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Biology Assignment Supplement

2010-2011 School Year

Mr. Rosenoff’s Class

 

 

A.  Steps for Success

 

These are the steps taken by successful students last year for completing the required Module work.  Please note: these are the steps I am suggesting you take also! 

 

As per stated policy, any assignment submitted is assumed to be supervised and proctored by the student's parent. 

 

First Week:

 

1.  Read the assigned reading indicated in your syllabus, including labs, before coming to class.

2.  Answer the On Your Own questions when you come to them.  (These are not turned in.  They are for your benefit.  The answers are at the end of your Module.)

3.  Attend Class: ask questions about reading assignment and labs.  Participate, listen and learn.

4.  Perform the labs included in the week’s reading.  Write the required informal lab report for each lab completed.

5.  Place them in your notebook for safe keeping.  (If you are doing the optional microscope experiments these should be completed also.)   

 

Second Week:

 

1.  Read the assigned second reading, including labs, before coming to class.

2.  Answer the On Your Own questions when you come to them.  (Again, do not turn these in.)

3.  Attend Class: ask questions about reading assignment and labs.  Participate, listen, and learn.

4.  Perform labs included in the week’s reading.  Write the required informal lab reports.  (If you are doing the optional microscope experiments these should be completed also.)

5.  Answer the Study Guide questions at the end of the module.  (This is an open book assignment.  I have provided you an example of a completed assignment below.)

6.  Parents use your Solutions Manual to correct your student’s Study Guide answers.

7.  Have the student correct any error they may have made in the Study Guide assignment.

 

Third Week:

 

1.  Overlap week.  You will need to begin the next Module in your book during this week.  Follow the steps above.

2.  Ask questions in class about your Study Guide grade.  I will give you a review for your Module Test during class this week.  If you miss class this week, you will need to listen to the class recording for Test prep assistance.

3.  Take the online Module Test by the date indicated in your syllabus.  This assignment is closed book and closed notes.  The Module Test will be forwarded to me automatically once you click on “Finished” on the Student Portal site. 

4.  Parents MUST sign the bottom of the test and be present during the testing session.

 

Fourth Week:

 

1.  Ask questions in class about your Module Test grade and your finished experiment reports.

2.  Continue on with next Module work.

 

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B.  Assignment Guidelines

 

1.  Formal Experiment Reports MUST BE PRE-TYPED (WordPad, New Times Roman, 12 font, black print on a white background) AND SPELL CHECKED before logging onto Student Portal site (http://www.redwagontutorials.com/php/) for submission.  This will decrease your time online and save you from being disconnected in the middle of doing an assignment.  There is one formal report required per quarter. 

 

2.  Formal Experiment Report assignment requirements are outlined in detail in your 2010-2011 Assignment Supplement.  Remember, I expect biology students to have had two years prior practice writing experiment reports.  I do allow revisions of the experiment report during first semester and will tell your student how to improve their assignment before resubmission.  During second semester, I will grade the formal experiment report as received.  If you plan to use graphs or other graphics as part of your report Observations section, YOU MUST E-MAIL these to me as an e-mail attachment in WordPad format, Rich Text Format, Adobe format, PowerPoint, or as a whiteboard presentation.  As stated in the 2010-2011 Assignment Supplement, when seeking help from someone or quoting facts from a book, internet source, or other media, you must include them in your bibliography in the required format.

 

3.  Module Tests are taken online through the Student Portal site: http://www.redwagontutorials.com/php/.  Module Test assignments ARE CLOSED BOOK AND CLOSED NOTES assignments.  As per stated policy, any assignment submitted is assumed to be supervised and proctored by the student's parent.  A parent’s digit signature is required on the bottom of the Test and Exam.  I have has a zero tolerance policy toward cheating or plagiarism.  Vocabulary words for the Module (e.g. those found in question #1 of the Study Guide) MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY if used to answer a test question.  USING SPELL CHECK DURING A TEST IS NOT ALLOWED.

