September 4

Class Syllabus

Mrs. Bauman/Mrs. Allen
Physics
Fall 2017
Course Syllabus

Important Dates:

September 12th                                    Open House
October 20th                                        End of marking period 1
October 30th/Nov 1st                         Parent-Teacher Conferences
December 1st                                        End of marking period 2
January 26th    (half day)                   End of Semester 1 (marking period 3)

 

Expectations for Students

  • Respect yourself
  • Respect others
  • Respect our learning time
  • Follow all school policies while in class.

 

Homework

Homework is practice.  I will be giving you feedback on what you need to improve for your assignments.  I will keep track of whether you have turned in assignments, but you may not be receiving a grade for each of them.  You will also have assignments on Ilearn at times – you are expected to complete these in a timely fashion.

 

Tests

Tests will be standards based and you will receive a grade from 1 – 4 for each objective.  Their meaning is:

4 Advanced.  You clearly understand the material given and could teach someone else.  Very minor mistakes made, none are conceptual, only arithmetic.
3 Proficient.  You understand the material but are making some minor conceptual mistakes.
2 Partially Proficient.  You have the basic grasp of the concept being studied, but there are some major conceptual misunderstandings.
1 Not Proficient.  You have little understanding of the concept being taught and need to seek additional help.

Your goal is to have all 3’s and 4’s on every objective.  If you have all 3’s and 4’s, the lowest grade you will receive is a B-.  

 

Absences

Students are only allowed ten absences by district policy. If you exceed 10, you will be placed on audit and must receive a 78% or higher on the semester exam.  If you are absent, please do the following.

  • Check the blog for any absent work:  https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/baumanphysics/
  • Talk with a classmate
  • Check with the teacher

 

Materials Needed

You will need a graph ruled composition book, folder or binder, and pencils.  You may find it helpful to download the following apps:  Hudl Technique (it is theoretically for sports, but we will be using it for physics).  WabbitEmu (this is a free app available only on Android platform that is the TI-84 graphing calculator).

 

Communication

We welcome communication from students and parents. Please feel free to contact me with any issues, concerns and/or questions.
E-mail: baumah@dearbornschools.org or allenc1@dearbornschools.org
Phone Bauman: (313) 827-7264 (Bauman) (this actually goes to my email, so use email if possible)
Phone Allen:  (313) 827-7220 (Allen)