1. Accelerated Biology Jill Krajewski jill_krajewski@needham.k12.ma.us 781 455 0800 ext 2219

2. Curriculum and Content Themes Unity and Diversity Homeostasis Transfer of Energy and Matter Structure Meets Function Organization End of year themes assessment

3. Scientific Method Laboratory Course – Lab Notebook – Formal lab report; department-wide expectation – Safety and food safety – Graphing techniques & use of computer graphing programs

4. MCAS and SAT II MCAS – First week of June – Graduation requirement SAT II – College Board administered – Usually first Saturday in June – Optional – Study guides (some material is not covered in this course)

5. HW, Extra Help, and Late Policy There is ALWAYS biology HW!!! (Routine Assignments) – Lab Notebooks, Study guides for each test, graded practice HW (usually 2 per unit) – Formal labs (2) and projects (1) per term Extra Help – After school group reviews before tests – Individual help (Tuesday-Friday) Late Policy – 10% one day “oops” – 25% up to one week; beyond one week—no credit