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2018-2019 Syllabus
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
9/17/18- Hey Bio-olympiaders! I'm Chris, your webmaster for this new Biology Olympiad Year. I along with other officers will be posting weekly updates here and on the Facebook group. Please make sure to create an account above to access weekly lectures, handouts, and other helpful resources. Stay tuned for more updated lectures and practice exams.
Captains: Eric Sun and Derrick Liang
Teaching Coordinators: Adele Peng and Eugene Lee
Treasurer: Edward Lue
Webmaster: Chris Jose
9/15/17 - Hey all! I'm Alex, your webmaster for the year. I along with the other officers will be posting updates in our Facebook group (refer to the right side of this page for the link). I wish you all the best of luck in your USABO endeavors this year - we have a great year ahead of us.
03/04/17 - Calling all bio-olympiaders! Please submit a question to be featured as Question of the Week!
Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzVMwBnhFlhEtn4CaXPleU7NMu9rxok-uoNzfc7I52ATsPmw/viewform?usp=sf_link
If we like your question you will get food (and glory)
02/21/17 - Feel like you failed the open? Or maybe confident that you got a 50? Either way, come eat your feelings next Friday, March 3rd B Block where we'll be having a TJBIO party. All are welcome! Bring food if you can.
12/4/16 - Baby, it's cold outside, and you know what that means! Join us for the annual TJ Biology Olympiad Winter Contest THIS FRIDAY B BLOCK (12/9)! It's a great way to test what you've learned so far and win prizes such as gift cards, baked goods, and candy! Participants will be divided up into three division, with one winner each division: IBET bio, AP bio, and post-AP bio. Signups open Wednesday (48 hour presign) so make sure to get a spot before space runs out!
9/30/16 - Welcome to a new year of Biology Olympiad! Important dates to keep in mind:
Friday, October 14th -- USABO student registration opens. Further instructions will be posted and emailed out as the date nears.Friday 8th period, December 16th -- The annual TJ Bio Olympiad Winter Contest returns! Join us during 8th period to compete for a chance to win prizes.
4/25/15 - Hi Biologists! The Toronto Biology Competition is coming up. Here is a link to the full event details. Please read them carefully.
4/17/15 - Get ready for the University of Toronto Biology Competition on April 30th.
3/25/15 - That's right Olympiaders! The semifinal exam is two days away. Make sure to get a good night's sleep, and remember to brings pencils, erasers, and a four function calculator.
3/13/15 - Its Friday the 13th! And USABO Open exam results are out! Be sure to check the website for the scores.
2/8//15 - Registration for the University of Toronto National Biology Competition has started. The competition will take place on April 30th, 2015. This means you will be missing class to take the exam.
To register fill out this form: goo.gl/xN7WAc, and pay $7 to Tarun Kamath by February 27th. Registration will likely be limited to the first 75 people who pay. You can find Tarun at 8th period Biology Olympiad meeting or during lunch in front of the Neurobiology Lab in the research wing.
Be sure to bring exact change for the payment. Upon payment, you will also need to fill out a payment receipt. More information about the competition can be found at http://www.biocomp.utoronto.ca/.
1/16/15 (Edited 1-28-14) - USABO Open registration has opened! The exam will take place Wednesday A and B blocks February 11th, 2015. Make sure you are free both blocks before registering.
To register, go to
https://www.usabo-trc.org/ and click on the Student Registration button in the middle of the page. USABO registration ends
February 2nd, 2015.
IMPORTANT: Once you register on the USABO website, you will receive a User ID number (ex. 1150192207). Be sure to keep your User ID number in a place easily accessible place.
Finally, we will need a headcount of all the people that would like to take the USABO to prepare logistical stuff. To take the USABO Open at TJ, you must fill out this form:
http://goo.gl/forms/CgPMDfTCZ0 . Please fill out the form above as soon as possible!
7/31/14 - Congratulations to Will Long for his stellar performance at the IBO, placing 5th out of 224 students! You can read more about it in a Washington Post article here. Thanks to George Liang for originally posting the link on our Facebook page. 6/15/14 - Congratulations to our new set of officers!
