High School Biology Lecture Semester Class (Flex Course)
In this 18 week flexible course, we will cover topics of cells, genetics, ecology, evolution and classification.
Abbie Butler
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4.9
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What's included
18 pre-recorded lessons
18 weeks
of teacher support1 year access
to the contentHomework
1 hour per week. Everything I assign is optional,, I put the most suggested assignments chronologically. They have Interactive and traditional worksheets/summaries to choose from. I highly recommend that the learner and parent choose what's best for the learners learning style and school needs. Homework is optional and there will be various forms they can complete. Homework will have students practice vocabulary on Quizlet, Quizizz, or pdf worksheets. They will be able to practice interactive games, as well as complete worksheets or diagrams. All homework options will be shared after each class video directly on Outschool.Assessment
Assessments and grades are available for weekly grades, optional homework grades, midterm and a final assessment will be provided as requested.Grading
Weekly homework options = any hokework turned in I count for a grade, any not turned in simply won't be tallied. Midterm at week 9 option Final at week 18 option I can calculate an average for everything submitted and produce a certificate at the end of the course.Class Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
Get $20 off one of my semester classes with coupon code BUTLE03BG620 until Jan 29, 2025. Enter the coupon code at checkout. Up front payments will get the full $20 discount, weekly will get the first week free. For sibling discounts or multiple class discounts please message me! Are you interested in learning about the world around you? Do you ever wonder how scientist study the world and understand its' beauty? This 18 week flexible course will provide you the foundation of High School Biology concepts. We will explore important scientists who laid the groundwork for the progression of science today. Be ready to learn the important techniques, methods, and principles of understanding the world around you. We will look into for major units of study: cells, genetics, evolution and ecology. I will teach you the terminology, application to scenarios, real world data analysis, problem-solving, and understanding the relationships of the concepts. This class will cover the main areas of study that I typically teach in a traditional class setting. This class does require you to complete activities or worksheets outside of class. Students will have the opportunity to have class discussions in a weekly forum on related topics. They will also be able to share summaries or graphic organizers with their peers via the classroom tab. This class is a flexible class set up and all post/communication will be made directly in the Outschool Classroom. Students can submit work via private classroom message. Students will be asked to answer relevant questions, based in their opinion, and discuss with peers what or why they find most interesting revolving the weekly content. Additionally, optional homework will be provided for students who would like to extend on the lesson. Students will have the option of a midterm assessment and a final assessment for the course. Materials vary per week. The week of class you will receive materials ranging from guided notes, interactive activities, a copy of the vocabulary, worksheets, and a hyperdoc page with website links. Additional resources will be available to further practice outside of class. We will interact directly on the Outschool Classroom and use other resources as supplementary tools. The objective of this class is to cover the majority of the year of Biology concepts that you would typically encounter in a High School Biology setting. This class does not include lab work. I do offer a separate course for Biology labs. Students will participate in class each week by watching the video lesson, engage in interactive activities, then they will participate in peer discussion questions on the classroom page, and engage in pair and share opportunities to allow for more peer to peer engagement. Finally, I will send feedback and support opportunities on homework/discussion/pair and shares, and vocabulary practice. Weekly guide: Week 1. Scientific Thinking *Learn about the scientific method *Identify independent and dependent variables *Be able to differentiate between a hypothesis, question, and inference *Learn to write If, then hypothesis *Be able to identify the steps of the scientific method *Recognize the characteristics of life *Sequence the levels of organization *Lab Report writing ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 2 . Name that Cell, Cellular Levels of Organization *Learn to identify various cells *Differentiate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells *Compare plant cell organelles vs. animal cell organelles *Cell membrane composition and importance *Organelles and functions including nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, ribosome, lysosome, nucleolus, golgi body, smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum, plasma membrane, cell wall, and centrioles *Learn about the composition of bacteria cells ----------------------------------------------------------- Week 3. DNA, Transcription and Translation. **DNA composition: nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and RNA *Nucleotides contain a sugar, phosphate, and nitrogenous base *Chargoffs base pair principle: Adenine pairs with Thymine, and Cytosine pairs with Guanine *The roles of DNA for the cell *DNA mutations: point substitution, frameshift insertion and frameshift deletion *RNA composition: Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, Guanine ------------------------------------------------------------ Week 4. Continue to name the cells, Translation practice and blood typing. *protein synthesis *RNA types: mRNA, tRNA, rRNA *Transcription is going from DNA to mRNA *Translation is coding from mRNA to amino acids with the help of tRNA *Be able to set up and analyze protein synthesis (DNA to mRNA to amino acids) *Learn that transcription takes place in the nucleus *Learn that translation takes place in the cytoplasm and the ribosome ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 5 Problem Analysis of Cells, DNA, RNA and Blood Typing * specialized cells *stem cells "Blood types *antigens *antibodies *blood type compatibility *universal donor "Universal recipient -------------------------------------------------------- Week 6. Osmosis and Diffusion Discuss modes of transport *Osmosis *Diffusion *Facilitated Diffusion *Active and passive transport ------------------------------------------------------------ Week 7. Osmosis and Diffusion * Practice problems on standardized exams *Continue discussing the composition of the cell membrane *Examine blood cells *Pressure- Turgid/ Placid/ Cytolysis/ Plasmolysis *Examine plant cells *Concentration gradients *Discuss reasons for transport ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 8. Mitosis * Learn that the purpose of mitosis is for growth and repair of body tissue * Learn and Identify the stages and important events in each stage * Analyze the results of mitosis *Analyze images to identify the stages of mitosis ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 9. Meiosis *Learn that the purpose of meiosis is for gamete formation *Learn about Spermatogensis and Oogenesis *Learn the stages and divisions of meiosis *Discuss and analyze the results of meiosis *Analyze images to identify the stages of meiosis -------------------------------------------------------------- Week 10 Genetics Introduction *compare the effects of mutations: nonsense, missense, and silent *Learn how mutations are formed and passed *Learn about gene mutations: insertion, deletion, and substitution *Learn about the chromosomal mutations: insertion, inversion, deletion, duplication, translocation, and nondisjunction ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 11 Genetics: Probability and Problem solving * *What is probability? *Calculate probability *Learn to set up complete dominance squares *Application of terminology to understand and decipher problems *analyze and solve complete dominant punnett squares, incomplete dominant punnett squares, and codominance squares ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 12 Genetics Modeling Punnett Squares. * *Introduction to punnett squares *Setting up a square *Learn to solve a square *solve incomplete dominance, co dominance, sex linked squares, and dihybrid squares *Practice the terms homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, recessive, genotype, phenotype *Apply probability principles *Types of punnett squares and characteristics ------------------------------------------------------------- week 13. Evolution and Speciation *What is Evolution? *natural selection *gene flow *Immigration *emigration *genetic drift *founder effect *bottleneck effect *noneandom mating *gene pool *allele frequency *Hardy Weinberg Equation *equilibrium ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 14 Evolution: Carrying Capacity and Population Size *Dispersal patterns *Anaylze data to calculate frequency and change *Carrying Capacity *Logistic Growth models *Exponential Growth models *Birth and Death rate calculation *Immigration and emigration *Changes in populations ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 15 Evolution: Natural Selection and Evidence of Evolution. *Identify the evidences of evolution *Learn to analyze fossil records *Learn to analyze *View analogous structures *Discuss and analyze vestigial organs and Divergent structures *Students will analyze the main categories of evidence used to support the Evolutionary Theory: fossils, direct observations, molecular, biogeography and anatomical evidence. Suggested activities ------------------------------------------------------------ Week 16: Ecology: Introduction and Biomes *What is Ecology? *Name and identify the characteristics of Earth's Biomes *Analyze biotic and abiotic factors *Learn to read and analyze Climatograms *Discuss living organism interactions: predator, prey, commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism *Succession :Primary and Secondary *analyze food chains and food webs *identify trophic levels ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 17 Ecology: Pollution *Human impacts on the environment *Pollution types *water cycle *carbon cycle *oxygen cycle *phosphorus cycles *nitrogen Cycle *Photosynthesis *cellular respiration *eutropificatuon ------------------------------------------------------------- Week 18. Plant Anatomy and Energy *Learn the anatomy of the angiosperm plant *Types of plants: angiosperm and gymnosperm plants *Photosynthesis and Respiration *Energy transfer *Ecological pyramids and importance of plants *classification *binomial nomenclature *Learn about the characteristics of animal classification *biogeochemical cycles review *scientific naming *dichotomous keys
Learning Goals
Students will learn the unit content for cells, genetics, evolution, ecology, and classification.
Students should be able to understand and apply the vocabulary, solve problems, be able to explain the process/concepts by the end of the course
Each week the class post will have a video lesson, activities, discussion questions and optional extensions.
Each week students will complete the video lesson, interactive activities, then they will complete class discussion questions on the classroom page, as well as pair and share opportunities to allow for more peer to peer engagement. Students can pair and share by drawing a picture or diagram for a concept, making a graphic organizer, summary page, a video, or another creative form to share concepts in various ways. Students will then be able to discuss with their peers what they like and learned from the pair and shares. Finally, students will receive feedback and support on homework/discussion/pair and shares, and vocabulary practice.
