1. Welcome to 8th Grade Science Rockvale Middle School Mrs. Guthrie 8B Science 2014-2015

2. Classroom Policies and Procedures These items remain in lockers. You are allowed to go to your locker between classes. NO CELL PHONES NO BACK PACKS OR PURSESNO FOOD OR BEVERAGES NO GUM

3. SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THIS CLASS *SNB: SCIENCE NOTEBOOK (NO PERFORATED PAGES PLEASE) at least 80 pages and 2 pocket folder to keep paper s in. *PENCILS (preferably mechanical) *COLORED PENCILS *PENS (SEVERAL COLORS) *LOOSE LEAF PAPER *GLUE STICKS *SMALL DRY ERASE MARKERS FOR STUDENT USE ON SMALL BOARDS *PENCIL BAG (CELL PHONES, PURSES AND BACK PACKS NOT ALLOWED IN CLASS) *WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR: MATERIALS LIST WILL BE SENT HOME WELL IN ADVANCE OF PROJECT DUE DATE. *PLEASE DO NOT USE MAGIC MARKERS IN CLASS. THEY BLEED THROUGH PAGES AND MAKE A MESS OF YOUR WORK! CLASSROOM SUPPLIES THAT WOULD BE NICE TO RECEIVE: KLEENEX, HAND SANITIZER, DRY ERASE MARKERS, STAPLES, BINDER CLIPS, POST-IT NOTES, INDEX CARDS

4. SCIENCE LABS AND EXPERIMENTS WE WILL TRY AND DO AT LEAST ONE EXPERIMENT PER WEEK AND ONE TEACHER DEMONSTRATION. WE ALSO VIEW MANY SHORT VIDEOS THAT ARE DONE IN PROFESSIONAL LABS BY SCIENTISTS. STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO RECORD DATA DURING SCIENCE LABS. THIS DATA IS KEPT IN SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS AND GRADED. ALL CLASS NOTES AND EXPERIMENTS ARE RECORDED AND KEPT IN SCIENCE NOTEBOOK. ALL HANDOUTS FROM TEACHER ARE ALSO KEPT IN NOTEBOOK. THIS NOTEBOOK WILL BE USED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR AND MUST STAY ORDERLY. IT WILL BE A GREAT RESOURCE WHEN STUDYING FOR EXAMS. NOTES, POWER POINTS, AND ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON MY WEB PAGE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION YOU MISS DURING AN ABSENSE.

5. POSSIBLE SCIENCE PROJECTS SCIENCE FAIR ENTRY: USING SCIENTIFIC METHOD WITH ALL STEPS AND VARIABLES ATOMIC MODEL PROJECT: BOHR MODEL, LEWIS MODEL BUTTERFLY ADAPTATION DICHOTOMOUS KEY BOTTLE ROCKETS ELECTROMAGNET DEMONSTRATION AND EXPLANATION BALANCING A CHEMICAL EQUATION DEMONSTRATION ELEMENT, COMPOUND, MIXTURE DEMONSTRATION ACIDS AND BASES DEMONSTRATION RECYCLING PROJECT

6. LATE AND MISSING WORK MISSING WORK IS NOT AN OPTION. YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS. RECESS AND OTHER OPTIONS WILL BE USED TO GET WORK TURNED IN. POINTS ARE DEDUCTED FOR EVERY DAY AN ASSIGNMENT IS LATE. PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY ON JUPITER IF ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT DONE OR STUDENT BEHAVIOR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. COACHES ARE ALSO NOTIFIED. WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM. YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR SCHOOL GRADING POLICIES AND GRADING SCALE CAN BE FOUND IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK AND ON THE JUPITER GRADES SITE. THE 8B MINI-SCHOOL IS A TEAM. ANY PARENT CONFERENCES ARE DONE WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.