Students will receive instruction in many areas of science, making this a general physical science curriculum. Hands-on activities are designed to provide familiarity and competency in investigative scientific procedures and lab materials as well as the higher order thinking skills needed for analytical problem solving.

Grading Policy

• All district gradebooks will utilize a weighted scale. Summative assessments will comprise 60% of a student’s quarterly grade, and formative assessments will comprise 40%.

  • Summative assessments = a measure of student learning at the end of an instructional unit (i.e. - Tests, Quizzes, etc.)

  • Formative assessments = an ongoing measure of student learning used by the teacher to guide instruction (i.e. - Classwork, Homework, etc.)

Assignments

• Tests/quizzes

• Labs

• Classwork/Projects

Retesting

• On summative assessments, students wishing to demonstrate higher levels of content mastery are allowed/encouraged to retest

  • Students must “earn” the right to retest (e.g. - Make test corrections, complete an alternate assignment, etc.)

  • Students may only retest one (1) time per assessment

  • Students will earn the higher of the assessment results (original or retest - not an average of the two)

  • Students have a maximum of two weeks to complete the retest

Pearson’s Elevate Science: Physical Science

FOSS science kits.