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Course Outline and Grades
Course Outline and Grades
NGSS and IQWST
NGSS and IQWST
We follow the Next Generation Science Standards and IQWST is our curriculum. Click here if you would like more specific information.
We follow the Next Generation Science Standards and IQWST is our curriculum. Click here if you would like more specific information.
Introduction to Chemistry
Introduction to Chemistry
How does food provide my body with energy?
In this unit, the students will learn basic chemistry concepts while understanding how energy is transferred through living things.
Guiding Questions:
How do food molecules compare to each other?
What do organisms do with food?
Where does the energy in food come from?
How is food used for energy?
Introductiion to Physics
Introductiion to Physics
Why Do Some Objects Stop and Others Keep Going?
Why Do Some Objects Stop and Others Keep Going?
In this unit, the students will learn basic physics concepts about force, motion, and energy through many hands on experiences.
Guiding Questions:
Why determines how fast or high something goes?
What makes objects stop?
Why do some objects keep going?
What is energy? Can it convert forms? is it transferred from one object to another?
Grades
Grades
Classwork: 30%
You are forming knowledge, not mastered yet
Usually 2 pts (2 - complete, 1 - partially done, 0 - incomplete)
Examples: bookwork, short response, discussion participation
Test Grades: 70%
You are showing what you know - Level of Mastery
Graded for accuracy
Quiz, Test, Lab Reports, Projects
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