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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
Applied Science
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
Physics (Regular, Honors, IB-SL, AP)

Our Teachers

Mark Agnew
George Bonney
Sarah Day
Gregg Gochnour
Anu Gupta

Mary Hamilton
Seth Kenton
GJ Kissal
Kelly Mills
Terri Ravick

Class Web Sites

Rockville Matter and Energy Web Site
Rockville Biology Web Site -- Dr. Ravick
Weather Station - Mr. Kissal
Mr. Gregg Gochnour's Bookmarks
Science Fair

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.

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
Expanding Science Horizons - 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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