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Grading Policy	Matter & the Periodic Table	Rock Cycle	Water Cycle	Tables & Graphs	Mad Scientist Library	The Internet Public Library

MAJOR RULE TO LEARN

OBSERVATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS

Grading Policy for Science *EVERY THURSDAY IS QUIZ DAY!!!*
Homework:	25%	Every assignment is graded for completeness
Quizzes:	25%	8 Thursday quizzes and 2 unannounced pop quizzes (pop quiz dates 9/30/08, 10/28/08, 12/2/08, 1/13/09, 2/10/09, 3/24/09, 5/5/09, 6/9/09)
Projects:	25%	At least one "hands-on" at home project with DUE DATES
10 Week's Test:	20%	Test Dates: Oct. 30, 2008, Jan. 15, 2009, March 26, 2009, June 11, 2009, Final Exam: June 23, 2009
Writing on Demand:	5%	Once every 5 weeks, an in-class only writing activity.
EVERY 10 WEEKS, 8 QUIZZES AND 2 UNANNOUNCED POP QUIZZES ARE GIVEN
Final average is based on the 4 quarterly averages and a final exam.

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Web Sites for Matter & The Periodic Table

www.chemicalelements.com

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/M/Mixtures.html

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/compounds.html

http://www.darvill.clara.net/hotpots/emc.htm

http://www3.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/chemistry/mixtures.html

http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bio/FHchemprinciples/sld018.htm

http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bio/FHchemprinciples/tsld018.htm

http://www.ksw.org.uk/departments/chemistry/lower_remove_revision/elements.htm

http://www.westga.edu/~chem/courses/chem1211d/lecture/chapter1/sld051.htm

What is Matter?
http://www.westga.edu/~chem/courses/chem1211d/lecture/chapter1/tsld001.htm

Good Quiz
http://www.wgsdepts.net/chemistry/First%20Year/Elements,%20Mixtures%20and%20Co
mpounds.htm

http://www.thesciencelab.co.uk/chemistry/middle/classifyingmaterials/elementsm
ixturesandcompounds.htm

http://schools.moe.edu.sg/canberra/science/chem/test_example/element_mixture_c
pd_ex1.htm

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Web Sites the Rock Cycle

http://www.science.ubc.ca/~geol202/rock_cycle/rockcycle.html

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/rockcycle.shtml

http://www.rocksandminerals.com/rockcycle.htm

http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/rkcycle/rkcycleindex.html

http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/rockcycle.htm

http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/10a.html

http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/

http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/teched/projects/web/rockteam/WebSite/rockcycle.htm.htm