Biology:  
   

Materials

     Required

• 3-ring binder (1.5” or larger is recommended): The 3-ring binder should be for this class only. You will use it to keep all your daily work and handouts.
• Loose-leaf notebook paper
• 3-ring dividers for use in notebook
• Index cards
• Pencils and/or pens

     Optional

• Colored pencils or markers

Grading

• Test and Projects will count twice all other assignments will count one time

The final semester average will be determined using the following percentages:

• 1st nine weeks avg=42.5%
• 2nd nine weeks ave=42.5%
• Final Exam (EOCT)=15%

End of Course Test

• Students enrolled in this course will take the state mandated End of Course Test. The date given and material presented in this test is determined by the Georgia Department of Education.
• The test will be the student’s final exam for this course and will count as 15% of the student’s final average for the course.
• The course curriculum is designed to best prepare students for the EOCT and for the Georgia High School Graduation test, which will be taken in the spring of the student’s junior year of high school
• For more information on these tests and course curriculum standards, you may contact me or go to the Georgia department of Education website at www.public.doe.k12.ga.us

Class time

     You are expected to be present, on time and prepared for class.

     If you have a need to leave the room (bathroom, locker, or non-emergency trips to the office) during class, you are to get your card from pass box, fill it out, and have Mrs. Westbrook sign it. 

     You will only be allowed 5 non-emergency passes for the semester.  Use them wisely, because once they are used, you will NOT leave the room for anything except an emergency. At the end of the semester, each pass you have left over will earn you 20 points extra credit on a daily grade.

Tardy Policy:

     The PHS tardy policy will be followed for this class. I will notify you each time I post a tardy for you. Once you have accumulated a total of 5 tardies (for all periods) an administrator will contact you and your parent. On the 8th tardy you will be assigned after school detention. 10 tardies= 1 day ISS; 15 tardies=2 days ISS; 2- tardies=3 days ISS; 25 tardies=4 days ISS

     3 tardies in any one class is equal to one unexcused absence for the class; 6 tardies in any one class equals 2 unexcused absences. You have the  opportunity to “make-up” three tardies in Saturday school. It is the student’s responsibility to attend Saturday school. It will not be assigned to you by an administrator.

Make-up work

Completing make-up work in a timely manner is YOUR responsibility

Upon your return from an absence, check the makeup work notebook for a list of assignments. Pick up handouts from the appropriate dated folder. Handouts will have your name on them in the folder

Make up work may be completed Monday or Tuesday afternoons 3:00-4:00 pm

Make up labs will be scheduled for an afternoon following the actual lab (this will be at my convenience). The make-up day for the lab will be posted on the board. If you are unable to attend the make-up lab, then you will have to write an essay on a topic related to the lab. There will be NO exceptions to this rule.

Open note quizzes completed as make-up work WILL NOT be open note.

You have 3 days following a test administration to complete the test as make-up. Following the 3rd day, the test will a make-up.

Course Description:

Biology: From the Georgia DOE Website
The Biology curriculum is designed to continue student investigations of the life sciences that began in grades K-8 and provide students the necessary skills to be proficient in biology.  This curriculum includes more abstract concepts such as the interdependence of organisms, the relationship of matter, energy, and organization in living systems, the behavior of organisms, and biological evolution.  Students investigate biological concepts through experience in laboratories and field work using the processes of inquiry

Major Concepts/ Skills:                                             Concepts/Skills to Maintain:

Human Anatomy & Physiology                                                                        

Materials

     Required

• 3-ring binder (1.5” or larger is recommended): The 3-ring binder should be for this class only. You will use it to keep all your daily work and handouts.
• Loose-leaf notebook paper
• 3-ring dividers for use in notebook
• Index cards
• Pencils and/or pens

     Optional

• Colored pencils or markers

Grading: The course will be graded using accumulated points. Points are assigned in the following manner

Notebooks

• You will need to keep a notebook for this course.
• Notebooks will consist of work completed in class, and homework assignments.
• Your notebook for a unit will always be graded on the day of the unit test.
• In order to make a 100 on your notebook, all work needs to be completed, hole punched, inserted into the 3 ring binder.

Class time

     You are expected to be present, on time and prepared for class.

     If you have a need to leave the room (bathroom, locker, or non-emergency trips to the office) during class, you are to get your card from pass box, fill it out, and have Mrs. Westbrook sign it. 

     You will only be allowed 5 non-emergency passes for the semester.  Use them wisely, because once they are used, you will NOT leave the room for anything except an emergency. At the end of the semester, each pass you have left over will earn you 20 points extra credit on a daily grade.

Make-up work

Completing make-up work in a timely manner is YOUR responsibility

Upon return from an absence, check the make up work notebook for a listing of missing assignments. You may pick up any handouts from the folder with the appropriate date. Each handout you need will be in the folder with your name on it.

Tests, quizzes and labs may be made up Monday or Tuesday afternoons (3:00-4:00). Please see Mrs. Westbrook to arrange other times if necessary.

Grading for make-up work is as follows.

• Open note quizzes completed, as make-up work WILL NOT be open note.
  • You will have 3 days to complete missed test, or the make up test will be a different test (possibly essay)
  • To complete labs you will need to write a 1-2 page essay on the topic covered in lab.

