Mrs. Prochazka’s Science Page

Hello and welcome to the 2011-2012 AP Biology and Regular/Honors Biology class sessions with Mrs. Prochazka.  This website will provide you with the most important things needed to pass Biology and keep you organized on the material being covered in class.  All power point lecture notes will be downloaded under the “BIO NOTES” tab above for you to access on a regular basis.  Feel free to visit the website often and print out the notes if needed.  When you are absent visit the “BIO Assignments” tab above to find out what you missed.

The Biology course syllabus will be given to you the first week of school. The syllabus will be an extremely useful piece of information to keep in your notebook and refer back to multiple times.  Specifically, all class expectations, the grading policy, and most importantly the content that will be taught and tested can be found in the course syllabus.

Each student will receive a Biology textbook which should remain at home.  There are classroom textbooks which will remain in the classroom and are issued based on your seat number.  There is also a textbook website, for Regular/Honors Biology (not AP Biology) that should be accessed on a regular basis to practice skills for each section of the chapters in the book at www.classzone.com.  Best wishes for a very successful and productive school year!!!

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to e-mail Mrs. Prochazka at mprochaz@wcboe.org.  Thank you.

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LIST OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES

• notebook paper
• pens
• No 2 pencils with erasers
• highlighters
• 3×5 index cards
• colored pencils (24 count or higher is recommended)
• 1-inch three ring binder (larger is acceptable)
• 5 tab dividers
• folder with 3 prongs and 2 pockets for lab reports
• student agenda or homework log
• calculator (Note: AP Biology- need graphing calculator- TI-84)
• Optional: Students are welcome to bring in boxes of tissue and hand sanitizer for classroom use.

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Check out the Volcano Competition 1st place winners video (7th period ES) Spring 2008:

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1.    Click on “Biology Page” tab on website

2.    Click on red writing for section you want to print    

3.    Pop-up box will appear… select either “open” or “save”… then pick from the following options to print based on which type of document was opened.

4.    If it is a power point follow these directions:

• Click on “file” (top right corner)
• Under print what option (at the bottom left) select from the following choices: “handouts” (will print 6 slides on each page), “outline view” (for typed notes with no slides- this option is great for enlarging the print)
• Change color/grayscale option (at bottom left) to “grayscale” 
• Save ink- follow these additional steps:                                                             
• Click on “properties” at top right corner                                                           
• Select paper/quality tab (at middle top)                                                         
• Under Print quality (right side) change it to the “Fast Draft” option                                                        
• Click “OK” (bottom right)                                                          
• Click “OK” again (bottom right) 

5.    If it is a word document follow these directions:

• Click on “file” (top right corner) 
• Scroll down and select “print” 
• Click “OK” at bottom right corner of pop-up box
• Save ink- follow these additional steps:                                                             
• Click on “properties” at top right corner                                                           
• Select paper/quality tab (at middle top)                                                         
• Under Print quality (right side) change it to the “Fast Draft” option                                                        
• Click “OK” (bottom right)                                                          
• Click “OK” again (bottom right)