• Raymond High School

    Course Syllabus

    BIOLOGY I

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    COURSE INFORMATION                    TEACHER INFORMATION                

                  

    Credit:  1                                                                         Name:  Mrs. Angelia Brown

    Grading Period:  1st – 4th Nine Weeks                                Phone:  601-857-8016

    Room:  L106                                                                    E-mail:  abrown@hinds.k12.ms.us

    Textbook:  Miller & Levine Biology  

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    COURSE DESCRIPTION

    Biology, a one-credit course, is a laboratory-based course that is designed to build a life science foundation emphasizing patterns, processes, and interactions among organisms. Students are expected to master conceptual understandings based on both individual investigations and the investigations conducted by others. Individual learning experiences are used to support claims and engage in evidence-based arguments. In this way, students explore the organization of life; the interdependence between organisms and their environment; the chemical composition of life; the role of DNA, RNA, and protein in cellular structure and function; inheritance; and evolution. Local resources coupled with external resources, including evidence-based literature, will be used to extend and increase the complexity of these core ideas.

     

    The nature of science refers to the foundational concepts that govern the way scientists formulate explanations about the natural world to increase the depth of understanding based on evidence, logic, and innovation. These concepts are expected to appear throughout the course. As a laboratory-based course, students are expected to utilize science and engineering practices to design and conduct investigations using appropriate equipment, measurement (SI units), and safety procedures. Students should also design data tables and draw conclusions using mathematical computations and/or graphical analysis.

     

     

    DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS & STANDARDS

    BIO.1 – Cells as a System

     

    • 1A Students will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of life and

                biological organization.

     

    • 1B Students will analyze the structure and function of the macromolecules that make up cells.

     

    • 1C Students will relate the diversity of organelles to a variety of specialized cellular functions.

     

    • 1D Students will describe the structure of the cell membrane and analyze how the structure is related to its primary function of regulating transport in and out of            cells to maintain homeostasis.

     

    • 1E Students will develop and use models to explain the role of the cell cycle during growth, development, and maintenance in multicellular organisms.

                           

    BIO.2 – Energy Transfer

     

    • 2 Students will explain that cells transform energy through the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration to drive cellular functions.

     

    BIO.3 – Reproduction and Heredity

     

    • 3A Students will develop and use models to explain the role of meiosis in the production of haploid gametes required for sexual reproduction.

     

    • 3B Students will analyze and interpret data collected from probability calculations to explain the variation of expressed traits within a population.

     

    • 3C Students will construct an explanation based on evidence to describe how the structure and nucleotide base sequence of DNA determines the structure of    proteins or RNA that carry out essential functions of life.

     

    BIO.4 – Adaptations and Evolution

     

    • 4 Students will analyze and interpret evidence to explain the unity and diversity of life.

     

    BIO.5 Interdependence of Organisms and Their Environments

     

    • 5 Students will Investigate and evaluate the interdependence of living organisms      and their environment.

     

     

    GRADING SYSTEM

    • A - 100-90
    • B - 89-80
    • C - 79-70
    • D - 69-65
    • F - 64-Below

     

    GRADE DETERMINATION PROCEDURE (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook)

    • 50% - Tests
    • 25% - Daily
    • 25% - Nine Weeks Exam

     

    SUPPLY LIST  - NOTE:  It is the student’s responsibility to make sure that he/she has all class materials daily.

    • 3-Ring, 2” Binder
    • Section Dividers
    • Notebook Paper (NO SPIRAL TABLETS are to be used for assignments in my class.)
    • Mechanical or Wooden No. 2 Pencils (Used during DAILY WORK, ASSESSMENTS

     

    (Formative and Summative), and LABORATORY ASSIGNMENTS)

    • Highlighter
    • Scientific Calculator
    • HSCD Issued Technology Device (This device MUST BE CHARGED at HOME. NO STUDENT will be allowed to charge their device at school or in the classroom.)

     

    ATTENDANCE - NOTE: It is the student’s responsibility to request missed assignment(s), work, test, project information/rubric, lab, or exam due to an absence upon returning to school.  (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook)

     

    • Tardies: (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook)
    • Excused Absences, Tardies, or Early Dismissals: (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook)
    • Early Dismissals: (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook)
    • Allowable Credit for Excused Absences: (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook)
    • Make Up Work (All Schools and High School): (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook)
    • NOTE: In my class, make-up work (assignment, work, test, project, lab, or exam) must be completed within a time period that is directly proportional to the days the student missed due to an excused or unexcused absence, ISD, or suspension; otherwise no credit shall be given resulting in a zero.
    • NOTE: In my class, one hundred (100-A) is the highest possible grade for any assignment, work, test, project, lab, or exam due to an excused absence or in-school detention (ISD).
    • NOTE: In my class, sixty-five (65-D) is the highest possible grade for any assignment, work, test, project, lab, or exam due to an unexcused absence or suspension (OSS).

