Welcome to Biology 102! • Please put away ALL electronics and pick up a syllabus (if you don’t have one yet) and a clicker at the front desk. You will need to rent a clicker from the bookstore this week. • Your instructor: Dr. Bledsoe • Office: NS 220 • Office hours: MTW 9-10, F 11-12 & 2-3 or by appointment. • Email: [email protected]
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Welcome to Biology 102!• Please put away ALL electronics and
pick up a syllabus (if you don’t have one yet) and a clicker at the front desk. You will need to rent a clicker from the bookstore this week.
• Your instructor: Dr. Bledsoe
• Office: NS 220
• Office hours: MTW 9-10, F 11-12 & 2-3 or by appointment.
• Audesirk, Audesirk, & Byers Biology: Life on Earth, 10th Edition, WOU Custom edition Volume 2.
• Lab materials: Find your Moodle lab page to download lab materials and to take pre-lab quizzes. Lab 1 is posted on our lecture Moodle site.
Your grade comes from:• Class activities
and online quizzes (~60 points)
• Midterms (3 x 60 points)
• Final exam (130 points)
• Lab (155 points)
Lab grade comes from:• Class participation:
• Online prelab
• In-class participation
• Weekly lab quizzes.
• 2 written reports.
• Lowest lab grade will be dropped at the end of the term.
Lab attendance policy• If you miss 3 or more labs
(= more than 2 labs), you automatically fail lab.
• If you fail lab, you automatically fail the course.
• If you must make up a lab, you must see Dr. Baumgartner and arrange a different lab time if possible.
Academic honesty
• The short version: Don’t cheat.
• Plagiarism means turning in an assignment that is made up mostly or entirely of words that someone else wrote. Don’t to it.
• Bi 100 policy is to report all plagiarism and cheating to the Student Conduct Committee.
Electronics policy:• NO use of electronics in class, including
cell phones and translators. Electronics are too distracting to you and to other students. Any use of electronics during exams will be considered cheating.
• Computers: I’ve had students swear they will use computers only to take notes, and instead spent their time on Facebook or watching movies. Sorry, they ruined it for the rest of you. No computers (except for ODS accommodations).
What can I do about my grade?
• Attend class. In Bi 100 classes there is a mild correlation between attendance and final grades (and a significant correlation for those who pay attention instead of texting, Facebook-ing, or napping). Come to class prepared, with a printout of the class notes.
• Study, using the provided study guides. There is a significant correlation between study habits and Bi 100 test scores. Schedule two hours of study time for every hour in lecture, and begin studying intensively for exams about 1 week before. Use active study techniques, not just re-reading the text and your notes.
Passive Learning
Your Brain
Passive learning happens when you
just sit and listen, and hope you remember
later.
Most people retain less
than 10% of what they
learn through passive
learning.
Learning is an active process. Your professor can teach but can’t do the learning for you!
Active Learning
Active learning is when you interact with the
material in many
different ways.
Active study helps
learners retain up to 90% of the
material that they’re
working with.
Active Study IdeasMake concept
maps.Diagram the
concept.
Take good notes in lecture
AND while reading
the textbook.
Use interactive online tutorials.
PLTL
• Peer-Led Team Learning is an optional, low-cost 2-hour evening workshop led by students who have succeeded in the Bi 100 series.
• You do enroll in PLTL as you would a regular course. There is a P/NP grade assigned.
Student Success Specialist
• This is a new program at WOU to help students at the first sign of struggle.
• Students who fail exams, stop attending class, have frequent conflicts with others, or show other signs of academic or social difficulties may be referred. This is not punishment!
• The specialist will work with the student to determine what the problem is and help find assistance to help the student succeed.
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