7th Grade Science Syllabus
2018 - 2019
Ms. Hall
Purdue Team
Course Overview:
This semester we will be covering the following units:
- Nervous System and The Brain
- Motion and Energy
- Space Science
- Weather and Atmosphere
- Animal Classification (Vertebrates and Invertebrates)
- Genetics and Reproduction
Class Rules: (follow team discipline rules from team syllabus)
1. Respect others. (Treat others with respect, mutual respect, attentive listening)
2. Respect yourself. (Use self-control, be accountable for your own choices, be self-disciplined,
use time wisely, be prepared for class each day, be reliable, and be honest.)
3. Respect the classroom. (Clean up after yourself, take care of and return class materials.)
Grades:
The grades will be calculated in the following four categories:
Daily work, participation, quizzes, and tests
Assignments:
All assignments must be complete and turned in with the proper name and heading to get full credit. Answer all questions in complete sentences unless otherwise told.
- Science Interactive Notebook: Students are responsible for maintaining a science notebook. These will be left in the classroom. We will grade notebooks each Friday and students will receive daily participation credit for bell ringers.
- Science Article Homework Assignments: Students will be assigned a science article on Ms. Hall’s website every other week for on-level, and every week for advanced. They will be assigned on Tuesday, and due at the beginning of class on Friday. If student doesn’t have access to the internet, ask Ms. Hall IN ADVANCE, and I will provide you a paper copy.
- http://unionscience7.weebly.com
- In-class assignments and labs: Students will complete in class assignments during the class period. All assignments are due at the end of class on the due date. If absent, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the teacher to obtain missed work. Late work is accepted up to 5 days past the date assigned for up to 70% of full credit.
Quizzes/Tests:
Students will be required to complete test corrections after each section test. If the students overall score is below 70%, they will also be required to retake the test. The score on the retaken quiz/test will be averaged together with the original score. The ability to retake quizzes/tests is always at Ms. Hall’s discretion and does not apply to reading quizzes.
- There will be weekly quizzes on Friday that will cover that week’s vocab and main topics that were taught.
- There will be a section test at the end of each unit.
Lockers
Times you may use your locker include:
You are dismissed from the gym or café – before RAO
Before and after electives
After the dismissal bell rings at the end of the day
You will Not be using/going to your locker between every passing period this year
Restrooms & Water fountains
May be used in the morning upon arriving to school, during the first passing period before RAO, at lunch & After school
There will be no restrooms or water fountains available during passing periods this year
You may use the restroom during class per your teacher’s procedures, at which time, you may also get a drink
Behavior:
Conduct marks are earned by students per nine weeks when they choose to not follow the class rules and are recorded by Ms. Hall
Team discipline plan for classroom violations:
- 1st offense – verbal warning - 3rd offense – after school detention; parent contact
- 2nd offense – behavior composition; lunch detention - 4th offense – office referral
Pencil Check Class Reward
- Every day, each student is required to bring a pencil to class. During role, I will ask each student to hold up their pencil. They have to be in their assigned seat for it to count as well.
- In order for that day to count, every student in the class needs to have a pencil. If you ask be BEFORE the class bell rings for a pencil, I will loan you one. Other students can loan a pencil to make sure the day counts.
- If one or more students DOES NOT have a pencil, the class count goes back to zero, and the next day the tally will start over. For every 5 days of 100% pencils, the class will get to draw out of the reward bag.
- Bigger class rewards will be mentioned as the tally grows larger… the pencil class challenge is on!!
- It is important for students to realize that if you are in “advanced” group it does not necessarily refer to academic ability. These are students who have chosen to be challenged within the science curriculum to help prepare them for future placement.
- Students will not be able to drop out of the advanced class after the 4.5 week (1st progress report)
- Student will have a weekly article homework assignment
- Fall - Egg drop: Tulsa Rocketry Club launches the finalists the week before fall break. Everyone (advanced and on-level) has the opportunity to compete, but designs and work are completed outside of class and advanced students are required to write a formal lab write-up.
- Spring – Science Fair: more info to come
- A written response question on section tests
I am looking forward to this year! I can’t wait to share my passion for science with you! Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Ms. Hall
[email protected]
(918) 357-8086
Course Information:
* Purdue Team Website: We will post weekly updates about what is happening in our classes this week and the next
week.
http://unionpurdue7.weebly.com
*Purdue Science Website: I will post weekly homework assignments on the webpage, as well as webquests and
quizzes that we will complete in class.
http://unionscience7.weebly.com
Lunch Detention and Friday Team Lunch Reward
As a team, we will be selecting one student per week to come up to our classrooms and have a reward lunch. They can select two friends to accompany them and will get to skip the lunch line and bring their food upstairs with us.
For disciplinary issues that arise in class, we will be giving out lunch detention. When a student is assigned lunch detention, they will come upstairs with us after picking up their lunch and be required to fill out a behavior composition explaining how to avoid this behavior in the future
http://unionscience7.weebly.com/ - Class Webpage where I will post agendas and homework assignments
http://www.quia.com/pages/purduescience/unionps - Website that I created for use in class to take essential skill quizzes and complete webquests