Welcome to the RTR On-Line Learning Courses
The coures below are outlined and are a credit per course unless otherwise stated.
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Students of U.S. History will trace the political, social, economic and cultural heritage of the United states through four centuries of change and development. The student will read about the Native American, European, and African American people who lived in what is know the United States before the ceclaration of Independence. You'll also explore the multiple causes and effects of the Civil War, Industrial Revolution, and Great Depression. Students will learn to use historic documents as evidence as they analyze past events and formulate their own ideas about the Great Awakening, westward expansion, the "roaring twenties". McCarthyism, and the struggle for Civil Rights, Good preparation for future studies in political science, economics, law and history.
American Literature explores a variety of authors and genres, from early Native American oral traditions to 20th century post war reflections. Students will learn about the culture and lore of the United States by looking at novels, short stories, poems, and other works written by influential authors over centuries of change. Using a variety of interactive activities, from group discussions to writing exercises, the course will help students build critical thinking skills, improve their reading comprehension, and craft academic responses to what they read. American Literature prepares students fro future studies in English, Communications, and Social Sciences. This course is also acceptable as a pre-requisite for AP English Language in high school or a 100 level literature course in college.
In this exploratorycourse, students join six teenagers (called the "Insiders") as they travel to five U.S. cities to collect information about the Constitution, the federal bureaucracy, and the three braches of government. While exploring the country, the "Insiders" also present information on a variety of public policy issues, interview ordinary Americans about their opinions, and offer related Web sites.
Beginning Algebra 1st Semester; Algebra 1 2nd Semester
In this course, students learn about algebraic concepts including integers, linear quotations, linear inequalities, and factoring. The students will develop fundamental algebraic skills such as polynomial factoring, simplifying and evaluating expressions, and solving equations. The students will learn to apply algebraic problem-solving strategies to real-world situations and inequalities. Students will earn to use graphing technology to interpret and solve equations and inequalities. Students will also use graphical, numerical, and algebraic representations to communicate mathematical ideas, analyze mathematical situations, and explain correct computation procedures.
Students visit six "Roadstops" to explore different types of writing: short stories, speeches, some forms of non-Western writing, field reports, essays, and research pieces. Short activities at each "Roadstop" prepare students for longer writing projects. When they have completed all the requirements at each "Roadstop," they head their "Final Destination" for revision of two of their writing projects. The students will explore and write in a variety of genres, use the stages of the writing process, use some of the strategies employed by professional writers, experience and imitate writing preferences popular in non-western cultures, and appreciate how writing methods and purpose are shaped by the cultures in which they occur.
By retracing Charles Darwin's famous voyage to the Galapagos Islands, students will learn how science is used daily to answer questions about life. On their journey, they will learn basic biology concepts such as the charateristics of life, chemistry, cell biology, photosynthesis, mitosis and meiosis, genetics, DNA, evolution, and classification.
In this course, students will explore the process of communications as it relates to the business world and discover all of the ways people communicate in today's business environment. The technological advances of e-mail, voice mail, palm sized computers, computer networking, and the Internet have all contributed to the creation of the virtual office, which makes accurate communication more vital today than ever. The 3-D animations in this course take the concept of a virtual office a bit further by conceptualizing the business movement of the future.
In this comprehensive course, students learn how self-knowledge contributes to career success and how goal setting and decision making are integral to career planning. They also investigate different careers, master job-finding techniqes, and learn how to make the transition from school to work.
In this course, students play the role of young voyagers who leave planet earth in search of a new place to live. They must apply chemistry princciples to solve problems dealing with food, transportation, energy, atmosphere, shelter, and clothing. Topics include matter, the structure of atoms and molecules, elements, and compounds, the periodic table, chemical reactions, and the behavior of gases.
In this course, students become familiar with the rights and responsibilities of United States citizenship. They explore the structure of the federal government as outlined in the U.S. Constitution, and the organization of state and local governments. They also learn the basics of the American free enterprise system and United States foreign policy.
Using a variety of audio, reading, pictorial, and written exercises, students quickly learn to recognize targeted vocabulary and start incorporating basic grammatical concepts: articles, plurals, and noun/adjective gender agreement; vowel and consornant, pronunciation; sentence patterns; numbers and counting; introductions and greetings, directional symbols, body parts, geography, and other vocabulary. In every lesson, students practice reading and comprehending French text, and then use the vocabulary from those readings to increase their speaking fluency.
Students in this course learn fundamental mathematics concepts using an interactive, problem-based approach. The develop an understanding of fractions, decimals, and percentages by applying them in practical situations; learn to handle data through graphs; develop an understanding of probability; become familiar with scientific notation; and learn to use ratios and proportions to solve problems.
Students develop reasoning skills using geometric terms and processes, cincepts of logic, and applied problem solving. Topics include parallel lines and planes, cogruent triangles, inequalities, and quadrilaterals. Geometric concepts are analyzed using formal, paragraph, and indirect proofs.
This course covers a broad range of health-related topics, including a detailed treatment of metal health, lifetime development from conception through death, marriage, and family issues, and the causes and effects of violence on the individual and society. It also touches on the environment, public health, and basics of saftey and emergency care.
