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Regular attendance on the part of students is vital to the process of learning. Class participation is an integral part of each course. Students who habitually miss class will suffer in the assessment and evaluation process because their participation and achievement cannot be fully assessed. The student is responsible for work missed.
Academic courses develop students' knowledge and skills through the study of theory and abstract problems. These courses focus on the essential concepts of a subject and explore related concepts as well. They incorporate practical applications as appropriate.
Goals of the science program are as follows:
1. to relate science to technology, society, and the environment
2. to develop the skills, strategies, and habits of mind required for scientific inquiry
3. to understand the basic concepts of science
90% Work completed during the semester for evaluation
Connaissances et compréhension/knowledge
Habiletés de la pensée/inquiry
Communication
Application
10% sommation/summative
Article assignment throughout the course
20% examen/exam
1.5 hours written exam during the exam period and is based on the overall expectations outlined in the curriculum documents.
Using a variety of instructional, assessment, and evaluation strategies, I will provide numerous hands-on opportunities for students to develop and refine their investigation skills, including their problem-solving skills, critical and creative thinking skills, and communication skills while discovering fundamental concepts through inquiry, exploration, observations, and research. The activities enable students to relate and apply these concepts to the social, environmental, and economic conditions and concerns of the world in which they live. Opportunities to relate knowledge and skills to these wider contexts will motivate students to learn in a meaningful way and to become life-long learners.
Formal evaluations include: exam, summative, tests, and lab reports.
Other types of evaluations include homework quizzes with student notes, lab skills, group work, presentations, projects, and activities.
Types of assessment may include monitoring of homework and in-class work, skits, mimes, projects, lab activities, hands-on activities, assigned questions, participation, depth of reflection, making connections, quizzes and using equipment correctly.
course curriculum: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/science910_2008.pdf
Prerequisites: gr 9 academic or applied science
Course outline:
4 modules: chemistry, optics, sustainable development and climate change (not necessarily taught in this order).
Scientific Method is used throughout the course. Career choices and technologies are explored for each module.
Chemistry
Chemicals react with each other in predictable ways.
Chemical reactions may have a negative impact on the environment, but they can also be used to address environmental challenges.
-investigate simple chemical reactions
-acids and bases
-naming compounds
Optics
Light has characteristics and properties that can be manipulated with mirrors and lenses for a range of uses.
Society has benefited from the development of a range of optical devices and technologies.
-laws of reflection and refraction
-characteristics of images formed by plane, curved mirrors, and lenses
-types of light emissions
-properties of light
Biology
Plants and animals, including humans, are made of specialized cells, tissues, and organs that are organized into systems.
Developments in medicine and medical technology can have social and ethical implications.
-cells, tissues, organs, and systems of living things
-microscope work and biological drawings
-cell division
-dissection of a plant, worm, fish, or frog
-research a disease or abnormality related to tissues, organs, or systems of humans or plants
Climate change
Earth's climate is dynamic and is the result of interaction systems and processes.
Global climate change is influenced by both natural and human factors.
People have the responsibility to assess their impact on climate change and to identify effective courses of action to reduce this impact.
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