Environmental Science
Text: The CK – 12 Foundation web-based FlexBook Earth Science for High School
Instructor: Mr. Kaczmarczyk GTCHS, Greenville, SC
This is an environmental science course covering ecology, water, air, land, mineral, energy resources, and human health in the environment. An ipad will be used throughout this course for lecture, lab, and data analysis. It is expected that GTCHS will supply each student with this device.
Tests and Quizzes
Tests will be given approximately every 4-week period, which will cover several chapters. Make-up tests should be scheduled, in advance, so that the make-up will be taken one week prior to the next chapter test. If you are absent from class, you have five (5) school days (not class meetings) after your return to school to make up missed work. No make-up work will be accepted after this time. Work not turned in on time for any reason other than absence will not be accepted late. Daily quizzes will evaluate the previous day’s material.
Lab Reports
Each student will submit a lab report for each lab activity. The lab report will include, but not be limited to, a description of the activity, the data gathered, graphs and charts, data analysis, conclusions and discussion. A set of questions will be given to each student to be answered as part of the report.
Homework
Homework assignments are indicated for each class on an assignment sheet. Each will be collected and graded. Students are responsible for insuring that all questions about homework problems are answered. Homework must be kept in a three ring binder.
Class Project / Weather Readings
There will be a year-long class project centered on an advanced environmental issue of today’s society. The grade is a culmination of deliverables and participation. This will possibly involve taking and recording daily weather readings
Quarter Grades SEMESTER Grades
Chapter Tests 50% First Semester Grade 45%
Lab Activity Reports 10% Second Semester Grade 45%
Homework 10% Semester Test 10%
Class Project 20 %
Quizzes 10 %
Extra Help / Office Hours
The teacher will be available for extra help. Office hours consist of two thirty-minute sessions each week: (Wednesday 7:15 am – 7:45 am and Wednesday 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm). The sign-up sheet will be posted outside my door. It is the student’s responsibility to sign up to see me during office hours when he/she needs extra help. Office hours are a time for students to ask questions and receive extra practice. This is not a time for make-up work to be done. If there is a conflict, it is the student’s responsibility to make other arrangements with me.
Retesting
You will have the opportunity to improve your grade on tests through retesting. (Tuesday 2:30 – 3:15 pm one week after a test) A notification slip will be provided. Parent signature is required.
Compliance with School Rules
Compliance with school rules is expected from all students in a Physics class. This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the teacher.
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