Course Materials

Click on the link below to access the Student Safety Contract (by Flinn Scientific, Inc.). Parents and Student should read the safety contract through in its entirety. Parents and Student may then complete and submit the Google Form to agree to the safety contract.

*** Students, and parents, who do not complete and agree to the Safety Contract Agreement Form are not permitted to participate in in-class labs, experiments, or other activities where they are expected to adhere to safety standards and behavioral conduct. They will be provided with alternative tasks that meet the learning standards of the activity, but may not provide the same level of in-depth engagement and content mastery as the lab activity will. This is for the collective safety of all persons inside the classroom and outdoor locations when and where demonstrations, labs, and experiments will take place.

1. Follow the Piner Middle School & SISD Student Handbook and Code of Conduct:

• Bring all necessary supplies & materials to class each day.

• Restroom privileges open after the first 10 minutes of class and close the final 10 minutes of class. If we are not in the middle of learning an assignment and it is an emergency, you may ask to go to the restroom. Other than that, you are asked to politely use the 4 minutes between classes to go to the restroom and take care of your business, that’s what the passing period is for.

2. Be respectful of yourself, your classmates, and your teachers:

As a Piner Middle School student, you are expected to always behave as ladies and gentlemen; use mannerisms and language appropriate for school (do not use the language you talk to your friends). Hateful and disrespectful language will NOT be tolerated. Thank you in advance for cooperating with this rule. We want this classroom to be a safe, respectful, and enriching environment.

3. Do not disturb anything around the room:

This includes any lab equipment and experiment set-ups, any items on the tables, drawers, cabinets, TV stand and the teacher’s desk without permission. Do not CROSS the LINE PLEASE!

4. Come to class PREPARED with all materials and BE PREPARED TO STAY IN CLASS! This includes: pen/pencils, journals, textbooks, homework, and earbuds for devices when instructed.

5. Completing homework:

You will be assigned homework periodically, and when it’s assigned it is due the following day unless otherwise instructed. Cheating/copying will result in a zero for the assignment. There will be nine-week projects assigned most nine-weeks and these will need to be completed and turned in by the due date. You will be given plenty of time to complete these.

6. Missed work:

You will be shown where the box for missing work is located in the classroom. If you are absent you need to check the folder for the day(s) your were absent. You will be given three days to make-up work in this class if you are absent one day. For every day thereafter you will receive one extra day unless you have made prior arrangements with your teacher.

7. Follow directions:

Please listen when the teacher is talking. We do labs in this class and when you hear my voice you must give the teacher your attention, it may be crucial to your lab experiment being successful. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

8. Lab safety rules must be followed at all times!

Students who choose not to follow the lab safety rules will be given an alternative assignment to be completed while the class continues with the lab experiment. Self-control and self-regulation of behaviors is essential to success and student safety in the course.

9. Conduct Grades:

Your conduct will remain an E (for excellence) unless you do not follow conduct rules. You will receive 3 verbal warnings in class and after that you will get a check in my book. Three checks in one nine-week period lowers your conduct grade one letter. If you get a referral for something in class, it will lower your conduct grade one letter grade for each referral. IF I HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR SEAT BECAUSE OF BEHAVIOR, YOU WILL LOSE A LETTER GRADE EACH TIME I HAVE TO MOVE YOU!

10. Thank you for making smart choices ahead of time and keeping your dear teacher happy! I look forward to knowing each and every one of you individually and helping you to be successful!

Welcome to 7^th grade science! We are excited about teaching you lots of new things that you don’t know about and helping to explain the things you do know about a little more.

***These rules are in effect for all students regardless of their attendance either in-class at Piner Middle School or their attendance in class virtually from home. While any student is presently learning and completing 7th Grade Science materials and activities with, they are held to this rules & policies and are subject to appropriate disciplinary actions for the failure to abide by them.

All Students should bring with them to Science class for personal use:

• composition notebook

• standard pencils with erasers

• colored pencils for graphs and projects

• notebook paper

• graph paper

• scissors

• glue sticks

Students should bring the following supplies for shared classroom use:

• If your last name starts with A-G you need to bring a box of Kleenex tissues.

• If your last name starts with H-K you need to bring a bottle of hand sanitizer.

• If your last name starts with L-O you need to bring a pack of glue sticks.

• If your last name starts with P-T you need to bring a package of #2 pencils.

• If your last name starts with U-Z you need to bring a ream of copy paper.

EVERYONE needs one composition notebook for a science journal. You will have one week to bring the above items back to class for a responsibility grade. If for some reason you are having problems finding these items or you need longer to purchase them, please come speak with me BEFORE the deadlines is up and you will receive the same grade for being responsible.

• All students are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to have with them a face mask or face covering to be worn at all times while on-campus at Piner Middle School.

• All students are highly encouraged to have with them the following items:

  • • personal use hand sanitizer

    • personal use facial tissues

• All students are expected to practice proper and frequent hand-washing (with soap) & use alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially when:

  • • using the restroom

    • before and after eating

    • before entering classrooms

    • whenever hands have touched your face or other unclean surfaces