Ag Biology With Mr.

Macy - Syllabus
Textbook: Biology, Prentice Hall

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Course Description: Agriculture Biology is a one year, laboratory science

course, aligned to the biology science content standards, designed for college
and career readiness. The course emphasizes the principles, central concepts
and interrelationships among the following topics:
The molecular and cellular aspects of life.
Energetics of life, growth, and reproduction in plants and animals.
Evolution of modern plants and animals.
Plant and animal genetics.
Human biology.
Animal behavior.
Ecological relationships among plants, animals, humans, and the environment.
Nutrition.
Health and diseases.
Major Course Requirements:
Laboratory work- successfully complete the labs assigned during the year.
Take careful notes and maintain a well-organized collection of the years work
Maintain a running record of your daily work and attendance.
Participate daily.
Display the proper attitude in class at all times.
Observe the school, agriculture department, and classroom rules.

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Agriculture Project and Club (FFA)

All students enrolled in an ag class in the state of California are required to have
a portion of their grade determined by participation in the FFA club, and outside
of class work on a Supervised Agriculture Experience Project. Multiple options
exist for both of those requirements, and students will have many choices, but
should know ahead of time that this takes effort in addition to the minutes within
the classroom and expected homework.
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Necessary Equipment
Textbook at Home. Provided.
Interactive Notebook Brought Daily. Provided.
Writing Utensil.
Positivity!
Recommended Equipment
Highlighters, pens in multiple colors, extra paper

Grading Criteria:

Activities
Percentages
Assessments
40%
Notebook and Assignments
40%
Project
10%
FFA Participation
10%
100% - 90% = A 89.9% - 80% = B 79.9% - 70% = C 69.9% - 60 % = D
59.9% and Below = Failing Grade
Mr. Macy DOES NOT round up. If a student wants a grade higher, the student
needs to work for it!
Homework:
Assigned homework rarely takes more than 15 minutes a night. Expected
homework includes nightly reviewing and revising of the days work for credit the
following day. Reviewing and Revising the days work is extremely important as
repetition is the key to knowledge retention.
Follow the class assignments using remind.com/join the class code is macybio
Free to join for both parents and students and reminders can be received by text
or email
Grading
Grades are entered from the interactive notebook weekly (biweekly at a
minimum). The student shall keep track of what pages were collected each
week, and how many of those stamps they have turned in that week. This is
recorded in the notebook and shall match the online gradebook.
Late/Make-up Work
Students are responsible for attaining all lecture notes missed during an absence,
and that any assignments are made up within the timeframe allowed in the
student handbook. Please see another student for their entries in the interactive
notebook. Once this is done, you must tell your Mr. Macy the exact assignment
you need to make up. Your instructor will not chase you. Late work may be
accepted by Mr. Macy outside of the regular class minutes when there is not a
more pressing issue.
Behavior:
Mr. Macy follows all school rules in his classroom. Please follow all school rules on
a daily basis as outlined in the student handbook received at the beginning of the
year.
Consequences are provided as per the student and teacher handbooks.
We have read the above policies for Biology contained above.
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Contact Mr. Macy at: ross.macy@cnusd.k12.ca.us Follow the Ag Department on
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