Plant and Animal Science - Syllabus

Text Book: Life Science, Glencoe, 2008

Course Description:Plant and Animal Science is a one year course aligned to meet the graduation requirements in Life Science. This course is also the required first course in the agriculture pathway at Heritage High School. Using agriculture as the learning vehicle, the course emphasizes the principles, central concepts and interrelationships among the following topics:

  1. Using the Scientific Method.
  2. Understanding the Math process.
  3. Demonstrating writing skills.
  4. Comparative relationships of plant and animal nutrition, diseases and health.
  5. Evolution of plants and animals.
  6. Genetics.
  7. Comparative analysis of major body organs.
  8. Cellular biology.
  9. Appreciates the role of the FFA and its opportunities.

Major Course Requirements:

  1. Laboratory work- successfully complete the labs assigned during the year.
  2. Take careful notes and maintain a well-organized collection of the year’s work
  3. Maintain a running record of your daily work and attendance.
  4. Hand in all work the day it is due.
  5. Display the proper attitude in class at all times.
  6. Observe the school, agriculture department, and classroom rules.

Necessary Equipment

  1. Three Ring binder- Either for Ag (highly recommended) or a portion of a larger one for Ag.
  2. Black or blue ball point pen.
  3. #2 pencil and eraser.
  4. Lots of notebook paper.

Your classroom grade will be an accumulation of points from the following components:

  1. Notebook organization and completion.
  2. Classroom participation in discussions and group work.
  3. Classwork and homework assignments.
  4. Quizzes and Test scores
  5. Laboratory experiences and write- ups.
  6. FFA Activities.
  7. S.O.E.P. (Project)

Grading Criteria:ActivitiesPercentages

Assessments40%

Classwork, Labs, Homework40%

Agri-Science Project10%

FFA Activities10% (300 points per semester)

100% - 90% = A; 89.9% - 80% = B;79.9% - 70% = C; 69.9% - 60 % = D

59.9% and Below = Failing Grade

Make – Up Work

You are responsible for seeing to it that you get all lecture notes missed during an absence, and that any assignments are made up within the timeframe allowed in the student handbook. Please see another student for their entries on the daily sheets. Once this is done, YOU must tell your instructor the exact assignment you need to make up. Your instructor will not chase you. Late work is NOT accepted.

Work is due at the end of each week, and all expected work is outlined on a sheet handed out at the beginning of each week.

Consequences:

If one or more of the Classroom or School rules is broken, the following consequences will be immediately administered:

  1. Reminder.
  2. Parent Contact.
  3. Referral to Assistant Principal.

**Severe Case – Immediate referral to the Assistant Principal

***All school rules, including absence/tardy policy and dress code, will be strictly

enforced.

We have read the above policies for Ag Biology contained above.

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