About the Course
Textbook (or e-book), laptop, pencils, paper, calculator, etc...
What are Class Materials?
Must be charged and ready for each class...
What is your laptop?
The grade you get if formative assessments, such as homework, are NOT submitted by the due date or are incomplete...
What is Zero?
This device must be turned off, placed in the basket by the door, and not used as a distraction during class time...
What is the cellphone?
This category in your gradebook counts for 25% of your overall grade for the class.
What is the Formative Assessments category?
Mondays and Wednesdays after school...
What are office hours?
A copy of the Syllabus can be found here...
What is the MCD Class Bulletin Board?
Can be used for pre-learning, checking for understanding, practice, and extension...
What is homework?
These rules must be followed to ensure a safe lab experience for all students...
What are Lab Safety Rules?
This category in your gradebook counts for 75% of your overall grade for this class...
What is the Summative Assessments Category?
The main mode of teaching/learning for this science class...
What is Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) or Project-Based Learning (PBL), or active, hands-on learning, etc.
Although limited information can be found on the syllabus, you can find detailed information about the student dress code, attendance policy, absence procedures, technology responsibilities, and others here...
What is the Student Handbook?
Formative assessments, such as homework, can be made up to receive 45% up until...
What is up to the next summative assessment (such as a test or project)?
These consumable items are not generally allowed in science labs/classrooms for safety reasons...
What are food and/or drinks?
If your semester ends with a grade between 83% and 86%, you will end up with this letter grade...
What is a B?
What are the topics or units of study for the first term/semester?
To receive feedback on an assignment or to see if your teacher has further instructions for you about it, you can check...
What are the teacher's comments (on MCD)?
All summative assessments (tests, projects, lab reports, etc.) need to be made up at the discretion of the teacher, but no later than...
What is FIVE SCHOOL DAYS beyond the due date, and prior to the end of the grading period? Following 5 school days, and no more than one week after that, the assessment will receive a maximum of 45 %.
[so, 10 school days/2 weeks is acceptable answer too]
The number of days that you have to make up assessments or assignments after an approved absence...
What is the number of days equal to the approved absence?
These types of assessments may or may not be graded, but will appear in the gradebook to indicate progress. They can be in many forms: progress checks, homework, learning skills, reflections, etc.
What are formative assessments?
Hopefully, in this science class, you will: Question, analyze, and evaluate the validity of claims independently and collaboratively. This is an example of...
What is a Long-term Transfer Goal, or an Educational Goal, or a Learning Goal?
These are essential for academic success, lifelong learning, and to support learning in this science classroom...
What are learning or executive skills?
When a student does not complete classwork or homework on time consistently...
What are any of the following...
All submitted work for grading must be completed individually (unless otherwise told) and in your own words...
What is the MCDS Honor Code?
These types of assessments are designed to test your cumulative understanding of the material and for you to show what you can DO with your learning...
What are summative assessments?