This year, we will be studying biology not just for the sake of accumulating facts. Instead, we wil use biology to further our understanding of the world around us. In our quest, I hope that we become imaginative, conceptual, committed and ethical thinkers. It is my goal, and in time, hopefully our goal, to use what we learn to become global and socially aware biologists that are prepared to take higher level science classes (AP Bio and AP Chemistry) and go to college. We will measure our success with two big goals:
BIG GOAL #1. 100% OF THE STUDENTS IN ROOM 318 WILL PASS BIOLOGY HSA TO BECOME COLLEGE READY.
BIG GOAL #2. 100% OF THE STUDENTS IN ROOM 318 WILL PRACTICE RESPECT, SELF-DISCIPLINE, EXCELLENCE & OWNERSHIP IN ORDER TO CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT ENCOURAGES LIFE LONG LEARNING.
By passing the HSA, you will have proven yourself to be not only a biology sage, but also a competent student who is college ready. You will be able to take higher level science courses, including AP Chemistry, AP Biology and Biotechnology as well as enter into college with the ability to critically analyze information in a plethora of fields.
Read the following quotation from Horace Mann.
In a comment below, answer the following two questions.
1. What do the Big Goals mean to you?
2. Why is education an “equalizer?”
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