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Nature
of Science
Animal Behavior
Conservation Biology
Shapes of Nature
Biomolecules
Cells: Tiny Bricks of Life
Energetics: Recharging Batteries
Genetics
Viruses and Bacteria
DNA & RNA: Blueprints of Life
Evolution
Biodiversity
Human Evolution
Human Body Systems
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Course
Description
The
Journey into the inner workings of the living world:
(This
journey may change your view of life, your view of science, your view
of learning, and your view ofhow life works!)
- This is a project-
and laboratory-based course where you will be allowed to generate knowledge
about biology (a fancy term for the study of the living world) with
your peers.
- Your teacher will
be a guide for the journey, a facilitator, an events planner, and occasionally
a source of information.
- Other sources
of information will be the textbook, charts and diagrams, videos, and
many internet sources selected by the guide and by yourselves.
- Always remember,
you are the learner here! You are the one who needs to actively acquire
knowledge.
- The biology honors
guide (aka teacher) will provide you some of the ways and means of acquiring
knowledge about the living world but you will also actively construct
and generate your own knowledge by interaction with each other, written
text (books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, internet "stuff"),
graphs and data charts, numbers, drawings yours and those of others),
pictures and movies, sound, microscopes, test tubes, stethescopes, blood
pressure monitors, computers, specimens (aka body parts), EACH OTHER....and
the list goes on......
- who knows where
the journey will lead (actually, the guide does), but by the end of
the journey you will be richer in knowledge and experience.
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The
content: (Ah....now
it comes....)
- TERMINOLOGY
- used to describe
the living world and how it functions..
- there is a
lot, so be prepared to memorize and share mnemonics with each other
- Semester 1
- Nature of Science
- Animal Behavior
- Conservation
Biology
- Shapes of Nature
- Biomolecules
- Cells: Tiny
Bricks of Life
- Energetics:
Recharging Batteries
- Genetics
- Semester 2
- Viruses and
Bacteria
- DNA & RNA:
Blueprints of Life
- Evolution
- Biodiversity
- Human Evolution
- Human Body
Systems
This
doesn't seem so bad......you've seen some of this before
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Nature
of Science
Animal Behavior
Conservation Biology
Shapes of Nature
Biomolecules
Cells: Tiny Bricks of Life
Energetics: Recharging Batteries
Genetics
Viruses and Bacteria
DNA & RNA: Blueprints of Life
Evolution
Biodiversity
Human Evolution
Human Body Systems
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Goals
and Objectives:
- Conscientiously
become more scientifically literate in matters related to the living
world as you develop an awareness of the diversity and complexity of
life on earth.
- Actively ask, find,
determine answers related to biology
- Carefully describe,
explain, and predict consequences based on knowledge (prior and that
to be acquired in this class) of the the living world by developing
an understanding of various scientific methods and how they are used
and how scientific hypotheses, laws, principles, and theories are formulated
and tested.
- Critically analyze
articles about biology in the popular press
- Accurately organize,
analyze, and communicate information about the living world
- Perceptively discuss
issues related to human interactions with the living world
- Dilligently develop
an understanding of chemical and physical processes that occur within,
affect, or are affected by living organisms.
- Enthusiastically
develop an awareness of the history of science and the men and women
who have contributed to the advancement of biological knowledge.
- Enjoy the Journey
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Nature
of Science
Animal Behavior
Conservation Biology
Shapes of Nature
Biomolecules
Cells: Tiny Bricks of Life
Energetics: Recharging Batteries
Genetics
Viruses and Bacteria
DNA & RNA: Blueprints of Life
Evolution
Biodiversity
Human Evolution
Human Body Systems
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Requirements
COME
TO CLASS PREPARED:
THIS
MEANS
- Read the text assignments
(see homework chart)
- Prepare and Study
Vocabulary Lists
- Prepare Outlines
for Each Chapter (outline templates avaliable on Text
Website)
- TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS
ON TIME (This
means organize your time!)
- Bring Text to Class
- Bring a Pen or
Pencil, Notebook, and Lab Notebook to class
- Bring colored pens
or pencils and a metric ruler
- TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS
ON TIME (did I mention this?)
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Late assignments are NOT accepted!
- If
you are ill, your work is due the DAY you get back!
- Students
are expected to treat each other with respect in both words and actions.
Inappropriate language and behavior is NOT tolerated!
- Students
may NOT eat in the classroom but may drink WATER.
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Tests
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- 100 points each
- 6 per semester
- Multiple choice,
label diagrams, fill in the blanks.....
