Welcome to Horizons Physical Science for Eighth Grade

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Welcome to Horizons Physical ScienceforEighth
Grade
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Curriculum

• Topics to study in Physical Science
• 1. Scientific Inquiry Process
• 2. Safety Skills
• 3. Standards of Measurement
• 4. Nature of Matter
• 5. Force/Mass/Motion
• 6. Transformation of Energy
• Gravity, Electricity, and Magnetism
• 7. Nature of Sound and Electromagnetic Radiation

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Make-up/Late Policy

• Make-Up Work at Riverwatch
• It is the students responsibility to turn in
  make-up work when he/she is absent from school.
  The student has five (5) school days upon
  returning to school to complete make-up work.
• If a student is absent on the day that a
  long-term project/assignment is due, it is the
  students responsibility to make arrangements to
  turn in the assignment/project to the appropriate
  teacher by 430 on the due date. Students will
  make up a missed test the first day they are back
  in class. If there is a family emergency, the
  student and parent may submit a note to the
  respective teacher for consideration.
• Late Work Policy
• Assignments to be taken for completion grades are
  expected to be turned in on the due dates. No
  late assignments will be accepted and students
  will receive a 0 for that assignment.
• Assignments to be taken for measurement of
  progress and mastery are expected to be turned in
  on the due dates. Late assignments will lose 15
  points per calendar day turned in after due
  dates. This includes all major projects and
  writing assignments.

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• Standard Students will compute and estimate
  skills necessary for analyzing data and following
  scientific explanations.
• Big Idea Practice using the metric system to a
  scientific investigation.
• CW
• EQ (Essential Question)
• Discuss the metric system (flipchart)
• Practice converting using the metric system
• HW
• Study for Summative Assessment over safety, lab
  equipment, measurement, prefix/suffixes, and the
  Scientific Method (Thurs. 8/30)

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EQ

• Give a real life example of a problem and the
  steps that need to be taken to solve the problem
  using the scientific method.
• Example Why does the cafeteria serve pizza
  everyday for lunch?

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Reporting Schedules

• Progress Reports
• October 16
• February 7
• April 22

• Report Cards
• (End of each Semester)
• December 21
• May 30

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Parent Portal - gradebook

• You are able to access your childs grade by
  going to Parent Portal.
• Homework is updated on Mondays along with
  grades. You can access homework by going to my
  website the then Homework. This is good until
  Angel is up and running.

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Contacting me

• bsavage_at_forsyth.k12.ga.us,
• send a note with your child,
• or
• Call my room at
• 678-455-7311 ext. 300331

Thank you for coming.