• DAILY EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS

    BE PREPARED, BE RESPONSIBLE, BEHAVE!

     

    BE PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE

    Students are required to:

    • Arrive to class on time, ready to participate and learn!
    • Bring 3-ring binder, science notebook, completed homework, and writing tools to class (a list of specific materials needed for each class will be posted).
    • Maintain a section of your binder for science. This section will include homework, quizzes, lab work, exams, and all other written work. 
    • Keep any science work removed from your binder in a folder at home until the end of the year.

     

    BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR LEARNING

    It is the student’s responsibility to:

    • Speak to me during school if help is needed. I am available after school most days for extra help.
    • Ask for class notes and assignments given during an absence.
    • Do your best on all assignments and work independently, asking for help only after you have given it your best effort.
    • Complete all assignments in a neat manner – not sloppy. If your penmanship is hard to read, type!
    • Complete all assignments on time.

     

    BEHAVE

    Students are required to:

    • RESPECT teachers, classmates, the school and themselves!
    • LISTEN while others are speaking.
    • Use common courtesy with all classmates.
    • Follow the Lab Safety Agreement while in a lab setting.

     

     ASSESSMENT

    • Final grades are determined by the number of points achieved. Each assessment is given a different value depending upon the information being provided.  However, points are typically assigned as:
      • Homework is worth 5 points.
      • Quizzes are worth 25 points.
      • Exams are worth 100 points.
      • Lab work and projects are worth 100 points.
    • Formal assessments, such as lab work and projects, may be evaluated based on the following grading system. In this case rubrics will be provided.
      • E – Exceeds the standard = 100 points
      • M – Meets the standard = 85 points
      • P – Partially meets the standard = 70 points
      • N – Incomplete or not yet met the standard = 55 points
      • If work is more than 2 weeks late, it may receive 0 points
      • If work is not turned in on time, it may receive 0 points in PowerSchool until it has been turned in.
    • Students have the option to retake formal assessments such as lab reports, projects or exams through a retake process described in class. Any retakes may be completed for full credit.

     

    HOMEWORK

    • Nightly homework is weighted as points in your total grade and is based on your effort.
    • Formal assignments (labs, projects) that require homework time will be assessed using a rubric associated with those assignments.
    • Homework may be assigned Monday through Friday.
    • Assignments should take approximately 20 minutes per night. This does not include studying for tests, writing lab reports, or completing larger projects.      
    • If students choose not to do their homework, I will talk with them to make sure they understand the assignment and help the student find a time when they can complete the work.
    • Extra credit work will only be given when a student has made an effort to complete all other work.

     

    MY GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR SCIENCE:

    • To provide a safe atmosphere for scientific, intuitive and creative thinking.
    • To provide a safe environment for students to explore and “fail” before finding success.
    • To help students learn to use cooperative learning skills in the laboratory and classroom setting.
    • To create an environment where students learn and practice standard safety measures in the lab.
    • To have each student take full responsibility for his/her actions and choices made.