bulletin board or on the internet) before each unit Each Strand of Study will also be weighted according to Action Student Should Take the time spent and accounts for 70% of your final grade. COURSE WORK = 70% Obtain notes, homework, and/or assignments from the class website, teacher or a classmate CULMINATING TASK = 10% Class BEFORE the following class. FINAL EXAM = 20% MISSING AN EVALUATION IS A SERIOUS MATTER. The teacher should be informed as soon as possible and consulted the morning of your return to school. For a legitimate absence for Quiz Absences a quiz/test, a note specifically for me, Ms. or Manning, from your parent/guardian explaining Test why you missed the test must be provided. You Course Expectations will then be permitted to write a make-up at a time arranged by your teacher. Be prepared to write You are required to arrive to class on time with the the day you come back. required materials [pen, pencil, notebook, textbook, You will not receive an evaluation for an calculator]. experiment that you have NOT performed. In Use class time efficiently as the class will focus on the case of absence, arrangements must be COOPERATIVE learning and team learning. LISTEN, Lab made to make up the experiment as soon as THINK, PARTICIPATE. possible. Lab experiments are time sensitive; as Despite cooperative activities much of your learning soon as the marked reports are passed back, you is individual. Do your homework! Do not fall behind. can no longer make up the lab and may receive Expect 20 minutes/day. Success requires a zero for the experiment. commitment! test. Be prepared to write the strand tests. Ask questions to your team first and then to me in Food, coats & backpacks are NOT brought into a order to clarify concepts that you do not understand. science classroom Don’t wait until the test to ask questions. Student Success in Science. You MUST hand in ALL Use the class website and textbook as a resource. assignments/labs/projects/tests to earn this credit. ALL materials covered in the class available there. Failure to do so will result in the student Check the answers to all problems assigned (on the completing the work DURING LUNCH
Action Student Should Take Class Obtain notes, homework, and/or assignments from the class website, teacher or a classmate BEFORE the following class. Quiz or Test MISSING AN EVALUATION IS A SERIOUS MATTER. The teacher should be informed as soon as possible and consulted the morning of your return to school. For a legitimate absence for a quiz/test, a note specifically for me, Ms. Manning, from your parent/guardian explaining why you missed the test must be provided. You will then be permitted to write a make-up at a time arranged by your teacher. Be prepared to write the day you come back. Lab You will not receive an evaluation for an experiment that you have NOT performed. In the case of absence, arrangements must be made to make up the experiment as soon as possible. Lab experiments are time sensitive; as soon as the marked reports are passed back, you can no longer make up the lab and may receive zero for the experiment. Each Strand of Study will also be weighted according to the time spent and accounts for 70% of your final grade. COURSE WORK = 70% CULMINATING TASK = 10% FINAL EXAM = 20% Absences Course Expectations You are required to arrive to class on time with the required materials [pen, pencil, notebook, textbook, calculator]. Use class time efficiently as the class will focus on COOPERATIVE learning and team learning. LISTEN, THINK, PARTICIPATE. Despite cooperative activities much of your learning is individual. Do your homework! Do not fall behind. Expect 20 minutes/day. Success requires a commitment! Ask questions to your team first and then to me in order to clarify concepts that you do not understand. Don’t wait until the test to ask questions. Use the class website and textbook as a resource. ALL materials covered in the class available there. Check the answers to all problems assigned (on the bulletin board or on the internet) before each unit test. Be prepared to write the strand tests. Food, coats & backpacks are NOT brought into a science classroom Student Success in Science. You MUST hand in ALL assignments/labs/projects/tests to earn this credit. Failure to do so will result in the student completing the work DURING LUNCH