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SCIENCE COURSE SYLLABUS

Teacher: Htet Htet Aung


Course: Year 1 Science
Email: htethtetaung@edusn.co.uk

Course Description: The course will be intended the students to allow individuals to understand the relationships that
science technology and society share in our everyday world. This course contributes to the student’s ability to think clearly
and express their ideas and feelings orally and in writing, with clarity and with logic. They will also use a learner’s and
activity book and independent learning assignments are included in the course.
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Course Objectives/ Learning Outcomes:

General Objectives:

This course is set to prepare the students:

To provide the broader objectives of science that is process skill knowledge curiosity etc.

To build knowledge about the natural world.

To open to question and revision as we come out with new ideas and discover new evidences.

To think analytically, critically, and creatively to solve problems, judge arguments and make decisions in scientific and
other contexts.

Specific Objectives:
Knowledge

To encourage learners to be actively engaged with the content and develop enquiry skills as well as subject
knowledge.

To talk about risks and how to avoid danger.


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To make and record observations.

To take simple measurements.

To use a variety of ways to tell others what happened.

Creativity

The students must be able to:


To collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.

To use first-hand experience, example observe melting ice.

To use simple information sources.

Apply

The students must be able to:


Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.

Recognize that a test or comparison may be unfair.


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Make suggestions for collecting evidence.

Materials:
www.educationalquizz.com
www.Games4esl.com
www.liveworksheet.com
www.youtube.channel
www.encylopedia.com
Power points slides

High Priority Standards:


Biology
Living things in their environment
• 1Be1 Identify similarities and differences between local environments and know about some of the ways in which these affect the animals and
plants that are found there
• 1Be3 Observe and talk about their observation of the weather, recording reports of weather data

Chemistry
Material properties
• 1Cp1 Recognize some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks
• 1Cp2 Know that some materials occur naturally and others are man-made
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Material changes
• 1Cc1 Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching
• 1Cc2 Explore and describe the way some everyday materials change when they are heated or cooled
• 1Cc3 Recognize that some materials can dissolve in water

Physics
Light and dark
• 1Pl1 Identify different light sources including the sun
• 1Pl2 Know that darkness is the absence of light

Electricity
• 1Pm1 Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries)
• 1Pm2 Know how a switch can be used to break a circuit

The Earth and beyond


• 1Pb1 Explore how the sun appears to move during the day and how shadows change
• 1Pb2 Model how the spin of the Earth leads to day and night, e.g. with different sized balls and a torch

Class Calendar:

Month Topic/ Theme Resources/Text used Graded Assignments/ Standards Measured (Abbreviate)
Assessments

(Include at least 2 tangible


outcomes for PBL for the
semester).
School year Unit1-Being alive Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment
May 1.1 – Animals and Plants alive Activity book Formative assessment 1Be1
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1.2- Local environment Power point side Interactive questioning 1Be3


1.3- Animal babies YouTube Online Resources Portfolio assessment
1.4- Healthy food and drink Online Education Activities & Interactive worksheets
1.5- Check your progress Resources

June Unit 2- Growing plants Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment


2.1 – Plant parts Activity book Formative assessment 1Be1
2.2 – Growing seeds Power point side Interactive questioning 1Be3
YouTube Online Resources Portfolio assessment
Unit 3 – Ourselves Online Education Activities & Interactive worksheets
3.1- We are similar Resources
3.2 – We are different
3.3 – Our bodies
3.4 – Our fantastic senses

July Unit 3 – Ourselves Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment


3.4 – Our fantastic senses Activity book Formative assessment 1Be1
3.4- Touch and Feel game YouTube Online Resources Interactive questioning 1cp1
3.5- Check your progress Online Education Activities & Portfolio assessment
Resources Interactive worksheets

August Unit – 4 Materials in my Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment


world Activity book Formative assessment 1Cc1
4.1 – What is it made of? Power point side Interactive questioning 1P11
4.2 – Using materials YouTube Online Resources Portfolio assessment
Online Education Activities & Interactive worksheets
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Resources

September Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment


Activity book Formative assessment 1Cc1
Unit – 4 Materials in my Power point side Interactive questioning 1Cc2
world YouTube Online Resources Portfolio assessment
4.3 – Sorting materials Online Education Activities & Interactive worksheets
4.4 – Check your progress Resources

