Mr. Sparks HSHS Ecology Syllabus Quiz

What is the landing page for this course?

• Schoology

• PowerSchool

• Hopscotch

• Tiddlywinks

The best way for your parents to check your grade.

• Schoology

• PowerSchool

• GradeBot

• SchoolPower

Which of these assessments carries the most weight?

• Tests

• Quizzes

• Class Work

• Formative Assessments

What is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

• Fracking

• Drilling

• Plagiarism

• Methodology

The scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environment.

• Virology

• Botany

• Zoology

• Ecology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

All work is due by 11: 59 on the day it is assigned.

• After that time there will be a 10% grade reduction late penalty.

• After that time there

  will be a 25% grade reduction late penalty.

• After that time there

  will be a 50% grade reduction late penalty.

• After that time there

  will be a 75% grade

  reduction late penalty.

Quizzes and tests must be taken in class and are due at the end of that class period

• any excuse will do.

• there are no excuses.

• unless a valid documented excuse such as an IEP/504 or doctor's note is given ahead of time.

What is the policy regarding cellphone use during quizzes and tests?

• Putting phones on the desk or in your pocket is okay.

• Phones must be put away in backpacks during tests and quizzes.

• Phones will be confiscated if the teacher has to ask you to put them away more than once.

• Talking on your phones and texting is encouraged.

Students who are disruptive in class will be

• reported to their administrator and parents through a referral form

• congratulated and given a popsicle.

Topics covered in this course will include...

• Building skyscrapers and paddle wheel boats.

• aerodynamics and hydrodynamics

• digestion, circulation, and metabolism.

• energy flow, nutrient cycling, population dynamics, and biodiversity.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-6