Transcript Unit 2: Heat (30%)

Room L103 rules:
 come to class on time
Come
prepared for class (bring appropriate
materials to class)
Complete all assigned work in class
Pass in all homework and assignments on time
Be polite and kind to everyone
 clean up ANY mess
Only one person has permission to leave the
classroom at a time
Materials needed for science class
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Science text: Discovering Science 7/8
2 exercises – keyterms
- notes and questions
Pencil
Colored leads/markers
Ruler
Duotang
Zipped folder to place foldables
OUTLINE
Grade 7 Science Course Outline
Unit 1: Interactions within Ecosystems (20%)
Approximate dates: September –November
Unit 2: Heat (30%)
Approximate dates: November-January
Unit 3: Earth’s Crust (30%)
Approximate dates: January- April
Unit 4: Mixtures and Solutions (20%)
Approximate dates: April – June
Grade 8 Science Course Outline
Unit 1: Water Systems (30%)
Approximate dates: September – (mid)November
Unit 2: Optics (30%)
Approximate dates: (mid)November – February
Unit 3: Fluids (20%)
Approximate dates: February – April
Unit 4: Cells, Tissues, Organs and Systems (20%)
Approximate dates: April – June
Each unit consists of three chapters. After the first and second chapter of each unit
students will be given a short (10 multiple choice) chapter checkup. After the
completion of the third chapter students will write a unit test. These checkups and
unit tests will account for 40% of the student's mark.
Within each unit students will complete two laboratory activities, a scientific literacy
case study, and various small assignments.
Within some units students will also complete a small in-class project.
These performance assessment items will account for 50% of the student's mark.
The June final exam for science is a Scientific Literacy Assessment (SLA) that will
complete the final 10% of the student's overall mark. There will be no direct content
from the four units completed during the year on this exam so students do not need
to study the units again. Students will need to know how to graph, how to read and
interpret graphs, how to analyze an experiment (identifying manipulated, responding,
and controlled variables, assessing hypothesis, results, and conclusions). Students will
also be required to analyze a scientific document. We will be doing all of the above in
science class throughout the year so students should be well prepared for this exam.
Copies of previous exams will be used for review at the end of the year.
Evaluation
Grade 7 Evaluation Outline
Unit Tests: 30%
Chapter Check Ups: 10%
Performance Assessments:40%
Labs-24%
STSE-8%
Other-8%
Performance Assessments Projects:
June Scientific Literacy Assessment
10%
10%
Grade 8 Evaluation Outline
Unit Tests: 30%
Chapter Check Ups: 10%
Performance Assessments: 40%
Labs- 24%
STSE- 8%
Other- 8%
Performance Assessments Projects:
June Scientific Literacy Assessment
10%
10%