Welcome to Biology

1. Welcome to Biology Devlyn Henriques 327-4300, ext. 2256 Devlyn_Henriques@notes.k12.hi.us

2. How many years of science does my child need to graduate? • 3 years! However, we strongly recommend our college bound students to take 4 years of science and 4 years of math.

3. What courses are offered as a 4th year? • AP Biology • AP Chemistry • AP Environmental Science • AP Physics • Marine Science • Human Physiology • Earth Space Systems

4. How are grades determined in this class? • Tests & quizzes…50% of total grade. • Assignments…30% (includes class work and homework) of total grade. • Projects…10% • Bell work . . . 5% • Binder/Notebook (aka – organization) …5%

5. What is “paperless”? • We have been given a wonderful opportunity to go “paperless” in this class. What this means is that majority of your student’s work will be completed online. • Class work and homework assignments will be completed and graded using Quia.com. On this website their work is graded immediately showing those questions they got correct and those they got incorrect with the correct answers.

6. What is “paperless”? • There is also an on-line textbook that they can use as a resource with accompanying activities to reinforce the biology concepts learned in class. • In addition, there will be several other sites they will be using: Discovery Education, teacher tube, YouTube, and many science websites.

7. What is QUIA? • A website with various activities designed with different learning styles in mind to suit the needs of your student. QUIA provides a wide variety of tools, including: • including flash cards, • word search, • battleship, • Hangman, • Rags to Riches (Who wants to be a millionaire game show), • challenge board (Jeopardy game show) • I also put study guides and practice quizzes that allow your student to practice unlimited amounts of times to become “experts” on the concepts of biology.

8. A sample of an activity on QUIA.

10. Were there any papers I was supposed to sign? • Tomorrow! I will be sending home a total of 2 papers and 1 needed to come back to me.

11. You have a Website? Yes! Because we are going paperless, I needed a way for the student to retrieve their assignments. If you visit our school webpage, click on students, then teachers, you will find my name. Click on my name and there it is!

15. What if we don’t have a computer at home? • Class assignments will be done in class on the computer. • Home work assignment will be given 7 days in advance so that they can come here on their own time to finish. Waverider learning center will also be open starting next week after school. • I can also print out or give an alternate assignment. • Project will be assigned a month in advance. Again, they can come in on their own time to complete the project.

16. How often do you give homework? • Every night. Usually no more than 30 minutes. Some nights may take longer, some nights shorter. With this year’s paperless task, homework will be given 7 days notice. • Is it true you don’t accept late homework, class work, or projects? • Yes that is true. One of Kealakehe’sGeneral Learner Outcomes is for our students is to be “Self-directed Learners; The ability to be responsible for one’s own learning”.

17. How often do you assign projects? • Ongoing…Biology Website • There will be 4 “BIG” projects (1 per quarter). • There will also be mini projects or activities for each new concept introduced.

20. What kind of projects will my student be doing? • Quarter 1= designing a controlled experiment with one independent variable. In this project they will be submitting a formal lab report with charts, graphs, and pictures. • We start next week Wed/Thurs • Quarter 1 = mini project…design a song or poem.

21. What kind of projects will my student be doing? • Quarter 2 Big project = about the cell! • Quarter 2 mini project = cumulative review game they design.

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24. What kind of projects will my student be doing? • Quarter 3 =Genetic Disease/Disorder PowerPoint presentation w/ brochure

26. Red blood cells become “sickle” shaped or shaped like a “c”. • Sickle shaped cells cannot move smoothly through out blood vessels. • They tend to form clumps because they are stiff and sticky. • The clogged vessels cause pain and often times, organ damage and serious infections. • Sickle cell genes make abnormal hemoglobin, which clumps together when it gives its oxygen to the tissues. • Hemoglobin clumps cause red blood cells to become stiff. • Other Names: Hemoglobin SS Disease, HbS Disease, Sickle Cell Disorder, Sickling Disorder due to Hemoglobin, SCD. Sickle Cell Anemia

27. What kind of projects will my student be doing? • Quarter 4 Option 1= semester 2 review project • Quarter 4 Option 2 = inquiry design of a transgenic organism.

29. How do I check my student’s grade? • PowerSchool is up and running NOW! If you lost your log in information, send your student to the library. • You can also have your student show you their QUIA account. It shows what grade they got on every assignment, quiz, and exam.

30. How often do you update grades? • Every two weeks. • Some things I put in daily, like bell work and participation, but larger assignments take at least 2 weeks. • However! Because we are paperless, it maybe even quicker than 2 weeks 

31. Do you offer extra credit? • Yes. Students must take advantage during the quarter when it is offered. I have already offered 30 points extra credit since school started! • There will not be, however, a special extra credit given at the end of the quarter to bring up grades.

32. When are you available for help? • Almost daily after school. Best to make an with appointment only. • Last half of lunch only with appointment. • I strongly suggest to students they make appointments (before and after school) with me to make sure I am here.

33. Can we contact you? • Please do! The best way to contact me is by email. I usually respond that day ! • Devlyn_Henriques@notes.k12.hi.us • Telephone…327-4300, ext. 2256

34. It seems like the computer & internet is used a lot in this course? • Yes! Another one of Kealakehe’s General Learner Outcomes is the “Effective & Ethical use of Technology; The ability to use a variety of technologies effectively & ethically”. • I personally feel with today’s technology the more we expose them in school, that much further ahead they will be in the “real world” in the very near future.

35. What exactly will they be using the computer for? • Power point creation & presentation • Brochure creation & presentation • Project research • Web page building • Email • E-book (their textbook online with supporting activities and quizzes) • QUIA

36. Were there any required supplies? • Yes! • Binder • Composition notebook • Active email address • Optional earphone (bring when needed)

37. How do you handle group work? • I assigned the groups. • They assigned jobs and sign contracts. • I do frequent check ups assigning grades along the way. • I constantly check group members are completing their tasks. • I communicate with all members. • I remove any student “not pulling their weight” • Worst case scenario…they get graded individually.