Captains: Peter Kim and Tiger Zhang Teaching Coordinators: Andrew Huang and Jeffrey Liu Treasurer: Tarun Kamath Webmaster: Neeraj PrasadOn a side note, congratulations to William Long for earning a gold medal at USABO camp and advancing to the International Biology Olympiad. In addition, we'd like to thank Matthew Park and Lucy Chu for their contributions as TC and Captain respectively. This is Tiger Zhang, signing out as your webmaster for the 2013-2014 year. Have a wonderful summer!
6/4/14 - Elections are up! You can vote here. For more information, check out the election tab at the top-left of the website.
5/21/14 - Scores from the Toronto Biology Competition have been released. Congratulations to Peter Kim and Will Long in tying for first place! You can the scores and more details here. In addition, elections for the next score year are coming up soon. Eligible voters must have attended at least 5 meeting, while candidates must have attended at least 7 meetings. In addition, candidates for Captain and TC must have lectured at least once. You can find more information here. If you would like to run, please fill out the form here.
4/29/14 - Someone from College Confidential has kindly uploaded the a histogram detailing the score distribution for the Open and Semifinal Exam. You can find the histrogram here.
4/17/14 - USABO Semifinal Scores came out yesterday. You can find your score and status at your USABO account (https://www.usabo-trc.org/).
However, a list of the top twenty nationals finalists has not been
posted. The USABO people should be posting that list and a histogram
with the score distribution soon.
It looks like the cutoff for the top 20 finalists is 172. In
addition, the cutoff for the top 10% of the scorers is 146. (All of this
is unconfirmed though.) Congratulations to anyone who is a national finalist!
3/16/14 -- USABO Open results have come out! Be sure to check your CEE account for your score. The semifinalist cutoff score was 28.5.
2/24/14 -- Toronto National Biology Competition will take place on Thursday, April 24th during 4th Period. This means that you will miss class to take the exam. The registration fee is $7 and must be given to an officer by Wednesday March 5th. The competition is limited to the first 80 people who have paid the registration fee, to be determined based on a first come first serve basis. Register here.
2/9/14 -- The tentative date for the USABO Open results is March 5th. Semifinalists will be posted to the website and you can check your score by logging on with your USABO ID.
1/8/14 -- The schedule running up to the USABO Open exam has been changed. We will be covering as many body systems as possible, with a review of important concepts on the last Friday before the USABO.
1/7/14 -- Registration has opened for the USABO Open and will end January 17th. You can register by completing the form on the link here. Be sure to choose "Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology" as the school name.
1/5/14 -- This is a reminder that the USABO Open Exam will take place during A and B Block on Friday, February 7th. Dr. Locklear wishes to restrict the registration to 60 people decided on a first-come first serve basis, so stay tuned for more information about the registration process.
12/12/13 -- Due to construction, after-school meeting will no longer be held in Dr. Jones's room. Instead, we will have after-school practices in Ms. Spoden trailer which is Trailer 16. Stay tuned for more updates on after-school meetings!
10/29/13 -- TJ Biology Olympiad will be having a pizza sale on 10/30/13 in the upstairs cafeteria during break. Come buy pizza and support us and tell all your friends to come too!
9/23/13 -- Hi everyone! We will be having a pizza sale this Friday during break in the J-lounge. Come buy pizza and support TJ BioOlympiad and tell all your friends to come too.
6/8/13 -- Congratulations to our new set of officers! Best of luck to you guys from '12-'13 :)
Captain: Lucy Chu
Teaching Coordinators: Peter Kim and Matt Park
Treasurer: Jeffrey Liu
Webmaster: Tiger Zhang
This is your webmaster, Lauren Huang, signing out. Keep the legacy going, TJ Bio.
5/30/13 -- University of Toronto exam results are out! The Honor Roll of top scorers is here: http://individual.utoronto.ca/cgoldman/BioComp-2013-HonourRoll.pdf. Congratulations and thanks to all of you for making TJ once again the top school!
