1. Physical Science
8/10
Bell Work
Get out a sheet of paper, label it in the upper left hand corner using MLA format:
Your Full Name!
Your Teacher’s Name
Seat # - Period #
10 August, 2017
Personal info:
1. Name/Nickname:____________
2. Favorite Subject:____________
3. Other Languages: ___________
4. Favorite band/singer/group: ___
5. Career Goal: _______________
Agenda
Procedures
Class Norms
Learning Targets
I can list the supplies needed for physical science.
I can list the basic procedures of the class.
Homework & Important Dates
Due: Wednesday, 8/16
Read Safety Rules
Parent paperwork
Class Norms Poster

2. Mrs. Keyfel/Nelson/Brown Mr. Olson
Welcome to Science!
Mrs. Keyfel/Nelson/Brown
Mr. Olson *

3. To Take Home: Parent Letter and Parent/Student Survey
A parent /guardian is required to fill out the safety contract – or you will not be allowed to participate in any labs.
Your Homework = Read the Safety Rules and return signed documents
Get Supplies!

4. Recommended Materials
Loose Leaf Paper – Graphing and Lined
Pens and pencils
Colored pencils
Pencil Sharpener with Cover
Highlighters
Metric Ruler
Calculator (not your phone)
Pocket Folder
3x5 Flash Cards
To be replenished as needed!!

5. Beginning Of The Period:
Please wait outside the classroom until I let you in.
Once I have let you in, sit in your assigned seat and begin your bell work. You must be sitting in your assigned seat BEFORE the bell rings to avoid being tardy!
Back packs must remain on the ground. They may not be on the desk or on your lap.

6. After you complete your bell work:
Write homework assignments and announcements in your planner.
Take out your homework and have it ready to pass forward.

7. End Of The Period:
I dismiss you, the bell does not. I will dismiss the class when work is completed and turned in, lab stations are cleaned up, trash is off the floor, ALL materials are accounted for, and ALL STUDENTS ARE SEATED IN THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS.

8. Creating Class Norms
Write down five norms that are important in a classroom.
Pass your paper to the right.
Choose the 3 best norms from the paper that you are holding and place a star next to them.
Continuing passing around group, until you receive your paper back.

9. As a group, decide on the most popular rules – one per member of group (it does not have to be from your own list).
Assign each student will one rule and create a poster for that rule.
Extra Credit will be given to students if their poster is posted on the wall.
We will create our class rules from the most popular rules gathered throughout the day.

10. 8/11 What does respect mean?
Physical Science
8/11
Bell Work
Continue on the same Bell Work sheet from yesterday. Leave a space and write “11 August, 2017” on the left hand side. Answer the questions below in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
What does respect mean?
What does respect look like in the classroom?
Does it mean anything different in a classroom than in the adult world?
Agenda
Syllabus
Class Norms
Learning Targets
I can create norms for the classroom and abide by them throughout the year.
Homework & Important Dates
Class Norms Poster Due 8/16
Parent/Student Survey & Lab Safety Contract due Wednesday 8/16

11. Course Outline
Prentice Hall textbook - There will be a take home book as well as a class set. Among the major topics addressed are:
Astronomy
Light & Sound Waves
Forces
Energy
Earth’s history
Natural selection
genetics\
Evolution

12. Attendance & Participation
Because this is a lab and activity based course, regular daily attendance and participation is crucial. You will be required to make-up missed labs. It is your responsibility to set up a time to make-up the lab.

13. Tardies
Students not in the door, in their assigned seat, and ready to work by the bell are considered tardy. School tardy policy will be followed. Excessive tardies will result in a “U” in citizenship

14. Make-Up & Late Work
To be regarded on time, work must be completed by the beginning of the period on the day it is due!
Assignments not turned in on time will receive up to 70% and will be taken within one week of the end of the trimester.

15. Absence
If a student is absent it is the student’s responsibility to find out what he/she has missed and to turn in make-up work (or late work) by the discussed due date.
Bell Work is the only item that may be copied from your neighbor. If you are absent on a Friday, obtain questions from your teacher and turn in.

16. Everyday class work will be randomly selected to be graded and/or checked during class
All tests, quizzes and projects will be graded!
A test/quiz that has not been made up by the following Thursday will be made up during that period in an alternate room. Students will miss review of the previous quiz and preparation for the next quiz. It will be their responsibility to obtain the missed information.

17. Evaluation
Determination of a student’s grade is based on the following –
Class and lab assignments
Tests and quizzes
Participation
Homework assignments
Assigned reports and projects

18. Grading A weighted grading scale will be used for this course.
Agenda /Bell Work 10%
Assignments 50%
Quizzes and Tests 40%

19. Vocabulary
You will create a foldable with scientific definitions for all of the given terms.
Due Thursday 8/17
Hypothesis Scientific method
Independent variable Dependent variable
Qualitative Quantitative
Scientific theory Control group
Experimental group Inference

20. Words on front, definition on inside.

21. Complete ‘Class Rules’ poster