     

    CLASS EXPECTATIONS

    (THE RANGER WAY - RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, & READY!)

    • Act like a CHAMPION!
    • To ATTEND CLASS AS SCHEDULED (not in ISD or Suspended) and to BE ON TIME.
    • To BE SEATED, PREPARED FOR CLASS, and READY TO WORK.
    • To turn in assignments ON TIME.
    • To be PREPARED with ALL required materials DAILY.
    • To be RESPECTFUL towards the TEACHER and CLASSMATES.
    • To RESPECT the rights, property, and dignity of ALL members of the classroom. DISPLAY HONOR AND INTEGRITY ALWAYS!
    • To show MASTERY and HIGH COGNITIVE SKILLS on ALL objectives taught by the teacher and/or learned via the textbook, Internet, newspaper, or library reference documents (ex. periodicals, journals, books, encyclopedias, dictionaries).
    • To STAY FOCUSED and AWAKE during instruction and class work.
    • To STUDY, STUDY, STUDY! (MEDITATE on learned information DAILY)
    • To REMAIN SEATED in your ASSIGNED SEAT (unless otherwise directed).
    • To RAISE YOUR HAND. DO NOT BLURT OUT QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED.
    • To NOT BALL UP nor TEAR/RIP PAPER or MAKE DISRUPTIVE, DISTRACTIVE, or DISTURBING NOISES in class (DURING CLASS INSTRUCTION or OTHERWISE).
    • To turn in PRESENTABLE and LEGIBLE work (assignments, tests, Scantrons, or projects). Notebook paper with RAGGED EDGES will not be accepted for grading. Papers, assignments, tests, Scantrons, or projects with the following mark(s) will not be accepted for grading (Ex.     ant      ant        ant       ).  White out may be used on specified assignments and projects NEATLY and SPARINGLY.
    • To write your NAME, DATE, and PERIOD on the FIRST BLUE LINE (adhering to the margins) of your notebook paper.

    • Ex.   Angelia Brown                         8-8-19                         Period                    Standard

                   

    • To write your ASSIGNMENT on the SECOND BLUE LINE (adhering to the margins) of your notebook paper.

    • Ex.  TB p. 50__________________________________________________________________________________________       

    • To SKIP A LINE BETWEEN EACH answer response.
    • To LISTEN and FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS provided by the teacher the FIRST TIME.
    • To work COOPERATIVELY in a team or group.
    • To maintain a NEAT and ACCURATE classroom BINDER and PORTFOLIO.
    • To not PLAGIARIZE. ALL DIRECT QUOTES or INFORMATION MUST BE

    REFERENCED in your writing, document, lab, research, or project. 

    • To be SAFE AT ALL TIMES.
    • To maintain a CLEAN CLASSROOM and/or LABORATORY AREA (DURING and PRIOR TO LEAVING the classroom) - NO GUM, FOOD, or DRINK in the class.
    • To be DISMISSED by the TEACHER. We WORK from BELL TO BELL!
    • To return ALL equipment and class/laboratory supplies IN THE PROPER or DESIGNATED PLACE IN THE CONDITION THAT THEY WERE RECEIVED.
    • To COMPLY with ALL POLICIES outlined in the Hinds County School District Handbook for Parents and Students as well as ALL class/laboratory expectations and rules.

    CLASSROOM PRACTICES

    • Ask Questions (science) and Define Problems (engineering)
    • Develop and Use Models
    • Plan and Conduct Investigations
    • Analyze and Interpret Data
    • Use Mathematical and Computational Thinking
    • Construct Explanations (science) and Design Solutions (engineering)
    • Engage in Scientific Argument from Evidence
    • Obtain, Evaluate, and Communicate Information

    RETESTS

    • In my class, sixty-five (65-D) is the highest possible grade on retests.

    EXTRA CREDIT

    • In my class, I do not offer extra credit assignments.

    REMINDERS

    • Via Remind101

     

     

    PROGRESS REPORTS AND REPORT CARDS

     

      (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook - Back Cover)

         Report Cards  (ref. 2019-2020 Parent/Student Handbook - Back Cover)

     

     

     

    RAYMOND HIGH SCHOOL

    BIOLOGY I - SYLLABUS SIGNATURES

     

       2019-2020

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