Webster defines procedure as "the series of actions, operations, or motions involved in the accomplishment of an end." Procedures enable humans to function in society knowing the acceptable and efficient ways to do things.

Classroom procedures are for the benefit of the student - it will help you do your work with less confusion and thus help you be successful in class. Procedures should not be confused with discipline - procedures are how things are done, discipline is how people behave. It is very important that you learn and follow classroom procedures in Physical Science.

When you enter the room:
1. Look at the Prime Time screen at the front of the room for important information and classwork.
2. Pick up any graded assignments in the basket and place them in your notebook.
3. Take out the materials you need and place the rest of your materials under the table.
4. Use your computer only when it is needed to complete the assignment.

End of Class
1. Do not stop working on an assignment until the end of class or until Mr. Gilliland dismisses you.
2. Remain in your seats until the bell rings to end class.

Tardy Students
1. Tardy is defined as entering the class after the bell has rung. The door closes when the bell rings - if you are not in the room you are either tardy or absent.
2. Students entering the classroom tardy will have points deducted from their employability grade.
3. Consult the SHS Behavior Management Plan found in Info/Forms to find out the consequences of multiple tardies.

Absent Slips
1. If you were absent and have an excuse issued by Attendance, place it in the absence note box on Mr. G's desk when you come to class. Mr. Gilliland will return it once he marks it in his roll book. Keep you absence slips in a safe place at home so you can produce them if the need occurs.
2. Please have an excused slip from the attendance office within 3 days of returning from an absence. If you do not it is counted as an unexcused absence.
Note: On the day you are absent check the web site calendar to see what we are doing in class that day.

If you wish to ask or answer a question in class:
1. Raise your hand and wait to be called on.
2. Do not call out to be recognized or call out an answer.

Turning in homework
1. Please check that your assignment is completed and is labeled correctly* before coming to class.
2. If your assignment contains more than one sheet of paper use the stapler at your table to staple it together. Be sure your name appears on the top sheet.
3. When Mr. Gilliland calls for it, pass your assignment across your table to the student sitting in the aisle.
* see Work Requirements below

Classroom materials:
1. Please do not use any of the whiteboards, markers, colored pencils, activotes or any other of the classroom materials at your table unless you are instructed to do so.
2. Students sitting at the end of the table (in seats 1,8,9, 16, 17, 24, 25, and 32) are responsible for making sure their table's classroom materials are placed in their bins at the end of the class and that the bins are placed at the end of the table.

Please do not bring the following into the classroom:

1. food
2. drinks (including bottled water). Liquids and computers are a bad mixture.
3. cell phones - Will be sent to the office if they are out in class.
4. iPods or similar electronic devices - Will be sent to the office if they are out in class.

Paper Headings

1. In the right hand corner of your paper write your Name, HPS & Period and date. 2. On the first line of the paper write the title of the assignment. Please be very descriptive in your title. 3. Always staple your papers together so that your name is in the top right hand corner of the first page.

Use of Paper, pen and pencil
1. Use unlined paper for Chapter Concept Maps and when you type an assignment.
2. Do not write on the back of your paper when doing labs or concept maps. On all other assignments you can write on the back of your paper as long as the ink does not penetrate through one side to the other.
3. For labs: type or write in ink. Do not use pencil on laboratory work except for graphing data.

Neatness and Legibility
1. Any assignment that is not neat or legible will be redone.

When you are absent.
1. It is a student's responsibility to find out what they missed when they were absent. When you return to school ask Mr. Gilliland what you need to make up.
2, If you can, check the calendar and do the assignment before you return. If need the computers or lab to complete an assignment come in before or after school. Mr. Gilliland will instruct the class on what days the lab is open before and after school.
3. If you are absent the day an assignment is due, it is due the next time you come to class.
4. If you are absent the day an assignment is assigned, you have the number of days you missed to make it up.

When using the computer in your computer lab group:
1. Do not use the computers for games, email or anything else other than class work.
2. Do not change any of the settings or download files from the internet without permission.
3. When working on computer programs, one student runs the computer while the other student requests stamps for the program sheet. Students switch back and forth every day.
3. Show all work, including units, for any word problems.
4. When working on computer programs, get your stamps as needed. Do not go on in the program until you have your stamps. If you do you will not receive your stamp. "I forgot" or "I didn't know" are not excuses and will not be accepted.
5. Work together in your group. Help each other in understanding the material. If you need help "Ask 3, B4 Mr. G" means that when you have a problem:
a. try to solve it yourself.
b. ask your computer partner
c. ask the other two students at your table
d. if nobody at your table can answer your question, raise your hand to ask Mr. Gilliland.

1. Bring the following to class on a daily basis: pencil & pen, notebook, notebook and graph paper, ruler, and calculator.
2. Have only those materials you need on your desk. All other materials are to be placed under the table.

1. Each quarter you will be given a hall pass that will allow you to leave the room four times. This pass is to be used to use the restroom or get materials out of your locker. To leave the room you must have the pass.
2. Place your hall pass in your purse/wallet or notebook so that you have it should you need it.
3. If do not use all the punches in your hall pass you can us it to drop grades at the end of a quarter. You can drop a grade worth 15 points for every punch you don't use.

1. Always read the entire lab before entering the lab area.
2. Unless otherwise stated by Mr. Gilliland, always wear safety glasses and lab aprons in the lab.
3. Work only with your group at your assigned lab station.
4. Do not leave your assigned lab station except to get chemicals/materials needed for the experiment.
5. If you have a question about the lab go back and read the directions. Then ask your lab partners. If they cannot answer it, ask the students across the table. Ask Mr. Gilliland only after you have exhausted these options.
6. Follow the lab rules and procedures whenever you are in the lab.