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INTEGRATED SCIENCE SYLLABUS
MRS. JOHNSON
2013-2014
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE ADEQUATE SCIENCE
BACKGROUND THAT STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR
SURROUNDINGS, TO PURSUE THE STUDY OF SCIENCE
THROUGHOUT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND TO PREPARE
FOR THE OHIO GRADUATION TEST (OGT).
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
DOING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY-SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, SIGNIFICANT
FIGURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND LABS.
NATURE OF MATTER-ATOMS, MOLECULES, ISOTOPES,
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES, PERIODIC TABLE, CHARGES,
ELECTRIC FORCES, PH, AND PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS.
FORCES AND MOTION-VELOCITY, ACCELERATION, TIME, FORCE,
FRICTION, AND NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONSLASTING AFFECTS OF SCIENCE
NATURE OF ENERGY-THERMAL ENERGY, KINETIC ENERGY,
POTENTIAL ENERGY, ENDOTHERMIC AND EXOTHERMIC
REACTIONS, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION,
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC
WAVES.
THE UNIVERSE-CHANGES IN EARTH, GRAVITATIONAL FORCES,
NEBULLAR MODEL, AND THE BIG BANG THEORY.
EARTH SYSTEMS-OCEANS AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE EARTH’S
SYSTEMS, PLATE TECHTONICS, CONTINENTAL DRIFT, AND
SEA FLOOR SPREADING.
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY-HOW TRCHNOLOGY AFFECTS
SCIENCE AND VISE-VERSA
EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
YOUR GRADE WILL BE BASED ON TESTS, QUIZZES, WORKSHEETS
AND LABORATORY ASSIGNMENTS. TESTS WILL BE WORTH 100
POINTS EACH, QUIZZES WILL BE WORTH 50 POINTS EACH,
WORKSHEETS WILL BE WORTH 5 TO 25 POINTS EACH AND LAB
ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE WORTH 100 POINTS EACH. YOU WILL
HAVE TWO NINE WEEKS TEST (FIRST AND THIRD NINE WEEKS)
THAT WILL BE WORTH 200 POINTS EACH, A SEMESTER TEST AND
A FINAL THAT COMBINED WILL BE 20% OF YOUR OVERALLL
GRADE. THE GRADING SCALE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
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93-100%
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83-92%
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70-82%
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60-69%
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BELOW 60%
YOUR OVERALL GRADE WILL BE BASED ON YOUR FOUR NINE
WEEKS GRADES, YOUR SEMESTER TEST AND YOUR FINAL. YOUR
OVERALL GRADE WILL BE BROKE DOWN AS FOLLOWS:
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1ST NINE WEEKS GRADE
20%
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2 NINE WEEKS GRADE
20%
1ST SEMESTER TEST
10%
RD
3 NINE WEEKS TEST
20%
4TH NINE WEEKS TEST
20%
FINAL TEST
10%
MAKE-UP WORK:
MAKE-UP WORK MUST BE MADE UP WITHIN THE NUMBER OF
DAYS THAT YOU MISSED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE ABSENT
TWO DAYS THEN YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAND IN ALL
MAKE-UP WORK WITHIN TWO DAYS OF YOUR RETURN. IT IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO COME TO ME ABOUT MAKE-UP
WORK EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER CLASS NOT DURING. I WILL
NOT SEEK YOU OUT!!!
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YOU CAN GET COPIES OF ALL POWERPOINT LECTURES FROM
BLACKBOARD OR THE SCHOOL WEBSITE. GO TO
www.bv.k12.oh.us CLICK ON HIGH SCHOOL LINK, CLICK ON
TEACHER PAGES. CLICK ON KRISTIE JOHNSON. CLICK ON
INTEGRATED (9TH) SCIENCE AND FIND FORM YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR.
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EXTRA CREDIT:
I WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN POINTS
THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER. YOU WILL BE GIVEN A NUMBER
OF ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NINE WEEKS. THIS WILL BE
ADDED TO YOUR GRADE. I WILL NOT TAKE THESE
ASSIGNMENTS LATE!!!!! MAKE SURE YOU TURN THEM IN ON
TIME!!! I WILL NOT GIVE EXTRA CREDIT POINTS TO BUMP YOUR
GRADE AT THE END OF THE NINE WEEKS SO MAKE SURE YOU
EARN THESE POINTS THROUGHOUT THE NINE WEEKS TO USE!
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CLASS RULES:
1. ASK QUESTIONS AT ANYTIME
2. DO NOT PUT DOWN ANYONE ELSE (UNLESS YOU
ARE PERFECT)
3. MRS. JOHNSON DOES MAKE MISTAKES
4. HAVE FUN