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The students are enrolled in an honors class. They are to act honorably. I have very few discipline problems in my classes because I have such great students. The students are expected to behave appropriately and follow all written class rules as well as those of the county along with following all generally accepted norms of behavior for an educational environment. 1. Any minor behavior deemed inappropriate will be corrected verbally. 2. A repeated inappropriate behavior will be noted in my behavioral log and initialed by the student as a testimony that they have been asked to change their behavior. 3. A third offense will result in the student being offered a choice of consequences for the poor behavior that may include: extra assignments, in classroom detention, a request to stay after school and clean, or tutor a fellow student needing help, or extra physical education for example push ups. I will also make sure to call the parent or guardian at this time to enlist their help in correcting the behavior. 4. A fourth offense indicates that I need to fill out a behavior form and forward it to an administrator so that they can help correct the behavior. Major behavior problems will be immediately referred to the administration. RULES Arrive on time. Raise your hand before speaking. Listen to others and participate in class discussions. Use the pencil sharpener during non-instructional time. Stay on task. Do your assignments. Bring materials and have them ready. Listen to directions. Cooperate with your group. Pick up after yourself. Leave other people's materials alone. Do not interrupt other students' learning. Keep hands, feet and objects to yourself. Keep your hands clean and take care of personal hygiene in the rest room during breaks. No vandalism. Don't write or carve on your desk or school property. Treat computers with care. It is expected that all work you complete for this course is your own. You are expected to include appropriate citations (when applicable) in all of your work for this course. The school policy for academic misconduct will be followed. Academic misconduct includes the following behaviors: Academic Misconduct: Plagiarism, cheating, fabrication, or facilitating any such act. For purposes of this document, the following definitions apply: Volcano Paricutin Outside of Mexico City
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SyllabusPhysical Science Delbridge This physical science class is taught as a college preparatory class and is designed to challenge the students. A minimum of twenty minutes out of class study should be completed every school day in order to prepare for class. Most of the material and information on the quizzes and exams can be found from the readings in the text book. In an attempt to drive students toward the common core goal of being able to read and understand material from challenging informational text sources, the information tested will cover not only the knowledge, skills, and abilities actively discussed in class but those that are contained in the assigned chapters. Many times reading over challenging material once is not sufficient. The students are therefore expected to read the assigned chapters and take notes directly from them in order to help master the material contained therein. Grading will be done on a total points basis. In college, many professors assign no graded homework, instead opting to give only two to four exams in order to determine the grades for their students' semester averages. While the students enrolled in physical science are not yet in college, one would be remiss in his duty if he did not strive to prepare his students for such classes. To address the transition from high school to college the physical science grades will depend heavily, but not solely, on exam scores. Each exam will count 100pts toward the total, with one to three tests given each grading period. Class quizzes will range from 10 to 50pts each. Several short quizzes will fall within each grading period. Both in class work and homework will be assigned on a regular basis and samples will be taken up and graded a few times each grading period. The classroom and homework point values vary depending on the difficulty level and assignment length. Homework and in class work are for the benefit of the student and will not be simply busy work. Students should do their own work and let me know if there is anything they need help with or do not fully understand when we go over the answers in class. On an irregular basis students may be assigned class projects. The point values on the projects range from 25ps to 100pts. At the end of a grading period we will add up all points earned and divide them by the total number of points possible in order to determine an average. For example, if a student earns a 95, a 99 and a 81 on three different tests and has quiz grades of 10/10, 15/20, 22/25, 39/40, 41/50, 9/10, and 17/19. They may also have three homework/class work grades of 15/15, 3/10, 24/25 as well as a project grade of 48/50. The total points they earned was 518 out of a possible 574. 518 divided by 574 equals .9024. This would make the student's average a 90 for the class. Then we add the three point bonus for taking a hard honors class giving the student a grade for the nine week grading period of 93. Extra credit does not exist. I will not drop the lowest grade. Do not ask. The student will bring home the grade they actually earn. Extra work for additional grade opportunities will be allowed a maximum of three times per year (once per grading period max) and is purely voluntary. A student who has an average they are not pleased with may choose to independently study any of the following chapters and take a test on that chapter. The grade they earn on the test will then be used as an additional grade averaged in with the others. EX: a student has earned 249pts out of 360 for an average of 69. They could choose to study and take an extra test. They make a 96 on the extra test. Now the total is 345/460 for a new average of 75. NOTE: if they take an extra test the grade will be averaged in!!! If they take an extra test and do poorly it could bring down their average. Extra chapters for independent study: 14. Heat and temperature 15. Waves 16. Sound and Light 19. The solar system 20. The Universe 21. Planet Earth Good communication between the student and teacher is paramount to success of the class. Do not hesitate to ask for help, extra help, or super extra help. I will do whatever I can to assist every student become successful! I will stay one hour late on Tuesdays and Thursdays to provide extra help if two are more students are in need. I have been known to have a free Saturday class for those in need. The student must have specific questions about the information. They must know what parts they need help on. They can not just say teach me chapter six again. Note: This is extra help for students that need extra help. It is not intended to be a lesson re-taught because they missed class for an extra curricular activity. Course content: Introduction to science, Matter, The structure of matter Motion, States of matter, Chemical reactions Forces, Atoms, Solutions Work and energy, The Periodic Table, More as time permits |
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