Class policies 

Daily homework

 (13% of overall grade)

Have it with you

Have it all completed

Have it neatly done in your best penmanship

Have assignment ID on it

(Name, section, page #'s)

 

 

Attitude/behavior/effort

( 13% of overall grade)

Be ready

(Pen, pencil, paper, book, calculator)

Ask and answer questions

Participate

Don't disrupt

 

Projects

 (18% of your overall grade)

Do your part

Be complete and neat

Clean up after yourself

Answer anything and everything

 

Vocabulary quizzes

(10% of overall grade)

Make flashcards

Spend time in review

Do lincs tables?

 

Laboratory portfolios

(18% of overall grade)

Participate and help in the experiment

Clean up after yourself and your group

Answer all questions completely

Be neat and organized

 

Tests

(18% of your overall grade)

Make flashcards

Write notes

Create graphs and pictures

Make acronyms

Quiz yourself

Have someone quiz you

Review the handouts

Review the sections in your book

 

Science readings

10% of your overall grade

Complete the readings

Use the strategy described in class

Organize your readings

Turn in all of your readings 

 

Late work policy
All late work will be docked one full grade for each day the assignment is turned in late.  The late work must also be accompanied by a late work slip. 

One of the goals for 8th grade earth science is for the students to be actively engaged in science.  There are limitless possibilities for extra credit in the class.  Students can research a topic of interest to them and write a paper on it.  Students can perform an experiment that they find in the book or online and write up the results.  Students can make and design models dealing with scientific topics.  If your student is looking for extra credit options and can't decide on something based on these options please have them talk to me. (Extra credit can be applied to raise their grade 10% maximum)