Physical Science Course Info 📖

What to Expect 🧪  

.This is more than a notes-and-vocabulary science class! Students will have opportunities to think, investigate, collaborate, and apply what they learn. Throughout the course, students can expect:

• 🔎 Hands-On Investigations & Labs – Use observations, measurements, and evidence to explore scientific concepts.

• 🧠 Problem Solving & Critical Thinking – Apply science concepts to new situations and real-world problems.

• 👥 Collaboration – Work with classmates during labs, activities, discussions, and challenges.

• 📊 Data & Graphs – Collect, analyze, and interpret scientific data.

• 🧩 Interactive Learning – Participate in stations, games, challenges, models, and other activities.

• 🌎 Real-World Connections – Discover how physical science explains things you encounter every day.

During Physical Science, we will explore topics such as matter and its properties, atoms and the periodic table, chemical reactions, forces and motion, energy, waves, electricity, and magnetism.

As we move through these topics, students will be encouraged to ask one important question:

“How can science explain what I see happening around me?”

Physical Science has CMA (Content Mastery Assessment) at the end of the semester that is worth 20% of their overall grade. Students can be exempt from the CMA based on their grades and attendance:

Grade of A (90) and above and no more than 4 absences for the semester

Grade of B (80-89) and no more than 3 absence for the semester

Grade of C (70-79) and no more than 2 absences for the semester. 

If a students is eligible for exemption and decides not to take the exam, it does not impact their grade.