Instructor:Mrs.

EmmaTaylor

IntroductiontoScience10

Contact:etaylor@sd69.bc.ca

Coursewebsite:www.kssscience.weebly.com Onlinegradebook:www.simplegradebook.ca
Books:BCScience10,BCScience10StudentWorkbook(McGrawHillRyerson)
Courseoverview:Science10isthefinalbroadsciencecourseastudentcantakebeforestudying
individualstreamsofscience(eg.,Biology,Chemistry,EarthScience,Physics).Forthisreason,thereis
asubstantialamountofcontentondifferenttopics,soitsimportantforstudentstostayuptodateon
theirwork.Ihavesetupawebsite(www.kssscience.weebly.com)andblogIplantoupdateregularly
withnotesonwhatwedideachclass,whatwasassignedforhomework,aswellaspostdocumentsthat
studentswillbeabletoprintoutandcompleteiftheyhaveanyabsences.Iinviteyouandyour
son/daughtertoexploreourwebsitetogether,andcheckineveryweekorso,toensurewecanwork
togetherpromptlytodealwithanyconcerns.Iplantoteachscience10inthefollowingorder,focusing
onthemostchallengingandlongestunitfirst,inthehopesthatstudentsmarkswillgraduallyimprove
duringsubsequentunits.
Safety/labprocedures
Chemicalreactionsandradioactivity(chapters47)
Sustainingearthsecosystems(chapters13)
Motion(chapters8&9)
Energytransferinnaturalsystems(chapters10.1&12)
Expectations:
Respectmutualrespectistheonlywaytohaveasuccessfulandpositiveclass
Punctualitybeontime,completeandhandinallworkontime.
Preparednessstudy,bringabinder,ruledandblankpaper,pens,pencils,ruler,textbook,
andworkbooktoclasseveryday
Onlabdaysproperlabattiremustbeworn:closedtoeshoes,hairtie,avoidbaggyclothes
Keepneatnotesinabookorsectionofyourbinder.Theywillbecheckedperiodically;
refertothemoften.
Askquestionsduringclass,beforeclass,afterclass,viaemail
Studentsmusthavetheirowncalculatortouse;cellphones,mp3players,etc.,arenot
permittedinclassunlessexpresslystatedbytheteacher(iftheybecomeadistraction
duringclasstime,theywillbeconfiscatedaccordingtotheschoolcellphonepolicy)
Becauseitisascienceroom,foodordrinkarenotpermitted,withtheexceptionofwater
inaclosedcontainer;otherarrangementscanbemadeifitsamedicalconcern
CourseEvaluation:(subjecttochanges)

Tests
40%
Assignments/Quizzes 20%
ThewebsiteusedbyKSSteacherstoenterstudentsgradesis:
Labs/Projects
20%
www.simplegradebook.ca.Whenyouviewthemarks,pleasekeepinmind
FinalExam
20%
thattheyareaworkinprogress,andshouldbetreatedassuch;some

assignmentsthathavebeensubmittedmaynotbemarkeduntiltherestoftheclasshavesubmittedtheirs.
Duringtheyearifastudentsmarkisbelow60%theirlettergradeislistedasanI.Keepinmind,

however,thatmoststudentsmarksimproveoverthesemesteriftheykeepupagoodworkethic,and
handinassignmentsontime.Thefinalprovincialexamworth20%ofyourson/daughtersmarkis
betweenJanuary25&28.Ifyoursonordaughtersmarkis63%orbettertheycannotfailthiscourse.
Iftheirmarkisbelow38%itisimpossibletopassthiscourse.
Rewrites:
Thefirstlab(43A)canberedonetogetamaxmarkof9/10(allothers,8/10).Iaskthemto
includethemarkedlabsoIcanmonitorimprovements.Fortests,Iwillgenerallyaskthemtodoatest
reviewpackage,andthenarrangealunchtorewriteatest.Iaskthatstudentsattempttheseimprovements
inatimelymanner(generallywithin3chaptersofthetesttheyretaking).
Assignments:
Everyassignmentmusthaveyourname,title(page#andquestion#s),anddate.Labswill
haveastandardspecificcriteriaandformatthatwillbediscussedandpracticedthoroughlybeforethey
areassigned(YouwillgetaLabFormathandouttokeepforthedurationofthecourse).
GradeDefinitions:
A
86100%
B
7385%
C+
6772%
C
6066%
C
5059%
I
Incomplete

Excellent
Verygood
Aboveaverage
Average
Belowaverage

WorkHabitsCriteria
Goodarriveontime,havegoodattendance,andtrytheirbest
Satisfactoryontime,havegoodattendance,andworkatasatisfactorylevel
NeedsimprovementStudentswhohave3lates,3incompleteassignments,1unexcused
absence,orwhodonotworkatasatisfactorylevelofeffort
ExtraHelp
Mrs.Taylorwillbeavailableforextrahelpduringthebeginningoflunchbreaks,orifother
arrangementshavebeenmade

Parents!
Pleasevisitourwebsitewww.kssscience.weebly.comforregularupdatesonclassactivities,aswellas
www.simplegradebook.catocheckonyourson/daughtersprogressreport.Feelfreetocheckinwith
mehowyourson/daughterisdoingbyusingthecommentssectionofourwebsite,oremailing
etaylor@sd69.bc.ca
Pleasesignbelowshowingthatyouunderstandthecourseoutlineandexpectations.
Ihavereadandunderstandtheinformationabove.

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