  Topics in Anatomy & Physiology 

  Unit	Approximate Days
  Introduction	1-3
  Review Chemistry Concepts	4-7
  Organic Chemistry	8-10
  Cellular transport/Homeostasis	11-15
  Cell & tissue types	16-21
  Human Body orientation	22-24
  Protection	25-30
  Nervous system/Internal coordination	31-41
  Support/Movement/skeletal	42-47
  Support/Movement/Muscular	48-54
  Digestion	55-60
  Transport	61-71
  Waste removal	72-74
  Immune response	75-80
  Reproduction	80-85
  Fetal Pig dissection	85-90

  Course Description

  Anatomy and Physiology of Human Body Curriculum: From the Georgia DOE Website

   The human anatomy and physiology curriculum is designed to continue student investigations that began in grades K-8 and high school biology. This curriculum is extensively performance and laboratory based. It integrates the study of the structures and functions of the human body, however rather than focusing on distinct anatomical and physiological systems (respiratory, nervous, etc.) instruction should focus on the essential requirements for life. Areas of study include organization of the body; protection, support and movement; providing internal coordination and regulation; processing and transporting; and reproduction, growth and development. Chemistry should be integrated throughout anatomy and not necessarily taught as a stand alone unit. Whenever possible, careers related to medicine, research, health-care and modern medical technology should be emphasized throughout the curriculum. Case studies concerning diseases, disorders and ailments (i.e. real-life applications) should be emphasized.

       

  Advanced / AP Biology

  AP Test:
       Monday May 11; 8:00 am

  End of Course Test

  • Students enrolled in this course will take the state mandated End of Course Test. The date given and material presented in this test is determined by the Georgia Department of Education.
  • The test will be the student’s final exam for this course and will count as 15% of the student’s final average for the course.
  • The course curriculum is designed to best prepare students for the EOCT and for the Georgia High School Graduation test, which will be taken in the spring of the student’s junior year of high school
  • For more information on these tests and course curriculum standards, you may contact me or go to the Georgia department of Education website at www.public.doe.k12.ga.us

  Tardy Policy:

       The PHS tardy policy will be followed for this class. I will notify you each time I post a tardy for you. Once you have accumulated a total of 5 tardies (for all periods) an administrator will contact you and your parent. On the 8th tardy you will be assigned after school detention. 10 tardies= 1 day ISS; 15 tardies=2 days ISS; 2- tardies=3 days ISS; 25 tardies=4 days ISS

       3 tardies in any one class is equal to one unexcused absence for the class; 6 tardies in any one class equals 2 unexcused absences. You have the  opportunity to “make-up” three tardies in Saturday school. It is the student’s responsibility to attend Saturday school. It will not be assigned to you by an administrator

  Advanced/AP Biology Description

  This course is designed to be the equivalent of a college introductory biology course usually taken by biology majors during their first year. Some AP students, as college freshmen, are permitted to undertake upper-level courses in biology or to register for courses for which biology is a prerequisite. Other students may have fulfilled a basic requirement for a laboratory science course and will be able to undertake other courses to pursue their majors.
  AP Biology should include the topics regularly covered in a college biology course for majors. The textbooks used for AP Biology should be those used by college biology majors and the labs done by AP students must be the equivalent of those done by college students.
  The AP Biology course is designed to be taken by students after the successful completion of a first course in high school biology and one in high school chemistry. It aims to provide students with the conceptual framework, factual knowledge, and analytical skills necessary to deal critically with the rapidly changing science of biology.
  The two main goals of AP Biology are to help students develop a conceptual framework for modern biology and to help students gain an appreciation of science as a process. The ongoing information explosion in biology makes these goals even more challenging. Primary emphasis in an AP Biology course should be on developing an understanding of concepts rather than on memorizing terms and technical details. Essential to this conceptual understanding are the following: a grasp of science as a process rather than as an accumulation of facts; personal experience in scientific inquiry; recognition of unifying themes that integrate the major topics of biology; and application of biological knowledge and critical thinking to environmental and social concerns.
  The AP Biology Development Committee conducts college curriculum surveys of introductory biology courses for biology majors and develops the AP Biology Examination so that it is representative of the topics covered by the survey group. Accordingly, goals have been set for percentage coverage of three general areas:

  
  
  
  

  These three areas have been subdivided into major categories with percentage goals for each major category specified. The percentage goals should serve as a guide for designing an AP Biology course and may be used to apportion the time devoted to each category. The examination is constructed using the percentage goals as guidelines for question distribution.

  • Molecules and Cells- 25%
  • Heredity and Evolution- 25%
  • Organisms and Populations-50%

  Advanced/Advanced Placement Biology Syllabus

  Unit	% Time	# of Days	Chapter
  Introduction		3	1
  Chemistry of Life	7 %	12	2, 3 & 6
  Overview of Evolutionary Theory	4 %	6	21 & 22
  Cells	10 %	16	4, 5, 9, 10
  Cellular Energetics	8 %	12	7 & 8
  Heredity	8 %	12	11, 12 & 14
  Molecular Genetics	9 %	14	14-17
  Evolutionary Biology	4 %	6	20 & 24
  Diversity of Organisms	8 %	12	26-35
  Plant Structure & Function	9 %	15	36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42
  Animal Structure & Function	25 %	36	43-53
  Ecology	10 %	16	54-58