The Newman School
Boston, MA
Ms. Capozzi - mcapozzi@newmanboston.org
Nutritional Biology - - - - - - - - - - Period 2 - - - - - - - - - - Room 46
Course Description
Principles of nutrition, diet therapy and knowledge of food preparation. Course includes the basic nutrients necessary for human health, digestion and absorption of key nutrients, relationship between nutrition and physical fitness for weight management, food safety and sanitation, nutrition needs as related to the life cycle and health conditions, disorders and diseases related to nutrition. Homework will be done on a daily basis and students will be given time in class to ask questions regarding the assignment. The regularly scheduled quizzes will be cumulative.
Course Requirements and Required Materials
o TEXT: Food, Nutrition & Wellness, Glencoe, 2010
o Some means of organization (ie. notebook or 1" Binder with dividers)
o Graph and lined paper
o Pencils and pens
o A good eraser
Goals and Objectives
To provide the student with information about the science of nutrition, nutrition process, and current nutrition issues; to provide an opportunity for the student to think critically about nutrition; to provide meaningful nutrition labs that give the students the opportunity for data analysis and experimental design. There will be required reading assignments from the textbook. Students should also be comfortable with elementary mathematics (including percentages and proportions).
Course Policies
* Students are required to be in class on time everyday.
* Tardy students are expected to pick up a late slip before coming to class.
Students must be in class before the bell rings.
* Homework assignments must be completed everyday to succeed in this
class.
* If a student misses class, the homework assignment is due at the start of
class the day the student returns.
* Students will not be given credit for any homework assignment without
showing their work.
* Quizzes will be announced at least two days in advance. If a student is
absent on the day of a quiz s/he must make it up the day s/he returns to
school. Exceptions will be made for students with serious illness or lengthy
absences at the teacher's discretion. Since knowledge in Nutritional Biology
is cumulative, concepts from previous exams can and will reappear on later
exams.
Grading
Quizzes/Projects 70%
Homework 20%
Participation, Effort, and Attitude 10%
o Semester grade is the average of your first and second term grades
o You may choose to retake one quiz each term for a better grade but you
must take it before the next quiz occurs
o The mid-term and final exams are worth 2 quiz grades
Make-ups
* Late HWs will be graded 0, unless for absences
* The policy for missed tests is as stated in the school guidelines.
* Students missing one class should bring to class the HW of the missed class
and the one for the day. For an absence of a few days, e-mail me and see me
at the end of the day.
Honesty
You may work together or use the internet for homework; this can be a great way to learn! IMPORTANT: you must give credit somewhere on the page; write their name or website and what problems. If you don't give credit and just copy answers, you don't get credit.