I.B.

Science – Paul Eyler

920 South Broadway Tyler, TX 75701
Room 204 (upstairs)
Phone: 903-262-1534 Fax: 903-262-1501
Email: paul.eyler@tylerisd.org
Web: www.eylerz.net/science

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• Graphic Organizers
Class Description • Group Activities
Texas Science following the
• Independent Studies (Research)
TEKS standards and • Hands-On Labs
I.B.M.Y.P Curriculum • Hands-On Projects
standards (refer to I.B.
handbook for details.)
• Videos and Multimedia

Students will engage in

hands-on learning activities Grading
and a wide range of 40% - Tests Note on Extra
interesting science topics. 30% - Labs / Projects Credit:
15% - Independent Study Extra credit
5% - Notes, supplies will only be
posted online
IBMYP Science Obj./Criterion 5% - Science Journal for the student
5% - Discussion, participation to print and
turn in a week
Absentee Work: before grades
are due.
It is the student’s responsibility to acquire
the appropriate make up work missed.
Make up work will be located in the “make up work” slot for
each grade level on the incoming/outgoing work box. It will
also be located on the website for the student to download,
print, and turn in.

Late Work:
10% off each day late. No Work accepted after 2 weeks.

Tutorials
If extra assistance is needed, I am available between 8:05-8:35
or after school in room 204.

Expectations
Materials This class is an emotionally safe, positive, work-oriented
• 3-Ring binder with 5 dividers and paper environment that is devoted to the success of learning and
• Journal safety of the student.
1. I will do everything I can to be an effective teacher for you.
• mechanical pencils 2. I will care for you and treat you with utmost respect.
3. And the one thing I want you to know is that I will teach
Teaching Schedule you HOW to think, not so much what to think.
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1 Period – Science 7th
2nd Period – IB Planning Conf.
3rd Period – Conference/Lunch (10:15 – 11:00 am) Please realize this:
4th Period – Science 6th I am a professional teacher and you are to be a professional
5th Period – Science 6th student! We treat each other as professionals!
6th Period – Science 8th
7th Period – Science 8th
8th Period – Science 7th Here is what I expect of you:
1. I expect you to take responsibility for your learning.
Weekly Agenda 2. I expect you to have self-discipline.
• Cornell note-taking over readings 3. I expect you to have fun within my boundaries.
• Cornell note-taking over lessons
In dealing with others: Goals - What will we learn in:
1. “Put others above yourself!”
2. “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger!” 6th Grade:
3. “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” Theme: Rocketry
Topics: Nature of Science, Scientific Method, Motion and
On classroom behavior: Forces, Energy and Matter, Energy Resources, Cells,
1. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect. Genetics, Ecosystems, Forces of Nature
2. In this class you will be polite to everyone and use manners Core labs / activities: Super Sleuths,
to bring about a positive environment. Researching Energy Resources, Using a Microscope to
3. If you say a “put down” to someone, you must apologize Observe Tissues, Assembling a Terrarium, Measuring Soil
and then say 2 “put ups!” Erosion, designing/building rockets, and much more!
4. Abide by the social contract that is developed by the class.
7th Grade:
Classroom Agreements Theme: Aviation
My rules are simple: Topics: Scientific Processes, Scientific Method, Chemistry,
1. Respect others & yourself Force and Motion, Earth Science, Genetics, Biology
2. Take personal responsibility in learning (Human Body), Ecology
3. Treat others how you want to be treated Core labs / activities: Metric Olympics, helicopter lab,
4. Seek first to understand then to be understood chemical changes / liver lab, moon calendar, genetics lab,
muscle action, pulse rate lab, designing/building aircraft
Consequences and much more!
If a student chooses to misbehave and impedes learning, then:
- 1st: Verbal warning / Student Conference 8th Grade:
- 2nd : D-hall Theme: Robotics
- 3rd : Parent Conference Topics: Matter and Energy, Scientific Process Skills,
Chemistry, Force and Motion, Geology, Waves and Their
- th
4 : Office Referral Effects, Heat Transfer, Ecology, Natural Extinctions and
Genetics, Theories in Science
Roles: Core labs / activities: various physics, geologic, and
In order to have an effective classroom management system, chemistry labs, designing/building robots, and much more!
students will be asked to fill certain roles throughout the year.
These jobs will rotate in order for everyone to have I.B. Units (Cross-Curricular):
involvement in our classroom management.
Roles include but are not limited to: 6th Grade:
Data distributor, data collector, files manager, lab assistants, • In The Beginning…: How do we know what we
substitute advisor, personnel manager, activities assistant, and
know?
materials manager.
• Erasing Borders: How does where you live affect
your world view?
• Historical Dimensions: How does the past influence
Men love to wonder, and that is the present?
the seed of science.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson 7th Grade:
• First Americans: Why are heroes considered to be
risk-takers?
• Exploration: How do risk-takers expand our world?
• Learning from Heroes: How can a person be a hero if
he/she is not celebrated as one?

8th Grade:
• Communications: How does civilization struggle
with communication?
• No Rules, Just Right???: How do rules influence
struggle?

Equipped with his five senses, man

explores the universe around him
and calls the adventure Science.
~Edwin Powell Hubble, The Nature
of Science, 1954