Science 7 Syllabus
Science 7 Syllabus
Materials Required For Class
• textbook
• pocket folder
• lined notebook paper
• highlighter (any color)
• pencils and/or ink pens
• assignment book
Chapters To Be Studied
1: Exploring and Classifying Life
2: Cells
3: Cell Processes
4: Cell Reproduction
7: Bacteria
8: Protists and Fungi
9: Plants
11: Plant Processes
24: Interactions of Life
25: The Nonliving Environment
26: Ecosystems
12: Introduction to Animals
13: Mollusks, Worms, Arthropods, Echinoderms
14: Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles
15: Birds and Mammals
Grading
Scale
A+: 98 - 100 A: 96 - 97 A-: 94 -
95
B+: 91 - 93 B: 88 - 90
B-: 86 - 87
C+: 83 - 85 C: 80 - 82
C-: 78 - 79
D+: 75 - 77 D: 72 - 74
D-: 70 - 71
F: below 70
Classroom Rules
• Arrive to class on time.
• Arrive to class prepared.
• Complete assigned tasks on-time.
• Demonstrate respect for people and/or property.
• Follow staff directions the first time.
• Show mastery of academic objectives.
• Use work time appropriately.
Class Specifics
• Textbook is to be covered at all times.
• No pencil sharpening while class discussion is in progress.
• Student Handbook rules will be followed.
• Fines will be assessed for broken or missing
lab equipment due to carelessness.
• No eating, drinking, or sleeping in classroom.
How To Pass Your Science Class
• Keep an assignment book or planner.
• Take notes.
• Stay awake during class.
• Complete an assignment as soon as possible.
• Have completed homework in the classroom on time.
• Follow oral and written directions.
• Study for a test as soon as the date for it is known.
How To Complete An Assignment
• Use pencil or ink pen.
• Place name at top of paper.
• Read all the assignment before working.
• Make answers easy to read.
• Find answers in notes and/or textbook.
• Ask teacher for help, when needed.
• Be honest; do your own work.
Course Work
• An exam may be retaken if it is failed.
Maximum
score earned on the retake is 70.
• If the instructor determines that a student has cheated on an
assignment or exam, the student will receive a zero for the
work.
• Only sentence outlines will be accepted. A chapter’s outline
is to have a minimum of 60 sentences, each of which is to
contain no definitions. Use the chapter summary outline
and
the notes.
• No extra credit will be given.
• Each student is required to sign a lab contract.
Parent/Guardian Signature_______________________________
Email
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Expectations for Each Chapter
Student
Activity : Reason
For Activity
• Create a chapter outline.
: Read and summarize information.
• Define vocabulary terms.
: Communicate with the chapter terms.
• Answer problems from an orally-given topic.
: Apply listening and decision-making skills.
• Copy notes during lecture presentation.
: Assemble and comprehend information.
• Participate in a hands-on activity.
: Prepare for the chapter’s subject matter.
• Answer problems on study guides.
: Practice explaining concepts.
• Participate in a laboratory experience.
: Investigate a chapter concept.
• Complete the lab by answering problems.
: Report information in writing.
• Fill in a concept map.
: Construct relationships among topics.
• Mark notes with a highlighter.
: Locate key ideas that are to be tested.
• Answer review problems from a handout.
:Reinforce chapter content.
• Create a chapter notebook.
: Organize chapter papers for study.
• Answer problems on the chapter exam.
: Measure knowledge.
• Go over the exam. Interpret exam score and
semester average.
: Comprehend answers. Plan to retake exam,
if needed.
Chapter Notebook Organization
• notes
• vocabulary
• chapter outline
• concept map
• study guides
• lab
Detention
• May be awarded for not following class or
school rules.
• The instructor will decide when and how
long a
detention will be served.
• A period of 20 minutes is not uncommon.
• Failure to show can result in additional
detention time.
→ IDEA: Discard old science papers into the recycling box
regularly.
What Is Cheating?
Cheating is when a person misleads, deceives, or acts
dishonestly
on purpose. Cheating may happen at school, at home, or while
playing
a sport. MOST STUDENTS WHO CHEAT KNOW THEY ARE CHEATING.
Students Have Cheated In This Class By . . .
• Copying answers from someone else’s assignment.
• Allowing someone else to copy answers on an assignment.
• Pretending an assignment is one’s own work.
• Using notes at an inappropriate time during a test.
• Marking answers correct when they are wrong.
• Giving someone else the answers to a test.
• Changing scores.
• Not admitting wrong doing.
The Downside To Cheating
• Can get you into serious trouble.
• Is unfair to you.
• Is unfair to your friends.
• Can lead to more cheating.
• Destroys trust.
• Is the same as lying.
• Is something you cannot be proud of doing.
Additional Information
• Student grades for this course are posted on the
school’s website.
• Visit the school's website at http://www.scs-ne.org/
to view class lesson plans, syllabus, and curriculum. At
the site click on the "Staff K-12 Directory" tab. On the
next
screen click on "teacher pages" found at the left. My
webpage
should appear.
• Students are encouraged to seek additional help with class
work before school, after school, and during homeroom.
* WHAT WOULD YOU ATTEMPT TO DO IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL? *
