program until the end of their 9th-grade year. ACES brochure for more information.
     

    Additionally, Science Olympiad and Chemathon are two competitive science clubs at Walter Johnson. Students have a lot of fun with their science-loving friends!