Grading
Categories and weights will be applied as follows:
Process Grade - 20%
This course will also prepare you to learn effectively and independently in a college-level science course. Your process grade is about how you learn Biology. It is assessed with a variety of assignments that aim to help you master the content of the course while building study skills and personal responsibility.
Labs and Projects - 30%
You will become competent in scientific thinking and practice in this course. In Year 2, you will complete a Formal lab experiment that is fully designed, executed, and written up by you - with no teacher guidance. Year I Labs are designed to prepare you for that experience. Lab work is assessed with the IB lab rubrics.
Essential Knowledge - 10%
Essential Knowledge quizzes (EKs) will assess your understanding of the foundations of the IB curriculum. EKs can be taken more than once to reflect your growth and understanding of the content.
Formal Assessments - 20%
Midterms are given once or twice per semester. They will be detailed and comprehensive, including multiple-choice, calculation problems, and essay/discussion questions. Midterms will prepare you for the format, style, and feeling of an IB exam. All questions that appear are IB-style questions.
Final Exam - 20%
Your semester finals will be cumulative and also be in the style of an IB exam.
Process Grade - 20%
This course will also prepare you to learn effectively and independently in a college-level science course. Your process grade is about how you learn Biology. It is assessed with a variety of assignments that aim to help you master the content of the course while building study skills and personal responsibility.
Labs and Projects - 30%
You will become competent in scientific thinking and practice in this course. In Year 2, you will complete a Formal lab experiment that is fully designed, executed, and written up by you - with no teacher guidance. Year I Labs are designed to prepare you for that experience. Lab work is assessed with the IB lab rubrics.
Essential Knowledge - 10%
Essential Knowledge quizzes (EKs) will assess your understanding of the foundations of the IB curriculum. EKs can be taken more than once to reflect your growth and understanding of the content.
Formal Assessments - 20%
Midterms are given once or twice per semester. They will be detailed and comprehensive, including multiple-choice, calculation problems, and essay/discussion questions. Midterms will prepare you for the format, style, and feeling of an IB exam. All questions that appear are IB-style questions.
Final Exam - 20%
Your semester finals will be cumulative and also be in the style of an IB exam.
As this course is intended to prepare you for college-level science and the IB exam, many assignments will be adjusted to the IB grade boundaries.
Follow the links for more information on specific assessments and how they are graded:
Follow the links for more information on specific assessments and how they are graded: