COURSE DESCRIPTION:
  

Comprehensive Science 1 is a science credit course that includes topics on weather, climate, spheres of Earth, force and motion, energy, cells, organisms, body systems, and reproductive health and disease education. This comprehensive Science Course is a prerequisite for many majors in higher education, such as medicine, the biological sciences, environmental science and engineering. When you leave this class next year, you will have a profound appreciation for the composition of the world around you, and you will have expanded your science vocabulary and knowledge. Comprehensive science will allow you to have the ability to better communicate technically with the rest of the scientific community. 

  

EXPECTATIONS: 

·         Students will be ON TIME and PREPARED with the required materials each class period. It is important students come prepared so they can derive optimum benefits from the class


·         ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY! Your success in this class depends on your attendance. Much of the new material covered in each successive class will often be connected to knowledge gained from the previous class. Labs cannot be made up if you are absent. Makeup work will be given to ensure that you still learn what you have missed.

·         Students will behave like young adults and will respect themselves, their peers, the instructor, the school announcements, the classroom, and the classroom contents. 

·         Students will enter the classroom and immediately devote their attention to science.

·         Students will not be allowed to work on assignments from another class during the class period. Any student observed doing assignments or work that does not pertain to the lecture, or the class activity, will be asked to discontinue. The material will be removed and returned later. This inappropriate action will affect your class participation grade.

·         Students will turn in all assignments ON TIME.

·         Students will abide by the safety procedures and proper instruction provided when conducting classroom labs. Any student that fails to adhere to the safety procedures provided will lose the privilege of performing experiments and their lab grade will be affected. 

·         Students will abide by the policies and procedures outlined by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, found in the Code of Student Conduct. This includes the dress code and the policies concerning electronic devices. They are also expected to abide by the policies and procedures outlined by AcadeMir Charter School East Middle Student/ Parent Handbook, and the policies and procedures outlined in this course syllabus.  

·         All cell phones (if you have one) should be in your bags turned off. There is a strict NO CELL Phone policy in the classroom.

·         Homework should always be completed BEFORE class and handed in at the beginning of class

·         Please ensure that all assignments are completed, as this will allow you to score maximum points and improve your GPA.

·         Exams will always be announced at least 1 week in advance.

·         CHEATING or any other form of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Parent contact will be made and a referral to the student’s respective counselor will be written immediately.  

 

ACADEMICS: 

  Required Daily Materials: 



§  Homework/Participation 15% 

§  PBL/Lab/Project 15%  

§  Classwork 20% 

§  Quiz 20%

§  Exams 30%