Supplies you’ll need for my Biology class:
1. Two small notebooks, one for notes and one for you to leave in class for daily warm-ups and cool-downs.
2. Index cards for weekly window pane assignments.
3. Colored pencils and regular pencils. (A small sharpener and a small pair of scissors will come in handy as well).
4. A binder for all of the handouts/ instructions you will receive. ( you will need to keep all of your handouts until the end of the semester, this way your review for Benchmarks and the EOC will be simplified)
The first thing you will need to do when you arrive to class is obtain your notebook and complete you warm-up.
When the bell rings everyone should be in their seats and working on the warm-up. It will count against your participation grade if you are not on task.
A warm-up will be on the board, overhead, or in a handout daily. You will have a limited amount of time to complete the warm-up (5-7 minutes, depending on the length of the assignment); you may use your notes to complete the warm-up.
Warm-ups will go on the left hand side of your notebook; cool-downs will go on the right hand side. If the warm-up or cool-down is a handout you will staple it onto the appropriate page.
Grading scale is as follows:
Participation: 20%
Homework: 20%
Projects/ labs: 20%
Tests: 40 %
AS you can see, most of your grade consists of the work you complete in and out of class not your test grade.
The calendar I handed out is meant to help you remember when big assignments are due, it’s is not a complete list of the work you will be completing. Keep the calendar available so you can add weekly assignments to it as needed.
First word list for first set of window panes:
Independent variable, dependent variable, observation, inference, analysis
Scientific method, organism, abiotic, biotic, stimulus
Biology, ecology, geology, habitat, ecosystem, Stewardship, abiogenesis, symbiosis, organic, deforestation
