SHANDIN HILLS
MIDDLE SCHOOL
7TH GRADE
SCIENCE
MR. HEINS
LETTER TO
STUDENTS/PARENTS
2001-2002
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce what you can expect to
learn in science this
year and how you can achieve a
really good grade while doing so.
The
standards expected of 7th grade science students by the San Bernardino City
Unified
School District are as follows:
1.
Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and
conducting careful
investigations.
2. All living organisms are composed of cells, from just one to
many trillions, whose details
are usually visible only through a microscope.
3. The structure
and function in living things are related.
4. A typical cell of any organism contains genetic instructions that determine
how it grows
and develops.
5. The Earth has many forms of evidence that gives insight into its history.
6. Biological evolutionary theory accounts for the diversity of species
developed through
gradual processes over many generations.
7. Physical principles underlie biological structures and functions.
To
see more detail on each of the standards visit the School
Districts website.
(Adobe® Acrobat®
Reader required)
Four or five weeks will be spent exploring each of these units.
At the end of this time you will
be prepared for science at the 8th grade level.
MATERIALS
Pen (blue or black
ink) 30 centimeter
ruler for home
Lined paper
Pencil
Colored
pencils
Science notebook
ABSENCES
Class notes missed due to an absence must
be copied from someone in class.
Make sure you have them all by the
end of each unit for the unit test.
You are responsible for asking me
about missed homework and class work.
GRADING
POLICY
Your
grade for this course will be based on unit tests, weekly quizzes, laboratories,
computer work, class work, homework, unit products and assignment sheets
(Period 1 only).
All graded
work will have a point value that will be used to determine your grade.
The
grading scale is as follows:
90-100%=A
80-89=B 70-79=C
60-69=D
Below 60=F
1.
Unit tests: There will be 1
test per unit. Tests will be worth
50 points.
2. Quizzes: There
will be weekly 10 point quizzes to assess students' comprehension of
current material.
3. Laboratories: The
Scientific Method will be used to investigate unit concepts.
4. Computer work: Science
software and the Internet will be explored.
5.
Class
work/Homework: No late work
accepted without an outstanding excuse.
6.
Unit products: For each
standard, every student will create, and present to the class,
a product which reflects something
they
would like to explore from the current unit.
These 50 point products
can be done
with
one or two others and will make use of the
students
multiple intelligence’s.
7. Assignment sheet:
The assignment sheet is your record of all
class-work done and
homework due.
You are responsible for copying
the day’s agenda off of the white board
of all your classes everyday.
Assignment sheets are picked up from
your first period teacher on Monday’s and turned
back in to the same teacher, with a parent signature, the
following Monday.
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Students understand that no grades will be given until they return
this tear-off to
me with your
name and home and work (or other daytime) phone numbers.
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Period _____
(Students name- please print)
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(Parent name - please print)
(Home phone)
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(Parent name - please sign)
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