 

4.  All Test assignments, except your semester exams, must be completed within 60 minutes of logging onto the Student Portal site.  Semester exams must be completed within 90 minutes.  After 60 or 90 minutes, depending on the assignment, the Student Portal WILL DISCONNECT YOU AND NOT FORWARD your assignment, which could result in a zero being given on an assignment.

 

5.  Upon submission of any assignment through the Student Portal, the Portal site will forward a copy to my e-mail address and forward a receipt copy to your e-mail address of record on the site.  IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OBTAIN A RECEIPT FROM THE PORTAL COMPUTER AND TO MAINTAIN THE CORRECT E-MAIL ADDRESS on the Portal computer.  The assignment receipt is your proof that the assignment was submitted on time and in good order.  I will ask to see the receipt copy for any assignment when there is a question about the timely submission of the assignment: NO RECEIPT COPY MEANS NO CREDIT GIVEN.

 

6.  Students must be disciplined enough to submit required work on time.  As per Stated policy, I will deduct 10% per day from the score received on the assignment on all late work, including the Parent Notebook Report, unless the lateness results from personal illness, family emergency, or computer problem of a non-reoccurring nature.  In these instances, I will grant full points.  A schedule for the course, providing due dates for all assignments for the entire year, has been forwarded to you.  If you are leaving on vacation or some other personal choice holiday, please adjust your study schedule to submit the assigned work before leaving.  I will always accept an assignment early.  I am available during my office hours to help you complete assignments before the due date, when and if necessary, during the school year.

 

7.  All class assignments are due by 6:00 PM, Eastern Time, on the date indicated in the Schedule I have provided.     The Student Portal time stamp on your work is the final authority on whether something is submitted on time or not.  NOTE: 6:01 PM, Eastern Time, starts a new day, and I will subtract 10% if your work arrives at or after that time.

 

8.  Students should keep hard copies of all their work (labs, study guides, tests, etc.), not just computer saved work.  Doing so will allow the student to keep a good portfolio of their class assignments should they be asked to demonstrate their work at some later date.  Please note, I do not maintain copies of a student's work beyond the end of the school year.  I will maintain a copy of a student's final semester grades for seven years beyond the end of our class together.

 

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C.  Study Guide Assignment

 

The following is an example of the completed Study Guide assignment.  (You do not have to word process this assignment.  I highly suggest your student write the answers in complete sentences as complete sentence structure will be required on the Test or Exam.)   

 

As per stated policy, any assignment submitted is assumed to be supervised and proctored by the student's parent.   

 

Mr. Biology Bugs
Biology
Module 1 Study Guide

Answers to #1

 

a. Metabolism is the process by which a living organism takes energy from its surroundings and uses it to sustain itself, develop, and grow.
b. Photosynthesis is the process by which a plant uses the energy of sunlight and certain chemicals to produce its own food.  Oxygen is often a by-product of photosynthesis.
c. Herbivores are organisms that eat plants exclusively.
d. Carnivores are organisms that eat only organisms other than plants.
e. Omnivores are organisms that eat both plants and other organisms.
f. Producers are organisms that produce their own food.
g. Consumers are organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food.
h. Decomposers are organisms that breaks down the dead remains of other organisms.
i. Autotrophs are organisms that are able to make their own food.
j. Heterotrophs are organisms that depend on other organisms for food.
k. Receptors are special structures or chemicals that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their surroundings.
l. Asexual reproduction is reproduction accomplished by a single organism.
m. Sexual reproduction is reproduction that requires two organisms, a male and a female.
n. Inheritance is the process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent (or parents) to the offspring.
o. A mutation is an abrupt and marked difference between offspring and parent.
p. A hypothesis is an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question.
q. A theory is hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data.
r. A scientific Law is a theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data.
s. Microorganism is a living creature that is too small to see with the naked eye.
t. Abiogenesis is the theory that, long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through random chemical reactions.
u. A prokaryotic cell is a cell that has no distinct, membrane-bound organelles.
v. A eukaryotic cell is a cell with distinct, membrane-bound organelles.
w. Species are a unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other such units.
x. Binomial nomenclature is naming an organism with its genus and species name.
y. Taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms.

