Physics subject try to teach the basic concepts of physics and its applicability to Biology. Those concepts are necessary to understand many natural phenomena that will be studied in other fields and subjects of the Biology Grade.
Contingency plan
1. Modifications to the contents
From the items included in the subject we will eliminate the chapters devoted to Radiation and radioactivity and the one about Notions of Optics.
2. Methodologies
*Teaching methodologies that are maintained
- Introductory activities.
- Document analysis.
- Problem solving (qualifies in the final mark)
- Supervised projects (qualifies in the final mark)
*Teaching methodologies that are modified
- Objective test: This methodology will be maintained, with the difference that the test will be done on-line using the Moodle platform.
- Guest lecture: The detailed content of the different chapters will be put in Moodle, or will be shared in the Teams groups by the teachers of the different student groups (Morning group, English group and Afternoon group). Also, the basic content of each chapter will be explained using videos with oral explanations, audio conferences or videoconferences using the Teams platform.
- Laboratory Practice: They will be based on the analysis of the experimental data that the teachers will share with the different lab groups (together with the corresponding script for each practice). Every student must deliver in the given time a report on each practice including the work done and the data analysis. An introductory lecture on data analysis and representation will be given before the laboratory sessions.
3. Mechanisms for personalized attention to students
- E-mail (daily): It will be used to communicate with the teacher in order to solve problems, ask questions, organise virtual meetings and supervise the development of practices and projects.
- Moodle (weekly): It will be used as the main tool for providing students with information and contents. It will also be used by the student to submit tasks such as laboratory practices reports and supervised projects.
- Teams (weekly): Two sessions for each student group to explain the theoretical content of the different chapters and one weekly session with every reduced group to solve exercises and practical cases following the official Faculty timetable. In addition, teams will also be used in order to solve the different doubts students may have regarding the different activities of the course.
4. Modifications in the evaluation
- Laboratory practice (15%): Attendance to the introductory lecture and the presentation of lab report will be mandatory in order to be evaluated.
- Objective test: the qualification of this activity will represent 70% of the final mark. This qualification corresponds to two different tests, the first one comprising the first half of the course (35 % of the final mark) and the second one for the chapters of the second half of the course (35 % of the final mark). It is necessary to obtain a minimum of 4 points (out of 10) in every test in order to pass the course.
*Evaluation observations:
All observations included in teaching guide (hybrid teaching method) will be maintained, with one exception: All students will need to attend to the introductory lecture to the lab practices and submit the practices report in order to pass the course.
5. Modifications to the bibliography or webgraphy
There is no changes. The students will have all working materials in Moodle, and they can use the majority of bibliography in electronic format.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.
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