Course+Info

**Biology I Course Outline 2008/2009 **  **Assessment ** || **% of Grade ** || Classwork/Homework || 30 || Lab Work and Activities || 35 || Quizzes & Tests || 35 ||  Topic Outline || Text References || 
 * International School of Beijing **
 * __Teacher __****<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">: **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif""> Mr. Jeffrey Plaman 1109 (Room), 2101 (0ffice), jplaman@isb.bj.edu.cn
 * __<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Welcome to Biology I __****<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">: **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Biology I is a one semester course that prepares you to make sense of the human body and the world it lives in. Along with Biology II, this is a required course for students who wish to take IB Biology in grade 11 and 12. Biology I introduces students to the study of taxonomy, molecular biology, cell reproduction, genetics, evolution and ecology. Laboratory and analytical skills that are a necessary prerequisite for IB will be emphasized. Related readings and audiovisual sources will be used to further develop ideas and expand understanding. The following “Big Questions” are addressed throughout:
 * **<span style="font-family: "CG Times","serif"">How do biologists organize the diversity of living things that have evolved? **
 * **<span style="font-family: "CG Times","serif"">What is DNA and how does it store and transmit information through generations? **
 * **<span style="font-family: "CG Times","serif"">How can we use the properties of DNA to predict patterns in inheritance? **
 * **<span style="font-family: "CG Times","serif"">How do organisms evolve over time? **
 * **<span style="font-family: "CG Times","serif"">How do humans affect the ongoing evolution of species? **
 * __<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Assessment __****<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">: **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Both formative and summative assessments are essential tools for measuring student progress. Daily formative assessments, such as warm up activities, direct questioning, and discussion, give the teacher and students a sense of their progress in a non-graded way. Summative assessments are graded tasks that measure the depth and breadth of student learning and are used to determine the student’s grade.
 * __<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">The Final Exam __****<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">: **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">The final exam will be comprehensive and will account for 20% of the final semester grade. The semester work accounts for 80%. A guide to exam review topics will be given prior to the exam to assist in exam preparation.
 * __<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Supplies __****<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">: **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Students are expected to keep a ring binder with sections for each unit including: notes, handouts, assessments, labs, etc. Text: //__Modern Biology__// by Holt, Rhinehart and Winston. Internet access from home is important to access assignments and reference information.
 * __<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Late Policy: __**<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif""> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Students are responsible for finding out what they missed and make up the work in an appropriate amount of time. Work missed for an unexcused absence will receive a zero. Labs and assessments missed must be completed outside of class at a time arranged by the teacher. Assignments turned in after the deadline will be graded down, generally 10% per class. If late work is turned in after the work has been marked and returned it will receive a 0%.
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Survey of Biodiversity and Modern Taxonomy ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">18 ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Molecular Biology: DNA and Protein Synthesis ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">10; 13 ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Cell Reproduction: Mitosis and Meiosis ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">8 ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Genetics and Heredity ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">9; 12 ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Evolution and Adaptation ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">14-17 ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Human Impact on Biodiversity ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">21; 23 ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Evolution and Adaptation ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">14-17 ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Human Impact on Biodiversity ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">21; 23 ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">Human Impact on Biodiversity ** ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "CG Times","serif"">21; 23 ** ||