Mr. States (like the United States)
Contact: jstates@lps.org Room: 231 Plan Periods: Period 6 & 8
Course Description
Successful completion of Biology is required prior to taking Genetics. This course will provide the students with a framework which will allow them to integrate the concepts of this dynamic and highly technical field. This course will provide an overview of the following topics: molecular genetics, Mendelian genetics, non-Mendelian genetics, population genetics and trends, human genome project, and biotechnology as well as ethical, legal and social issues surrounding the field of genetics.
Course Objectives
Course objectives for all science courses can be accessed here
Course Outline
Genes & Heredity, DNA Structure & Function, and Biotechnology, Legal, & Ethical Issues
District Grading Policy/Criteria
Quality, thoughtful assessment facilitates improvement in learning for students and teachers.
Safety
http://wp.lps.org/science/safety/ This manual was created to provide the classroom teacher, parents, and students with an additional resource of information pertaining to safety in the science classroom as outlined for the Lincoln Public School District.
Course Materials
Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications. 2005. Lewis. McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 73016446
You will need:
·to work as scientists
·something to take notes with
o Pen, paper, and a 3 ring notebook with 3 separators
o Chromebook (charged)
·to contribute to class discussion
·to ask questions
·to complete labs and homework on time
·to be a team worker
·acceptable attendance
·to be safe in the lab
Grading
I will follow Lincoln Public Schools’ grading scale: 20% Formative and 80% Summative. This means most of your grade comes from summative unit assessments/projects. To prepare you for these assessments I will assign formative work that matters, not work that will just keep you busy. There will be short quizzes over this formative work to help me see if students are understanding concepts. After tests, I will collect notebooks and grade them according to a rubric. Students will fill out the rubric and tell me what grade they think they have earned. I will not grade a notebook unless the student has graded it themselves. Lastly, a summative final will be given at the end of each semester. Your grade is in your hands. It will be what you earn through formative assignments and summative assessments.
Class Rules
1. Be on time and in your assigned seat within 30 seconds of bell ringing- if not, you will be counted tardy
2. As a class, we will make a rule regarding cell phones and headphones
3. If you are gone you have one day for every day missed to make up missing homework. Do not ask what you missed during class, only before or after. It will also be posted in the class and on Google Classroom.
4. If you will be gone for a school event you must let me know ahead of time and I will give you the material that you will be missing.
5. If you miss a test, you have two days to make up the test, regardless if the missed day was for a school event or sickness.
6. Be safe in the lab.
7. Cheating or plagiarism will result in a ZERO AND A REFERRAL.
8. Keep your textbook at home or in your locker. I will let you know two days ahead of time if it is needed in class.
9. After classes/labs, materials used must be returned to the original place. Points will be taken away from groups not following this rule.
10. The classroom/lab must be cleaned up. Anything not cleaned up will be thrown away.
11. Stay in your seats until the bell has rung.
12. Be respectful to everyone (no swearing and treat everyone as you’d want to be treated)