Welcome Parents and Guardians!
Biology: Jennie Walstrom
Agenda
A Little about me
My is from there
My University!
I did undergraduate research on bioremediation (using living things to clean contaminated areas)
This is my 3rd year teaching at Balboa!
My dad builds and repairs musical instruments
Ms. Walstrom (aka Jennie)
Undergrad and Grad school: I went to UC Berkeley for my undergraduate degree in Genetics and Plant Biology and Mills college for my Masters in Education
My family: I live with my fiance and our puppy, Willow. We were going to get married last summer but had to postpone our wedding due to covid.
How best to communicate with me: Probably email is the most efficient, but I am happy to set up a zoom call so we can chat face to face.
What Influenced me: My family play a huge role in my life, I have played and performed music most of my life and now I help out my dad in his music shop, Timbre Folk and Baroque.
What I have learned about teaching during distance learning: Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have and we have to remember to be kind to ourselves and others.
That’s me and Willow
My mask looks like a beard :/
walstromj@sfusd.edu
Please email me with any questions or concerns you may have!
:D
Syllabus and General Expectations
Course Goal: The goal of this course is to prepare and equip students with tools to think critically and become more connected to the natural world and each other.
Grading Policy:
85%-100% = A
70 - 84% = B
50% - 69% = C
49% & below = I(ncomplete)
Student and teacher can work together to revisit / make up work to raise the grade
Late Work Policy: All late work is accepted with no penalties.
Grade Breakdowns:
Assignments 15%
Participation 30%
Labs / Projects 20%
Quizzes 15%
Final Exam 20%
Participation in Zoom calls: I will deduct one participation point for unexcused silences or non-responsiveness on zoom.
Schedule!
Fall Semester:
Ch 1- The Study of Life
Ch 2- Interdependence among Organisms
Ch 3- Cycles of Energy and Matter
Ch 4- Matter and Energy for Organisms
Ch 5- Fire Ecology
(Skip Chap 6)
Spring Semester
Ch 7- The Internal Environment of Organisms
Ch 8- Maintaining Balance in Organisms
Ch 9- Gene Action
Ch 10- Development in Organisms and in the Lab
Ch 11- Continuity of Information through Inheritance
Ch 12- Evolution: Change Across Time
Ch 13- Products of Evolution: Unity and Diversity
What We Do! Chap 1 critter cards and safety posters
Critter Presentations
Check out this link to view a presentation from this year!
Chap 2: Neighborhood Ecological Survey
These pictures are from last year and the previous year when we actually went outside together. This year it was changed was changed so kids went out on their own to survey the nature around them. Check out the assignment here!
Students are working on a virtual predator prey simulation check out the assignment here!
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Thank you for coming!