Find your seat – take out a sheet of paper

1. Find your seat – take out a sheet of paper • Write your name on the top of the paper. • Draw a line between each section • 1) What you should know about me • 2) Areas that I am really intelligent • 3) areas that I am not intelligent (yet) • 4) people in this class I work really well with • 5) people in this class I do not work well with • 6) What I know about the scientific method – be specific

2. Learning target • I will receive a verbal and visual overview of the year in science and I will communicate in writing information that will help mr.jamsa instruct me and this class. • Reading – instructions listening – jamsa • Writing – letter/ pre-test

3. Welcome to honors integrated science • On the back of your letter: • Ducks / beavers / don’t care • Breakfast / dinner / dessert • Blue/ green/ red/ brown/ yellow • Oregon/ new York/ California/ texas • Computers/ exercise/ music • Find someone with as many same answers as possible • Write down their name next to your list if you find a “twin”

4. Focus of the class • 1) Solving problems – including science fair • 2) exploring science topics of interest • 3) matter cycles • 4) life webs • 5) energy flows

5. Potential high points on the calendar • 1) Adopt a farmer • 2) science fair – Robert frost, Portland, community, internet, Clackamas aquatic center • 3) western pond turtle – zoo • 4) northwest science explorers • 5) Past successes – two national awards, placement at science fair, and what will your class contribute?

6. Three truths and a lie – mrjamsa • My first date was named Noelle dulabaum • I was picked on in middle school by kevinmahrer and andyunderwager • I have a bachelors degree in science and education • I have been teaching middle school science for longer than you have been alive

7. What did I not do this summer? • Read a lot of books • Fly to colombia, south america • White water raft down the deepest canyon in the usa • Watch a man gets his eyes gouged out live

8. announcements • You need a spiral notebook (70 page is fine) for this class only – by Tuesday, September 10th • Computer lab tomorrow (except period 3) • Brain week starts monday

9. 3 procedures in my class • 1) You need my attention during a lecture, raise your hand. • 2) give me five • A) stop what you are doing • B) look at teacher • C) quiet please • D) Count backwards with teacher • E) we will practice as necessary • 3) I dismiss the class – notebook deity will take notebooks to crate

10. Two options • Continue writing about the scientific method on your opening letter • Or • Help the class solve this open-ended riddle

11. The brain learns by making mistakes

12. You may ask any yes or no question to solve this riddle • Please do not participate if you have heard this one before. • A man called over to his dog who was on the other side of the river. The dog came straight to the man and nuzzled his leg without getting a drop of water on him. How did he do it? • Apartment at night.

13. Learning target • I will receive a verbal and visual overview of the year in science and I will communicate in writing information that will help mr.jamsa instruct me and this class. • Reading – instructions listening – jamsa • Writing – letter/ pre-test