Secondary
School Evaluation
Profile & Outline SNC
1P Science
Elliot
Lake
Grade 9 -
Applied
Course Description/Rationale/Overview: This is an
introductory course in Science that extends the strands and skills that
were introduced in Grades 7 and 8. Concepts from Reproduction, Introductory
Chemistry, Electricity, and Astronomy will be studied. Lab activities and
making connections with everyday situations will be emphasized throughout
the course.
Class
Requirements: Text: SciencePower 9 (Replacement cost:
$50 ) Other materials: Calculator Binder Students
are to be present for test dates. There must be a verified, valid reason
when a test is missed. The teacher may provide an alternative opportunity
for testing or record an Aabsent@ for that test for
legitimate absences. All
summative assignments will have a clear Due Date. Assignments that
are handed after the Due Date will be accepted and assessed by the
teacher if submitted prior to the deadline. Where a student has not submitted enough
work for the teacher to determine the student=s
level of achievement the report card will indicate that the student=s work is incomplete
and no grade will be assigned.
Missed
Tests and Late Assignments
_ Each
unit or strand of the course will be evaluated using summative evaluations.
Students will also be expected to complete assessment activities of a
formative nature in order to learn and to practice the specific
expectations that will compose these summative expectations. Examples of
summative evaluations are tests, case studies, presentations, seminars,
debates, lab write-ups, research and other writing assignments.
Assessment
Strategies
Learning
Skills: _ Works
Independently _ Team
work _ Organization _ Work
Habits _ Initiative Curriculum
strands: -Biology -Chemistry -Earth and Space Science -Physics Achievement
Categories Knowledge/Understanding 29% Thinking/Inquiry 21% Communication 36% Application 14%
FINAL
MARK Year=s
Work: 70% This
portion will be based on daily work, assignments, and tests.
Final
Summative Evaluation: 30% This
section will include an exam worth 25% of the mark and a series of
culminating activities worth a total of 5% of the mark. Evaluation
The
year=s
work will be based on a number of assignments, activities,
reports, and tests that will include aspects of the four
Achievement Categories.
