7th
Grade Science
Instructor: Ms. Nancy Anderson
School Phone Number: 850.622.5026 ext.3368
Welcome to 7th Grade Science! This class will focus on the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in Science that can be found at:
www.floridastandards.org
My personal email is [email protected] and my website may be accessed from the ECMS homepage at www.walton.k12.fl.us.
Students will be assigned a text book that they may write in. They will be required to keep a SCIENCE COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK. (This is the “marble” style composition notebook and NOT a spiral notebook.) All notes, assignments, science labs, etc…will be kept in this composition notebook. Students will need approximately 2-3 of these for the entire school year. The notebook may be taken home whenever they wish. However, I do recommend keeping the notebook in the classroom unless students are studying for an assessment or completing unfinished work. If a Science Notebook is lost, work must be completed again. Daily assignments are to be written in student planners on a weekly basis.
Please sign up for Remind text messages or email reminders, regarding projects, and test/quiz dates. (See the separate hand out.)
Grading Policy:
Grades will be based on:
Class Work 30%
Tests/Quizzes 35%
Projects 20%
Science Labs 15%
Grading Scale:
A=100-90% B=89-80% C=79-70% D=69-60% F=59-0%
· Students will keep all assignments in a marble composition notebook
· Students can access the textbook online at: www.pearsonsuccess.net
· Semester exams will be 20% of the semester grade
· Late work will be reduced a letter grade each day it is late
Homework Policy:
Unfinished class work is considered homework, including but not limited to vocabulary assignments, notes, and end-of-chapter assessments. 9 week projects will also constitute homework.
Syllabus for 7th Grade Science-1st Semester:
Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
What is Science, Thinking like a Scientist, Measurement, Scientific Inquiry
Big Idea 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
Scientific Investigation, Scientists and Society, How Science Changes
Big Idea 3: The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models
Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations
Energy Transformations and Conservation, Temperature, Thermal Energy
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
Waves of the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Reflection and Mirrors, Refraction
Big Idea 6: Earth Structures
Earth’s Materials, Earth’s History, Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, Earthquakes
Syllabus for 7th Grade Science-2nd Semester
Big Idea 15: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms
The Scientific Theory of Evolution, Natural Selection
Big Idea 16: Heredity and Reproduction
Genetics and DNA
Big Idea 17: Interdependence
Living things and the Environment, Energy flow, Ecosystems, and Interactions
**The primary focus of the last 9 weeks will be the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center. The center has provided an extensive opportunity for hands on field work and a classroom program. Seventh Grade will visit Biophilia for 4 days in May. The concepts covered are: The Practice of Science, Characteristics of the Scientific Knowledge, Role and Theories, Interdependence of Organisms, and the Living Environment. A properly maintained Biophilia science notebook will be essential for the last quarter of the school year.
Instructor: Ms. Nancy Anderson
School Phone Number: 850.622.5026 ext.3368
Welcome to 7th Grade Science! This class will focus on the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in Science that can be found at:
www.floridastandards.org
My personal email is [email protected] and my website may be accessed from the ECMS homepage at www.walton.k12.fl.us.
Students will be assigned a text book that they may write in. They will be required to keep a SCIENCE COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK. (This is the “marble” style composition notebook and NOT a spiral notebook.) All notes, assignments, science labs, etc…will be kept in this composition notebook. Students will need approximately 2-3 of these for the entire school year. The notebook may be taken home whenever they wish. However, I do recommend keeping the notebook in the classroom unless students are studying for an assessment or completing unfinished work. If a Science Notebook is lost, work must be completed again. Daily assignments are to be written in student planners on a weekly basis.
Please sign up for Remind text messages or email reminders, regarding projects, and test/quiz dates. (See the separate hand out.)
Grading Policy:
Grades will be based on:
Class Work 30%
Tests/Quizzes 35%
Projects 20%
Science Labs 15%
Grading Scale:
A=100-90% B=89-80% C=79-70% D=69-60% F=59-0%
· Students will keep all assignments in a marble composition notebook
· Students can access the textbook online at: www.pearsonsuccess.net
· Semester exams will be 20% of the semester grade
· Late work will be reduced a letter grade each day it is late
Homework Policy:
Unfinished class work is considered homework, including but not limited to vocabulary assignments, notes, and end-of-chapter assessments. 9 week projects will also constitute homework.
Syllabus for 7th Grade Science-1st Semester:
Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
What is Science, Thinking like a Scientist, Measurement, Scientific Inquiry
Big Idea 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
Scientific Investigation, Scientists and Society, How Science Changes
Big Idea 3: The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models
Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations
Energy Transformations and Conservation, Temperature, Thermal Energy
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
Waves of the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Reflection and Mirrors, Refraction
Big Idea 6: Earth Structures
Earth’s Materials, Earth’s History, Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, Earthquakes
Syllabus for 7th Grade Science-2nd Semester
Big Idea 15: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms
The Scientific Theory of Evolution, Natural Selection
Big Idea 16: Heredity and Reproduction
Genetics and DNA
Big Idea 17: Interdependence
Living things and the Environment, Energy flow, Ecosystems, and Interactions
**The primary focus of the last 9 weeks will be the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center. The center has provided an extensive opportunity for hands on field work and a classroom program. Seventh Grade will visit Biophilia for 4 days in May. The concepts covered are: The Practice of Science, Characteristics of the Scientific Knowledge, Role and Theories, Interdependence of Organisms, and the Living Environment. A properly maintained Biophilia science notebook will be essential for the last quarter of the school year.