Earth / Physical Science
Syllabus
2015 - 2016
North Royalton High School
Mr. Boch’s Classes
Greetings, and
welcome to E.P.S.! This class is a combination of the old Earth Science and Physical
Science courses. It is a fun, fast-paced, project oriented science class that
covers many different scientific disciplines. We will follow the textbook
closely (but not always in chapter order). You can expect a reading
assignment almost every week in the text. As I said we move pretty fast. We
will cover topics in Physics, Chemistry, Meteorology, Geology and Astronomy.
You will be expected to take reading notes and class notes and you must
bring your class notebook every day!
Materials for Course
For this class you
will be expected to have a Three-ring binder (or three flat notebooks
with pockets and three-hole clasps), a pencil (every day!), a ruler (with
metric and SAE), and a scientific calculator (TI-30 is the best but if you need
to get one of those fancy TI-84’s for another class you can use it in here). Some
of the projects we will do in class may require you to buy odds and ends at the
craft or hardware store but most everything should be able to be scavenged.
Class Rules
I won’t bore you by
telling you to respect others, know when your assignments are due and so on.
You know this stuff by now (or should), so here are my little bug-a-boos. - Assignments
should be done only in pencil or blue or black ink.
- I accept late work as follows: 1-3 days late, –50%;
4+ days late, you keep it, no credit!
- Please, no name-calling in my class, even silly
stuff. If one of your lab group members has made a mistake the last thing they
need to hear is you calling them stupid.
- Textbooks MUST be covered by FRIDAY!
- I reserve the right to limit hall passes, don’t ask too often and we
won’t have an issue.
- Late to class: students will be allowed to be up to two minutes after
the bell twice per semester. That’s it, after that you will receive a
detention for every late.
- Please do not touch the fans in the classroom, temperatures in the
room can exceed 95° in August, I know that’s hot, but we have the fans
positioned to help everyone.
That’s pretty much it. Except…
- Cell phones – If I see them (or hear them) I take them. You get them
back at the end of the day with a detention. Second offense and you see your
unit principal for a Wednesday school.
Parents, please do not call or text your child during school hours. In
the event of any emergency please call the NRHS office at 440-582-7801. Cell
phones are a major disruption; please do not call or text your children
during school hours.
Grading
Grades will be based
on weekly quizzes (STUDY FOR THEM), homework, projects, and, each
grading period, a major project and portfolio due at the end of the quarter.
More on that later.
Stay informed
at: mrboch.com , and…
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