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Unit 0 (Culture), Day 2. Agenda. Attendance (5 min) Syllabus Quiz (10 min) Syllabus Overview (20 min) Class Pets (5 min) Break (7 min) Challenge #1 – Bridge (15 min) Challenge #2 – All but 2 (15 min) Challenge #3 – Nothing but a Foot (15 min) Homework (Supplies) (5 min)
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Agenda • Attendance (5 min) • Syllabus Quiz (10 min) • Syllabus Overview (20 min) • Class Pets (5 min) • Break (7 min) • Challenge #1 – Bridge (15 min) • Challenge #2 – All but 2 (15 min) • Challenge #3 – Nothing but a Foot (15 min) • Homework (Supplies) (5 min) • End of Day (for periods 9-11 and 6-8)
Syllabus Quiz • Quiz on Syllabus Today! • Pencil or Pen • Everything on the ground (nothing on your desk or on your chair) • 3 Different Forms of Quiz
Syllabus Overview • Found on dp.davincischools.org/staff/blarkin (show) • Course Description • Engineering: application of math in world • Design: beautiful and useable products • Classroom Expectations (on wall)
Syllabus Overview • Class Grade Breakdown • 70% Essential Skills and Knowledge (Academic Mastery) • 30% Habits of Mind (Character Skills) • Accountability • Quality • Collaboration Think Share
Habits of Mind • Accountabilityis the habit of consistently meeting deadlines and following directions • Due Dates • Class Participation • Quality is the habit of consistently investing your personal best effort to create a product that is strong, accurate, and beautiful • Projects • Answering every question on an assignment/exam • Collaboration is the habit of working effectively with people, acknowledging the personal strengths and weaknesses of yourself and others, and providing appropriate support • Teamwork • Group participation
Habits of Mind Continued • Quality • The Da Vinci Design Process
Essential Skills and Knowledge • I can quantitatively, intuitively, and graphically investigate data via the scientific method and present my analysis in a formal lab report. • I can use Newton’s Laws of motion to analyze complex systems. • I can use the relationship between displacement, velocity, and acceleration to model projectile motion. • I can apply the conservation of energy towards collisions, motion, and the transformation of energy. • I can describe the movement of heat relative to material, mass, and temperature. • I can explain and describe light as an electromagnetic phenomenon. • I can describe the propagation of longitudinal and transverse waves. • I can design, simplify, and interpret a battery-resistor circuit. • I can describe the phenomena of electromagnetism and induction.
Syllabus Overview • Required Materials • College-Ruled Spiral Notebook • Pencil (preferably mechanical) • Red Pen (for corrections) • Black or Blue Pen (for lab writing) • Scientific Calculator (TI-30X is a good option) • Internet Access *If this is an issue, please consult with me ASAP • Two-Pocket Folder • Homework Planner
Classroom Procedures • Electronics • Visible, heard, used • Sent to office, PARENT must pick up at end of day • Plagiarism / Cheating • Not tolerated • Automatic zero with no chance for reassessment • Homework • Packets • Stamped every day for HABITS OF MIND • Collected day of exam for ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Classroom Procedures • Late Work • Turn in within one week • Full credit for Essential Skills (70% of grade) • Zero credit for Habits of Mind (30% of grade) • Revisions • Major assignments (projects, tests, lab reports) • Must be turned in on time (not late) • 2 week span to make revisions • Office Hours • Monday and Wednesday before school (8am-9am)
Class Pets • Shadow (black guinea pig) • La Luz (albino guinea pig) • Only time you are allowed to play with them is during lunch or break • Shadow has a tendency to bite if you hold her for too long • La Luz is very shy and difficult to pick up
Break • 7 minutes • If you are late in returning, you will be locked out and marked tardy!
Challenges • Don’t tell the other students how to do them!
Homework • Supplies • College-Ruled Spiral Notebook • Pencil (preferably mechanical) • Red Pen (for corrections) • Black or Blue Pen (for lab writing) • Scientific Calculator (TI-30X is a good option) • Internet Access *If this is an issue, please consult with me ASAP • Two-Pocket Folder • Homework Planner
Friday • Checking supplies • Story of Self • Goal Setting
End of Day • Dismissed when teacher tells you • Go to 5th hour or 9th hour! • Put chairs up on desks • Empty mini trash cans • Desks must be cleared off • Pick up anything off the ground around your area