Biology Semester A
with Virtual Labs
Biology Semester A
Guide Sheets:
It also has ideas on how to do some stuff in Courseware.
Make sure you submit documents that can be opened by a PC. I cannot open .pages or .key files. They are Mac files.
Honors Biology
Honors Biology has Two Extension Activities
Although it is listed first, the assignment is due anytime; however, if you want time to revise your answers, don’t wait until the last minute to turn in your essay.
Although it is listed first, the assignment is due anytime; however, if you want time to revise your answers, don’t wait until the last minute to turn in your essay.
Unit 1: Cells
Unit 1 Discussion: Cells
Discussions don't have to be done first
Cells discussion- how it was graded (or will be if you have not done it yet)
Unit 1 tutorial Introduction to Biochemistry- information about a broken link on slide 30
Unit 1 course activity: Using a Microscope
Alternate activity for AG or NCAA approved courses; this is a virtual version for you to use. If you are not in a course with virtual labs, use this version of the Using a Microscope lab. The rubric I use matches the one in this guide sheet.
Unit 1 Course Activity: The AIDS Epidemic
How to attach a document to a submission.
How to set Google docs or slides so they can be shared with anyone with a link to the document
The AIDS Epidemic lab is the same for the virtual and the AG, NCAA, or non-virtual sections.
Unit 1 Unit Activity: Cells
Guide Sheet for Cells activity
The Cells activity is the same for the virtual, AG, NCAA, or non-virtual sections.
Unit 2: Organ Systems
Unit 2: Discussion: Organ Systems
Discussions don't have to be done first
The Effects of Exercise On Muscles and Heart Rate should be the same for virtual and non-virtual biology
There are no objects required, so it is the same activity for AG, NCAA, or non-virtual sections.
Guide Sheet for the Enzyme Activity
Slides of the Enzyme Lab for those without the kit
AG, NCAA, or non-virtual sections can use the slides so you can see what the lab is about.
Enzyme lab help with questions - virtual and non-virtual versions.
There is a guide sheet for the virtual version of the lab.
Organ Systems unit activity for students with the non-virtual version of the class. This is also for AG, NCAA, or non-virtual sections.
How to attach a document to a submission so you can upload pictures of what you create.
Unit 3: Heredity
Discussions don't have to be done first
The Cure for Cancer is the same activity for the virtual and the AG/NCAA sections
Unit 3 Course Activity: Genetic Models
If somehow there is not a guide sheet to work with your version of the lab, please let me know. I do not want you to do incomplete dominance or co-dominance because it is too messy, and students are not being diligent enough to write the genotypes correctly. It causes stress for not enough of a positive outcome.
If somehow there is not a guide sheet to work with your version of the lab, please let me know. I do not want you to do incomplete dominance or co-dominance because it is too messy, and students are not being diligent enough to write the genotypes correctly. It causes stress for not enough of a positive outcome.
Punnett Squares for codominance and incomplete dominance
The Heredity Activity has been completely reorganized.
Please do not do the one that is in Courseware. Use the Guide Sheet for instructions.
The alternate Heredity Activity should work with the virtual, non-virtual, and AG/NCAA sections. If you are in the AG/NCAA sections and the Heredity Activity does not align, please notify me.
Feedback given on a Heredity activity submission
Study Guides from Courseware or the End of the Semester
End of semester:
Categories and Weights:
pretest: 0% of your final course grade
Modules (14): 20% of your final course grade
20/14 = 1.42 so this means each Mastery Test is worth 1.42% of your final course grade
Discussion (3): 10% of your final course grade
This means each discussion 10/3 = 3.33% is worth 3.33% of your final course grade
Unit Activity (3): 10% of your final course grade
10/3 = 3.3333 so this means each unit activity is worth 3.333% of your final course grade
Post-Test (3): 20% of your final course grade
This means each post-test 20/3 = 6.67% is worth 6.67% of your final course grade
Course Activity (6): 20% of your final grade
This means 20/6 = 3.33 so each course activity is worth 3.33% of your final course grade
End of Semester Test (EOS): 20 % of your final grade
General Advice
How to attach a document to a submission.
How to set Google docs or slides so they can be shared with anyone with a link to the document
Students unlock Mastery Tests by redoing the tutorial that goes with it.
Discussions can be redone by adding more to your response. You have to message your teacher so she can regrade it. Course and Unit Activities show up each time they are resubmitted. Discussions can't be formally resubmitted. The teacher has to go into the grade book, find the discussion, read what you wrote, and manually add points.
Post-tests and the End of Semester test can be taken twice and require the teacher to reset them. The reset has to be 24 hours after the completion of the first try.
Academic Integrity- what you should or should not use for answers in discussions or constructed response questions
Students will only earn full credit for assignments if Ms. Getz can tell that independent thought was used. If you trick her into giving you full credit, "yay" for you. It would be best if you still learned how to think for yourself.
I am noticing the same mistakes coming through from wherever people are copying answers. I was nice until I realized the same wrong answers are showing up, so now I am putting out a global warning: if you turn in an assignment that looks closely like someone else’s because you copy and pasted from the same place, you risk being told to put it in your own words and not earn points until you redo the activity in your own words. If you include a citation telling where you are pulling information, I may give you some points if you find good information. Not all of the places where you are finding answers are answers that match our questions. Sure, it looks like they do online, but the experts you are using are not experts. They’re just very nice people who want to help students finish their homework.
I recommend you write your answers outside of Courseware (like in Word or Google docs) and copy and paste your answers into Courseware. Courseware is still closing without warning for some people. If you prefer to make the images or to write your answers in a document and then upload it, you may. If you are linking to a document you save in Courseware, there is a chance I cannot see it. If you are saving the document on your school’s server, I can’t access it. There may be a way to access it, but I don’t know how.
Microsoft’s browser, Edge, does not copy the URL when you try to copy it. It will give you the page name instead of the URL. When you paste this into courseware, the URL gets lost. If you can use Chrome or Firefox to grab the URL, please do.