In this upper-level business course, students "tour" countries around the world to examine business ina global market, including the latest development in culture, communication, politics, government, fiance, and marketing.
This highly interactive course provides a simulated internship experience in which students learn the basic skills of word processingh, database, spreadsheets, Internet use, and file management, as well as strategies for dealing with the changes and choices of computer use in daily life. This course does not teach specific applications using tutorials, but rather guides students through the essential elements that are common to applications of a specif type.
This introductory laboratory course lets students develop an applied knowledge of the characteristics of aquatic systems. Students study ocean structure and marine ecology through hands-on exploration of coastal waters, open ocean waters, deep ocean waters, coral reefs, kelp forests, deep ocean vents, and tide pools. For the final project, students conduct a field study of a local aquatic system.
This course introduces students to familiar situations from a new perspective by studying the discovery of patterns and relationships in natural phenomena. They will investigate straight-line motion, motion in two demensions, engergy, relativity, properties of matter, changes of state, heat, and temperature.
The web-enabled course prepares students for studying calculus and other college mathematics courses. It reviews algebraic properties, introduces functions and graphs, covers algebraic and inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, conic sections, matrices, determiants, complex numbers, and discrete algebra.
In this course, students explore concepts of psychology through lifelike scenarios focusing on aggression, addictive behavior, memory, interpersonal relations, and self-care. Students also explore scientific methods of research and the major schools of psychology.
Students in Spanish I build vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar hand-in-hand, learning to identify word breaks in Spanish, introductory vocabulary pronunciation, articles, plurals, and noun/adjective agreement with gender. From there, students learn more vocabulary words, increase their usage of adjectives with nouns, start to recognize sentence patterns, and build reading and listening comprehension skills. Students increase their speaking abilities by learning mini dialogues, re-telling stories, and stringing together narratives.
In this upper-level course, students explore the universal nature of spiritual and intellectual needs for love, justice, integrity, knowledge, and acceptance. They acquire a vocabulary of literary critism and covention by examing literary selections in their historical and cultural perspectives, and use critical analysis to study the literary techniques of classic authors.
In this course, students become familiar with their own culture and are introduced to cultures from other places and other time periods. The course discusses five roots of culture (family, death, identity, and power) to explore the similarities and differences in cultural roles in various times and plaes.
Students learn about American history from the Civil Ar's end through the 1970's. each era is divided into different types of history: political history, popular history, the history of multicultural peoples, and economic history.
The web-enabled course prepares students for studying calculus and other college mathematics courses. It reviews basic trigonometry concepts, then covers approximate values, trigonometric identities, graphs, equations, logarithms, vectors, complex numbers, and polar coordinates.
Students develop reasoning skills using geometric terms and processes, concepts of logic, and applied problem solving. Topics include parellel lines and planes, congruent triangles, inequalities, and quadrilaterals. Geometric concepts are analyzed using formal, paragraph, and indirect proofs.
Geology investigaes the processes that shape our planet-from volcanoes and earthquakes to wind, water, and ice-and studies its composition, structure, and history. Students study the basic rock and mineral groups, find out how rocks are formed, and learn how to identify specimens and dtermine the age of rocks. Students also track the processes associated with earthquakes, volcanoes, and the sea floor, learn about plate tetonics and geologic time scales, and find out how geologists identify economically valuable geologic resources. Designed as high school elective for students interested in earth science, this course complements Atmospheric Sciences.
This course examines the literary treatment of human relations in a multicultural society. Students read a diverse selection of American literature about nature, ethnicity, gender, culture, family, and identify to help students gain a better understanding of people of different cultural backgrounds. Students will develop critical and creative skils in thinking, writing, and communications. See writing as a form of thinking, self expression, and communications. Incorporate grammatical and compositional information when writing and develop multicultual awareness through reading, reflection application and writing.
This upper-level composition course teaches students the major steps of the writing process, and jow to write in many styles, identify audiences, generate topics, organize and edit information, and hone effective writing techniques. Students build a portfolio and learn to critique the work of others. Student will gain greater fluency in putting personal ideas on paper. Develop and practice personal skills in observation and critical thining and bring greater focus to your writing.
This course introduces students to familiar situations from a new sperspective by studying the discovery of patterns and relationships in natural phenomena. They will investigate straight-line motion, motion in two dimensions, energy, relativity, properties of matter, change of state, heat, and temperature. Students will concentrate on major concepts of physics instead of isolated facts and formulas. You will test new ideas by making observations, collecting evidence, searching for patterns, and proposing hypotheses to explain the observed relationships. Also, explain according to the laws of physics, the events that occur in the world around you.
In this course you play the role of a newly hired Java programmer and build a working graphical design tool. You collaborate with your team leader and other co-workers to create a series of working programs in Java for a software development house that is currently working on a project for KCI, a company that remodels home kitchens. You will learn and understand operators and control statements, use object-oriented programming and classes, work with the Java class libraries and applets and search and sort arrays.