1. Welcome to Biology! Ms. Loree

2. Biology

3. Where We’re Headed… • Biochemistry • Metabolic Processes • Molecular Genetics • Homeostasis • Population Dynamics

4. Ms. Loree Who Am I?

5. Your role as a student • Look at things differently Watch the water carefully 2) Question what you already think or know Is that what you expected?

6. MISS LOREE’S STEPS TO SUCCESS In order to succeed in this class I need to:   • Attend class and arrive on time. • Arrive prepared. • Show respect for others • Show respect for yourself. • Give your best effort. • Obey school rules. (Horseplay, disruptive and similar behaviour will NOT be tolerated in this class).

7. The “A” Team Attendance + Attitude = Achievement Join the A-Team

8. Brainstorm The Ideal Classroom • Groups of 3-4: Partner with someone you are not sitting close to. • 5 minutes: Make a chart and brainstorm ideas under each heading • Be prepared to present: - (write a list, draw picture, short skit or rhyme) What does the ideal classroom in which to learn LOOK, SOUND, and FEEL like? Or “How would people ACT and INTERACT in an ideal classroom?

9. Class Routines • Hands up • Attention - • Notebooks • Agenda • Missed work loreescience.ca • Marks • Twitter loreescience • Blog  loreescience.wordpress.com/

10. More Class Routines… • Washrooms • Borrowing • Lates • Phone • Finished early? • End of class

11. Getting to Know You • Handout • Name on seating plan • Class Alias • Bioglyph

12. Bio = Life + Glyph = Symbols

13. Bio = Life + Glyph = Symbols What do we know about this person from their bioglyph?

14. Bioglyph ChallengeCan you identify your classmates? • RULES: • You can only ask questions that require a YES or NO answer. • You cannot ask, “Is this your bioglyph?” or similar questions. • Make sure others can’t hear your answers. • Write the person’s name on the line that has the same number that is on their bioglyph card. • Questions?

15. Learning Skills

16. Learning Skills

17. Assessment & Evaluation

18. Homework! • 2 images that represent biology • 2 sentences for each image describing: • How it represents biology • How it relates to you This image represents biology to me because grass is an organized living system with many processes required to stay alive. This image is related to me because I spend a lot of time cutting the grass.