Major Assessments and Assignments: 50%
This can include, but is not limited to Tests and Projects.
Minor Assessments and Assignments: 30%
This can include, but is not limited to Quizzes, Check - Ups, and Labs.
Independent Assignments: 20%
This can include, but is not limited to Classwork, Google forms, Exit tickets, and Homework.
Course of Study
OpenSciEd is a program where students learn science through discovery.
Curriculum is phenomena-based and centers on student-led questioning, investigating, and problem-solving, with teachers supporting students as learning facilitators.
Unit 1: The Study of Living Things: Classification
(Kingdoms, Levels of Classification, Dichotomous Key tool)
Unit 2: From Molecules to Organisms: Cell Structures and Processes
(Prokaryotic Bacterial Cells and Eukaryotic Plant and Animal Cells AND Photosynthesis and Cell Division)