1. Earth and Environmental
What You and Your Student Should Expect

2. Welcome
Welcome to the school year. I wanted to lets you know how pleased and delighted I am to work with your student in science this year. Earth & Environmental Science focuses on the Earth, its structure, its origins, the hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and the sustainability of Earth. I look forward to partnering with you to insure that your student has an incredible learning experience.

3. Class Structure
This course combines 8th grade science material with 9th grade Earth and Environmental science. The class is technology based so it is important that your student has access to computer daily in order to complete homework. The class is very fast paced and your student will have homework every night except Fridays and holidays. The students are expected to complete projects during this class. They will have 6 projects this year. 3 projects are out of class projects and 3 are in class projects.

4. Class Structure
This class is a blended learning reach class. What that means is your student will be with me one day and Ms. Nowack the next. They will still be learning the same material no matter their location. This class will utilize several different learning methods. It will include webquest, readings with questions, and videos with questions, virtual labs, Moby Max, Quizlet, projects and hands on labs while incorporating global concepts, collaboration and communication. The students’ material is located within Canvas.

5. Class Structure
The class is very fast paced class that requires students to be self-disciplined and responsible.
Students who are not completing work on time will quickly fall behind and not be able to catch up this year.
This type of class is not suited to some students learning styles or need of structured classroom environment.

6. Class Importance
This is a high school level course. The students will receive a high school science credit.
The grade will appear on the students high school transcripts that are sent to colleges.
The students are required to take the 8th grade science EOG and the Earth and Environmental NCFE( Counts for 25% of students overall grade)

7. Units of Study Unit 1 Chemistry Unit 5 Ecology
Unit 2 Energy Unit 6 Weather
Unit 3 Lithosphere Unit 7 Astronomy
Unit 4 Hydrosphere Unit 8 Molecular Biology

8. Communication
I will be sending a weekly that has information about what we will study the next week and important announcements.
I will send other s that could include project assignment dates and due dates as well as test dates.
If you have any questions please me, I will answer within a few hours.

9. Questions

10. 7th Grade Science Welcome
Welcome to the school year. I wanted to lets you know how pleased and delighted I am to work with your student in science this year. 7th grade science focuses on the weather, climate, human body, genetics, and physics. I look forward to partnering with you to insure that your student has an incredible learning experience

11. Class Structure
This course is a preparation course for students to take Earth and Environmental in 8th grade. The class is technology based so it is important that your student has access to computer daily in order to complete homework. The class is fast paced and your student will have homework every night except Fridays and holidays. The students are expected to complete projects during this class. They will have 4 or 5 projects this year. Four projects will be out of class projects and 1 is in class projects

12. Class Structure
This class is a blended learning reach class. What that means is your student will be with me one day and Ms. Rothermel the next. They will still be learning the same material no matter their location. This class will utilize several different learning methods. It will include webquest, readings with questions, and videos with questions, virtual labs, Moby Max, Quizlet,projects and hands on labs while incorporating global concepts, collaboration and communication. The students’ material is located within Canvas.

13. Class Structure
This class is faster paced than regular 7th grade science.
This class is designed for students who are more self-disciplined and independent.
The structure of the class may not be for a student who needs more structured and direct taught classroom environment.

14. Units of Study Unit 1 Weather and Climate Unit 2 Cells
Unit 3 Human Body
Unit 4 Genetics
Unit 5 Physics

15. Communication
I will be sending a weekly that has information about what we will study the next week and important announcements. I will send other s that could include project assignment dates and due dates as well as test dates. If you have any questions please me, I will answer within a few hours.
I also have remind to join go to my webpage.

16. Questions