Grading and Policies
This category accounts for 60% of your total grade and includes unit tests, formal lab reports, and research projects.
What is the Gold category?
Hall passes out of class are strictly prohibited during these two specific timeframes.
What are the first and last 15 minutes of class?
The microscopic study of tissues covered during the 1st Nine Weeks.
What is Histology?
The platform used specifically to check official grades and attendance.
What is PowerSchool?
Writing utensils should be sharpened before this occurs.
What is the bell ringing?
The maximum grade percentage you can earn on late work turned in during the 1st Semester.
What is 70%?
The three personal electronic devices explicitly prohibited in class.
What are cell phones, earbuds, and smartwatches?
This organ system functions in thermoregulation, protection, and hydration.
What is the Integumentary System?
The primary platform for finding class notes, slides, resources, and answer keys.
What is Schoology?
The activity students must begin immediately upon taking their seats.
What are Bell Ringers / Bell Work?
This category makes up 30% of your grade and includes quizzes, informal lab analysis, and E-Day assignments.
What is the Silver category?
Passes out of class will only be issued for this specific situation.
What are Restroom Emergencies?
The essential biological process of maintaining dynamic internal balance that all body systems support.
What is Homeostasis?
The state organization providing equipment and resources for class lab work.
What is Alabama Science in Motion (ASIM)?
Chromebooks must remain put away unless this condition is met.
What is the teacher stating otherwise?
After a test is given, late work on that material can only be made up at this specific time.
What is Mid-Term Saturday School (or teacher-assigned time)?
The culture framework followed for classroom behavior management.
What is Capturing Kids' Hearts?
Besides Anatomical Direction/Lab Safety and Histology, these two organ systems are covered in Q1.
What are the Integumentary and Skeletal systems?
The resource utilized for Lab Safety rules and guidelines.
What is Flinn Scientific?
According to the academic expectations, students should maintain this habit daily.
What is studying every day?
Homework, participation, and minor in-class assignments fall under this 10% grade category.
What is the Bronze category?
The consequence step that occurs right after a student-teacher conference/reflection, but before an office referral.
What is Parent Contact?
Anatomical terminology outcomes require mastering directional terms along with these two spatial concepts.
What are body planes and cavities?
The requested amount for the optional class lab donation.
What is $20?
Daily Shoutouts, Individual Affirmations, and Timely Feedback fall under this category on the syllabus.
What is Positive Reinforcement?