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Biology Life Science


High school graduation credit (diploma)





College preparatory; technical, specific information; demanding. Requires a work ethic and self discipline.





Not college preparatory; not as technical nor demanding.





Not college preparatory; not as technical nor demanding.

Necessary for college admission, but only with a “C” or better

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Which are you?Maximum-Effort Student Minimum-Effort Student No-Effort Student


Solid goals beyond high school, may include a 2-4 year college, military, work; vision.

Some goals beyond high school; not a clear vision

Few, if any goals, beyond high school.





Always brings materials to class, prepared, follows class rules.

Occasionally brings materials to class; tardy and absent fairly often

Rarely brings materials to class; many tardies and absences.








Always takes notes; uses mnemonic memory schemes.

Occasionally takes notes, but relies on others to take notes for him/her; uses teacher’s mnemonics.

Never takes notes. Mnemonics are stupid











Takes due dates seriously. Learns the major concepts of the class.

Takes due dates seriously, but waits until the very last minute. Thinks busy work is a substitute for learning the concepts.

What due dates? At the end of the semester will try to turn in work that was due at the beginning of the semester.











Takes due dates seriously. Learns the major concepts of the class.

Takes due dates seriously, but waits until the very last minute. Thinks busy work is a substitute for learning the concepts.

What due dates? At the end of the semester will try to turn in work that was due at the beginning of the semester.

Will put in the time to master the concepts ON A DAILY BASIS. Uses mnemonics.

Tries to memorize the definitions by cramming before a test. Thinks classwork is mastery of concepts.

Since he/she never takes notes, what is there to study? Relies strictly on guessing on tests and quizzes.


Absent 1-2 times per SEMESTER (excused or unexcused)

Absent 1-2 times per MONTH (excused or unexcused); tardy often.

Absent 1-2 times per WEEK (excused or unexcused); tardy on a daily basis





Accepts full responsibility for his/her learning. No excuses.

Makes excuses occasionally, “I was absent that day.” Accepts some responsibility.

Full of excuses, “My teacher doesn’t like me,” “Your tests are too hard.”





Accepts full responsibility for his/her learning. No excuses.

Makes excuses occasionally, “I was absent that day.” Accepts some responsibility.

Full of excuses, “My teacher doesn’t like me,” “Your tests are too hard.”

Will do well in Biology.

Will struggle from the first day to the last.

Over his/her head; should be in Life Science.

Cornell Style of Taking Notes• Effective style of note-taking

• Good notes allows students to help problem solve.

• Good notes helps students organize and process data and technical information in a much more organized way.

• Develops critical thinking skills.

• The Cornell style of note-taking helps process the information when read a minimum of five times.

• GOOD NOTES DOES NOT MEAN WRITING DOWN INFORMATION VERBATIM.

• Learn the information and your grade will take care of itself; your grade is NOT based on the number of assignments that you do, but on the concepts that were learned.

Cornell Style of Taking Notes


Notes:

Can be used to provide an outline of the course, chapter, or lecture. The Big Picture.

Can be as detailed as necessary.

Be sequential; write down the notes as given

Be aware that taking notes is one thing; learning the material is something else.

Sometime after class (homework?), summarize the notes. That is write down the main idea FOR EACH PAGE at the bottom.


NotesQuestions; but, really mnemonic memory devices to help you remember


Notes

Summary

Put down the main ideas from this page of lecture notes.

Questions; but, really mnemonic memory devices to help you remember

For example, if the topic of discussion/lecture notes was “respiration,” your page in the notes, in the Cornell-style of note taking, might look something like this:

For example, if the topic of discussion/lecture notes was “respiration,” your page in the notes, in the Cornell-style of note taking, might look something like this:

Respiration: The process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen.

Glucose + oxygen carbon dioxide + water + energy

• Aerobic- utilizes oxygen

• Carbon dioxide and water are waste products

• Respiration is NOT breathing

• 99% of all organisms utilize this form of respiration. The other 1% utilize respiration without oxygen (anaerobic), which is called fermentation. Energy is derived from glucose without the presence of oxygen.

Then in the left hand column, you might write something like this:

Gorillas Often Change Women’s Essays.

G (glucose)

O (oxygen)

C (carbon dioxide)

W (water)

E (energy)

How did you learn the alphabet?

In 1492, Columbus sailed the…”“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”

“ ‘i before ‘e’ except …”“ ‘i before ‘e’ except after ‘c.’”

“Thirty days have…”“Thirty days have September, April, June, and November…”

“Stationary” and “Stationery” One means “to stay in one place.” The other means “paper.” Which is which?paper stationery

“Principle” and “Principal” One is at a school, the other is a rule. Which is which?

The principal is (not) your pal.desert or desserttheir they’re there your you’re yore

Then in the left hand column, you might write something like this:

Gorillas Often Change Women’s Essays.

G (glucose)

O (oxygen)

C (carbon dioxide)

W (water)

E (energy)

Then, at the bottom of the page, summarize the “notes” portion, i.e., “all organisms utilize respiration” and/or “99% of organisms use oxygen…”

Bloom’s Taxonomy (1956)

Level/Definition Recognition/Key Words



Evaluation: Judge the value of material based on personal values/opinions; Independent Thinker; HIGHEST LEVEL

Compare/contrast, criticize, critique, interpret, justify





Synthesis: Apply knowledge and skills to produce a new idea; puts parts together to form a whole.

Reconstruct, devise, initiate, modify reorganize







Analysis: Breaking down information into component parts

Differentiate, discriminate, infer, point out, diagram

Application: Use previously learned information in new ways to solve problems.

