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PHYSICS WITH TECHOLOGY
2011-2012
TEACHER:
Dr. Stephanie Kawamura
PHONE:
435-753-7377 x3600 (work) or 435-753-4595 (home)
Please do not call after 8:00 unless it cannot wait for the next day.
HOMEPAGE:
www.intechchsscience.com
E-MAIL:
smkawamura@iname.com
OFFICE HOURS:
Check website or posted weekly calendar
PEER
TUTORING: Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday after school
2 Saturdays per month
INTECH DRSL
(Directed Results in Students Learning):
There are three life skills that InTech’s stakeholders believe that it is
essential for all students to have when they graduate:
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Thinking and
Reasoning
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Students will
acquire, organize, and evaluate information to make informed decisions.
o
Students will
integrate new learning with existing knowledge and experiences.
o
Students will
use inquiry and technological skills to research, expand, apply, and connect
knowledge.
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Students will
apply multiple strategies to solve a variety of problems.
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Students will
generate new and creative ideas in a variety of contexts.
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Communication
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Students will
select, plan, and organize ideas to communicate.
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Students will
communicate with clarity, purpose, and understanding of audience.
o
Students will
activity listen, respond appropriately, and acknowledge the ideas of others.
o
Students will
integrate and use a variety of communication forms and skills (e.g., verbal,
written, electronic, listening).
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Students will
communicate about technology using developmentally appropriate and accurate
terminology.
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Students will
recognize, analyze, and evaluate various forms of communication.
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Employability
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Students will
possess flexibility, adaptability, and the capacity to cope with and manage
change.
o
Students will
demonstrate self-motivation, dependability, and initiative.
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Students will
exhibit analytical and decision making abilities.
o
Students will
use effective communication and interpersonal skills.
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Students will
participate as an effective member of a team.
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Students will
demonstrate organization, planning, and prioritization abilities.
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Students will
recognize the impact of technology on business and industry.
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Students will
exhibit leadership abilities.
OBJECTIVES:
There are several
objectives for this class.
1.
Students will be able to
identify physics as a process of asking questions and designing experiments and
theories to answer those questions and explain the answers.
2.
Students will understand
and mathematically manipulate the concepts of motion—position, velocity, and
acceleration.
3.
Students will be able to
define and use Newtonian Laws of Motion.
4.
Students will gain a
foundational knowledge of classical mechanics, thermodynamics, waves,
electricity, magnetism, sound, light, and optics.
5.
Students will learn
through a variety of educational opportunities including laboratory activities,
projects, and simulations.
CLASS EXPECTATIONS:
There are two class expectations:
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RESPECT -- Students will
respect one another, themselves and the teacher by their actions, words and
expressions. Students will respect
others when they are teaching or sharing by giving them their attention.
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HONOR -- Students will
honor other people’s ideas and feelings.
Students will honor the rules of the school especially toward behavior.
ATTENDANCE
POLICY:
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LATE –
Students will be in their seats working on their assignments by the late bell.
Students not in their seats working will be considered tardy which will
be recorded in the school records.
Students who do not come prepared may use an unexcused late to get their
supplies (blue or black pen, lab book, notebook, day planner, and textbook) from
their lockers.
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1st
and 2nd tardies will receive verbal warnings.
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3rd
and subsequent tardies are sent to the main office.
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ABSENT –
Students who have an unexcused absence will have their assignments, tests, and
labs considered late under assignment policy.
Excused absences have two (2) class days to make up missing work.
GRADING:
The grade will be divided as follows:
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1/3 (33%) –
Tests/Quizzes -- There will be a test at the end of every chapter worth 100
points. Quizzes will happen
periodically and will be worth 50 points.
Term exams will be given.
Students may use a 3" x 5" note card (handwritten, single-sided) for each in
class exam except term exams. Note
cards will be turned in with the test.
If a student misses a test because of an exempt or excused absence, the
test must be made up after school within two (2) class days (no tests will be
offered before school). The term exam will be worth 200 points and a note card
may not be used.
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1/6 (17%) –
Homework assignments -- Assignment will be from the book or from a handout.
All assignments should be legible.
Please include header information on the assignment, or it will be
returned incomplete.
Assignments needed to be turned in at the beginning of class or be considered
late. All assignments will lose
twenty-five percent (25%) if turned in late and will receive no more than a
twenty-five percent (25%) if more than five class days late.
All work with be turned in complete for any credit to be given.
Incomplete assignments will be returned to the student for completion,
and the late policy will apply.
Students will be given two (2) class days to make up assignments following an
excused absence.
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1/3 (33%) –
Laboratory Exercises -- All labs will be worth 100 points (25 points for the
pre-lab due the Friday before the lab and 75 points for the lab due the Friday
after the lab is completed). One lab
will be dropped each term. They
cannot be carried over to subsequent terms.
Students will be given five (5) days to make up lab following an excused
absence. NO labs will be able to be
made up after the five (5) day policy.
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1/6 (17%) –
Major Projects – Students will be assigned three major projects that will
include research and a presentation.
The three main projects will concentrate on the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision
(September – December), Science Fair (September -- December), and a self-design
project (depends on project).
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There will be
no extra credit. However, students
may earn 30 points on a test if they attend a Science Unwrapped at Utah State
University (or another pre-approved activity) and follow the respect policy for
the classroom. A 5-paragraph summary
must be emailed to the teacher within 24-hours of the activity.
Science Unwrapped is held on the last Friday of every month.
Attendance will only be accepted for the term when it is being applied.
Grading & Evaluation.
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Grades will be assigned as follows:
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A: 93 – 100%
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A-: 90 – 92.9%
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B+: 87 – 89.9%,
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B: 83 – 86.9%
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B-: 80 – 82.9%
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C+: 77 – 79.9%
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C: 73 – 76.9%
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C-: 70 – 72.9%
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D+: 67 – 69.9%
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D: 63 – 66.9%
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F: 0 – 62.99%
I have read and I
understand the policies for Physics at InTech Collegiate High School.
If I have any questions or concerns, I will not hesitate to contact Dr.
Kawamura.
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