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NOTEBOOK FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE
To get credit for physical science, you need to demonstrate knowledge of the topics covered in this course and of the skills needed -- you need to show that you have met the standards for this course. To do this, it is most helpful to have all your materials and information organized so that you can study and learn from what you have done. Therefore . . . a notebook for physical science is required.  
  • Yes, you have to keep all your science work in a 3-ring notebook.
  • No, a spiral notebook is not a three-ring binder.
  • Yes, you will have to keep papers and worksheets I give you in the binder, which won't fit in a spiral.
  • Yes, I will check it at the end of each unit while you take the unit test.
  • Yes, it will be part of your grade.
  • No, you can't lose it unless you want to do a whole lot of work copying everything over.
  • Yes, it will help you do better in this class.
  • Yes, you do need to bring it to class every day.

In your notebook, please have every day:

  • notebook paper and graph paper
  • ruler
  • simple calculator (add, subtract, multiply, divide, exponents, square root)
  • all papers for the unit we're studying and all course guidelines -- like this paper -- and rubrics

The almost-a-spiral notebook:

  • You will need one divider for course guidelines and rubrics, one divider for graph paper, and one for each unit we study.
  • The advantage of a spiral notebook is everything is in the order in which it was done and you don't lose notes and papers. The disadvantage is that it takes lots of time to add handouts and you can't pass in just one assignment but must always turn in the entire notebook. So we are going to compromise . . .
  • At the start of each unit, you will be given a hand-out with a list of the assignments for that unit. That goes in front of that section. Then we will put in twenty sheets of notebook paper and number them. When you add hand-outs, worksheets, or graph paper please put them in order and number them with the page number before them plus an A, B etc. Please use these numbered sheets for notes and assignments; that way, you can put papers back in order when they are returned. Enter the page number for each assignment on the hand-out.

Dividers for first semester:

  • Class policies and rubrics
  • Graph paper
  • Converting units (dimensional analysis)
  • Unit 1: Volume and mass
  • Unit 2: Mass changes in closed systems
  • Unit 3: Characteristic properties of matter
  • Unit 4: Solubility
  • Unit 5: The separation of mixtures and sludge