2. The four criteria for life: (1) All life forms contain deoxyribonucleic acid, which is called DNA. (2) All life forms have a method by which they extract energy from the surroundings and convert it into energy that sustains them. (3) All life forms can sense changes in their surroundings and respond to those changes. (4) All life forms reproduce.
 
3. The carnivore is a heterotroph and a consumer.  Carnivores do not eat plants.

4. If a living organism's tentacles were cut off in an accident, it would not be able to survive long because it no longer has the ability to sense and respond to changes in its surrounding environment.  Its receptors (tentacles) were destroyed and therefore no longer able to sense the conditions of the environment.
 
5.  The parent and off springs will reproduce sexually.

6. The statement is wrong because science cannot prove anything. The best science can say is that all known data support a given statement.

7. The scientific method represents the best conclusions that science has to offer, but they are nevertheless not completely reliable. The scientific method cannot be proven and is limited. The scientific method starts out with a person making observations. Observation allows the scientist to collect data. Once enough data has been collected, the scientist forms a hypothesis to explain those observations or to answer a question. The person (often with the help of others) then designs experiments to test the hypothesis. After the hypothesis has been tested by a significant amount of data and is consistent with all of it, then it becomes theory. After more testing with generations of data, the theory could become a scientific law.

8. The story of spontaneous generation illustrates the limitations of science because it proves that scientific laws are not 100% reliable. Because it is impossible to fully test a scientific law, and because laws are tested by experiments that might be flawed, scientific laws are not necessarily true. All 1900 years of executing the scientific method resulted in a law that was clearly wrong. Thus, putting too much faith in scientific laws and theories will end up getting you in trouble, because many of the laws and theories in science today will eventually be shown to be wrong.
 
9. A wise person should place his/her faith in the Bible because it is %100 reliable and infallible.
 
10. The theory of abiogenesis is another example of the idea of spontaneous generation. Abiogenesis is a theory that states that life sprang from non-living chemicals eons. If you look at the track record of spontaneous generation throughout the course of human history, it is safe to conclude that at some point, the version of spontaneous generation known as abiogenesis will also be shown to be quite wrong. We now know that this law is wrong.

11. The classification groups in order are: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.

12. This organism belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
 
13. This organism belongs to kingdom Monera.

14.  1. macroscopic, proceed to key 3
       3. heterotrophic, proceed to key 5
       5. decomposer, kingdom Fungi

 

                   

 

D.  Informal Laboratory Report format

 

The experiments in this course are designed to be done as you are reading the text. I recommend that you keep a notebook of these experiments. This notebook serves two purposes. First, as you write about the experiment in the notebook, you will be forced to think through all of the concepts that were explored in the experiment. This will help you cement them into your mind. Second, certain colleges might actually ask for some evidence that you did, indeed, have a laboratory component to your biology course. The notebook will not only provide such evidence but will also show the college administrator the quality of your biology instruction. I recommend that you perform the experiments in the following way:

·         When you get to an experiment, read through it in its entirety. This will allow you to gain a quick understanding of what you are to do.

·         Once you have read the experiment, start a new page in your laboratory notebook. The first page should be used to write down all of the data taken during the experiment. What do I mean by “data”? Any observations or measurements you make during the experiment are considered data. Thus, if you see an organism during an experiment, you need to either describe it or draw it. If you measure the length of something during the experiment, that is part of the experiment's data and should be written down. In addition, any data analysis that you are asked to do as a part of the experiment should be done on this page.

·         When you have finished the experiment and any necessary analysis, write a brief report in your notebook, right after the page where the data and calculations were written. The report should be a brief discussion of what was done and what was learned. You should not write a step-by-step procedure. Instead, write a brief summary that will allow someone who has never read the text to understand what you did and what you learned.

