Anatomy and Physiology Twitter: @BoulouBiology Mrs. Boulougouras Email: boulougourasa@cantonma.org Website: aboulougouras.weebly.com Telephone: 781 821-5050 x 2607

General Rules: Treat everyone with respect at all times. Refrain from talking while your teachers or peers are talking. Food and beverages are prohibited except water. iPods and cell phones are prohibited before, during, and after class*. Stay out of the lab area unless a lab is being performed.

Daily Materials: 3 ring-binder (dividers are suggested) Pen (black or blue) or pencil (test days) Colored Pencils Homework Textbook (only when previously told)

Grading: Grades will be based on a point system. College Prep and Honors will have different assessments. Students taking honors will also have additional work. Assessments will include: Homework, Reading Checks, & Journals eQuizzers, Tests, Quizzes, & Projects Lab Assignments & Lab Practicals

Tardiness: When the bell rings: You should be in your own seat. Materials should be on desk. You should be ready to learn. * 3 STRIKES AND YOU ARE OUT! (2 warnings, followed by a 30 minute detention after school.)

Attendance: When absent, you must find out what work was missed and make up all work on time. Makeup time follows the school guidelines. (Refer to the student handbook for school makeup policy.) Makeup work will not be accepted for unexcused absences.

Homework: Homework is assigned multiple times per 7-day cycle. Homework is always written on the board…and on Twitter @BoulouBiology Homework must be completed on time to receive credit. If no homework is assigned, you should read and review your textbook and notes.

Labs: Students must not be in the lab area unless a lab is being performed. During lab, directions must be followed at all times and disruptive behavior will be cause for immediate removal from class. Laboratory reports/assignments are due within two class days of the completion of the lab. Points will be deducted for late lab reports.

Tests and Quizzes: Tests consist of multiple choice questions, short answers or essays, and analysis of figures or data. No retakes. Missed tests must be made up within the time allowed under the school policy. (Refer to the student handbook for school makeup policy.) Unexcused absences = No make-up test.

School Make-ups Policy: (From student handbook) # of days absent + 1 extra Example: You miss 3 days of school due to absence. You get 4 days (3 day plus 1 extra) to make up your work.

Plagiarism: All work must be in your own words or will be given a zero. Sources of plagiarism include: copying from the textbook or a lab handout writing answers identical to your lab partner’s cutting and pasting from the internet

Extra Help: Drop in extra help is available Mondays and Wednesdays: Afterschool 1:50-2:20 PM Test review sessions may be offered and will be announced during the year. If you are struggling in class, please see me before you fall behind.

Tell Me About Yourself! Anatomy is not a required course so you all chose to be here. 1. Why did you take this course? 2. What are you hoping to gain from it? 3. Do your future plans rely on knowledge of A&P?

Tell Me About Yourself! Working with others will be important in this class and in life. 4. What characteristics do you think you can bring to a group? 5. What characteristics do you feel you lack?

Tell Me About Yourself! Dissection is a required part of this class. 6. How do you feel about dissection? 7. Have you dissected anything before?   8. In what class was the dissection performed and what did you dissect?

Tell Me About Yourself! Most of you are upperclassmen, so you have already taken many classes in your high school career. 9. Which class was the most memorable and why? It may be for good or bad reasons! 10. What are you hoping this class will be like?

Tell Me About Yourself! Anatomy involves a lot of memorization such as learning the names of the bones, the muscles, and the parts of the major body systems. 11. What is your usual method of memorization? 12. Do you have a method that works particularly well that you could share?

Homework #1: Follow me on Twitter @BoulouBiology Reread the course expectations sheet on your own. Print and sign your name on student responsibilities signature page showing that you accept the responsibilities stated. Show the syllabus to your parents/guardians and have it signed.