Ms. Pecor’s 6th Grade Course Organizer 2017-2018

Course Organizer Ms. Pecor Course Expectations: The This Course: Teacher: Period: The Course Organizer Student: Course Dates: What? Value? This Course: Course Progress Graph Course Questions: is about Course Expectations: Ms. Pecor Aug 2017-May 2018 How? Homework Class Work/ Participation Tests Check/Grade Labs/Notes Quizzes FCA’s Foldables Unit Assessments 10% 50% 40% learning the scientific process, the layers of the atmosphere and Earth, weather, oceans, landforms, the rock cycle, different types of rocks, the theory of plate tectonics, space, stars, and other heavenly bodies. How is the scientific method used in science today? How is scientific knowledge applied and how does it continually change as new information is encountered? How did earth form and change throughout time? 100% How does the atmosphere protect us from harmful things in our solar system ? 90% How have humans impacted this world? What are the after effects of our actions? How does the rock cycle work and how does it create new rocks? 80% How does weather work? How does the water cycle relate to weather? What is the theory of plate tectonics and what effect does it have on our planet? How do the objects in our solar system interact with each other? 70% 60% 50% Unit Test Scores (Use at home to plot your success)

Community Principles Learning Rituals Course Map This Course: includes Performance Options Student: Critical Concepts Learned in these 6th Grade Units 6th Grade Earth and Space Science Stay on task Use equipment correctly Follow rules Participate Show Respect to all Notes, Foldables, Graphic Organizers, Labs, FCA’s, and Quizzes Graphic organizers Homework Labs Cooperative Groups Quiz/Test Projects Scientific Method and Experimental Design; Atmosphere; Weather; Earth’s Structure and Change Over time; Plate Tectonics; and Astronomy The Nature of Science Astronomy Plate Tectonics Atmosphere and Weather Earth’s Structure and Change Over Time