 

PLEASE OBSERVE COMMON SENSE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS! The experiments in this course are no more dangerous than most normal, household activity. Remember, however, that the vast majority of accidents do happen in the home. Chemicals used in the experiments should never be ingested; hot beakers and flames should be regarded with care; and all experiments should be performed while wearing eye protection such as safety glasses or goggles.

 

E.  Formal Laboratory Report Format

 

Standard six-step, typewritten formal laboratory write-up should include the following:  (You do not have to follow this format for your penciled, handwritten, laboratory notebook.  There is information on how to prepare an informal lab notebook report included above.)  You are required to produce one formal report per quarter.  I will allow your student to revise the first two while they learn, but the last two will be graded as received.

 

 

Name                                                                                                                                     Date

 

Title of the Experiment

 

A.  Purpose

You must tell what the experiment is about and what area it will test.  Background on the area is expected.  (In other words, provide details about what is being experimented on.)  You must use your textbook and two outside resources preparing your report background.  You must also include a statement of what the experiment hope to show and why this topic is of interest.  You must also include a hypothesis statement in the standard “If, then” format for scientific research work.  First person pronouns are not used in scientific writing.

B.  Equipment

Provide a complete list of equipment necessary to conduct the experiment.  Equipment should be listed in a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., fashion down the page.

C.  Procedure

Provide a complete list of the procedure used.  Procedure should be written in a cookbook fashion and be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., fashion down the page.

D.  Observations

Provide a detailed, objective report of observations -- what was seen, heard, felt, tasted, smelled -- when the experiment was performed.  Charts and graphs which provide detail are encouraged, but these do not take the place of the narrative observations.

E.  Conclusions

Provide analysis of the experiment: try to explain what was seen, heard, felt, tasted, or smelled while the experiment was happening.  Be sure to provide ways that the experiment could be improved if the experiment was done again and any ideas for further research the experiment might have generated.  Note: there are ALWAYS ways to improve how an experiment is done and ideas further research generated.

 

F.  Bibliography

 

If you seek help from someone or quote facts from a book, internet source, or other media you should include them in bibliography in using the format I provide.  You are required to research two outside resources other than your textbook and use them in the background of your report.  Additionally, you must cite your textbook and me as a “class source” or “personal interview” on every lab report.

 

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The completed Word document of the formal experiment report should be printed and saved to your student’s notebook.  The completed and spell-checked Experiment Report is then copy/pasted into the assignment template on the Portal submission site.  An example of a completed Physical Science experiment follows.  Please note -- I expect you as incoming biology students to be able to produce a quality lab report similar to the one below:

 

 

   Miss SB                                                                  01/14/09


DNA Extraction

 

 

A.  Purpose:

 
The objective of this experiment is to break down split peas and view their DNA macroscopically. After various agents dissolve and break down the outside of the pea's cells, protein-coated clumps of macroscopic DNA will become visible. Even though the DNA in a cell's nucleus is too small to be seen with the naked eye, this experiment provides a way to view macroscopic DNA. This gives observers a clear idea of what DNA looks like on a macroscopic scale.

DNA is the basis of all life. Its structure follows a double-helix shape, consisting of two backbones containing phosphorus, oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen. The two halves of DNA are held together by nucleotide base pairs. There are four types of nucleotide bases: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. When they link together to connect the two halves of the DNA, only adenine and thymine can link together, and only guanine and cytosine can link together. Because of these limits on which bases can bond with each other, DNA can easily replicate itself accurately. (CHEMystery)

DNA is an incredibly efficient way to store the massive amounts of information needed by a living body. A sample of DNA the size of a pinhead can hold the same amount of information as a stack of books reaching 500 times higher than the distance from the earth to the moon. Adding this to the fact that, if all the DNA in one human's cells were unwound, it would reach the moon 6,000 times over (Rothamsted), demonstrates the incomprehensible amount of information stored in the body by DNA. Some of this DNA tells cells what functions to perform to continue life, while some of this DNA controls a person's genetics and those of their children. The study of this incredible structure continues to reveal more and more information about the mystery of life. Although the DNA described here is too small to observe with the naked eye, it will be studied on a macroscopic scale during this experiment.

