WELCOME TO

ALGONAC HIGH

SCHOOLRoom 152

Stephanie Urban

STEPHANIE URBAN Bachelor of Science, Central Michigan

University 1993 Master of Educational Administration,

Saginaw Valley State University 1999 Michigan Teacher Certification in the

areas of Biology (DA) and psychology (CE)

HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Study of the Anatomy and Physiology of

the Human Body 1- year Elective Science Course for

juniors and seniors who have passed biology and chemistry or physics

ANATOMY CURRICULUM The Human Anatomy and Physiology

curriculum will be based upon the ACT college readiness standards for Science

http://www.act.org/standard/planact/science/index.html

All topics in human anatomy will be taught focusing on SCIENCE SKILLS: Interpretation of dataScientific investigationEvaluation of models, inferences and

experimental results

IB PSYCHOLOGY Elective Course for the International

Baccalaureate Program 2-year course International Formal Assessments take

place in December of 2nd year, March of 2nd year

IB PSYCHOLOGY TIMELINEIB PSYCHOLOGY UNITS OF STUDY

The Biological Perspective – Year 1, semester 1

The Cognitive Perspective- Year 1, semester 2

Abnormal Psychology- Year 1, semester 2

The Internal Assessment: replicate a simple psychological experiment- Year 2, quarter 1

The Sociocultural Perspective- Year 2, quarter 2 and 3

External Assessment- International, Standardized, culminating assessment of the two year course- Year 2, quarter 4

IB PSYCHOLOGY YEAR 2 Students will conduct their INTERNAL

ASSESSMENT Internal assessment for IB Psychology is a

replication of a simple psychological experiment

Experiment report is written following strict ethical and procedural guidelines set forth by the American Psychological Association and the IB

IB Psychology score: 75% based upon “External Assessment”, which

is composed of timed tests, all essay 25% based upon “Internal Assessment”