SCIENCE

__6th GRADE SCIENCE__ Discovery Education The new Curriculum we'll be using is Discovery Education. You may want to check it out(or may need it for homework). To do so, follow these steps

1) Go to discoveryeducation.com 2) Login with the following information Username: littletonstudent (no spaces!) Password: discovery 3) Now you can explore things -For the interactive glossary click on the "Science Techbook" -This will show you all the units for any middle school grade(Click under the grade level to choose a different one) -Click on a unit to see the smaller lessons -Choose one of the lessons(it really doesn't matter which one) -There will be vocabulary words on the right hand side. Choose a word and the interactive glossary will open.

Our science curriculum consists of the following units that we will be learning through out the year.
 * ECOLOGY
 * SCIENTIFIC METHOD
 * OCEANOGRAPHY
 * WEATHER

The grades are broken up into 3 weighted categories ====Extra Credit  - Her e are 2 opportunities for you to get some well deserved extra credit points! ====
 * ASSESSMENTS - 45% - This includes all tests, quizzes, and other forms of assessment(showing what you know)
 * PRACTICE - 35% - This includes all classwork and homework.
 * RESPONSIBILITY - 20% - This is further broken into 2 areas
 * HOMEWORK RESPONSIBILITY - Students begin each quarter with 50 points in this category. They then lose points for any late, incomplete, or missing assignments. These points are lost but not gained during a quarter. More points are lost in the later quarters than in the earlier quarters.
 * CLASSROOM RESPONSIBILITY - Again, students begin each quarter with 50 points. They then lose points for various classroom expectations such as: arriving to class on time, participating, bringing necessary supplies, using time wisely, and remaining focused and not distracting others.