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Academic Physics Syllabus

Program Description:         The academic program of study is designed to prepare students for college level work.

Course Description:         In this course, we will explore the underlying, governing physical principles of our universe through the use of hypothesizing, observation, data gathering, and mathematical analysis.
        Key topics to be discovered and discussed are as follows: data gathering and graphical analysis, mechanics, 1- and 2-dimensional kinematics, including Newton's Laws of Motion, statics and dynamics, conservation of momentum, work and energy conservation, properties of solids and liquids, thermodynamics, wave motion, and sound. If time permits, we will also do a cursory overview of electricity.

Reference Textbooks:

Class Rules


  • Come to class on-time, prepared to learn and stay the entire time.
    • 3 Ring Binder or Bound Notebook and Folder (Required)
    • Scientific Calculator (Required)- Not provided
    • District Chromebook
    • (Required)
    • Composition Notebook (Required)- For Lab <--For 2021/2022 hold off on purchasing until told to do so.
    • Sharpened Pencil or Pen
    • Homework Completed
    • No Food and Drinks
    • Plan to work bell to bell
    • Do not interrupt class to go to the lav. You will be denied during the first or last 15 minutes of class
    • Get the homework that you missed from a friend or e-mail me.
    • Excessive absences will be grounds for credit denial and/or failure of the course, according to school district policy
  • Respect all people, property, and ideas
  • Do your very best!
  • Follow any school rules not addressed here but found in the student handbook including but not limited to:
  • Consequences

    Warning
    30 seconds after class
    Notify parents
    Detention
    Request Conference
    NOTE:
    Since this is a laboratory class, fooling around in the laboratory will not be tolerated. Any student who fools around in the lab will be removed from the lab, receive a failing grade on the current assignment and will receive an appropriate consequence. Students must follow the lab rules listed as lab safety rules.

    All textbooks are the property of the North Pocono School District. The parent, guardian, or other person having custody of a child to whom textbooks are issued, will be liable for any loss, abuse, or damage more than that which would result from normal use of such textbook.

    All textbooks must be returned to the issuing school when the student is promoted, transferred, or withdrawn.
    It is the student’s responsibility to sign out and sign in their textbook

    Grading Procedures


    Grading will be done on a percentage system with each graded assignment providing a specific number of points towards each category. A 65 % minimum average is needed to pass. Your grade will be comprised of:


    Assignments may include: Tests Formal Labs Must be typed and must follow lab report format outlined below. Reading Quizzes Spot, homework, and announced Quizzes
    Homework
    Example of a full credit homework problem:

    Problem:          A car goes from 5m/s to 25m/s in 3s,
                            what is the acceleration of the car?

    example problem
    Class Participation
    Extra Credit
    End of year Research Paper
    End of year Presentations
    Final Exam
    Unprepared for Class
    Absenteeism and Grades Additional Information
    Final Course Grade will be determined by the following system.  
    22.5%    of each quarters average
    10%      Final Exam Score

    Academic Honesty

    Your integrity should be very important to you. Copying homework or assignments is cheating, and when caught you will be given a 0%. Working together is different than copying. Any quiz, test or project you are caught cheating on will result in automatic 0% with no opportunity for a retake. I will give different versions of test/quizzes and move students around during testing to ensure you are doing your own work. Ultimately however, it is you who must determine how you want to succeed, on your own merits or dishonestly through the work of someone else.

    Other Information


    Computer Responsibility

    Students are required to pay for any damage done district computers during the time they are using them. Because of this, it is very important that students report any damage to the machine when they sign it out, so they are not held responsible. It is also important that students always return the computer to where they originally got them. Computers left out could be accidentally broken. If students don't return their computers, they could lose their computer privilege and/or have to pay for damages.

    Calculator Replacement Cost

    Model Cost
    TI-84 $106.55
    TI-30 $12.60
    Students should bring the same calculator to class each day. Please borrow or buy one if you do not already have one. A small number of calculators are available to sign-out. These calculators will be assigned to each student, and it will be their personal responsibility-to carry the calculator with them. UNDER NO CICUMSTANCES may calculators be left in the classroom.
    If a calculator is lost, stolen, not returned, or it is returned in a damaged condition, the student will be responsible for replacing the calculator with a new fully functional calculator of the same model. Students are also responsibility for replacing batteries in calculators they borrow if necessary. Students will be required to accept full responsibility for the calculators that are borrowed from the school. If a calculator is not returned or it is retuned in damaged condition, the student will be obligated replace the calculator with a brand-new calculator of the same model in its factory-sealed box or pay the price listed above.
    All the graphing calculator models require batteries. Student may be required to purchase batteries for the calculators they borrow if necessary.
    We are asking you and your student to sign the form on the last page of this letter and return it to the student ’s physics teacher. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your student's physics teacher at the above number.
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    Publication / Picture Waiver

    A picture of your student or work created by your student may be included in a classroom project. We may use the resulting project in one or more of the following ways:

    If you do not want your students picture used please contact me by one of the means listed above.

