2. What will we learn?
• UNIT 1
How do we get the energy we need? Nutrition.
• UNIT 2
Interacting with others. Interaction & reproduction
• UNIT 3
Perfect systems
• UNIT 4
The Earth, filled with energy.
• UNIT 5
Motion, a matter of force
• UNIT 6
Energy everywhere
3. •What do we need?
• WebBook yteach and Blackboard
• Notebook (small or binder) ONLY FOR THIS SUBJECT
• Laptop
• Use your diary!!! You
will know what you have
to study and which
activities to do each day.
• Lab Coat
Make most of your time in class, and you will have less
homework.
4. •Assessment
• EXAMS
• ACTIVITIES: notebook.
• PROJECT: one for each unit.
• ORAL PRESENTATIONS: At
least one each year, based
on one of your projects.
• REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
5. Laboratory
• We will have a weekly
class in the lab.
• Seats and groups are
assigned.
• LABORATORY ASSIGNMENTS AND
ACTIVITIES: At least one
each for each unit.
• LABORATORY REPORTS
for each activity.
6. • Laboratory activities
will be a
VERY IMPORTANT part
of your grades this year,
take it seriously.
• BE RESPONSIBLE IN THE LAB, IT IS NOT
THE PLAYGROUND.
There is fragile potentially
hazardous material,
plus the whole school has
to use it
7. Assessment
• Will be CONTINUOUS, every day and every
activity counts.
Exam
Project
Laboratory activities
Blackboard tests, activities (notebook) and WebBook
activities
Classroom grades (includes your behaviour)
8. Assessment
• The assessment in Natural Science will be
based in the following MYP criteria. Each
criterion will be assessed in every term.
9. MYP criteria
CRITERION Meaning TASKS MAX
A
KNOWING AND
UNDERSTANDING
a. outline scientific knowledge
b. apply scientific knowledge and
understanding to solve problems set
in familiar situations and suggest
c. solutions to problems set in unfamiliar
situations
d. interpret information to make
scientifically supported judgments.
Exams, tests. 8
B
INQUIRING AND
DESIGNING
a. outline an appropriate problem or
research question to be tested by a
scientific investigation
b. outline a testable prediction using
scientific reasoning
c. outline how to manipulate the
variables, and outline how data will be
collected
d. design scientific investigations.
Laboratory
activities, scientific
research projects,
projects and essays.
8
10. CRITERION Meaning TASKS MAX
C
PROCESSING AND
EVALUATING
a. present collected and transformed data
b. interpret data and outline results using
scientific reasoning
c. discuss the validity of a prediction
based on the outcome of the scientific
investigation
d. discuss the validity of the method
e. describe improvements or extensions
to the method.
Laboratory
activities,
scientific
research
projects.
8
D
REFLECTING ON
THE IMPACTS OF
SCIENCE
a. summarize the ways in which science
is applied and used to address a
specific problem or issue
b. describe and summarize the various
implications of using science and its
application in solving a specific
problem or issue
c. apply scientific language effectively
d. document the work of others and
sources of information used.
Projects,
essays, oral
presentations,
debates.
8
MYP criteria
11. Which material will
we use? • Blackboard: complementary teacher’s notes, activities,
online tests.
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• WebBook: lessons and interactive activities
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• Notebook
• Planning
• Diary
• Laboratory papers
• KEEP EVERYTHING TIDY AND ORGANIZED!!!
12. Which are the
classroom rules?
• No speaking when the teacher is giving a
lesson, raise your hand.
• Do not speak loud.
• Speak politely
• Do not eat in class.
• Participate as much as you can.
• Pay attention and make most of your time.
will have less to do at home
13. Which are the
classroom rules?
• Keep your material and desk tidy.
• Respect delivery dates.
• Be punctual
• Make sure you bring all the required material.
• Dress properly.
14. If you break the
rules…
• Minus points: 5 points 1 point loss in the next
exam.
• Name on boarddetention during break
• Report to your tutor.
• Note in diary.
• Phone call.
• Loss of credit
• Cheating during exams 0
