Biology Syllabus & Game

Biology Syllabus & Game

Multiple Select

Which should you do to start each biology class?

• Be in your seat when the bell rings

• Waltz in late and unprepared

• Put your phone in the phone caddy

• Get any materials laid out

Open Ended

Why is it important to be on time and prepared at the start of a biology class?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a correct procedure for handling your phone during class?

• Hide your phone in your bag

• Put your phone in the caddy each day

• Lie about not having your phone

Multiple Choice

What should you do at the end of class?

• Get your phone after the bell rings

• Hover by the phone caddy

• Get your phone 2 minutes before the bell rings

• Hover by the door

Multiple Choice

What should you do with smart watches?

• Use smart watches only for making phone calls.
• Leave your smart watch in your bag, at home, or in your locker

• Text people back on your smart watch

• Use you smart watch to look up answers

• Wear it, but don't use it in class

Multiple Select

Which of the following actions are appropriate related to the restrooms?

• Ask to go in the middle of instruction

• Wait to go until an appropriate time to ask

• Go the first 10 minutes of class

• Go the last 10 minutes of class

• Go during passing period

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank: To use the bathroom, you must fill out a

pass and take an orange pass.

Multiple Select

If you are absent from class, what are 3 recommended steps you should take?

• Ask the teacher any questions you have

• Pretend like you were present

• Ask the teacher if anything important happened

• Check the Google Classroom page for updates (start with the daily agenda)

• Get all necessary materials (worksheets, etc.)

Multiple Choice

Describe what students are expected to do when the teacher says "Give me 5" and/or raises his hand.

• Raise your hand while you keep working on your assignment

• Raise your hand and put your pencil down, but stare at my fish while I talk

• Look up while you keep talking to your table partners

• Put everything down, quiet down, look up, and be ready to move on

Multiple Choice

What should group work look like in this class?

• Copy down your partners work

• One person does every role

• Work together and collaborate. Help each other

• Quietly work on your own

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a recommended use of AI in the classroom?

• Use AI to help deepen your understanding of a topic

• Use AI to help you brainstorm

• Use AI to give you the answer

• Follow the teacher's guidance on AI use

• Use AI to make sure that you understand a topic

Multiple Choice

According to the grading policy, which category has the highest percentage contribution to the final grade?

• District Lab

• Daily Work

• Investigations

• Assessments

​Course Outline / Modules

• Semester 1 

  • Unit 0: How to Science

  • Unit 1: Cell Biology

  • Unit 2: DNA & Protein Synthesis

  • Unit 3: Cell Specialization & Homeostasis

  • Unit 4: Heredity

One Goal for Biology this year: Awe and wonder at the beauty and complexity of nature from macro- to microbiology

• Semester 2 

  • Unit 5: Evolution

  • Unit 6: Matter & Energy

  • Unit 7: Ecology

  • Unit 8: Climate & Sustainability

Materials

• Laptop & Charger

  • Bring laptop fully charged to school each day

• Pencils

• Folder (or whatever storage you prefer (ie. binder))

• Notecards (200)

• Earbuds / Headphones

• Colored pencils 

• Highlighter

​Correction Policy: corrections can be made on some assignments (daily work, labs, quizzes, etc.), at the teacher's discretion, throughout the unit. All corrections need to be turned in before the unit exam. Corrections cannot be made on exams, but there are retake options. 

Test Retakes: The student must complete all of their missing work for the unit before the retake, and they may have to show evidence of learning. Students may earn up to 70%, and retakes must be taken within 2 weeks of the assessment, if the student received less than 70%. Students may not complete a retake if they scored greater than 70%. Each semester's final exam is cumulative, and it isn’t eligible for a retake. 

Missing & Late work: Incomplete assignments will be marked as missing and no points will be awarded until the assignment is entirely finished. Late work is accepted with up to a 20% reduction before the unit test. Once a unit is complete, I will no longer accept work from that unit.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank: Test retakes must be taken within

of the assessment if the student received less than 70%.

Fill in the Blanks

Missing work can be accepted with up to a

% reduction.

Multiple Choice

All missing work for each unit is due the day of the exam.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

You should doodle on the desks during class.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

You should eat food and have open drinks during lab.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What questions do you still have about the biology syllabus or the classroom expectations?