First Day Handout
Allan Tidwell
Office - Room 110
526-2761 Ext. – 3248 e-mail address: tidwella@chipola.edu
Webpage: www.chipola.edu/instruct/science/Tidwell/TidwellA.html
Audesirk, Audesirk, & Byers Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology, ninth edition,
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings, 2011. ISBN 0321681517 or ISBN 9780321681515
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Mastering Biology is an online tutorial system that is pedagogically proven to help students learn. If you are using a used textbook, you must purchase a Mastering Biology access code.
New textbook price includes the Mastering Geology access code. Please refer to the
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You must have an access code to use Mastering Biology. Please refer to the Mastering
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The assignments should average 40-45 minutes to complete. The assignments and due dates can be found by clicking on assignments from the Mastering Biology course homepage.
They do not have to be finished at one time. You may work in smaller increments of time until the assignment is completed. No grade can be obtained for the assignment after the due date. The average of all homework grades will count as test seven.
The slides do a good job of condensing the material that needs to be learned. Learning the content of the slides for the chapters covered on your upcoming test should prove to be an excellent study tool. The study guides are a tremendous aid in preparing for the exams. I strongly recommend answering the questions on the study guides, then learning this information in partial preparation for each exam.
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Students are expected to attend all class sessions and to report punctually . When absent, they are expected to account for the absence to the instructor and be responsible for work missed. Any student who accumulates more than ten absences will automatically fail this course. An appeal may be made in writing to an appeal committee.
In the letter, you must explain reasons for all absences. You should also provide copies of any documentation pertaining to absences
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Your final grade will be determined by the average of the seven test grades, with all seven tests given the same weight. . If you have no absences and no tardies for a given test period, five points will be added to your grade on that test . This includes no leaving early at any time during the class.
The grading system used by Chipola is:
100-90=A 89-80=B 79-70=C 69-60=D

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(Not covered in the order listed)
Chapter 4 Cell Structure and Function
Chapter 10 Patterns of Inheritance
11 pages
Chapter 5 Cell Membrane Structure and Function 9 pages
(begin with 5.2, page 82)
Chapter 9 Cellular Reproduction 15 pages
11 pages
(up to page 186)
Chapter 11 DNA: The Molecule of Heredity
(up to 11.3, page 207)
Chapter 14 Principles of Evolution
8 pages
13 pages
Chapter 28 How Do Ecosystems Work? 14 pages
Chapter 31 Homeostasis and the Organization of the Animal Body 10 pages
Chapter 32 Circulation
Chapter 33 Respiration
15 pages
Chapter 34 Nutrition & Digestion
10 pages
15 pages
Chapter 38 The Nervous System 12 pages
Chapter 40 The Muscles & Skeleton 10 pages
Chapter 41 Animal Reproduction 14 pages
Chapter 42 Animal Development 11 pages
(begin at 42.5, page 822)
Chapter 43 Plant Anatomy & Nutrient Transport
Exam
13 pages
Chapters Tentative test dates
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2
3
4, 5, 9 ___Sept.8_______
10, 11, 14 ___Sept. 26_______
31, 32, 33 ___Oct. 11 _______
4 34, 38, 40 ___Nov. 3________
5 41, 42 ___Nov. 15_______
6 (Final Exam) 28, 43 ___Dec. 13 @ 8:00_
7 Homework grade