DO NOW Weds 10/3

1. DO NOW Weds 10/3 What are the two different solutions used in today’s lab (Eggsperiment)? Give the exact name and measurement needed. Stamping: Flowchart for Eggsperiment

2. Biology Course Description

3. You asked… • Will we be doing many labs this year? • Will there be many projects this year? • Did you major in biology? • How much homework a night? • What was your SAT score? • Is there late work credit? If so how much? • How many hands on activities this year? • What do you expect from your students?2 • How much individual learning is there going to be? • What lessons are we learning in bio? • Are we going to dissect organisms? • Will we have homework over weekends and other breaks? • How long will each unit be? • Will it be fun? • Will there be games? • How did you come to love biology? • How many years have you taught? • Why does biology help us? • What is most interesting thing about biology? • How difficult are the projects? • Are labs different from the ones in middle school? • Mix chemicals? • When will we use biology in life? • What units will we learn? • Is it easy to get lost during a lesson? • Who has impacted your life? • One thing you’d change about school? • How will I be able to manage my workload in order to be successful? • Will we learn about evolution? • What life forms do we study? • What high school did you attend? • Favorite teaching methods? • Favorite memory with students? • Are we learning about humans or all life? • What are the differences between blood types? • Why did you choose biology or become a biology teacher? • Will we have one main focus this year? • Will we have reviews before test? • Will we be doing calculations a lot in biology? • Are you good at explaining things in different ways? • What makes honors different from regular biology? • What is your theory on how humans evolved into what we are today? • How old are you? • Do you have any pets? • Will we be able to work on homework during class? • Is this class difficult? • Do you play volleyball? Position? • Will there be a final? • What makes Honors different from general biology? • What kinds of careers require a knowledge of biology? • Will we be learning about disease? • Dissect an animal? • Cell phone policy? • Do you give extra credit? • What was the best memory of your summer?

4. Why Biology? • Understanding nature, natural history • Careers include… • Interesting • Use in society: health, fitness, medicine, disease, environment, making decisions • Appreciation for what we need on earth, what we give, and with who/what we share this living space – a finite place…? • Your future: directly or indirectly

5. Mrs. Mason • Jackson High School – 10th year • High School /College/Graduate School • What keeps me busy other than school

6. Units of Study • Diversity of Life • Cell Structure and Function • Molecules of Life • Inheritance Genetics • Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology • Evolution • Energy and Matter • Ecology

7. Major Work • 7 unit exams • The Cell Campaign • The Disease Project Part I • Semester 1 final exam • Evidence for Change Across Time (Evolution) Project • The Disease Project Part II • End of Course Exam for Biology* • Semester 2 final exam • Formal Lab Reports • Symposiums for a few labs and The Disease Part II

8. How you learn best

9. Grade Breakdown • Summative Work • 90% • Unit Tests, Formal Lab Reports, Major Projects, Semester Exams • Formative Work • 10% • Notebook Checks, Class or Homework, Small Projects, Quizzes

10. Test Rescore Opportunities • One per semester • Can choose which one (so a huge inpouring in January) • Can earn up to 100%

11. The Formative/Summative

13. My goals for the year: • To engage you in science – both here and outside of school, enough to keep you interested, learning, and making connections between science and “the real world”. I want you to know what is out there for you in terms of careers. • To teach/help you strengthen your communication skills – your evidence based explanations – to be concise, accurate, justified, and confident. • To teach you biology to prepare you for tests, future science classes, college, the work force, general problem solving. • To stretch your organization skills, your diligence and pride in your work, and to become a strong, active learner. • To be a positive influence on your journey to earning the life you want.

14. My website!

15. Just once I wish Jackson teachers would… • Bring doughnuts for their students • Be Appropriate • Work one on one with students • Buy kids food • Bring treats in class • Let students control their own learning • Give homework depending on their afterschool schedule • Be friendly and understandable • Give no homework for one month • Turn up!!!!!!! • Sing foreign songs while dancing at a pep assembly • Allow more retakes and homework help • Would let us play games • Compare homework schedules to lessen the load • Give us a week off • More involved with students • Wouldn’t make students present • No notes • Teaching in a fun and engaging way • Start wearing funny packs at school • Be great full teaching • Understand the students and the situation they are in • Less or no homework • No homework over breaks • Help freshman’s interact with upperclassman • Give me straight A’s • Give full credit on retakes • Consider more input on students • Be more chill with things • Play cool music when they do play in class • Respect that some students have good reasons for not getting work done. • Just chill • Give fewer syllabi • Put themselves in our shoes for a week • Enforce an actual dress code • Tell funny stories • Make class fun and not grade so strictly • Give us free days • Give us catch up time • Be kewl • Form a dance team • Go easy on the summative portion of our grade • Act in a school production • Not assign HW over internet • Ditch class and let us do whatever • Treat us like adults and not children • Reduce the number of ice breakers! • Hand out study guides to help us prepare for tests