Welcome to Biology 102!

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Welcome to Biology 102!

• Please pick up a syllabus (if you dont have one
  yet) and a clicker at the front desk. You will
  need to rent a clicker from the bookstore by the
  end of this week.
• Your instructor Dr. Bledsoe
• Office NS 220
• Email bledsoek_at_wou.edu

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Textbooks

• Audesirk, Audesirk, Byers Biology Life on
  Earth, 9th Edition, WOU Custom edition Volume 2.
• Labs Find your Moodle lab page to download lab
  materials and to take pre-lab quizzes.

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Your grade comes from

• Class activities and term project (60 points)
• Midterms (4 x 45 points)
• Final exam (130 points)
• Lab (155 points)

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Lab grade comes from

• Class participation
• Online prelab
• In-class participation
• Weekly lab quizzes.
• 2 written reports.
• Lowest lab grade will be dropped at the end of
  the term.

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Lab attendance policy

• If you miss 3 or more labs ( more than 2 labs),
  you automatically fail lab.
• If you fail lab, you automatically fail the
  course.
• If you must make up a lab, you must see Dr.
  Baumgartner and arrange a different lab time if
  possible.

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Academic honesty

• The short version Dont cheat.
• Plagiarism means turning in an assignment that is
  made up mostly or entirely of words that someone
  else wrote. Dont to it.
• Department policy 0 on the assignment AND
  reporting to Student Conduct Committee.

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Electronics policy

• NO use of handheld electronics in class,
  including cell phones and translators.
• Computers Only in the back row. Computer screens
  are distracting to others.
• Any use of electronics during exams will be
  considered cheating.

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What can I do about my grade?

• Attend class. In Bi 100 classes there is a
  significant correlation between attendance and
  final grades. Come to class prepared, with a
  printout of the class notes.
• Study, using the provided study guides. There is
  a significant correlation between study habits
  and Bi 100 test scores. Schedule two hours of
  study time for every hour in lecture, and begin
  studying intensively for exams about 1 week
  before. Use active study techniques to get the
  best return for your time.

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Passive learning
Passive learning happens when you just sit and
listen, and hope you remember later.
Most people retain less than 10 of what they
learn through passive learning.
Your Brain
Learning is an active process. Your professor can
teach but cant do the learning for you!
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Active Learning
Active learning is when you interact with the
material in many different ways.
Active study helps learners retain up to 90 of
the material that theyre working with.
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Active Study Ideas
Make concept maps.
Diagram the concept.
Take good notes in lecture AND while reading the
textbook.
Use interactive online tutorials.
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PLTL

• Peer-Led Team Learning is an optional, no-cost
  2-hour evening workshop led by students who have
  succeeded in the Bi 100 series.
• You do enroll in PLTL as you would a regular
  course. There is a P/NP grade assigned.

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• This is a Work Together question. When you see
  these, think about the question and write a
  response. You can work with a neighbor if you
  like.
• Weekly quiz questions will be based on Daily Work
  questions and clicker questions. Some of these
  will preview quiz and exam questions as well.
• However, these questions will not appear in the
  notes that you download. You must come to class
  for these questions.

W O R K T O G E T H E R
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Clickers!

• You will need to rent a TurningPoint response
  card, a.k.a. a clicker, from the bookstore.
• I pick random days each week to record
  participation based on clicker responses.
• We will also have practice quizzes using clickers.

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Register your clicker

• The TurningPoint system only detects the ID
  number of your clicker.
• To assign your name to your clicker ID number, I
  need everyone to register their clickers using
  the link on Moodle.

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Setting the clicker channel

• To set your clickers to channel 21
• Press Ch
• Press 2
• Press 1
• Press Ch

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This is a clicker question. Have you used
clickers before?

1. Yes.
2. No.
3. I cant remember.

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The person in charge of making learning happen in
your head is

1. You, the student.
2. Me, the professor.

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How many midterms do we have this term?

1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. Four

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When does the end-of-week quiz CLOSE each week?

1. 500 Friday evening
2. 800 Monday morning
3. 800 Monday evening
4. Never

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When should you do your pre-lab quiz?

1. By Sunday midnight before the lab.
2. By midnight the day before the lab.
3. Any time before the lab.
4. Any time during the term.

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You will automatically fail lab if you miss MORE
than ___labs.

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

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True or false There are study guides for each
chapter on Moodle.

1. True
2. False

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What are you allowed to do with cell phones in
class?

1. Answer them and have long conversations.
2. Text quietly under the desk or behind your
   backpack.
3. Turn them off and put them completely away.

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What does put your cell phone away look like?

1. Silence it and set it beside you on the desk.
2. Put it in your lap.
3. Put it in your backpack, purse, pocket or other
   place where you cant see it or be distracted by
   it.