• Earth Science Overview

    What You'll Learn:
       Overview:Physical Setting: Earth Science This is an investigation course. It involves the study of the earth, present and past, and the forces that influence changes in it. Following a study of observation and measurement techniques, students concentrate on the study of earth’s motion and place in the solar system, atmospheric and energy changes, and a general study of rocks and minerals. Thirty periods of laboratory work with successfully written reports are required. A student not completing the laboratory requirement is ineligible to take the Earth Science Regents examination. The final exam grade is composed of the Lab Practical score and the written exam score. Prerequisites: Science 8 & concurrent enrollment in Math 1 40 Weeks/5 Meetings per Week + Laboratory Period – 1 Unit Examination: Regents Science Laboratory Policy:The following policies reflect New York State Regents Examination Policy commensurate with full-year Regents Science Courses which end in New York State Regents Exams: Earth Science, Living Environment, Chemistry, and Physics. These policies do not apply for district (local) courses. 1. Students must successfully complete 1200 minutes of laboratory time to sit for a Regents Science examination. These 1200 minutes may be accumulated from the last 2 semesters. A student may take the regents exam at the end of the semester in which he/she completes the 1200 minutes. 2. Written lab reports must be completed and submitted to the instructor no later than one week prior to the administration of the laboratory component (Part D) of the finals exam. (presently given in Earth Science). If no laboratory component is administered, all written reports must be completed and submitted to the instructor no later than one week prior to the administration of the Regents Final Exam. At the conclusion of each academic quarter, the instructor will communicate lab progress through the report card lab grade. Laboratory make-up is at the discretion of the instructor. 3. Students repeating a Regents Science course due to academic failure and/or not having enough lab minutes will be enrolled the following academic year in both the science course and its required lab component. NOTE: No student will be admitted into lab if they are 10 minutes or more late to class. This rule applies to early morning lab, after school lab as well as labs scheduled during the day.COURSE DESCRIPTION:Physical Setting: Earth Science This is an investigation course. It involves the study of the earth, present and past, and the forces that influence changes in it. Following a study of observation and measurement techniques, students concentrate on the study of earth’s motion and place in the solar system, atmospheric and energy changes, and a general study of rocks and minerals. Thirty periods of laboratory work with successfully written reports are required. A student not completing the laboratory requirement is ineligible to take the Earth Science Regents examination. The final exam grade is composed of the Lab Practical scoreand the written exam score. Prerequisites: Science 8 & concurrent enrollment in Math 1 40 Weeks/5 Meetings per Week + Laboratory Period – 1 Unit Examination: Regents Earth Science Labs 1. 1200 minutes of successful lab time must be accumulated one week before the Earth Science Lab Practical. 2. The Earth Science Laboratory Practical will be given on the same day in all earth science classes district-wide. ( Kenmore West, Kenmore East) 3. Lab Practical scores may be transferred from one exam attempt to another. If a student attempts the lab practical more than once, it is the most recent score which counts, not the highest score. Students enrolled in a repeat of a full academicyear course will also re-take the lab practical 4. Students enrolled in “summer school without lab” will not be eligible to re-take the Lab Practical. Students enrolled in “summer school with lab” will take the lab practical.
Last Modified on January 22, 2016