Syllabus
18 Lessons
over 18 WeeksLesson 1:
Lesson 1 scientific method and introduction to biology
*Learn about the scientific method
*Identify independent and dependent variables
*Be able to differentiate between a hypothesis, question, and inference
*Learn to write If, then hypothesis
*Be able to identify the steps of the scientific method
*Recognize the characteristics of life
*Sequence the levels of organization
*Lab Report writing Lesson 2:
Lesson 2 cells and microscopes
*Learn to identify various cells
*Differentiate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
*Compare plant cell organelles vs. animal cell organelles
*Cell membrane composition and importance
*Organelles and functions including nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, ribosome, lysosome, nucleolus, golgi body, smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum, plasma membrane, cell wall, and centrioles
*Learn about the composition of bacteria cells Lesson 3:
Lesson 3 DNA and RNA
*DNA composition: nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and RNA
*Nucleotides contain a sugar, phosphate, and nitrogenous base
*Chargoffs base pair principle: Adenine pairs with Thymine, and Cytosine pairs with Guanine
*The roles of DNA for the cell
*DNA mutations: point substitution, frameshift insertion and frameshift deletion
*RNA composition: Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, Guanine Lesson 4:
Lesson 4 protein synthesis
*protein synthesis
*RNA types: mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
*Transcription is going from DNA to mRNA
*Translation is coding from mRNA to amino acids with the help of tRNA
*Be able to set up and analyze protein synthesis (DNA to mRNA to amino acids)
*Learn that transcription takes place in the nucleus
*Learn that translation takes place in the cytoplasm and the ribosome Other Details
Supply List
Resources students may need are Quizlet, Quizizz, pdfs are optional to print, Youtube for the class recording only. They may want to bring a piece of paper and a pen/pencil to class. Students shouldn't need accounts for Quizlet or Quizizz, but sometimes Quizlet is a little strange with viewing options and prefers an account.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined August, 2018
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Science
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Muskingum University
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Hello! My name is Abbie Butler. Take a look around and feel free to message me with questions or requests.
Teaching Certifications and Specialties
I have a B.S. degree in Biology, and an AYA grades 7-12 teaching license in Life Sciences. I graduated from Muskingum University in 2013. I student taught in grades 7-8 and substitute taught for a year in grades pre k-12. I have taught High School Life Sciences (Biology/ Anatomy/ Zoology/ Oceanography/ Nutrition/ Botany/ Horticulture/ Environmental Science) and knit and crochet club for the past 10 years. I taught from 2013- spring 2019 in public and private schools. I am currently teaching full time online, since June 2019. This is my 4th year online teaching! So far I love it! I enjoy all areas of Life Sciences, as well as crocheting. Additionally, I have taught ESL online for a 2 years. I also tutored for exam prep - high school biology.
My lessons will focus on Anatomy, Biology, Zoology, Botany, Environmental Science, lab based lessons, as well as crochet classes for various ages ranging from 12-18. I also have private tutoring options.
Teaching Style
My teaching styles involve more of a hands on and student based practice/application process. There will be many areas of interaction and practice in the lessons. Most lessons are set up as a Quizizz lesson or powerpoint(large chunk of teaching the lesson), then do several practice questions (multiple choice, diagrams, matching), teach another small section, and then have another area of practice, finally review and summarize the lesson before saying goodbye.
Hobbies
I enjoy to go bike riding, fishing, going for walks and enjoying nature. I like to bake, or at least attempt to! My hobbies are crocheting and trying to make crafts with my cricut machine . I love spending time with my family.
Experience Crocheting
I have crocheted for 14 years. I am left handed. I will do my best to explain and model as many techniques as possible in class. I will also provide crochet YouTube videos to assist you! Crocheting is fun and can act as a stress relief, motivating and inspiring creative ideas.
Experience tutoring for OGT, OAA, NCSE, Science End of Course exams aligned with Ohio state standards and which are generally modeled from NGSS standards.
My Teaching Philosophy and Future Growth
My philosophy is you learn best when you are involved in your learning. My focus is for you to comprehend the content for mastery and long term use. It is easier to learn with practice and activities rather than lecture the entire lesson. Therefore, class will have various dynamics and interactions.
We will have a lot of fun in class. You will leave my classroom confident with your new content knowledge. I will also ensure you have enough practice resources and variation to continue learning outside of class. Items will be shared via hyperdocs made with google docs the day of class.
Cancellations
If a class does not have the minimum learners then, I will contact enrolled students and discuss how they would like to proceed. Options: run the class with the low enrollment or transfer to a different section.
If no students arrive when class starts, I will wait 5-10 minutes and then begin making a recording students can view anytime afterwards.
Refunds and Transfers
Most classes operate under the 'Limited' refund model. Learners can withdraw with a refund up to a week before class starts, or within 24 hours of purchase. Refunds will not be sent for withdrawals outside this window, but transfers may be requested up to 24 hours before class.
No-shows will not receive a refund, but may be offered video recordings.
Class Recordings
I typically post the recording if the parents ask, in general, I try to weekly if I remember to post it automatically with no request. Families can access this recording in the same classroom from which they launched the live course.
Flex Classes
I do currently offer a few selected flex classes, but I am currently working on revamping the classes so most of my flex classes are not available at this time. I post recordings of every class I teach, which can be used with class materials to complete the course on the learner's schedule. Activities in flex classes are interactive and engaging still. I actually model my flex classes off of a few of my popular live classes.
Check out my class descriptions for specials and coupons!
Thank you! I hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
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