This experiment hopes to show how to extract and observe DNA on a macroscopic scale. Certain steps must be taken to extract DNA from a cell. After that, a scientist must know what to look for and where to look for it in examining the DNA. This experiment will demonstrate both the process of extraction and the details of observation.

This experiment is of interest to science because, although DNA is an absolutely critical element for life and the continuation of life, it has been discovered quite recently. Therefore, compared to sciences like physics, which have been studied for thousands of years, relatively little is known about DNA. The mysteries of DNA that scientists face today can be solved only by careful study of DNA itself. This experiment, therefore, teaches about and allows observation of DNA in a way that could lead to new discoveries about this amazing facet of life.

Hypothesis:  If substances with certain properties are effectively added to split pea cells in the right order to break down the cell, then the pea's DNA will be extracted and become visible to the naked eye.

B.  Equipment:

 
1.  Blender
2.  Toothpick
3.  Clear liquid hand soap
4.  Salt
5.  Water
6.  Strainer
7.  Small glass
8.  Meat tenderizer (Make sure it has been bought within the last year or so.)
9.  Rubbing alcohol
10.  ½ cup of split peas
11.  Measuring cups and spoons (1 cup, 1/4 teaspoon, 1 tablespoon)
12.  Flashlight
13.  Plastic bowl (although the text includes this in the equipment list, it is never mentioned in the experiment and is not necessary for successful completion of the experiment)

C.  Procedures:

 
1.  Dissolve ¼ teaspoon salt in one cup of water.
2.  Place the peas and salt water into the blender and blend for 20-30 seconds. The result should have the consistency of thin pea soup.
3.  Hold the strainer over the small glass and slowly pour the contents of the blender into the strainer, allowing the liquid to drip into the small glass.
4.  Add two tablespoons of the soap to the solution in the glass.
5.  Slowly mix the liquid and the soap by swirling, and then let it sit for at least 10 minutes.
6.  Add ¼ teaspoon of meat tenderizer and mix very gently.
7.  Slowly add as much rubbing alcohol as there is liquid. Do not stir! The alcohol will sit on top of the liquid. Wait for a few minutes, and white strands should appear in the layer of alcohol.
8.  To aid in seeing the strands, shine the flashlight down onto the surface of the solution and look at the solution from the side of the glass.
9.  If the strands are long enough, twist them onto a toothpick and remove them from the solution.
10.  Clean up the mess.

D.  Observations:

 
All of the materials for the experiment were gathered before the experiment was begun. When salt was added to the water, the clear water became slightly cloudy. After the peas and saltwater were put in the blender, they were mixed on "blend" setting. The blender roared very loudly at first because the peas were dry. Once the whole mixture became liquid, the blender worked more quietly. As soon as the peas began to be blended, they emitted a strong smell like fresh peas. After the suggested blending time, the remains of the peas settled to the bottom while the now-green salt water sat on top of them. In an attempt to mix them more thoroughly, the blender was run for another ten or fifteen seconds. The peas still settled to the bottom. An inch-high layer of green-tinted froth sat on top of the water. When the mixture was poured into the strainer, the green water and froth flowed into the glass while the thick remains of the peas stayed in the strainer. The soap formed globs when it was dumped into the glass, but after some gentle swirling it disappeared. After the mixture sat for about fifteen minutes, it felt significantly more thick when stirred. The rubbing alcohol did not mix at all with the pea mixture when it was added, but instead sat on top of the liquid, turning a shade of green that was lighter than the rest of the pea mixture. Almost immediately the alcohol fogged up and very large semi-transparent white strands formed just above the surface of the pea mixture. There was too much foam on the top to pull out any of the strands, so a spoon was used to spoon out some of the froth. The size of the strands exceeded expectations, but they broke apart easily.

