Willard High School Science Department
"Developing tomorrow's leaders by pursuing excellence today"


 
 

                                                                   Biology


                                      

 

Instructor: Coach Lindsay
Phone: 417-742-3524 ext. 3158
Email: glindsay@willard.k12.mo.us
Conference: 4th Hour
Text: Biology.
 

Course:
Biology is an everyday experience.  You may not be aware of the many ways Biology affects your everyday life.  This course is the study of living things, and living things are a part of everyday experiences.  It has been said that the 20th century was the century of physics and that the 21st century will be the century of biology.  The national news announces new discoveries daily that radically change the face of our future, and these discoveries are all in the life sciences.  This course addresses the future, your future.

Grading:
Throughout this course you will be expected to keep a notebook with your daily notes as well as lab activities.  This course is designed to be as “hands on” as possible.  You will be expected to keep your lab activities and notes separate in your notebook.  This notebook will be worth 10% of your total grade.

The labs and activities will be vital to your grade.  It is extremely important that you are here on days of scheduled labs.  Your group’s grade on a lab will be designated for each individual.  It is therefore wise to keep your group on task.  You will be asked to give an oral presentation, either individually or as a group.  Your labs and activities will account for 27% of your total grade.

Your exams may be multiple choice, matching, and identification, fill in the blank, or essay.  Your test and quiz scores will account for 55% of your total grade.  Your final exam will count as 10% of this total for the semester.

Your personal level of involvement as well as behavior in my class carries 3% of your total grade.  This portion of your grade is the equivalent of a B+ becoming an A-.

Late work:
My policy on late work is as follows: if you have an excused absence you have 2 days to turn in your late work.  If you are out for an extended period of time with an excused absence see me and arrangements will be made.  For labs that are missed with an excused absence you will receive no points and the assignment will neither count against your grade, nor will you receive points toward your grade.  There are to many variables to manipulate to arrange a lab for one individual.  If you are absent with an unexcused absence NO work will be accepted.  It is the responsibility of the student to check on work that may have been missed due to absence.  If the student does not check with the instructor on return from their absence then the grade received will be a zero.  If the student is absent they may email for work or check my webpage which should be running by early winter.
 

Tardies:
Students are expected to be in class and in their seats when the tardy bell sounds.  Any student that is not in the classroom and seated when the bell rings will be subject to discipline according to the student handbook.
 

Grading scale:

    90%-100%=A
    80%-89% = B
    70%-79% = C
    60%-69% = D
           -59% = F
 
 

Competencies addressed:
1. Students will be able to identify the relationships and interactions of organisms and their environment.
2. Students will recognize that heredity/genetic information is contained in molecules of DNA.
3. Students will recognize that cells are the fundamental structure and functional units of all living organisms.
4. Students will have knowledge of scientific inquiry, processes involved, and tools used.5. Students will be able to classify organisms into groups based on similarities and differences

 

LINKS:
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
http://www.lakepowell.net/impact2001.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/366816.stm
http://www.BeyondDiscovery.org/

 

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