This document provides instructions for setting up an interactive notebook for an Introduction to Biology class. Students should have their course information sheet signature page ready to hand in. They should also get out 7 pages of binder paper and the assignment sheet. The cover of the notebook should include the class name, student name and information, and a related picture. The pages should be numbered and have designated sections for warm-ups, homework, input, and output. The input section provides an introduction to biology, defining it as the study of living things, and outlines some of the major topics that will be covered, including diversity of life, cell biology, genetics, evolution, and ecology. Students are instructed to look further into one interesting topic and illustrate

1. 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

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

3. • Place 7 pages of notebook paper behind
the cover
• Staple 3 times down the side so it opens
like a book

4. Number the pages
1
Back of cover First lined page

5. Number the pages
2 3

6. • 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

7. What is Biology? (pg 2)

8. Biology= The study of living
things

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

10. 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

11. The major topics we will study
in this class include:

12. Diversity of Life
• How many species
are there?
• How are species
related?
• What are the
major branches on
the tree of life?

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

14. Genetics
• Why do kids look similar to but not the
same as their parents?
• How does DNA carry genetic information?

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

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

17. 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