unit 4, day 1 genetics & human development monday, jan. 14 th (all, 20 min)
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Unit 4, Day 1Genetics & Human DevelopmentMonday, Jan. 14th (All, 20 Min)
New Seats!
Policies – Electronic Devices
• No electronic devices unless approved work time
• I see it, I take it.
▫Strike 1: Pick it up at the end of school.
▫Strike 2: -//- , Parent phone call home.
▫Strike 3: Parent must pick up the device.
• Failure to turn in phone = defiance
▫You will receive a suspension. (School-wide policy)
Policies – Student Movement
• Assigned seat w/ legs under the desk at all times.
• Designated work time may require you to move to a
new table.
▫No more than 4 people at a table
▫Sit and stay, legs under the desk at all times.
• Trash cans & sharpeners are on table.
• Only one person out of class at a time. (Irrelevant
Errand Pass)
Policies – End of Day
• Don’t pack up until you are told to.
▫You will cause the rest of class to stay for as many
minutes as you disrupt my lesson.
• One person empties mini trash can into class
garbage & returns to seat.
• All tables: ENTIRELY clean, trashes empty, &
students sitting w/ legs under the table.
• Not dismissed until I tell you that you may leave.
Semester Two Essential Skills
• Essential Skill #2.1 (Genetics)
▫ Inheritance of traits from
generation to generation
• Essential Skill #2.2
(Development)
▫ Growth stages of an organism
• Essential Skill #2.3
(Physiology)
▫ Components of body
• Essential Skill #2.4
(Evolution)
▫ Change in organisms over
time
• Essential Skill #2.5 (Ecology)
▫ Relationships between
organisms
• Essential Skill #2.6 (Lab
Reports)
▫ Scientific method
Biology Binders
• Don’t lose papers (POLs =
evidence, organization =
success!)
• Table of Contents
▫ Each day = ONE page
number
Components = LETTERS (I
can add more)
▫ Space to write down
inserted worksheets
• Homework Planner (may
remove if you have one)
• Unit 4 (Units 5-8 added
later)
▫ Project – Trial by Child
▫ Each day = same
structure
• Unit 4 Binder Check
(stamps!!!)
A Day in Unit 4
• Quickly enter class, sit down (legs under table).
• Place homework at center of table. Stamp!
• Take out biology binder and begin working on
“Daily Question”. Stamp!
▫Not Working = Tardy
• Box today’s objective
• Brief “Reading” analysis. Stamp!
A Day in Unit 4 (cont.)
• “Teacher Notes” on left
▫ The notes from the PowerPoint
• “Student Practice” on right
▫ Any problems/practice I ask
you to do
• “Lecture Activity”
▫ Space to write if needed.
Stamp!
• “Project Activity”
▫ Space to write if needed.
Stamp!
• “Homework” –Assigned a
YouTube video & notes to
take & problems.
▫ Write notes and answers in
space
• “Mini Quiz”
▫ End of day, mini quiz that
covers BOTH the
homework and lecture. We
will grade it in class.
Homework
• CRITICAL: DO THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HOMEWORK
• Short: generally 15 minutes long. No excuses!
• No internet? After school, before school, lunch. No excuses!
• Don’t do the homework? You will fail this semester. The
homework is NOT repeated information. It is the BASIS for
the lecture.
• Videos are posted at least two days before assigned, so you
can stay ahead if you want.
Projects
• EVERY SINGLE day includes a project.
▫ Project #1 – Trial by Child (1/15 – 2/7)
▫ Project #2 – T.M.I (2/8 – 2/26)
▫ Project #3 – Eggsistential Dilemma (2/27 – 3/29)
Exhibition
▫ Project #4 – Live Free, Die Hard, Live Again (4/9 – 5/17)
▫ Project #5 – Wormy Vermi-Composting (5/20 – 5/31)
• MUST be accountable, on time, and make quality work in order
to succeed. Easy to fall behind and this will result in failure.
Collaboration and Justification
• “Trial by Child” (Project #1) – Genetics & Human
Development
• Pairs – fill out the Collaboration Justification and
Contract
▫ Who would you like to work with? (30 seconds)
▫ THREE REASONS (2, 1, 0 = not approved)
• Read the contract CLOSELY and sign.
• NOT a guarantee. I will take into account past behavior,
attitude, and semester 1 grade.
Homework
• Write down homework in planner
• http://dp.davincischools.org/staff/blarkin/
• “Biology Homework Spring ‘13”
• “Homework Due 1/15-16 T/W”
▫Meiosis Part 1 (YouTube link)
▫Meiosis Part 2 (YouTube link)
▫Answer the 10 questions posted on your
“Homework” sheet.