“ The greatest mistake you make in life is to be continually afraid you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard

Class Data Class Goal 80% Our Tested Mastery 60%

Observation and Inference Characteristics of Life What does that mean? That means that if I gave you the EOC tomorrow, but I only gave you the questions on: Observation and Inference Characteristics of Life Properties of Water Macromolecules Enzymes As a class we would like still get 40% of the questions wrong… leaving us near failing. BUT THAT’S OK! We aren’t taking the EOC tomorrow! We have 59 class periods to do better. To BE better.

EVERYBODY MESSES UP. Even the most prestigious doctors make mistakes. Why are they still so prestigious? Because they own their mistakes. They learn from their mistakes, and they correct their mistakes. U.S. Pharmacopeia study Harvard University study EVERYBODY MESSES UP.

If you CHOOSE to succeed… If you CHOOSE not to… Success is a Dependent Variable: WE CAN MEASURE IT, IT CAN Manipulate it by CHANGING SOMETHING If you CHOOSE to succeed… If you CHOOSE not to… You CHOOSE to take notes You CHOOSE to study your notes You CHOOSE to complete assignments You CHOOSE to come after school for help You CHOOSE to not pay attention in class You CHOOSE to only show some effort on assignments You CHOOSE to not spend time mastering this material

It’s not always easy… Sometimes life is challenging, sometimes biology is the last thing on our mind. Sometimes you just want to give up. But at the end of the day, you need to make a commitment… to Ms. Shum, to our class, and to yourself. You need to work hard EVERYDAY to meet your goals. http://youtu.be/igJrK4E3Dtc

DO YOUR BEST: Reflection Reflection guide Listen while I give instructions Be HONEST and dedicated to yourself! You must complete this handout and turn it in to be eligible for a grade curve of 10 points. You will have 20 minutes to complete this reflection guide.

Photosynthesis Pages 40 and 41 What is photosynthesis? As a table group you are going to create a poster to outline the following: What is photosynthesis? Why MUST plants complete this process? What do they need to do this? What do they make during this process? Why don’t we need to complete photosynthesis? Use color. Diagram when possible. Work as a group.