- Critical Thinking
Questions
- Vocabulary Intensive
- Practice Questions
on Text
Website and on BioHon17
- Graphing and Data
Analysis
- Short paragraphs
- If
you are ill on the day of the test, you must make arrangements to make
up the test within 3 days of coming back to school!
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Quizzes
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- 5~25 points
each
- Vocabulary~Based
- Matching, Fill-in
the Blanks, Label Diagrams
- MAY
BE UNANNOUNCED!!!!!
- Quizzes
may NOT be made up!
- COME TO CLASS PREPARED!!!!
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Projects
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- 100 points each
- In Class Preparation
- Group and Individual
- Involve Library
and Internet Research
- Turned-in via email
- PowerPoint/Web
Pages/Word or other presentation format
- Presented In Class
and/or Viewed on the Web
- Reflection Essay
(individual
assessment = 25~50 pts)
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Late assignments are NOT accepted!
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Lab
Write-ups
The Labs
See
Biology Lab Instructions for Details
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- 25~100 points
each
- Observations, Data
Gathering, Data Organizing, Graphing
- Microscopes, Dissections
- Computer~Data Generation
- Write-up in Lab
Notebook or Turn-in Via Email
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Late assignments are NOT accepted!
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Homework
Checks
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- 5 points each
= 20 pts per chapter
- Vocabulary Definitions
(see Homework Chart and First Class for term
list)
- Chapter Outlines
(see Text
WebSite for template)
- Chapter Questions
(see chapter resources for specific question numbers)
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Late assignments are NOT accepted!
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Semester
Final
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- 20 percent of
the semester grade
- Science Comprehension:
- Read
and interpret information related to biology
- Science Content:
- Similar
to chapter tests~~questions taken from these tests
- Data Analysis:
- Organizing,
graphing, and interpreting data related to biology
- Critical Thinking:
- Application
of biology content to decision~making and data analysis
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Frequently
Asked Questions
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- Grarding Scale:
Standard Scale used school-wide: see page 6 of student manual.
- Grades
are NOT rounded!
- Extra Credit:
- Extra Reading
Assignment is offered over Christmas Break
- An Extra
Credit Web Project is offered over Easter Break
- THESE
ARE THE ONLY EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE YEAR
- Projects are
flexible in DESIGN, not in DUE DATE
- Turn in
all assignments on time.....
- Have I mentioned
this?
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Late assignments are NOT accepted!
- NO
DROPPED TESTS
- Quizzes
May Be Unannounced...
- Come to
Class Prepared ....
- Have I mentioned
this?
- Extended Time
Accommodations
- It is the responsibility
of the student to notify the teacher one day in advance of the need
for extended time on a test or quiz, and it is the responsibility
of the teacher to arrange for the extended time so that it does
not impact other classes during the day.
- Protocol for
Addressing Student and Parent Concerns:
- Students and
parents are requested to speak first to the teacher regarding all
issues of concern including grade challenges, and other matters
related to classroom conduct, and evaluation, at an appropriate
time. If, after addressing the matter directly with the teacher,
the student or parent needs further help addressing the issue, he
or she should proceed to the grade level academic advisor who will
bring the parties together to satisfactorily resolve the issue.
Students should be empowered by this process - and know that they
are their own best advocates.
- Senior Waiver
Policy:
- Second semester
seniors who have achieved an average of 92.5 may waive their second
semester final exams in disciplines that allow such waivers. Not
all departments allow waivers; however, decisions must be made with
department consensus.
- Cell Phone Policy:
- Pagers and
cell phones must be turned off when students are in the classroom
or any building on campus. If a cell phone or beeper goes off during
class, it will be taken from the student and given to the Dean of
Students until the end of the day. In addition, the student will
serve a detention. A student's continued abuse of her the cell phone
may result in more serious consequences.
- Absenses and
Tardies
- You are considered
tardy if you are NOT in your seat when the bell rings. You will
be marked tardy if you enter class within the 1st 10 minutes of
class. If you arrive after the 1st 10 minutes you will be sent to
get a READMIT and will be considered ABSENT
- Academic Integrity:
- All work (homework,
quizzes, tests, papers, projects, labs, etc.) must be your own.
- Cheating includes,
but is not limited to
- submitting
work copied from a friend or an outside source (without attribution)
- giving
work to a friend or giving/receiving excessive assistance from
someone
- Accepting
or giving help during a test or quiz.
- Using a
calculator or notes without expressed permission of the teacher
- Using notes
stored on a calculator with expressed permission of the teacher
- Plagerism,
a form of cheating, involves presenting someone else's ideas or
words, wheterh deliberate or inadvertent, without giving credit!
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