Desert Vista Science

Weekly Outline – Honors Biology

Mr. Foster

 

 

Week of Aug. 8th-12th                                                                                        Week 1

 

 

 

 Monday          1. Seating information & introduce your neighbor

                        2. Discuss class syllabus

                        3. What will we learn in biology? (Biology standards)

                        3. H.W.- Read Course outline/syllabus

·         Read part 1 & fill out part 2 (Due by Wednesday)

  

Tuesday           1. Start the hbio “to do” activity (will finish tomorrow)

                       

 

Wednesday     1. Due: part 2 syllabus info page

2. Finish hbio “to do” list activity

·         make sure you have all applications set up -

   (Gmail, blog, fusion, turnitin.com, online text book, quizstar)

3. Remember this URL : www.dvbiology.org

 

 

Thursday         1. Biology CRA pre test (this is only a pretest)

2. Safety video

                                   

Friday              1. Class activity- Enigma cylinders (work in pairs)

                        2. H.O.- Enigma Cylinder – Due end of class

 

                       

 

 

Objectives

1.      Discuss & summarize the expectations for this class.

2.      Discuss and become familiar with the standards for biology (what you are expected to learn).

3.      Complete and turn in beginning of the year student information sheet.

4.      Get prepared to use and become familiar with the biology applications (files & passwords).

5.      Discuss and use observations & inferences, examine what science can do and can’t (scientific method)

5.   Explain the limitation of science.  Discuss what science can and cannot do when trying to explain an observation.