Name _______________________ Physical ScienceSyllabus 2017-2018

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ˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌˌ Welcome to Physical Science! This year you will have two incredible 

instructors for this course Melissa Frost and Megan Watkins. They will team teach this course.  

 

Physical Science: Is the study of two branches of science chemistry and physics. 

● This year in Physical Science you will be learning: 

 1st Nine Weeks -- Matter:  2nd Nine Weeks -- Motion and Force 

Chapter 2: Properties of Matter  Chapter 11: Motion 

Chapter 3: States of Matter  Chapter 12: Forces and Motion 

Chapter 5: Atoms/Periodic Table  Chapter 13: Forces in Fluids 

 

3rd Nine Weeks: Work and Energy  4th Nine Weeks: Electromagnetism 

Chapter 14: Work, Power,& Machines  Chapter 18: The EMS Spectrum 

Chapter 15: Energy  Chapter 19: Optics 

Chapter 17: Mechanical Waves  Chapter 20/21: Electricity/Magnetism 

 

*This course will feature the four pillars of learning: 

 

 

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*Students will expect to abide by the classroom norms that will be established the first week of school. 

*Students will become good listeners by practicing the SOLAR technique: When someone is talking the listener will: 

1. Be silent 

2. Orient themselves toward the speaker 

3. Listen to the speaker 

4. Affirm what the speaker has said verbally or nonverbally 

5. Reflect respectively on what the speaker has shared. 

 Weekly Schedule

1. Tuesdays and Thursday will be lab days, whenever possible. 2. Work assigned on Mondays will be due Wednesdays, work assigned on Wednesdays will be due

Fridays, and work assigned on Fridays will be due Mondays 3. Learning Cycles will be on Mondays, whenever possible. 4. Chapter/Unit Tests will be on Fridays, whenever possible. 5. After this weeks’ lab experiments you will be conducting a long term investigation that will be due

Thursday October 26th and will be scored as a project.  

Grading Policy Class Assignments will be assigned to categories with differing weights.

*All assignments regardless of category are able to be “fixed-up” and resubmitted for additional points.

*The deadline for resubmission is anytime before the next chapter/unit test.

Category Percentage Weight

Classwork/Group Work/Homework 10%

Labs and Logs 20%

Learning Cycles/Writing Projects 30%

Chapter/Unit Exams/Semester Exam 40%

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Four Point Grading Scale -- All Class Assignments/Tests will be scored using a four point scale.

*Four point rubrics measure the learning on a four point scale. * The four points measure the degree in which the learning objective was met. *This is the standard rubric by which all assignments will be graded.

Honors Biology Work Evaluation Rubric

Advanced Understanding

Meets the Standard

Approaching Does Not Meet

4 3 2 1

Student has met the learning objective for the assignment

Student has met learning objective for the assignment

Student is approaching the learning objective for the assignment

Student has not met the learning objective for the assignment

Work is complete with added depth and complexity

Work is complete Work is partially complete

Work is mostly incomplete

Student was respectful of time and materials

Student usually was respectful of time and materials

Student sometimes was respectful of time and materials

Student was not respectful of time and materials

Students comments were on task, thoughtful, and consistent

Students comments were on task and often move conversation forward.

Student’s comments are mostly on task and sometimes moves the conversation forward

Students comments are mostly off task.

Contact Information: 

Melissa Frost Megan Watkins 

Room 100 Room 101 

mfrost@buchananschools.com mwatkins@buchananschools.com 

Ext. 20100 Ext. 20101 

If you have questions regarding any of these policies please feel free to contact us. 

Educationally Yours, 

Melissa Frost 

Megan Watkins