E.  Conclusions:

 
The hypothesis stated "If substances with certain properties are effectively added to split pea cells in the right order to break down the cell, then the pea's DNA will be extracted and become visible to the naked eye." This hypothesis was supported by the results of the experiment. When the cells of split peas were taken and mixed with hand soap, the soap destroyed the cell's plasma membranes and opened the interior of the cells. After this, when meat tenderizer was added, it destroyed the protein coat on the cell's DNA. When the rubbing alcohol was added and formed a new layer of liquid, the macroscopic DNA appeared in this layer. It was clearly visible to the naked eye. This proves that when certain substances are used to systematically destroy the outside of a cell, DNA can be extracted and viewed macroscopically.

This experiment could be improved in several ways. First, the experiment instructions gave little idea as to what the experiment was supposed to look like after each step. Because of this, those who perform the experiment cannot be sure if they are achieving the right results. For example, while the experiment instructions gave the impression that all of the blended split pea/water mixture was to be sifted easily into the glass, in reality; the split peas were mainly sifted out, leaving water mixed with invisible pea cells. In this case the experiment did not give a clear idea of what to expect. Secondly, the experiment never provided an explanation of what macroscopic DNA truly is as compared to microscopic DNA. An explanation at the level of the student would have been very helpful in analyzing the experiment. The experiment itself could be improved by finding different ways to study the extracted DNA-either with the eyes or with a microscope.

This experiment could be used to launch a study on DNA, including extracting DNA strands from different cells than just pea cells and comparing them. Different materials could be used to extract the DNA, leading to a study of what ingredients are necessary to break down a cell. DNA could also be studied on a microscopic level. This could include its structure, its functions, or other information. This experiment opens the door to a critical area of life science.

F.  Bibliography:

 
Castells-Brooke, Nathalie. Rothamsted Research's Molecular Biology Notebook. Structure of DNA. 2004.
Domain:  http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk
Document:  /notebook/courses/guide/dnast.htm

CHEMystery: An Interactive Guide to Chemistry. Organic Chemistry: Nucleic Acids. 1996.
Domain:  http://library.thinkquest.org
Document:  /3659/orgchem/nucleicacids.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1112

Rosenoff, Steven.  Classroom Lecture.  December 12, 2008.

Wile, Dr. Jay. L. and Durnell, Marilyn F.  Exploring Creation with Biology, 2nd Ed. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc.  2008


An example of lab report grading criteria follows:

 

A.  Purpose   (10 points possible) (10 points earned)

You must include the following five paragraphs (minimum) and present them in this sequence:

 

Para 1 - What the experiment is about: the objective
Para 2 - Background information on the experiment from your textbook and two other sources.  You may need more than one paragraph here, which is okay
Para 3 - What the experiment hopes to show
Para 4 - Why this topic is of interest to science
Para 5 - A hypothesis statement in the proper "If, then" format

 

SUPERIOR  (I will include comments in all capitals here.  Please note:  I am not shouting at your student!  I am simply trying to set my comments apart from the template information.  Remember: no personal pronouns can be used in your lab report!)

B.  Equipment  (5 points possible) (5 points earned)

You may copy/paste this from the online textbook, but you must make the following changes to the textbook list:

 

1.  Provide a complete list of equipment necessary to conduct the experiment.  If you substituted or changed anything, please list it here also.
2.  Equipment should be listed in a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., fashion down the page; not in the A, B, C, D, etc., fashion used in your textbook.

 

PERFECT.

C.  Procedure  (5 points possible) (5 points earned)

 

You may copy/paste this from the online textbook, but you must make the following changes to the textbook list:

 

1.  Provide a complete list of the procedure used.  If you change any, be sure to note it.
2.  Procedures should be written in a cookbook fashion
3.  Procedures must be numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., down the page, use a, b, c, d, etc. for sub-items

PERFECT.

D.  Observations  (10 points possible) (10 points earned)

1. 
Provide a detailed, objective report of observations -- what you saw, heard, felt, tasted, smelled, etc -- when the experiment was performed.  (Charts and graphs which provide detail are encouraged.  These MUST be e-mailed as an attachment to me as stated in your assignment guidelines.)  A numbered list of observations works well here: a well-detailed list may be as many as 10 observations or more long.  You can also provide me with a narrative of your observations in paragraph form if you desire.


