biology

1. Biology
What is biology?
How is knowledge of biology important?

2. Who am I?
Name: ????
From: Texas (United States)
Lived in Taiwan for 3 years
Interest:
Traveling
Tasting new foods
Learning new things
Teaching
My Favorite Things to do in Taiwan:
Eating Hot Pot
Relaxing on the beach
Visiting night markets
What will you do over
your summer break?

3. Class Rules
HAVE FUN!!!!!
Don't be shy.
Make mistakes, it's ok.
Mistakes are part of the learning process.
Making solid effort is more important.

4. Most Important Rule
TALK....TALK....TALK
Try to only use English
可是有點中文ok

5. Have a question during the talk, just ask me. No
need to wait till the end!
聽不懂，沒問題只有問我！！
我說太快，告訴我。

6. Most of your grades will be
decided by your previous work.
Your work in my class will only
reflect part of your grade.
Grading

7. Biology Riddles
What can you catch but not throw?
What am I?

9. Biology Riddles
What must be in the oven yet cannot be baked?
Grows in the heat yet shuns the light?
Looks like skin, but is fine as hair?
What am I?

11. Biology Riddles
I am a gas that is essential for plants –
but I can’t be bought at the gas station.
What am I?

13. What is your favorite
part of biology?
Why did you choose to
study biology?

14. What do you least like
about biology?
Why?

15. Warm-up: Tongue Twisters
Molten magma murmurs from a conic volcano cone.

16. How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he
could, and chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck
could chuck wood
https://www.engvid.com/english-resource/50-tongue-twisters-improve-pronunciation/

17. Introduce
yourself to me!

18. • Name
• Where you live (city)
• A little bit about your family
• Favorite School project ever done
• Hobbies
• Motivation and Learning Style
• Goals
• Career Choice - Where you want to be in 10 years
• Something special about you.

19. What is the last picture
on your phone?

20. For the rest of the semester:
What do you want to learn?
We can do our own learning or textbook learning.
Did you finish the book?

21. Year End Project:
Biology Research Project
You pick a topic and research it and then give a
presentation.
SDG
Link biology and one SDG and do a research project
that would improve your school.

22. Presentation Structure
Introduction
Tell your audience what you are going to talk about.
For example, SDG 1, No Hunger. Foods affect on human growth.
Body (Main Discussion)
Tell us details (definitions, facts, numbers, figures and charts)
about your SDG. The more the better! Include a survey
Closing
Summarize what you discussed with the class
Include an Action Item. It is something you want your audience
to do. For example, eat certain types of food. Avoid certain food.

26. Human Biology
Are Taiwanese and American Bodies different?

27. Body Parts:
•Legs
•Ears
•Teeth
•Tongue
•Hair
•Nails
•Heart
•Arm Pit
•Lungs
•Waist
•Wrist
•Eyes
•Knees
•Stomach
•Toes
•Head
•Feet / Foot
•Mouth
•Muscles
•Nose
•Finger
•Elbow
•Thumbs
•Forehead
•Back Neck

28. Body Systems?
What’s that?
How many body systems
do we have?

29. System of Organs:
A group of organs that work
together to perform one or
more functions in the body

30. Name a part of the body in the System
integumentary system - ??
skeletal system - ??
muscular system - ??
lymphatic system – ??
respiratory system - ??
digestive system - ??
nervous system - ??
endocrine system - ??
cardiovascular system - ??
urinary system - ??
reproductive systems – ??

41. Er Sheeran and Thinking
Out Loud

42. Er Sheeran and Thinking
Out Loud

43. Sustainability
• Sustainability consists of fulfilling the needs of current
generations without compromising the needs of future
generations.
• Sustainability refers to the ability to maintain or support a
process continuously over time.
• Being good now and being good for the future.
Why do we need Sustainability?

44. 8.
Tell one of your
secrets

45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIExX9St4oA&t=232s

46. How many Schools are
in Taiwan?
A) 10964
B) 8954
C) 9547
D)12435

47. How many schools are in Taiwan?
How many cram schools are in Taiwan?

48. How many cram schools are in Taiwan?
17,000

49. Quality Education Targets
•For each target, how can Taiwan/Taiwanese help solve
the problem?
•Think about how to say it in simple English.

50. Quality Education Target 1
•Ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable
(fair and equal) and quality primary and secondary
education.
Does Taiwan have free
Education?
How can
you help?

51. Types of Classes:
Required Courses
Elective Courses
Mini-Classes
Self-Directed (self learning) Classes
What are these? Can you give me an example?

52. Quality Education Target 2
Ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood
development, care and pre-primary education.
AKA: Preschool, Kindergarten
Where do kids 3-4 years
old go to School in
Taiwan:
How can
you help?

