Course title

Biology (NSO Online)

Pre-requisite

Physical or Earth Science

Course description

Biology is a two semester course (Sem A and Sem B) designed for high school students seeking to meet the Minnesota State requirement for a lab course in biology for high school graduation.††

Products for grading take a number of forms:† quizzes and tests as well as worksheets and lab analyses in the ?quiz? format; responding to questions following a reading; composition of short answer responses and essays based on a prompt; and graphing and calculating based on lab data.††

More details are provided in the syllabus; and here are some example lab assignments from the course:

Variation in Population LabFruitFly Speciation LabSelective Pressure LabHomeostasis LabProtein Synthesis SimulationsMutation LabMeiosis simulation labVirtual DNA lab

School country

United States

School state

Minnesota

School city

Plymouth

High school

Wayzata High School

School / district Address

N/A

School zip code

N/A

Requested competency code

Lab Science

Date submitted

Approved

Yes

Approved competency code

  • LBIO
  • Biology

Approved date

Online / Virtual

Yes