GREAT JOB.

E.  Conclusions  (10 points possible) (10 points earned)

You must include:

1.  An analysis of the data
2.  Ways to improve the experiment
3.  Ideas the experiment generated for further research

OUTSTANDING.

F.  Bibliography  (10 points possible) (10 points earned)

You must include the following four citations in alphabetical order:

 

Cit 1 - A reference for me as a class lecture or interview note in proper format as given in examples
Cit 2 - A reference for your textbook in proper format as given in examples
Cit 3 - A reference for your first outside resource
Cit 4 - A reference for your second outside resource

 

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ASSIGNMENT GRADE:    50/50    100%   Excellent.

 

As per stated policy, any assignment submitted is assumed to be supervised and proctored by the student's parent.    

 

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F.  Laboratory Notebook Requirements

 

Please note:  Experiment 2.1 requires pond water collection, Experiment 8.4 requires the student to grow radishes, and Experiment 14.1 requires the student to collect leaves.  If you live in cold weather environments, you should plan for collection or growth of these items during warm weather conditions.  You may need to accomplish these Experiments when weather permits before the due date, which may require you to complete these experiment during summer.

 

Students should keep hard printed copies of all their work (labs, study guides, tests, etc.), not just computer saved work.  I would divide the notebook into sixteen sections, one for each Module of the Wile’s text.  Doing so will allow the student to keep a good portfolio of their class assignments should they be asked to demonstrate their work at some later date.  Please note, I do not maintain copies of a student's work beyond the end of the school year.  I will maintain a copy of a student's final semester grades for seven years beyond the end of our class together.  Please note that some of the experiments require long periods of time to complete.  As I do not set the lab schedule in your home school, you will need to look ahead and adjust your lab time accordingly.  I require a Parent Report Summary to be submitted at the end of first and second semesters which states how many of the required experiments have been completed by your student.  The student should have the following completed and in his or her notebook for each semester listed:

 

First Semester:

 

Experiment 1.1

Experiment 2.1, Part A – Formal Report Required

Experiment 5.1

Experiment 5.2

Experiment 5.3

Experiment 7.1 – Formal Report Required

Experiment 8.1

Experiment 8.2

Experiment 8.3

Experiment 8.4 (Extremely long experiment.  Plan ahead!)

 

Parent Experiment Summary -- Due 1/28/2011

 

Second Semester:

 

Experiment 10.1

Experiment 11.3 – Formal Report Required

Experiment 12.1

Experiment 12.2

Experiment 13.1

Experiment 13.2 – Formal Report Required

Experiment 14.1

Experiment 14.2

Experiment 15.1

Experiment 15.2

 

No assigned lab work due for Module 16.

 

Parent Experiment Summary -- Due 05/20/2011

 

G.  Module Tests and Exams

 

Module Tests and Semester Exams are taken online through the Student Portal site.  Module Tests and Semester Exams ARE CLOSED BOOK AND CLOSED NOTES assignments.  As per stated policy, any assignment submitted is assumed to be supervised and proctored by the student's parent.  A parent’s digit signature is required at the bottom of the Test or Exam.  I have has a zero tolerance policy toward cheating or plagiarism.  Vocabulary words for the Module (e.g. those found in question #1 of the Study Guide) MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY if used to answer a test or an exam question.  USING SPELL CHECK DURING A TEST IS NOT ALLOWED.

 

All Module Test assignments must be completed within 60 minutes of logging onto the Student Portal site.  Semester exams must be completed within 90 minutes.  After 60 or 90 minutes, depending on the assignment, the Student Portal WILL DISCONNECT YOU AND NOT FORWARD your assignment, which could result in a zero being given on an assignment.  Please time yourself during your Module Test or Semester exam to ensure completion within the time limit.

 

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