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 (initial) programme we will eliminate the chapters dealing with 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: Throughout the course, two partial tests (theoretical content and problem solving) will be carried out through the Virtual Campus, which will account for 20% of the total mark. Each of these tests will be worth up to a maximum of 1 point (10% for each test). At the end of each test, students must send an attached pdf file justifying their answers. The final exam (June and/or July opportunity) will account for 50% of the total mark. In order to pass the course, the sum of the two partial test and the final exam must have a minimum of 4 out of 10 points. The marks of the partial tests will be kept for the July exam.
- Guest lecture: The detailed content of the different chapters will be uploaded in Virtual Campus, 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 or videoconferences using the Teams platform.
In the event that the classes are face-to-face, but the capacity of the classroom assigned to the subject is exceeded, the Faculty foresees the assignment of two or more classrooms and the teaching of the classes will be through Teams for the students who are not in the classroom with the teacher. In the case of practical activities, the groups will be split in order to adapt to the capacity of the laboratory.
- 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 basis): 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.
- Virtual Campus (weekly basis): 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 basis): 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 reports will be mandatory in order to be evaluated.
- Objective test: the evaluation of the objective test on the theoretical subjects and the resolution of the exercises will account for 70% of the final grade. 20% of the final grade will correspond to partial tests and 50% to the final test. The sum of all the tests must reach a minimum of 4 points (out of 10) in order to pass the subject.
*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 are no changes. The students will have all working materials in Virtual Campus, 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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