October Unit – 5 Pushes and pulls Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment
5.1 – In the playground Activity book Formative assessment 1Be1
5.2 – How toys work Power point side Interactive questioning 1Cp1
YouTube Online Resources Portfolio assessment
Online Education Activities & Interactive worksheets
Resources

November Unit – 5 Pushes and pulls Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment
5.3 – Pushes and pulls around Activity book Formative assessment 1Cc1
us Power point side Interactive questioning 1P11
5.4 – Changing movement YouTube Online Resources Portfolio assessment
Online Education Activities & Interactive worksheets
Resources

Dencember Unit – 7 Hearing Sounds Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment 1Be1
7.1 – Where does sounds Activity book Formative assessment 1Be3
come from? Power point side Interactive questioning
7.2 – Our ears YouTube Online Resources Portfolio assessment
7.3 – Sounds move Online Education Activities & Interactive worksheets
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Resources

January Revision Cambridge Learner’s & Summative assessment


Activity book Formative assessment 1Be1
Power point side Interactive questioning 1P12
YouTube Online Resources Portfolio assessment
Online Education Activities & Interactive worksheets
Resources

February PBL Cambridge Learner’s & PBL Rulebric


Activity book
Power point side
YouTube Online Resources
Online Education Activities &
Resources

CLASS EXPECTATIONS:

CLASSROOM RULES:

Ask questions.
Respect and listen to your classmates.
Respect and listen to the teacher.
Raise your hand to speak.
Be prepared for class.
Be quiet when the teacher and classmates are talking.
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Share new ideas.


Keep your video on at all times!
Must wear the uniform shirt on Synchronous Days.
Mute the microphone, unless it is your turn to speak.
Focus only on the tasks your class requires.
Come prepared and actively participate.

PROJECT BASED LEARNING


Students are required to participate in and present a project-based learning (PBL) assignment for this course to a public audience at least once
per semester. PBL is self-directed, collaborative, and interdisciplinary. Students will receive guidelines describing the expectations for the PBL
during the semester.

ATTENDANCE:
If you are absent, then it is your responsibility to retrieve any work you missed while you were gone. Absent students are responsible for
checking the recording and the Assignment Folder for homework. Work not turned in while you were absent will not be counted as late as
long as it is turned in the day you return to school.

Other Requirements
80% class attendance (checked only during the first 10 minutes of each class)

CHEATING/ PLAGIARISM
Cheating and/or plagiarism is not tolerated. Any students who cheats or plagiarizes will not receive a score for the assignment. Additional
disciplinary action may be taken at the discretion of the teacher. Cheating and plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, copying homework,
classwork, test answers, talking during a test or quiz, using prohibited technology during a benchmark, allowing someone to copy your work, or
trying to pass off someone else’s work as your own.

GRADING Policies:
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This course follows standard based grading practices to determine the student’s overall final grade that is recorded at the end of each semester.
Students will be evaluated on their overall proficiency of the high priority standards associated with this course. The teacher will evaluate
student work and assessments to determine their skill level and assign a score of 1-4 based on the scale below. The overall grade will be
determined by averaging the scores on the high priority standards.
Score Grading scale
41-Advanced A: 4.0-3.33
31-Proficient B: 3.32-2.70
21-Basic C: 2.69-2.0
20-Below Basic NP: 1.0-1.99
*NP=No Progress (Student will not earn credit for the course)

Parents and students will receive online access to their grades and can check them at any time.

MAKEUP EXAMS/RETAKES:
Students will be given multiple opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in the high priority standards. A makeup exam or retake will be given at
the discretion of the teacher. Requirements for makeup exams or retakes may include but are not limited to: teacher-parent conferences, teacher-
student conferences, attending tutoring, and/or completion of prerequisite work.

EXTRA CREDIT:
No extra credit will be given for this course. Student grades will be based solely on student mastery of the high priority standards.

COMMUNICATION
Parents can contact me at any time via email at htethtetaung@edusn.co.uk . I am also available for a parent-teacher conference upon
appointment.

The instructor reserves the right to make additions to the syllabus during the course of the year.
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