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Grading Policy and Assessment: This class will be based on an approximately 2,500 point system
for the 19 week period.
Point Breakdown:
Attendance and Participation – 500 points
Complete Folder of Work – 500 points
- includes classwork, projects, and lab exercises.
Major Projects, Presentations, Quizzes, & Exams – 500 points
Science Fair Project – 500
Literacy Course – 500
Portfolio Contents: You will maintain a folder to be kept in-class with all of the assignments that you
complete for this class. You will also be required to maintain an online portfolio for each of your
Rainshadow classes where many of your assignments will be saved. At the end of the semester you will
complete your modified online school portfolio that will showcase all of your best work from this
course. Work done in this class should be included in the science section of your comprehensive
Rainshadow Portfolio.
Interdisciplinary Science 3A & B
This course explores science as a means of interdisciplinary inquiry with
an emphasis on physical science.
This Junior-level Rainshadow Science course explores science as a means of interdisciplinary
inquiry with an emphasis on the role of the physical sciences in understanding natural phenomena.
This course features investigation of interdisciplinary topics through the perspective of atomic and
molecular structures of matter, energy, and physical and chemical reaction and interaction. This
course meets Rainshadow & State of Nevada standards for physical science and prepares students to
use science as a tool in careers, higher education, and life.
Objectives
Students will…
…study and understand the physical sciences from the perspective of the laws of
motion and force: action and reaction, gravity and light, electric and nuclear
energies.
S1 (P.12.B.1-4) Forces and Motion: laws of motion, gravity, machines, pressure, density, buoyancy,
electricity, and magnetism.
S3 (P.12.C.1-6) Energy and Matter: energy forms, changes of state, heat and temperature, waves,
circuits, changes in systems.
S5 (P.12.C.1-6) Nuclear and Electromagnetic Energy: behavior of light, nuclear applications,
nuclear waste disposal, electromagnetic energies.
…study and understand the physical sciences from the perspectives of the
structure of matter: atomic and molecular structures and concomitant chemical
reactions.
S2 (P.12.A.1-9) Structure of Matter: physical properties, chemical bonding, atomic theory, systems
of particles, molecular theory.
S4 (P.12.A.1-9) Chemical Reaction: conservation of matter, rates of reaction, transformation of
matter, chemical properties.
…explore practical applications of the discoveries of physics and chemistry to
everyday life.
S19 (N.12.A.1-6) Reasoning and Critical Response Skills: evaluate data, credibility of sources,
cost/benefits analysis, system analysis, hypotheses, laws, theories, rules, generalization, assumption,
analogy models.
…discuss current world issues and problems with concern for understanding and
conserving ecosystems by way of comprehending and unifying problem solving
through the lenses of physics and chemistry.
S16 (E.12.C.1-5) Natural Resources: consequences of resource use, recycling processes, careers, use
of natural resources, depletion, environmental degradation.
S17 (N.12.B.1-4) Conservation: analyze and evaluate consumption patterns, conservation efforts,
equilibriums, environmental issues, global concerns, trade offs, responsible behavior.