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    Departments: Science


    Department Chairperson: Mr. Gregg Gochnour
    Office Phone: 301-517-5537

    The Science Department at Rockville High School is very active, and has a lot to offer to its students. We pride ourselves in maintaining a high quality of learning while making science interesting and fun. Although we are currently the second smallest high school in the county. Science is a big part of our school and there are very few people that don't enjoy our excellent teachers or our exciting programs. To view the county's curriculum for science, please go to:  MCPS County Science Curriculum

    Courses Offered at Rockville

    Anatomy and Physiology
    Biology (Regular, Honors, Pre-IB, IB-SL. IB-HL, AP)
    Chemistry (Regular, Honors, Pre-IB, AP)
    Environmental Science
    Earth Space Systems (Regular & Honors)

    Forensics
    Horticulture
    Matter and Energy (Regular & Honors)
    Physics (Regular, Honors, IB-SL, AP)

     


    Our Teachers Contact a teacher

    Mark Agnew
    Sean Blake
    George Bonney
    Carrie Dischiave
    Gregg Gochnour
    Mary Hamilton

    Cindy Hollies
    Seth Kenton
    GJ Kissal
    Donna McDowell
    Terri Ravick
    Richard Shemer

     


    Class Web Sites

    Other Science Opportunities
    The Metropolitan Washington D.C. area is rich  with opportunities for students to learn about and participate in science. Many students take advantage of the science lectures given at NIH, the National Naval Observatory, the University of Maryland Physics is Phun demos or the Smithsonian Institute and Carnegie Mellon lectures.

    These and many other student opportunities for science internships, contests, or other science-related events can be found at:
    Students participate in such socially beneficial activities as the tutoring of fellow science students, Elementary Demo project, which sends our High School students into the local elementary schools to do science lessons and demonstrations. Students participate in many other events such as the:
    • Final Frontiers Competition
    • Maryland Chemathon
    • Department of Defense internships
    • NIH internships
    • NASA internships
    • MCPS Science Inquiry Conferences
    • Student Academy of Science - Future Doctors and Scientists Club, sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    • Holiday Lectures Series – sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute(December)
    • Green Club
    • RHS/Montgomery County Science Fairs



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