Assess, apply, chart/graph, construct, establish, predict, produce, provide, solve.







Analysis: Breaking down information into component parts

Differentiate, discriminate, infer, point out, diagram

Application: Use previously learned information in new ways to solve problems.

Assess, apply, chart/graph, construct, establish, predict, produce, provide, solve.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning of instructions in one’s own words.

Convert, distinguish, paraphrase, infer, rewrite.

Knowledge: Recall data, know definitions

Define, describe, match, select, state.

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You cannot use middle school study skills in a college preparatory class.

Homework #1: Write one paragraph in which you compare and contrast the following terms from Bloom’s Taxonomy: Evaluation/Knowledge.

Homework #1: Write one paragraph in which you compare and contrast the following terms from Bloom’s Taxonomy: Evaluation/Knowledge.

6.) Evaluation

5.) Synthesis

4.) Analysis

3.) Application

2.) Comprehension

1.) KnowledgeVenn Diagram

Mnemonics and Memory Schemes

• Mnemonics are aids to memory such as acronyms, rhymes, linking information by creating visual images or making up a story.

• Used for shopping lists, vocabulary and spelling, speeches, facts, dates, phone numbers, names and faces, ideas, jokes, poems, numbers, “rules,” etc.

• Used by educated, “maximum-effort” individuals.

• They help you learn basic facts in a quick way that saves study time. They may not help you learn the meaning of these facts, but it’s a great start. It definitely saves study time.

It’s best to use a mnemonic device

• when information needs to be remembered for a short time.

• as a reminder for well-learned information; to remind you of the order of information, to overcome memory blocks; when you feel overwhelmed when taking tests (“I never do well on tests.”)

• to anchor facts

• when things need to be remembered in a particular order

It’s best to write something down (notes)

• when you need to remember information for a long time

• when reliability and accuracy are important

• when memory load is to be avoided

• when information is coming at you too fast

• when the information is too complex

I.) General Rhymes

A.) The rabbit comes out of the hole, goes around the tree, and crawls back into his hole.

B.) Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.

Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.

C.) “Righty tighty, lefty loosey.”

D.) How I wish I could calculate Pi.

3. 1 4 1 5 9 2

(number of letters in each word)

II.) Acronyms

In a well known “sentence” or phrase,” take the first letter of each word and compose a word from those letters. (IBM → International Business Machines)

A.) IHOP International House of Pancakes

B.) SONY Standard Oil of New York

C.) FUBU For us, by us

D.) ASAP As soon as possible

E.) FYI For Your Information

F.) MADD Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

G.) DAMM Drunks Against Mad Mothers

H.) ARBYS Roast Beef (sandwiches)

I.) HOMES Great Lakes (Huron,Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior)

J.) NASCAR National Association for Stock Car Auto

Racing

K.) FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

L.) ROY G. BIV Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

M.) Jeep General Purpose Vehicle

N.) FOIL Algebra: (x + 2)(x + 3) First, Outer, Inner, Last

O.) RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging

P.) LASER Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation

Q.) Robert A. Millikan High School (in Long Beach)

What is their mascot?

Robert A. Millikan…….

RAMS

R.) Misc. and common acronyms:

baseball, softball: ERA, rbi, IP, sb

sports: MLB, NCAA, NFL, NBA, CIF

school: CSHS, GRE, SAT, CAHSEE, OCS

in restaurants: BLT, ABC omelette, PB&J

in general: CD, DVD, VHS, USA, GNP, AARP, UCLA, USC, RCC, FAQ, HBO, A&E, BET, TNN, ESPN, TGIF, and on and on and on…

others: brb lol bff lmao omg fyeo

Are these not ALL acronyms?

Elementary School Assignment:

For example, let’s say your name is Wayne.

Wise

Athletic

Youthful

Nice

Energetic

Ask yourself…

What faces are depicted on Mount Rushmore, and in what order from left to right?

Take the first letter of each word or groups of terms and compose a sentence using each letter. The sentence may or may NOT make sense.

A.) Never Eat Shredded Wheat

Never Eat Soggy Waffles

B.) Sam’s Horse Must Eat Oats

C.) We Just Like Rushmore

D.) Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

Patrick Ewing Makes Dunks And Slams.

III.) Sentences

E.) Katie Had a Dime Until Dad Called Mom

F.) Richard of York gave birth in Venice.

Run off you girls, boys in view.

G.) Joan found Mark and Mike jumping Janet and Susan outside Nora’s drugstore. (Jan, Feb, March, etc.)

H.) My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.

I.) People attack irritating simple art. (Five oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Artic)

J.) Eat an aspirin after a nighttime snack (7 continents)

SEAN got 3 AAAs. (7 continents)

IV.) Combination of acronyms and sentences:

Some officers have Curly auburn hair To offer attraction

Some officers have sin = opp/hypotenuse

Curly auburn hair cos = adj/hypotenuse

To offer attraction tangent = opp/adj

variation: Silly old Harry caught a herring trawling off America.

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At CSHS, the school motto is“Learning is Priority #1”

Powerful LearningReal World SuccessInnovative TeachingOngoing CommitmentResponsibilityInvolvementToleranceYearly Improvement

Ask yourself…

What faces are depicted on Mount Rushmore, and in what order from left to right?

A.) Lincoln, Roosevelt, Adams, Jefferson.

B.) Kennedy, Lincoln, Eisenhower, Jefferson.

C.) Bush, Clinton, Reagen, Kennedy.

D.) Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt.

V.) Example:

You go to the grocery store and your mother wants you to buy apples, lettuce, tomatoes, squash, and bread.

Acronym: BLAST

Sentence: Bold lions ate the spider.

Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of many years.

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