Honors Credit
- Every student may earn Honors Level credit.
- Students must work toward this goal in every grading period.
- Must have an 80 Average or Above in Physics at the end of the Semester
- Minimum points per semester to receive Honors credit = 100 points
- The points for each grading period can "Rollover". You must earn a minimum of 25 points per grading period.
- How points are earned:
- Benchmark scores -exceeds county average score
- Advanced work on existing project
- Report on "outside reading", i.e. Scientific Journal articles
- Lab exercise notebook
- Lab Performance Exam at the end of the semester
| Weeks | 4.5 | 9 | 13.5 | 18 | |
| Test | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| Journal | 10 | 10 | |||
| Lab notebook | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Benchmark | 10 | 10 | |||
| Lab exam | 10 | ||||
| Hon. project | 10 | ||||
| Cumulative grades |
46 | 56 | 46 | 50 | 198 |
| Minimum | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100 |
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Weeks
Test
Problems
Approved
Journal Article -
1 article per grading period
Lab Notebook: 4 Labs per grading period, 4 points per lab
Exceeding
County Average
Benchmark
(80%)
Lab Perf
Exam
Advanced
Work on Semester Project
Cumulative
Grading Period Totals
4.5 Weeks
20 pt
maximum
10 point maximum
16 point maximum
N/A
N/A
N/A
46 points
possible
(25 needed)
9 weeks
20 pt
maximum
10 pt
maximum
16 point maximum
10 point
maximum
N/A
N/A
56 points
possible
(25 needed)
13.5 Weeks
20 pt
maximum
N/A
16 point maximum
N/A
N/A
10 pt
maximum
46 points possible
(25 needed)
18 Weeks
20 pt
maximum
N/A
N/A
10 pt
maximum
10 point maximum
N/A
50 points
(25 needed)
198 points
possible
(100 required)