Instructor

Email & Phone Number

Extra-Help

Mr. Valerie

Mrjgv93@gmail.com

Wednesday

(516) 450-5194

or by arrangement

EARTH SCIENCE SYLLABUS

Website: http://mrvalerie.weebly.com
Parents and students can use http://mrvalerie.weebly.com to check on daily
assignments, download PowerPoints, worksheets and review.
Welcome to Earth Science the study of the world around you. Our topics will
include Astronomy (study of outer space), Geology (study of rocks, earthquakes,
volcanoes and plate tectonics), Meteorology (study of the atmosphere, climate and
climate change), and Oceanography (study of the oceans and water systems). This
course will use hands-on experimentation, activities, and direct instruction. You will
be enabled to learn the how and why, not just the what of science. I will show
how Earth Science is relevant in your everyday life; you must provide the
willingness to learn.
MATERIALS
3 Ringed Binder with dividers
Folder
Pens and Pencils
RULES AND EXPECTATIONS
1. Arrive prepared to learn (Ready to learn and take out materials for classroom)
2. Never prevent others from learning (talking out of turn or misbehaving)
3. Follow safety rules during lab
4. Do not take or damage any classroom equipment
5. Participate in class discussions, activities and complete all assignments.
6. No cell phone, CD player, mp3 player, iPod, earphones, electronic games,
earphones, etc. will be allowed in class. If seen:
1st time: verbal warning, 2nd time: confiscation until end of class. 3rd time:
confiscation until end of the day and will have to place in the phone holder at the
beginning of class until the end of the year.
BEHAVIOR STEPS AND CONSEQUENCES

1. First offence: student-teacher conference

2. Second offence: student-teacher conference and parent-teacher conference
3. Third offence: referral to counseling office per student handbook
4. Serious offence: referral to Assistant Principal.
ATTENDANCE/TARDY POLICY
Being late and missing class causes you to miss valuable information. If you arrive
late, you must sign the late sheet. Failure to do so, may result in an absence
marking.
1st and 2nd tardy = verbal warning
3rd and 4th tardy = call to parents.
Thereafter, the tardy policy in the student handbook will be enforced.

HOMEWORK AND ASSIGNMENT POLICY

Homework is expected to be completed at home. Homework assignments will be
listed on the board.
Every 3 weeks, a take home review quiz will be given. These quizzes will review
information learned through previous lessons.
MAKE-UP/LATE ASSIGNMENTS
All assignments will be given a due date when they are assigned.
Work can be handed in one day late for HALF credit
You will be allowed to make up work for full credit if you have an excused absence.
You will be given the same number of days you were absent to turn in your work.
Make up tests will be given 2 days to fit with student's schedule
If you missed a lab, you must arrange a make-up time to occur within one week.
If you have an In-house Suspension, assignments are due as if you were in class.
You will be allowed to make up work given during an off campus suspension;
however, you must see me the day you return for the due dates. IF YOU ARE
ABSENT, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OUT WHAT ASSIGNMENTS
YOU MISSED.
GRADING POLICY
Class Participation: 10
Homework: 20
Quizzes and labs: 30

Tests: 40
EXTRA HELP
Extra help is every Wednesday. Please come to me early if you do not understand
the material. Please do not wait until the end of the quarter or semester to ask
for help. I want EVERY ONE of you to succeed and I will do my best to provide the
help you need. You can contact me at my number provided or my email.
LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
Labs will vary depending on the content we are doing. The most important aspect
of any lab will be safety. You will need to follow all safety instructions.
SCIENCE BINDER/FOLDER
You must get a 3 ringed binder with dividers. It will be divided into multiple sections.
1st-Notes (please put some loose leaf in this section)
2nd-Classroom worksheets
3rd-Homework
4th- Tests and quizes
The folder will be for holding your labs. We will keep these in the classroom. I
recommend clasp envelopes. Make sure they are large enough to hold papers.

COURSE OUTLINE
Science Basics Chapter 1 Introduction to Earth Science Chapter 3 Models of
Earth (Latitude/Longitude, Topographic Maps, GPS Receivers) Geology Chapter 10
Plate Tectonics (Seafloor Spreading, Plate Boundary Features, Plate Motions)
Chapter 6 Rocks (Rock Cycle, Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks)
Chapter 12 Earthquakes (Seismic Waves, Causes, California Hazards) Chapter 13
Volcanoes (Types of Volcanoes and Magma, California Hazards) Oceanography
Chapter 20 Ocean Water (Salinity and Density) Chapter 21 Movements of the
Ocean (Currents and Upwelling) Meteorology Chapter 22 Atmosphere
(Composition/Structure, Movement of Energy) Chapter 25 Climate (Causes of
Changes, Greenhouse Effect) Astronomy Chapter 26 Studying Space
(Electromagnetic Spectrum,) Chapter 27 Our Solar System (Formation, Terrestrial
Planets, Gas Giant Planets) Chapter 28 Minor Bodies of the Solar System
(Satellites, Asteroids, Meteors) Chapter 29 The Sun (Solar Energy, Stellar
Evolution) Chapter 30 Stars, Galaxies and the Universe (Milky Way Galaxy, Types
of Galaxies)