53. What was your favorite
required class? Why?
Required Classes:
Classes you must take to graduate.

54. English?
Hakka?
Other?
Required Language Classes:
Should students be required to take
foreign language classes? If so, which
one is most important?

55. Quality Education Target 3
Ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and
quality technical, vocational and university education.
What is affordable?
Ok to
Google
What is the average cost to
attend college in Taiwan?
What about the US?

56. What type of Elective
classes do you like?
What type do you wish
the school had but does
not have?
Elective Classes:
Classes you can choose to take.
You don’t have to take them.

57. Quality Education Target 4
•Increase the number of youth and adults who have technical and
vocational skills, for employment and entrepreneurship (making
your own company)
What are technical or vocational jobs?
Can you name one or two?
How can
you help?

58. Introduce one of the
mini-courses you took.
What did you do in the
course?
Mini Classes:
These are classes that are shorter in duration (time).
Maybe only 6 weeks vs 16 weeks long.

59. Quality Education Target 5
•Eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access
to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable,
including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children
If not, should they receive
extra help?
How can
you help?
Do indigenous people have the
same access to education as
non-indigenous?

60. Did you take any self learning classes?
Why did you choose to take them?
What did you learn from them?
Self Learning Classes:
Self learning classes are individual classes. You
learn the material on your own.

61. Quality Education Target 6
•Ensure that all youth and adults, both men and women, achieve
literacy and numeracy.
What is a literacy and
numeracy?
How can
you help?

62. Speaking Activity (one minute challenge):
Ok to Use Google
Tell us about the most challenging class you have taken?
Tell us the name of the class.
Tell us when you took the class.
Tell us why it was so challenging.
Tell us how you still learned the material? (Resources)
Tell us how you survived.
(and any other information you want)

63. Quality Education Target 7
Ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to
promote sustainable development, including, among others, through
education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles,
human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and
non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity
and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.
How can
you help?

64. Hours you are in class
Number of Classes taken
Amount of Test
Importance of test
Social Life/Free Time
Elective Classes
Required Classes
Mini Classes
Self Learning Classes
Comparing US and Taiwan Education:

65. Study abroad?
Where do you want to go to college?
What do you want to study?

66. Science Class

67. Tips to Writing:
KISS IT

68. The writing process:
Brainstorming
Outlining
Rough Draft
Editing
Proofreading

69. 1. Be direct in your writing.
Good writing is clear and concise.
Lose filler words, like unnecessary adverbs and
prepositional phrases, simply take up space and weigh a
sentence down.
Ex: Class of Science = Science Class
Say exactly what you mean in the most direct way.

70. 2. Choose your words wisely.
There are many ways to write a sentence, and there are different
words you can choose to convey the same idea.
Always choose the simpler of two words.
Use familiar vocabulary instead of lofty.
Simple words are more direct and easier for all readers to understand.
Use a thesaurus to find a replacement word or an easier way to say
something.

71. 3. Short sentences are more powerful than long
sentences.
A story loses steam with wordiness.
Short sentences are easier to comprehend, something that
readers appreciate.
Avoid trying to pack too much into a line.
Every sentence should contain one thought or idea.

72. 4. Write short paragraphs.
Keep your paragraphs short and manageable.
Each one should consist of sentences that support the
same idea.
Short paragraphs are easier to digest.

73. 5. Always use the active voice.
Use the active voice and adhere to subject-verb-object
sentence structure. It’s the most direct path to making your
point.
With the active voice, the subject is doing something,
which is more exciting than the passive voice, in which
something is being done to the subject.
In short, passive voice is boring.

74. 6. Review and edit your work.
Proofreading your first draft should be the first step in your
editing process.
Tighten your writing, check your word choice and sentence
structure, and hone your voice to improve your style.
Have your fellow student or friend read your writing.
Read your writing aloud.

75. 7. Use a natural, conversational tone.
Your writing style relies on your own, unique voice.
Communicate in your comfort zone. Like you converse.
Shape ideas with your original thoughts and voice, and
do your best to avoid clichés.
Your writing style should reflect your personality.

76. Respond to the following question.
Learning English is more important than learning science.
Who
What
Where
When
Why
How
Writing Activity 1:
You can use google to prepare

77. Tell the story of
the picture.
Writing Activity 2:

78. Each student adds a
sentence to the story.
Writing Activity 3:

79. Drawing Charades:
I will give one person a
word and they must draw
the word and everyone
else must guess it.

80. Debate (In Teams):
Biology is the most importance science.
One team yes
One team no

81. Debate (In Teams):
Students should be required to memorize
math formulas and not use a calculator.
One team yes
One team no