Summer Biology
All Gender Course; Full Year Course Credit; Prerequisite - Successful completion of 8th grade; June 16 - August 8, 2025
Course Overview
Summer courses at One Schoolhouse are fully online, fully asynchronous, and class-paced. For more information about what this means click here.
In this introductory biology course, students investigate fundamental requirements for life: homeostasis, evolution, inheritance, and the interdependence of living systems. Guided by Next Generation Science Standards, each integrated unit is organized around an anchoring phenomenon that introduces students to a real-world question or problem. As students seek to explain each phenomenon, they engage in three-dimensional tasks that challenge them to make sense of the content they are learning and apply it to the problem at hand. They piece together their knowledge to gain a deep understanding of how the natural world works. Instead of focusing on a set of distinct topics and facts, this course emphasizes thinking scientifically about the connections between topics and their applications. In addition to learning the fundamental concepts of biology, students develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills through planning and carrying out inquiry-driven investigations, analyzing data, and constructing explanations.
Course Approval
This course is approved by the NCAA.
One Schoolhouse is fully accredited with the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges through December 1, 2025. We are an approved online publisher for the University of California.
Academic Program Teachers
Academic Program teachers are passionate about helping students flourish and thrive.
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With small sections (averaging 15 students), teachers inspire, encourage, and instill confidence in their students.
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Teachers are drawn from top independent schools across the country and participate in our extensive training on current research and best practices in online instruction methods.
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Teachers are experts in their subject field and also highly qualified, with over 80% having a master’s degree or a terminal degree.
Summer Courses
Summer courses are for-credit opportunities for ambitious students to get a jump on the next academic year. Students participating in these courses should plan to devote 20 hours per week for eight weeks to their course. Students will receive grades and comments in these classes, which are the equivalent of year-long, high-school level courses. Because of the pacing and intensity of for-credit summer courses, there is little flexibility; students must be available and have internet access for all eight weeks of the course.
