Make-up work: One day for each day absent, plus one additional day will be given to complete any work missed due to an excused absence. If I have assigned you homework or an assignment before you were absent, and your absence falls on the day when that assignment was due, it will be due the day you return. Late work will not be accepted and will result in a grade of zero for that assignment. Obtaining missed assignments is your responsibility.
All unexcused absences will receive a zero for any assignment missed.
Course Content
We will explore and discuss the way the universe at this moment is understood
Tentative Semester Schedule
Week #1-Scientific Method
Week #2-Speed, acceleration, vectors
Week #3- Speed, acceleration, vectors
Week #4-Newton’s laws and gravity
Week #5- Newton’s laws and gravity
Week #6- Circular motion
Week #7- Circular motion
Week #8- Energy, momentum, and work
Week #9- Energy, momentum, and work
Week #10Atomic theory
Week #11 Heat and thermodynamics
Week #12 Electricity
Week #13 Magnitism
Week #14 Sound waves
Week #15 Sound waves
Week #16 light and color
Week #17 Mirrors and lenses
Week #18 Finals
You can come in for extra help almost any morning or afternoon.
I will probably be at learning links on Tuesday and Thursdays for physics.
I should arrive around 7:45 and will depart around 4:45 on most days.
My contact information is at the top of the syllabus.
Class rules:
1. Be seated in your assigned seat before the tardy bell rings. If you are not in your seat when the tardy bell rings you will be asked to leave and get a tardy pass from a hall monitor (Admin detention).
2. No talking while the person in charge is talking. Raise your hand and be recognized before speaking out. You do not have the right to interfere with the learning of others.
3. Print your name, date, and period in the in the upper right hand corner of the page. If you don't put your name on your assignments I will not grade it.
4. No inappropriate language should be used in my class.
5. Act with appropriate manners towards everyone in class.
6. Be prepared to participate in class, materials and attitudes.
Consequences-
Detentions will be given for misbehavior. Class detentions will be served Monday through Thursday from 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM, or in the morning from 7:45AM to 8:15AM. The detention must be served within three school days of the misbehavior. If inappropriate behavior continues, a parent conference will be required.