Welcome back!

• Please have your course information sheet signature page ready to hand in

• Get out 7 pages of binder paper and your assignment sheet

Interactive Notes

On the cover write:• Introduction to Biology • Name, period, seat #• Draw a color picture related to the unit

topic

• Place 7 pages of notebook paper behind the cover

• Staple 3 times down the side so it opens like a book

Number the pages

1

Back of cover First lined page

Number the pages

2 3

• Write “Warm-ups” at the top of page 1• Write “Homework” at the top of page 12

and 13• Write “Input” at the top of the even number

pages• Write “Output” at the top of the odd

number pages

What is Biology? (pg 2)

Biology= The study of living things

Science

• Goal is to provide natural (not supernatural) explanations for events in the natural world

Science

• Goal is to provide natural (not supernatural) explanations for events in the natural world

• Science is an organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world

The major topics we will study in this class include:

Diversity of Life

• How many species are there?

• How are species related?

• What are the major branches on the tree of life?

Cell Biology• How do individual cells function?• How do cells work together?• How do cells make copies of themselves?

Genetics• Why do kids look similar to but not the

same as their parents?• How does DNA carry genetic information?

Evolution• How do species change over time? • Where did we come from?

Ecology

• How do species interact with each other and with their environment?

Output Activity (pg 3)

• Pick one topic that you find interesting• Look up that topic in the textbook and

explore it further• On page 3, draw a color illustration of your

chosen topic