1. IB Biology HL Yr 2

2. Welcome to Back to School Night!! Instructor: Jennifer Lockwood
Office Hours: Anytime by appointment.
Address:
Web Page:
user name: NPHS password:
Telephone: ext. 1303

3. What Students Learned Last Year in IB Year 1:
How to write an IB Lab
Ecology
More in depth information on Evolution

4. Units of Instruction Plants (Flowering) plant anatomy & physiology
transport;
reproduction

5. Units of Instruction Human Health & Physiology Digestive System
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Immune System
Excretory System
Reproduction
Neurobiology

6. Units of Instruction “Option A” Further in-depth Neurobiology
Animal Behavior

7. GRADES: Category Weights
TERM 1
TERM 2
Labs & Investigations
25%
Classwork & Homework
15%
Quizzes and Tests
60%
50%
End of Course Final
N/A
10%
*Late work will only be accepted 3 times for the year for full credit; 50% after this.
Printing/submitting, but not uploading, a lab to turnitin.com will require a late pass.
Uploading a completed lab but not printing/submitting to Google Classroom will also require a late pass.

8. NO EXTRA CREDIT Grading Scale
I do not offer extra credit. Course grades will be determined by percent weights in 4 categories. Final grades will be based on the following percentages:
A C
A C-
85 B D+
B D
B D C F
NO EXTRA CREDIT

10. REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
IB Score
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
Friday, October 26th
20% Internal Assessment
one 10 hour (not including writing) independent experiment on a question of their choosing
Students will be provided with 1 round of feedback on each component of their IA.
Students will:
Write an IA Proposal (will get feedback on this)
Complete a small pilot of their experiment
Perform their experiment
Write up their IA (will get feedback on this)
Revise their IA and submit
Scoring rubric can be found on my web page
80% External Assessment
IB Biology test is May 9th and 10th

11. IB Biology Test & Class Final
IB Biology Test: May 9th and 10th
Will finish new content by mid-April
Will then review & prepare
No homework other than “study” will be assigned during testing
Final: on this year’s Biology content end of April (before the IB test)
After the test:
Have students practice how to read primary research
On the last day of class, they will take a regular test on this

12. What Can You Do At Home To Help?
*Encourage study sessions
*Check my website
* /Call me with questions or concerns