    Lab Safety Rules (Your Copy)

    This is to certify that I, ____________________, have been instructed in the following safety component of this science class:

    Student Copy

    Procedures and Rules Acknowledgment

    I, ________________________ (student's name) have read and agree to follow all the, policies, procedures, classroom rules, and lab safety rules set forth in the class syllabus found on my courses procedures page on www.croomphysics.com. If I have a question about any portion of the syllabus, I will ask my teacher for clarification. I realize that I must obey these rules to ensure my own safety, and that of my fellow students and instructor. I will fully cooperate with my instructor and fellow students to maintain a safe classroom and lab environment. I will also closely follow the oral and written instructions provided by the instructor. I am aware that any violation of this safety contract that results in unsafe conditions in the laboratory, or misbehavior on my part, may result in being removed from the laboratory, receiving a detention, receiving a failing grade, and/or dismissal from the course.

           
    Student Signature Date


    Dear Parent or Guardian,
    We feel that you should be informed regarding the school's effort to create and maintain a safe science classroom and laboratory environment. With the cooperation of the instructor, parents/guardians, and student, possible hazards can be corrected and prevented. You should be aware of all the, policies, procedures, classroom rules, and lab safety rules your student will receive before engaging in class and laboratory work. Please read the list of these policies, procedures, classroom rules, and lab safety rules which are set forth in the class syllabus found on the Procedures page on www.croomphysics.com. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your student's teacher. No student will be permitted to perform laboratory activities unless this contract is signed by both the student and the parent/guardian and is on file with the teacher. Your signature on this contract indicates that you have read this syllabus and are aware of the measures taken to ensure the safety of your student in the science class and laboratory as well as the grading procedure and the student's responsibilities for the course. It is also expected that you will instruct your student to uphold their agreement to the follow these rules and procedures in the class and laboratory.

               
    Parent/Guardian Name (print) Signature Date

    Please return the signature sheet to Dr. Croom in Room 104

    Information Sheet

    Name(Student) ( First, Last,Preferred) _____________________________________________

    Contact Name (First, Last, Relationship) ____________________________________________

    Contact Phone Number__________________________________________________________

    Contact e-mail address(parent)____________________________________________________

    Contact e-mail address(student)___________________________________________________

    Questions

    1. Are you color blind?
      • ___  Yes  ____No

    2.  Do you have an after school job?
      • ____Yes  ____No  
      • How many hours per week?______
    Record of Home Contact
    Do not write in this box
     Date
     Person
     Medium
         
         
         
         
    Procedures and Rules Acknowledgment

    I, ________________________ (student's name) have read and agree to follow all the, policies, procedures, classroom rules, and lab safety rules set forth in the class syllabus found on my courses procedures page on www.croomphysics.com. If I have a question about any portion of the syllabus, I will ask my teacher for clarification. I realize that I must obey these rules to ensure my own safety, and that of my fellow students and instructor. I will fully cooperate with my instructor and fellow students to maintain a safe classroom and lab environment. I will also closely follow the oral and written instructions provided by the instructor. I am aware that any violation of this safety contract that results in unsafe conditions in the laboratory, or misbehavior on my part, may result in being removed from the laboratory, receiving a detention, receiving a failing grade, and/or dismissal from the course.

           
    Student Signature Date


    Dear Parent or Guardian,
    We feel that you should be informed regarding the school's effort to create and maintain a safe science classroom and laboratory environment. With the cooperation of the instructor, parents/guardians, and student, possible hazards can be corrected and prevented. You should be aware of all the, policies, procedures, classroom rules, and lab safety rules your student will receive before engaging in class and laboratory work. Please read the list of these policies, procedures, classroom rules, and lab safety rules which are set forth in the class syllabus found on the Procedures page on www.croomphysics.com. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your student's teacher. No student will be permitted to perform laboratory activities unless this contract is signed by both the student and the parent/guardian and is on file with the teacher. Your signature on this contract indicates that you have read this syllabus and are aware of the measures taken to ensure the safety of your student in the science class and laboratory as well as the grading procedure and the student's responsibilities for the course. It is also expected that you will instruct your student to uphold their agreement to the follow these rules and procedures in the class and laboratory.

               
    Parent/Guardian Name (print) Signature Date

    Please return the signature sheet to Dr. Croom in Room 104