2015apbiologylabreport.docx.pdf |
A year long map of our curriculum: https://docs.google.com/a/gilbertschools.net/document/d/1OI_9Gzh625yi1B-R075ZTy2qJXhbvQq_xtjBm4CKNhk/edit?usp=sharing
Advanced Placement Biology Kathryn Rizzo
[email protected] - best way to contact me
Phone: (480) 813-0051 ext 6650
Edmoto: @ www.edmodo.com - https://edmodo.com/public/ap-biology-2015-16/group_id/13878757
Weebly- website: http://katierizzo.weebly.com
Remind: To receive messages via text, text @47272 to 81010
Office hours:
- Before school
- After school
- During 5th lunch
- Via email (I check email 3+ times a day)
There are four sections to the course:
BIG IDEA 1:
The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.
BIG IDEA 2:
Biological systems utilize energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain homeostasis.
BIG IDEA 3:
Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes.
BIG IDEA 4:
Biological systems interact, and these interactions possess complex properties.
Advanced Placement Exam: In order to receive college credit for the course the student must sign up for and take the AP Biology test at the end of the year. Most colleges and universities will accept a sufficient score on the test (typically a 3-5) for credit at that college or university. Please see: www.collegeboard.org for more about the AP test, and practice exams. My average score over the last three years (since the new exam) is a 3.5 and I’m really impressed that over 85% of my students score a 3 or higher.
Course workload: This is a college-level course, students should expect a workload equal to what would be encountered in college. Some subjects require more time at home than others (for example: typically ecology is not as labor intensive as cellular respiration). Please estimate at least an hour of homework a night on a typical week. Some weeks you will have more, and others less.
Rules:
- Be kind
- Be respectful
- Work hard
Late Work Policy: I really dislike grading late work. If you have a busy week and this is unavoidable, please see me. I will accept late work, but with a penalty.
Makeup work: If you are absent, it is your responsibility to makeup all assignments.
Grade Calculations: Please check infinite campus for current grades. I am never later than a day or two in updating my grade book. Your grade is calculated as follows:
Homework 20%
Class work 20%
Labs/Projects 20%
Tests/Quizzes 20%
Final 20%
Extra credit will be offered during the year.
Academic Honesty: The colleges I attended expel students for cheating. AP students need to work with integrity and honesty at all times. Copying any written material is cheating. It is ridiculously easy for me to type into Google a student’s work and see if it matches someone else’s work. Please turn in YOUR thoughts. If you use someone else’s, attribute them in quotes and source them. If a student is caught cheating, I will refer him or her to the appropriate administrator and the student will receive a 0 on the assignment.
On-line Behavior: All interaction in the on-line environment must be conducted within the guidelines of the district’s Acceptable Use Policy, which you have signed prior to this year. Remember to be kind, appropriate, professional and honest.
On-line Resources that you want to bookmark now:
http://dpapbio.wikispaces.com/AP+Biology+Poster+Board+Projects%2C+Handouts+%26+Activities
David Knuffke’s site has endless resources for AP – his Prezi’s are outstanding. Thanks to him for the outline of this contract.
http://local.brookings.k12.sd.us/krscience/open/examprep.htm Kelly Riedell’s AP Biology site: animations, quizzes, practice tests, and more.
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/ Lab practice
Videos: If we have time, we will watch a few small 20 min. lectures from The Howard Hughes Medical Institute including, but not limited to: biodiversity, RNA, Viral Outbreak, Making of The Fittest, Evolution and Genes.
In addition we may watch: Lords of Nature: Life In a Land of Great Predators from Green Fire Productions- A tour of Yellowstone and the causes of desertification, and video clips that can be found on our weebly site.
Field Trips:
October: Usery Park - school day
February: Grand Canyon - weekend
? Summer Trip
Parents: If your parents are interested in what we are doing, or how you are doing please give them the sign in codes for: 1. remind texts; 2. Edmodo updates (they can take the quizzes too if interested!); 3. weebly website; 4. infinite campus. Please make sure your parents understand that my literal and figurative door is open to them too. Make sure they have my office hours, email and phone numbers.
Materials:
You-
This is a college course - your materials are your choice. I suggest a 3 ring binder with paper and a folder. Some people prefer a notebook and folder. Do what works for you. You need a very inexpensive 4 function calculator with square root calculations for the AP test- you may NOT use a graphing calculator on the AP Exam (silly, I know).
Please donate any of the following for the classroom:
Surface cleaner (409 type)
Tape Duct tape
pipe cleaners
cotton balls
making tape
2L bottles (empty)
Large Bag of M & Ms
Markers
Colored Pencils
inexpensive watercolor set (with paint brushes)
Sharpies
Expo markers
Thin Markers
Jello - strawberry and plain
Kleenex
Paper Towels
Liver (frozen)
Vinegar
Hydrogen Peroxide
WED.
1. Welcome to AP Lab Biology!
2. Minute to Win It
3. Get to know each other * 2
4. Isopod Hunt
5. Prelab – for fri
THU.
https://www.wevideo.com/hub#media/ci/420873455
Seating
Banner Hawks
Bathroom, late work
Supplies & Notebooks
Eating
Welcome PPT
Time capsule
1. Discuss Prelab & Targets
2. Behavior of an organism
FRI.
1. TURN IN SAFETY CONTRACTS
2. Finish behavior lab
3. Current Events
a. Nature
b. Scientific American
c. Discover
d. New York Times Science
e. Wired
f. National Geographic Blogs
g. Radiolab
4. Targets