AP Seminar (Junior Capstone) AP Capstone Diploma AP Capstone AP Seminar students will complete: AP Capstone is a designed pathway that Rigorous learning through research, a team-based presentation and defense derived from strengthens students’ research, communication, and writing, teamwork, and presentation. individual student-generated research, documented team-building skills and allows high schools to by a 1,200 word report, document the achievement of these skills to colleges. Yes. It’s writing. And speaking. But you have a team! BHS STEM All BHS STEM students will take this pathway and Prepare yourself to solve future an individual multimedia presentation of up to 8 will be eligible to meet the criteria for the minutes derived from individual student-generated Capstone Diploma. problems with science & technology. research, documented with a 2,000 word argument, Yes, that’s a 5 page paper. And a presentation. Non-STEM students may enroll in the appropriate In the evening. In the auditorium. In front of people. Capstone course — AP Seminar for juniors, AP Don’t panic. You can do this. We’ll show you how. Research for seniors — if they are concurrently a College Board-created end-of-course exam focused taking 3 AP courses each year. (Research on analyzing and creating evidence-based arguments, requires Seminar as a prerequisite.) a “My Future” project that will have YOU design YOUR To qualify for the AP Capstone Diploma from the education path toward YOUR future career. College Board, a student must • earn a qualifying (3 or higher) score in AP Seminar • earn a qualifying score in AP Research AP Research (Senior Capstone) • earn qualifying scores on four other AP exams.

AP Research students will complete: an individually created research proposal, conducting original research following the proposal, a written report of your research activity and findings in a four thousand to five thousand word essay Yes, that’s about 15 pages. Don’t worry. You got this. a multimedia presentation of your research lasting from 15-20 minutes, with a short defense to a panel of evaluators Yes, you’ll have to talk. On your own. For 15 minutes. In front of people. Again. About something you’ve created. Exciting? It is! BHS STEM & AP Physics Students, April 2017 BHS students participating in TrigStar a reflection and report on your research and job- 1st Place in U. Scranton Physics Competition Penn State Wilkes Barre shadowing experiences.

“It’s supposed to be hard. If it BHS STEM Program STEM Electives (at least AP Capstone Program AP Capstone Electives Course List 2 Required) available to all BHS Recommend 3 other AP wasn’t hard everyone would students Courses during both junior Required Courses • AP Calculus BC Required Courses & senior years do it. The hard is what makes • AP Biology • AP Comp. Sci. Princ. it great.” • AP Calculus AB • AP Electromagnetism • AP Seminar (junior yr.) Recommended Manager Jimmy Dugan (played by Tom Hanks) • AP Chemistry • AP Psychology • AP Research (senior yr.) Prerequisite: AP Language “A League of Their Own” • AP Mechanics • AP Statistics & Composition • AP Seminar (Jr. Yr.) • STEM CADD • AP Research (Sr. Yr.)

AP Seminar students: Griffin, Aubree, and Jacob ’18 Seminar Team Presentation: Prioritizing Keystone Endangered Species

BHS STEM ’17 and ’18 Students A future…in Science! October Research Day, Bucknell U. Library BHS STEM provides the opportunity to AP Seminar students: Jarret, Henry, Kyler research, study, and job shadow YOUR future ’18 Seminar Team Presentation: career interests. Reverse Engineering the Brain Questions? Contact Us BHS STEM is designed to provide you with a post-high school educational “game plan” to Mr. M. Shrader (AP Mechanics & AP EM make a path to your dream career and the Instructor, AP Capstone Co-Instructor) knowledge, skills, and habits to allow you to [email protected], Room 26 put that game plan into practice. AP Seminar students: Mati, Karlea, Hanako Mr. T. Gunther (AP Calculus BC Instructor, ’18 Seminar Team Presentation: AP Capstone Co-Instructor) Cyberschooling for Secondary Students 6 AP STEM courses required (see above for list) AP Seminar during junior year (Jr. yr. English) AP Seminar students (Not Pictured): [email protected], Room 42 AP Research during senior year (Sr. yr. English) Megan, Hannah, Kayla ’18 Seminar Team Presentation: 30 hours of job shadowing Natural Remedies as a Cure for Antibiotic Resistance