1. Biology Template used for creating The biology notebook (Journal)

2. Biology Notebook o Purpose for the Notebook: o To help the student master the required course content o To develop a time management / study schedule that will help the student organize and complete the assigned content material o To develop a collection of work that can be used as a study guide for each testable unit in this course

3. Biology Notebook o Required Sections for the Notebook: o Section vocabulary o Classroom notes o Section reviews o Section work sheets o Section assignments (projects)

4. Biology Notebook o Required Sections for the Notebook : o Section vocabulary: o Each unit (which could include one or more chapters) has its own unique lexicon. o The vocabulary used within each section is an important part of understanding and communicating the key concepts presented in each unit. o Vocabulary terms can be found at the beginning of each section under “ Vocabulary ” o Students are required to maintain a vocabulary section in their notebook that demonstrates the students ability to understand and use the vocabulary properly.

5. Biology Notebook o Required Sections for the Notebook : o Section vocabulary: o This section can be completed in 3 different ways. Each way will have its own assigned point value. o Unit Paragraph : using each word identified in each unit the student can synthesize a unique paragraph using each word from the vocabulary list (20 points). o The paragraph must be in complete sentences, the vocabulary word must “ bolded ” and ‘ underlined ”. o The paragraph must not have and run on sentences.

6. Biology Notebook o Required Sections for the Notebook : o Section vocabulary: o This section can be completed in 3 different ways. Each way will have its own assigned point value. o Graphic Organizer : to complete the vocabulary section student may choose to use a graphic organizer to demonstrate his/her understanding of the connection of each word to key concepts (15 points ). o Definitions: the last alternative is for students to simply define the words using the glossary from the back of the book (10 points)

7. Biology Notebook o Required Sections for the Notebook : o Section Classroom Notes: o Each student has access to my chapter lecture notes. o Student can get my lecture notes from the classroom computer. Each student is required to have a flash drive to download the lecture notes from these computers. o Each student is required to download and prints these notes out in the 3 slides per page format and bring the printed slides to class. o During the lecture portion of each unit students are to added additional note to the lecture note as the lecture is given. The more additional notes that are added by the student the more points a student will earn in this section (see rubric for point details)

8. Biology Notebook o Required Sections for the Notebook : o Section Review and Workbook : o At the beginning of each chapter the teacher will provide copies of section review and section work sheets on the class web page o The purpose of the work sheets is to enhance the learning process for each student o As the student reads each assigned section he/she can answer each questions as part of the reading process. o The completed sheets will be graded with the submission of the notebook

9. Biology Notebook o Required Sections for the Notebook : o Section Assignments (Projects): o During each section certain projects will be assigned to enhance or elaborate on key concepts. o These projects could be assigned as individual or group projects.