2/11/13 -- It looks like the online textbook has been stolen again. If you are in desperate need for a copy of Campbell and Reece, email the Biology Olympiad account at [email protected]
2/8/13 -- Links to lectures and practice exams posted from now on will bring you to a Dropbox page (unfortunately, I've hit the storage limit on the website builder). Email if you have any issues with downloading anything.
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6/4/14 - Elections are up! You can vote here. For more information, check out the election tab at the top-left of the website.
5/21/14 - Scores from the Toronto Biology Competition have been released. Congratulations to Peter Kim and Will Long in tying for first place! You can the scores and more details here. In addition, elections for the next score year are coming up soon. Eligible voters must have attended at least 5 meeting, while candidates must have attended at least 7 meetings. In addition, candidates for Captain and TC must have lectured at least once. You can find more information here. If you would like to run, please fill out the form here.
4/29/14 - Someone from College Confidential has kindly uploaded the a histogram detailing the score distribution for the Open and Semifinal Exam. You can find the histrogram here.
4/17/14 - USABO Semifinal Scores came out yesterday. You can find your score and status at your USABO account (https://www.usabo-trc.org/).
However, a list of the top twenty nationals finalists has not been
posted. The USABO people should be posting that list and a histogram
with the score distribution soon.
It looks like the cutoff for the top 20 finalists is 172. In
addition, the cutoff for the top 10% of the scorers is 146. (All of this
is unconfirmed though.) Congratulations to anyone who is a national finalist!
3/16/14 -- USABO Open results have come out! Be sure to check your CEE account for your score. The semifinalist cutoff score was 28.5.
2/24/14 -- Toronto National Biology Competition will take place on Thursday, April 24th during 4th Period. This means that you will miss class to take the exam. The registration fee is $7 and must be given to an officer by Wednesday March 5th. The competition is limited to the first 80 people who have paid the registration fee, to be determined based on a first come first serve basis. Register here.
2/9/14 -- The tentative date for the USABO Open results is March 5th. Semifinalists will be posted to the website and you can check your score by logging on with your USABO ID.
1/8/14 -- The schedule running up to the USABO Open exam has been changed. We will be covering as many body systems as possible, with a review of important concepts on the last Friday before the USABO.
1/7/14 -- Registration has opened for the USABO Open and will end January 17th. You can register by completing the form on the link here. Be sure to choose "Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology" as the school name.
1/5/14 -- This is a reminder that the USABO Open Exam will take place during A and B Block on Friday, February 7th. Dr. Locklear wishes to restrict the registration to 60 people decided on a first-come first serve basis, so stay tuned for more information about the registration process.
12/12/13 -- Due to construction, after-school meeting will no longer be held in Dr. Jones's room. Instead, we will have after-school practices in Ms. Spoden trailer which is Trailer 16. Stay tuned for more updates on after-school meetings!
10/29/13 -- TJ Biology Olympiad will be having a pizza sale on 10/30/13 in the upstairs cafeteria during break. Come buy pizza and support us and tell all your friends to come too!
9/23/13 -- Hi everyone! We will be having a pizza sale this Friday during break in the J-lounge. Come buy pizza and support TJ BioOlympiad and tell all your friends to come too.
6/8/13 -- Congratulations to our new set of officers! Best of luck to you guys from '12-'13 :)
Captain: Lucy Chu
Teaching Coordinators: Peter Kim and Matt Park
Treasurer: Jeffrey Liu
Webmaster: Tiger Zhang
This is your webmaster, Lauren Huang, signing out. Keep the legacy going, TJ Bio.
5/30/13 -- University of Toronto exam results are out! The Honor Roll of top scorers is here: http://individual.utoronto.ca/cgoldman/BioComp-2013-HonourRoll.pdf. Congratulations and thanks to all of you for making TJ once again the top school!
2/11/13 -- It looks like the online textbook has been stolen again. If you are in desperate need for a copy of Campbell and Reece, email the Biology Olympiad account at [email protected]l.com.
