School Year/Semester 2020/2021
Course Name | 8th Grade Physical Science | Course Code |
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School Name | Peachtree Charter Middle School | Teacher Name | Ms. Crowder, Mr. Sylvia-Kalonji, |
School Phone Number | 678-676-7702 | Teacher Email | [email protected] [email protected] |
School Website | http://peachtreems.dekalb.k12.ga.us/ | Teacher Website | http://peachtreems.dekalb.k12.ga.us/AletheaCrowder.aspx |
Course Description
Curriculum Overview
The following academic concepts will be covered. THIS IS ONLY A GUIDE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW |
Unit 1 Matter Structure and Properties of Matter- In this unit, students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the structure and properties of matter. Standards: S8P1 a-f, S8P2b |
Unit 2 Energy Transformation of Energy – In this unit, students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the law of conservation of energy to develop arguments that energy can transform from one form to another with in a system. Standards: S8P2 a-d |
Unit 3 Force & Motion Force and Interactions - In this unit students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about cause and effect relationships between force, mass, and the motion of objects. Standards: S8P3 a-c |
Unit 4 Waves Electromagnetic Spectrum – In the unit students will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about cause and effect relationships between force, mass, and the motion of objects. Standards: S8P4 a-f |
Unit 5 Electricity & Magnetism Electricity and Magnetism – In this unit will obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about gravity, electricity, and magnetism as major forces acting in nature. Standards: S8P5 a-c |
BOARD-APPROVED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Title
| HMH Georgia Science |
ISBN
| 978-1-328-86821-3 |
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Online student access code (school specific) | Locate on Launchpad. Find the icon and open your online book from there. |
GRADING SYSTEM: The DeKalb County School District believes that the most important assessment of student learning shall be conducted by the teachers as they observe and evaluate students in the context of ongoing classroom instruction. A variety of approaches, methodologies, and resources shall be used to deliver educational services and to maximize each student’s opportunity to succeed. Teachers shall evaluate student progress, report grades that represent the student’s academic achievement, and communicate official academic progress to students and parents in a timely manner through the electronic grading portal. See Board Policy IHA.
GRADING CATEGORIES |
*GRADE PROTOCOL |
Formative and Diagnostic Assessments – 0% Assessment Tasks (Skills & Homework) – 25% Classwork (Guided, Independent, and Group Practice) – 45% Quizzes, Tests, and Projects – 30% | A 90 – 100 ~P (pass) B 80 – 89 ~F (fail) C 71 – 79 D 70 F Below 70 |
Notes:
*English Learners (ELs) must not receive numerical or letter grades for the core content areas in elementary and middle school during their first year of language development. A grade of CS or CU must be assigned. This rule may be extended beyond the first year with approval from the EL Studies Program. English Learners must receive a grade for ESOL courses.
~Elementary schools will utilize P (pass) and F (fail) in Health/Physical Education, Music, World Languages, Visual Arts and Performing Arts.
DISTRICT EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS |
STUDENT PROGRESS | Semester progress reports shall be issued four and a half, nine and thirteen and a half weeks into each semester. The progress of students shall be evaluated frequently and plans shall be generated to remediate deficiencies as they are discovered. Plans shall include appropriate interventions designed to meet the needs of the students. See Board Policy IH. |
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY | Students will not engage in an act of academic dishonesty including, but not limited to, cheating, providing false information, falsifying school records, forging signatures, or using an unauthorized computer user ID or password. See the Code of Student Conduct - Student Rights and Responsibilities and Character Development Handbook. |
HOMEWORK | Homework assignments should be meaningful and should be an application or adaptation of a classroom experience. Homework is at all times an extension of the teaching/learning experience. It should be considered the possession of the student and should be collected, evaluated and returned to the students. See Board Policy IHB. |
MAKE-UP WORK DUE TO ABSENCES | When a student is absent because of a legal reason as defined by Georgia law or when the absence is apparently beyond the control of the student, the student shall be given an opportunity to earn grade(s) for those days absent. Make-up work must be completed within the designated time allotted. See Board Policy IHEA. |
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