Tests

Tests are usually announced 3 or more days in advance of the test date.  Please check your planner, classroom board, and classroom website.

 

Makeup tests will be taken during Power Hour. The test will be an alternate test.

 

RETESTING:  Anyone may retest IF they meet the following criteria-- 

1.  Did not cheat on the original test.

2.  Students must have all classwork and homework for the unit completed and turned in by the due date in order to qualify for retesting.

3.  Students must retest within 10 days of the original test.   

4. Refusal to take the original test will automatically disqualify the student for retesting.

5. The retest will be a different style test covering the same material. The higher test grade will be recorded.

6. Retests will be taken during the Power Hour in the assigned teacher's classroom. (You'll receive a note from your teacher when you qualify for retesting to retest during Power Hour or if you want to stay after school.)

 

See Mrs. Shoemake or Mrs. Davis about retesting Monday-Thursday (7:15-7:40).  Students may sign up for retesting with either teacher and receive retesting information. We do not give out retesting information during class.

 

Cheating: If a student is caught giving or receiving answers on any science material including but not limited to a test, the student will be given a zero.

IF a student is absent on test day or has been absent for the unit,

 the student may receive an alternate test that covers the same material.

 

Date

 Title Topics
TERM 3    
January 8 Cycles in Nature Know all aspects of the three different cycles: nitrogen, carbon/oxygen, and water; know the components to each cycle; be able to problem solve various situations that may impact the cycles and therefore their impact on nature/habitats/ecology
January 15 Ecology understand the interactions of organisms in food chains/food webs; identify producers, consumers, and decomposers; know and explain the types of symbiosis
January 22 Biome part 1 ecological succession and land biomes
January 26 Biome part 2 aquatic ecosystems, adaptations, and environmental issues
February 2 Cells be able to identify the job of each cell organelle/part of both the plant and animal cell; be able to match the name of the organelle to the diagram of the cell; know prokaryote/eukaryote; autotroph/heterotroph; know the equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration
February 5 Meiosis and Mitosis mitosis students learned last year; study and be able to identify the cell division in each; place the divisions in order; know what is happening in each stage; compare and contrast both types of cell division; study notes;
February 12

Rescheduled for 2/17

 Genetics be able to complete Punnett squares problems; identify homozygous/heterozygous; calculate probabilities/percentages; understand crossbreading/cross pollination, hybrids, dominant/recessive, genetic engineering, natural selection, phenotype/genotype
February 24 Endocrine/Reproduction know diagrams, hormones/organs, asexual/sexual reproduction, fertilization, menstruation
March 5 Body Systems

This is a big test....start studying now...

 know types of tissue; body organization, know all parts of notes/worksheets
March 11 & 12 Term exams Comprehensive--covers the entire term

No study guide will be given--keep track of all materials from the term.