Health Science Courses Interactive Notebook Health Science Courses

Interactive Notebook Great study tool Organization of all class materials Students who obtain a grade of 90 or above can use on Final Exam There will be periodical grading at unannounced times.

What do you need? You need a large binder Loose leaf college rule paper Construction paper Note cards A copy of your signed syllabus

Section 1 of the Notebook

Creating A Cover You will use your notebook to take notes, draw pictures, complete assignments and express yourself on topics dealing with this course. But the cover is so boring!! It ís up to you to spice it up! Your cover will be a reminder that you are serious about doing your best.

Content Content: Your cover should have the following basic elements in writing somewhere on the cover and easily readable: The name of your course: 2. The words: Interactive Notebook 3. The class period that you have this course 4. The school year: 2017 5. The Teacher: Mrs. Clenney 6. Your name (at the front right bottom)

Visual Content: Information Use a textbook or utilize the Internet to identify at least two (2) body systems in which you are interested. Draw or use magazines, or print images from the Internet to illustrate the two systems or areas within the design of your cover. Labeling may help your design.

Personal Information Identify at least two aspects of yourself as a person or as a student and place it on the cover. If you are a skateboarding expert, use the skateboard as a symbol for yourself. If you play the violin, use the violin as a symbol for yourself and include it in your cover design. The symbol can be your favorite thing, a hobby, or something special about you.

Cover Assignment Use your creativity to develop a cover you can be proud of. It can be in mixed media, which means you can use photos, crayons, magazine cut-outs, and construction paper in combination to create a cover that reflects your interests. Or maybe you are a computer graphics artist and want to include your own hand drawings as well. Just be sure you have the required content.

Cover grading Good luck! Possible Points- 100 points 20pts visual appeal 20pts class information 20pts images/symbols 40 points- completed on time (10 pts. deducted each day the assignment is late) Good luck!

Sample of Cover Sample #1 Using the information given, what grade should the two examples Receive (if turned in on time)? Sample #2

Sample Covers from Last Year

Glue or Glue Sticks? Liquid Glue will hold better but can be messy- most students use way too much and glue their pages together.  Rem.– “A Little Dot of Glue”

Section 2 of the Notebook

About Myself Section This is your time to brag on yourself. Let me know you Goals, accomplishments, obstacles you have overcome. Interesting facts about you, etc. This needs to be 1 page in length, complete sentences, and proper grammar/punctuation.

7 Word Autobiography I want to know more about you. You will create a 7-Word Autobiography on your first page. Auto- Self Bio- Life Graph(y)- Record Wordle is a great tool!

About Myself Section Also include… Your Get to know you Facebook page activity Learning Styles Inventory Activity

Section 3

Class Rules The Class Rules are very important! To remind you of the rules, please place your SIGNED syllabus on the inside front cover

Table of Contents Will help you keep notebook organized and make it easier to locate content We will work on this as we add content to the notebook

Section 4 Class Content

Class content sections Bell Work The first section of the notebook is Bell Work We will be using Mastery ACT Prep questions for our notebook. You may put multiple bell works on one page but the date must be noted.

Notes After the bellwork section, you will need a section for each set of notes that we take. The notes need to be easily read (ie. So you can read them if you get to use this on the final) You will have terminology that goes along with each note set that we take. You will be creating a pouch to store your notecard terminology flash cards.

Lab activities For each notes sections their will be corresponding lab activities. These need to be placed in their own section so they can be easily found when grading If I can not find your activities, you will not get a grade.

Section 5 Extra Activities to be done over the semester, when we have extra time.

Summaries When we finish each notes section, you will be responsible for writing an overview essay detailing what you learned and describing the lab activities that you completed. This needs to have complete sentences and proper grammar. Yes I am going to actually read them.

Career Research and Goals Essay Don’t Panic! These are not due till later in the course. You will be researching at least 3 different health care careers that interest you. Guidelines are listed on the next slide

Career Research Activity 1. Job Description (min. 250 words)- site sources where information came from 2. Roles and Responsibilities (min. 5 items)-site sources 3. Essential knowledge and skills needed to perform the job-site sources 4. Programs or Paths of Study available to reach occupational goals starting with high school (concentration, courses to take, ACT score needed, observation hours, etc.) –site sources 5. Required Personality traits (minimum of 5)-site sources 6. Licensure and Credentialing Requirements-site sources 7. Non-educational job requirements such as physical fitness, minimum age, and psychological evaluations-site sources 8. One photo of each career-site source

Career Research Activity Continued All work must be typed and follow proper paper formatting (1 inch margins, 12 pt. Arial font, double-spaced, header at the top, title bold and in the center of the page) All of your work must be ORIGINAL-meaning in you OWN words. Any information you use from an outside source must be properly documented and credited. (continued) Use both print and online sources such as… Your Textbook College Catalogs Magazine articles Interview with a health care professional if you can arrange it Government occupational profiles BLS.gov

Career Goals Essay After you have researched possible career choices, Choose one that you can see fitting your life-style/desired income etc. Minimum 1 page, compete sentences, proper punctuation and grammar Why you chose that career Why you believe you would do well in that career Personal traits that will help you in that career.

Weird/Interesting Disease Research Choose a strange disease that interests you. Research the disease and write a 2 page research paper over the disease Cause Symptoms Diagnosis Treatments Populations impacted Body systems that it impacts Interesting facts/information