2/8/13 -- Links to lectures and practice exams posted from now on will bring you to a Dropbox page (unfortunately, I've hit the storage limit on the website builder). Email if you have any issues with downloading anything.
6/4/14 - Elections are up! You can vote here. For more information, check out the election tab at the top-left of the website.
5/21/14 - Scores from the Toronto Biology Competition have been released. Congratulations to Peter Kim and Will Long in tying for first place! You can the scores and more details here. In addition, elections for the next score year are coming up soon. Eligible voters must have attended at least 5 meeting, while candidates must have attended at least 7 meetings. In addition, candidates for Captain and TC must have lectured at least once. You can find more information here. If you would like to run, please fill out the form here.
4/29/14 - Someone from College Confidential has kindly uploaded the a histogram detailing the score distribution for the Open and Semifinal Exam. You can find the histrogram here.
4/17/14 - USABO Semifinal Scores came out yesterday. You can find your score and status at your USABO account (https://www.usabo-trc.org/).
However, a list of the top twenty nationals finalists has not been
posted. The USABO people should be posting that list and a histogram
with the score distribution soon.
It looks like the cutoff for the top 20 finalists is 172. In
addition, the cutoff for the top 10% of the scorers is 146. (All of this
is unconfirmed though.) Congratulations to anyone who is a national finalist!
3/16/14 -- USABO Open results have come out! Be sure to check your CEE account for your score. The semifinalist cutoff score was 28.5.
2/24/14 -- Toronto National Biology Competition will take place on Thursday, April 24th during 4th Period. This means that you will miss class to take the exam. The registration fee is $7 and must be given to an officer by Wednesday March 5th. The competition is limited to the first 80 people who have paid the registration fee, to be determined based on a first come first serve basis. Register here.
2/9/14 -- The tentative date for the USABO Open results is March 5th. Semifinalists will be posted to the website and you can check your score by logging on with your USABO ID.
1/8/14 -- The schedule running up to the USABO Open exam has been changed. We will be covering as many body systems as possible, with a review of important concepts on the last Friday before the USABO.
1/7/14 -- Registration has opened for the USABO Open and will end January 17th. You can register by completing the form on the link here. Be sure to choose "Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology" as the school name.
1/5/14 -- This is a reminder that the USABO Open Exam will take place during A and B Block on Friday, February 7th. Dr. Locklear wishes to restrict the registration to 60 people decided on a first-come first serve basis, so stay tuned for more information about the registration process.
12/12/13 -- Due to construction, after-school meeting will no longer be held in Dr. Jones's room. Instead, we will have after-school practices in Ms. Spoden trailer which is Trailer 16. Stay tuned for more updates on after-school meetings!
10/29/13 -- TJ Biology Olympiad will be having a pizza sale on 10/30/13 in the upstairs cafeteria during break. Come buy pizza and support us and tell all your friends to come too!
9/23/13 -- Hi everyone! We will be having a pizza sale this Friday during break in the J-lounge. Come buy pizza and support TJ BioOlympiad and tell all your friends to come too.
6/8/13 -- Congratulations to our new set of officers! Best of luck to you guys from '12-'13 :)
Captain: Lucy Chu
Teaching Coordinators: Peter Kim and Matt Park
Treasurer: Jeffrey Liu
Webmaster: Tiger Zhang
This is your webmaster, Lauren Huang, signing out. Keep the legacy going, TJ Bio.
5/30/13 -- University of Toronto exam results are out! The Honor Roll of top scorers is here: http://individual.utoronto.ca/cgoldman/BioComp-2013-HonourRoll.pdf. Congratulations and thanks to all of you for making TJ once again the top school!
2/11/13 -- It looks like the online textbook has been stolen again. If you are in desperate need for a copy of Campbell and Reece, email the Biology Olympiad account at [email protected]
2/8/13 -- Links to lectures and practice exams posted from now on will bring you to a Dropbox page (unfortunately, I've hit the storage limit on the website builder). Email if you have any issues with downloading anything.