Course Description/Topics Covered:

Unit 1: Exploring Earth’s Place in the Universe Unit 2: Inside Dynamic Earth Unit 3: Matter Unit 4: Properties and Changes in Matter Unit 5: The Periodic Table of Elements Unit 6: Weather and Climate

Grading Policy:

Major 60%- Quizzes and Tests

Minor 40%- Labs, Homework, Class work

Homework Policy:

Weekly homework- at most 2-3 times a week

Course Description/Topics Covered:

Mastery learning approach. Topics covered: integers with all operations, order of operations, evaluating and simplifying expressions, properties of math, simplifying fractions and complex fractions, linear equations, inequalities, percents and proportional relationships, word problems, consecutive word problems, intro to geometry.

Grading Policy:

Average is based on percentage of assessments. Option of

retakes on any quiz or test.

Homework Policy:

Weekly homework- not often assigned