Grade 10 Science (Academic)
Information for Students and Parents
Dear Parents: Please read the information below carefully and return the bottom of the page with
your daughter or son. If you have any questions please contact your child’s science teacher via the
school’s voice mail system.
Science Teacher: _______________________ Telephone #: 479-2787
Voice Mail #_________
Course code: SNC2D1 Section #___________
Course Content:
Biology: Tissues, Organs, and Systems of Living Things
Chemistry: Chemical Reactions
Earth and Space Science: Climate Change
Physics: Light and Geometric Optics
Evaluation at Midterm:
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30% Knowledge and Understanding
30% Thinking and Investigation
25% Communication
15% Application
Final Evaluation (including Final Examination)
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21% Knowledge
21% Thinking and Investigation
17.5% Communication
10.5% Application
30% Final Exam
The following learning skills will be evaluated and reported on the mid-semester and final report
cards, however, they will not be used to determine the final grade:
Works Independently, Teamwork, Organization, Work habits/Homework, and Initiative
Attendance & Test Policy: Students are expected to write unit tests on the day scheduled. If a
student is going to be away because of a school trip/performance, arrangements with your teacher
should be made prior to the test. If you are ill the day of a test, please have your parent call the
teacher by 8:30 a.m. and leave a message on their voice mail stating that you are ill and will be
missing the test. Students usually write the test on the first day back, unless other arrangements
have been made with your teacher.
Textbook: ON Science 10 by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Students will be charged for damaged or lost
books.
Textbook cost: ________.
Safety: Students are expected to wear safety goggles for all laboratory activities. If your child has
any allergies or a health condition that may prevent him or her from participating in
investigations/lab activities safely, please let the teacher know on the tear off below.
Homework Expectations: A grade 10 student should be spending an average of 30 minutes per
night on Science homework. Homework includes assigned questions from the text,
assignments/reports, studying for quizzes/tests, and reviewing material covered in class or
organizing a notebook. The pace of instruction is very rapid in the semester system, therefore
students must keep up their work on a daily basis.
Late Assignments: All assignments will have a set due date. Assignments will not be accepted
after they have been evaluated and returned to the class.
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Student’s Name: _____________________________________________
Parent(s)/Guardian Name(s): __________________________________________________
Daytime (work) phone #: (____)____________________
Evening (home) phone #: (____)____________________
Signature of Parent/Guardian: ________________________________ Date: ___________