High School Biology Syllabus or Curriculum Overview FREE

Item description

A well-designed course syllabus is an essential tool to present a road map for the course and set clear expectations at the start of the year.  This 2-page fully editable Biology Syllabus is designed to introduce an upper middle school or lower high school course that combines biology, biochemistry, and ecology topics in one academic year.  The syllabus includes sections for teacher contact information, course introduction, units of study, NGSS science & engineering practices taught, assignment weighting, grading policy, homework policy, late work policy, and expectations if a student is absent from school.  

This syllabus template comes in both a static PDF format and fully-editable WORD format so that educators can customize it for their unique needs.  It even includes bonus page containing extra icons if you wish to alter the Class and Contact Information section to include different categories, such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media sites.

Syllabus Sections:

• Contact Information: (editable)

• Teacher name

• Room number

• Class phone number

• Email

• Course website

• Course shared folder (e.g. Google Drive)

• NOTE: Other icons can be added for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.

Course Overview: (editable)

• Description of science

• Description of science as a knowledge base and methodology

• List of the 8 NGSS Science and Engineering Practices linked with the course

Course Topics: (editable)

• The Science of Biology

• Biochemistry

• Cells and Cellular Processes

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Evolution

• Classification and Taxonomy

• Animals

• Plants

• Ecology

• Population Ecology

• Humans and the Environment

Grading Scheme: (editable):

• Grading criteria and weighting

• Term weighting (e.g. quarterly, with semester exams)

 Homework: (editable):

• Frequency and duration of homework assignments

• Homework policy (e.g. completion grades vs. mastery grades, missed homework, etc.)

Late Work: (editable):

• What type of assignments can and cannot be handed in late

• Late work policy (e.g. 10% off per day late for major assignments, etc.)

• Extra credit policy

Absences from Class: (editable)

• Where to find class and homework documents if absent

• Absences policy (e.g. when extensions are given and when not, etc.)

Downloadable in 2 Formats:

I realize that teachers utilize different policies and documents in their own classrooms; that is why this product comes in a static PDF document and fully-editable Word document.

Part of a Line of Class Resource Products:

This product is part of my Class Documents line of resources, which consists of materials that I use on a daily basis in my classroom to help students understand my expectations and to simplify frequent tasks such as communicating missed homework assignments to parents, reporting detentions, and providing late slips.  Links to these documents are found below.  

Terms of Use:

Copyright © Douglas Enns. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this document are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.