This web page is devoted to the Regents Earth Science Exam. The information will be divided into two sections:
1) The test schedule and the rules of the Exam.
1: EXAM SCHEDULE AND RULES:
On Thursday, June 15 from 8:00AM to 11:00AM students will take the largest portion of the exam. This part of the exam accounts for 75% of the final exam grade. To qualify for this portion of the exam students must have first completed a minimum of 30 labs successfully. I will notify you well in advance of this time if your child is in danger of not meeting this requirement. Students will take the exam in a regular classroom with the same peers they have had in class all year. When the room assignments have been made I will post them. For this portions of the exam the only items the students may bring are pens and pencils, we recommend two of each, and a calculator. They have a maximum of three hours to complete the exam, and they can leave the exam no sooner than two hours after they have started.
The other 25% of the exam is divided between the lab practical, which is worth 15%, and the project, which is worth 10%.
2: EXAM COMPONENTS:
There are five parts of the exam:
1) Part I is 40 multiple choice questions based on the nine core topics all teachers have covered. The nine core topics are:
2) Part II is 10 multiple choice questions based on the information contained in the six elective sections. Each of the sections contains five questions, which means each student must answer two of the sections. The six electives are:
The State recommends that you teach at least two but not all of the elective sections. This year I plan on teaching A, B, and D. If time allows I will also do F.
3) Part III is worth 25 points and involves short answer questions. This could include questions which require the students to construct graphs, profiles, or maps. In this section they also have math problems, and reasoning questions. Answers must be in complete sentences.
4) Part IV is the lab practical, is worth 15 points and requires the students to demonstrate proficiency in lab skills that they have used all year. The students rotate through six stations doing basic skills like, timing, massing, measuring length, calculating, identifying, and graphing. This part of the test will be in the first week of June. We will spend a week in May reviewing these skills.
5) Part V is the student's projects which are worth 10 points. For a detailed description of the project visit *Project Information*
