Biology

Introduction to Biology Class 

• Slides: Introduction to Biology class 

• Biology Course Syllabus 

• Lab Safety and Academic Honor Code Agreement 

• About Me form (due Thursday, 9/4)

Unit 1: Ecology

• Slides: Unit 1: Ecology 

• Ecology Guided Notes 

• Classwork: Building a Narragansett Bay Food Web and Species Cards (completed in class on 9/2)

• Homework: Read Burrowing Birds Article before class on 9/4

• Classwork/Homework: Ecosystem Dynamics - Case Study Analysis (read one of the articles listed by class on 9/9; final version of the assignment should be completed by 9/11)

• Lab: Limiting Factors in the RI Woodlands and Forests (final copy due 9/16)

• Population Ecology Stations Activity: Student Response Sheet (due 9/23)

• Ecology Quiz 1 in class on 9/25

• Classwork/Homework: The Carbon Cycle Activity: Student Response Sheet (due 10/2)

• Classwork/Homework: Greenhouse Effect Simulation (through #12 due by Tuesday, 10/7)

• Study Guide for Unit 1  

• Unit 1 test in class on Thursday, 10/16

• Test corrections on Unit 1 test - use the form posted on Google Classroom; required if you scored less than an 80 (due Thursday, 10/23)

Unit 2: Evolution

• Slides: Unit 2: Evolution 

• Evolution Guided Notes 

• Homework: HHMI Darwin's Finches Edpuzzle (due by Tuesday, 10/21 BEFORE class)

• Classwork: Is It Natural Selection?  (due Thursday, 10/23 during class)

• Homework: Is It Natural Selection? - different case study (due Thursday 10/30)

• Classwork/Homework: Patterns in Evolution Practice (due Tuesday, 11/4)

• Take home quiz (due Thursday, 11/6)

• Unit 2 test in class on Thursday 11/13)

• Test corrections on Unit 2 test - use the form posted on Google Classroom; required if you scored less than an 80 (due Thursday, 11/18)