1. SCIENCE 10 ACADEMIC SNC2D
WELCOME!!

2. Teacher Ms. McGartland Email: roisin.mcgartland@ocdsb.ca Website:

3. How to Survive and Thrive!
Semester
How to Survive and Thrive!
Items Required
You will need several items to succeed in this course.

4. Units/Strands: Introduction Chemistry: Acids, Bases and Compounds
Physics: Optics
Biology: Cells, Tissues and Organs
Earth and Space Science: Climate Change

5. Your term mark will be based on:
Evaluation Part 1:
Your term mark will be based on:
Term Mark
70%
Knowledge/
Understanding
Thinking/
Inquiry
Communication
Application

6. Semester
Evaluation Part 2:
Summative
Tasks
30%

7. Assignments
Assignments help you understand the course material, as well as give the teacher some feedback concerning your level of understanding. Handing in all assignments will help your final mark, as well as assist you in studying for exams.
All assignments must be completed before the beginning of class.
Some assignments will be marked for completion (homework check), while others will be marked for correctness of answers.

8. If you miss a homework check
If you miss a homework check, you will be marked incomplete.
On the day of your return, you must show your completed work in order to get credit.
It is the student’s responsibility to make sure that he/she does not lose marks for being absent during a homework check.

9. Hand-in Assignments
Hand-in assignments must be handed in at the beginning of the class in which they are due.
Assignments handed in during the class or at the end of the period will be considered late.

10. Absences
Regular attendance is essential in order to be successful in this class. If you miss a class, YOU are responsible for obtaining notes, handouts, and assignments that were missed.

11. Being Late Being late for class will not be tolerated.
If lateness becomes a problem, you will be required to make up missed time.

12. Unit tests Unit tests will be announced at least one week in advance.
Attendance for tests is mandatory.
If you have an appointment that makes attendance for a test impossible, make arrangements with the teacher ahead of time. Bring a note from your parent/guardian explaining the situation.

13. If you are ill, expect to write the test on the day of your return
If you are ill, expect to write the test on the day of your return. Bring a note from your parent/guardian explaining that he/she knows you missed a test.

14. Extra Help
There will be times when you may need extra help. Please feel free to ask for help.
I can be found in the science office

15. Class Expectations If I am talking, YOU ARE NOT.
If someone else is asking a question, answering a question, or participating in a class discussion, YOU ARE LISTENING.
All members of this class MUST be treated with respect.
Appropriate behavior is expected at all times.
If you have to ask whether it is appropriate, chances are it is not.

16. Do not touch anything that it not yours.
My stuff
Other students’ things
School equipment and materials must be treated with care.
Desks and chairs
Lab equipment
Please do not leave garbage behind. Use appropriate bins.
Garbage
Paper
Pop bottles and cans

17. Water in plastic bottles is allowed in class.
No food or drink is allowed in class, including water bottles.
No devices with headphone, computer games/game boys, cell phones, cameras or other communication devices are allowed in class.