Requirement:

2 units of Science. Including courses with a laboratory component. 

Additional Context:

For a science course to be considered a “laboratory course,” all enrolled students must engage regularly in laboratory investigations. ISBE recommends that students in laboratory courses engage in laboratory investigations at least once per week, but the exact frequency is at the discretion of the local school district.

A school laboratory investigation (also referred to as a lab) is defined as an experience in the laboratory, classroom, or the field that provides students with opportunities to interact directly with natural phenomena or with data collected by others using tools, materials, data collection techniques, and models (National Research Council 2006, p. 3). Students should have opportunities throughout the process to design investigations, engage in scientific reasoning, manipulate equipment, record data, analyze results, and discuss their findings.