Welcome to Grade 11 Biology
(SBI 3U)
Teacher: Ms. S. Murray
Room: 227
Period: 1
Expectations
Come to class:
• Prepared
• Proper uniform
• Punctual (on time)
• Pick up handouts from side bench on way in.
• If you are unsure – ASK!
• Lunch time help available in room 227 or 212
Classroom rules:
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Attentive listening
Mutual respect
Right to participate/pass
Appreciations only – no put downs
Homework
• Assigned daily and will be checked often.
• A part of the learning skills on your report
card and a good indication of how well you are
keeping up with the course.
• Quizzes will be given periodically. It will be
your choice whether to use a quiz score towards
your mark.
• Biology requires memory work.
• It is in your best interest to keep on top of
homework and to REVIEW regularly.
Assessment
• Term work (70%)
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Assignments and Labs
Unit Projects
STSE Presentation(s)
5 Unit Tests (~35%)
• Lab Exam (5%)
▫ Dissection Bell-ringer
• Final Exam (25%)
~35%
Absences:
• If you know a head of time, inform me
• Always look to teacher page for missed work
• Handouts from each day are placed in the
“period 1” box in the appropriate day of the week
folder
• Missing class is not a valid excuse for incomplete
work!
Accessing the teacher page
Be sure you are familiar with how to access this web page
HC today  teacher pages  S. Murray SBI 3U 
course calendar and course notes
• Announcements – reminders about upcoming tasks
• Course Calendar – shows daily topics, including test
dates. Click on the topic to find a summary of the lesson
and the assigned HOMEWORK
• Course Notes –On the left under “Documents”.
Includes copies of notes and handouts, review for tests
and answers to some homework.
• Links - useful sites for review of course concepts
Big Ideas in Grade 11 Biology
Genetic Processes
Diversity of Living Things
Evolution
Animals: Structure and Function
Plants: Anatomy, Growth and Function
The full ALCDSB Course Outline can be found online at www.hctoday.ca and in
the Course Notes folder on the SBI3U site.
Some things to look forward to…
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Pig Dissections (culminating assignment)
Possible trip to the zoo to study diversity!
Growing fruit flies!
Learning to take blood pressure
• And of course….Becoming experts of Biology!
Todays plan:
• Cracking the code movie with worksheet
• Homework: Read Biology 11, Section 4.2, P 123
– 127
▫ Define: genetics, heredity, trait, gene, allele,
homozygous and heterozygous