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.