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To locate web sites for help with Science, click on the box below.
Grading Policy Atom Project Rock Cycle Water Cycle Tables & Graphs Google Earth Neat
Sites
Blue Planet Earth Recycle-Reduce-Reuse Activity Center

 

MAJOR RULE TO LEARN

OBSERVATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS

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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 9/29/09, 10/27/09, 12/1/09, 1/12/10, 2/9/10, 3/23/10, 5/4/10, 6/8/10)
Projects: 25%    At least one "hands-on" at home project with DUE DATES
10 Week's Test: 20%  Test Dates:  Oct. 29, 2009, Jan. 14, 2010, March 25, 2010, June 10, 2010, Final Exam:  June 17, 2010
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 Site for The Atom Project

  http://www.chemicalelements.com

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Web Sites the Rock Cycle
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html

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.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/

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

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Web Sites for The Water Cycle

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

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/watercycleq.html

http://education.jlab.org/reading/water_cycle.html

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/water/quiz316.html

http://web.dps.k12.va.us/ParkAve/water.htm

http://www.livingclassrooms.org/slurrp/watercycle.html

http://www.irwd.com/WaterEducation/Quizzes/watercycle.php

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/classroom/quiz/watercycle.shtml

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleguess.html


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Web Sites for Tables & Graphs

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/17.asp

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug2/bug2.html

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Transmographer/

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Web Site of Earth Science Facts

Google Earth

http://www.earth.dke-guides.com

Blue Planet Earth

http://cd7.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cd7/website/BluePlanet.htm

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org

 

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Neat Sites

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

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