Good Afternoon! Use the little card you got at the door to help you find your seat.

Agenda Find seats; fill out seating chart Warm-up process Information about the class Go over Beano, collect Discuss future plans for coursework Start Your World Our World reading/posters

Warm up question (ie. Wake up!) Did you do the biotech introduction survey online? If yes: How did you know to do it? Which form of communication worked for you? If no: What can Ms Getz do so that you are more aware of homework expectations?

Information about the class Tardy sign-in sheet Bathroom passes General class rules Where to find information Expectations Daily routine

General Class Rules Think Before Doing Respect yourself and others Attend every class. Be here on time. Do your own work. (Don’t cheat.) Be safe. Mind all safety rules. Can you think of any other rules we should have?

Where to find information PLEASE check it daily. PLEASE check your daily. At the website check the areas that have the calendars for daily lessons and homework. Extra copies of handouts- –Online at the website or –In the file folder on Ms Getz’s desk If you are lost, you can always Ms Getz:

Expectations Ms Getz expects… All students to come to class daily and on time All students to do their work All students to do their homework All students to make an effort to learn the material All students to try to learn and not give up on themselves Students to participate with message board discussions

Questions?

Daily routine Wake Up! Question / attendance Go over homework or collect homework Review what was done the day before Preview that day’s lesson If the lesson will take until the end of the period or go over to the next class period, homework may be given before we start that day’s lesson Do the lesson Exit question/ question card

Homework You should expect homework every night If you do not have explicit written homework, then you should go to the message board and participate in discussions happening there.

Message/ Discussion board Students are to participate in discussions that are on the message/discussion board every week Topics will be up for about 2 weeks during which time each student should: –Make at least one original post –Respond to at least one other person’s post, preferably asking a question that moves the conversation forward –Do a third post that could be original or a response to a question someone else posted

Message Board cont. Readings that are less than 2 Mb per document will be posted at the Message Board. At the moment there are a few documents about the cheese lab. The only people who can read the message board are students in the biotech class, your parents, and teachers/administrators who told me they want access.

Grades? At the moment all of your grades are falling into the Process of Learning part. You have not been given any assessments yet. What is not Process of Learning? –Most labs –Quizzes –Tests –Some discussions on the Message Board if they demonstrate application of knowledge

How are things weighted? The Process of Learning grade will be about 20-30% of your grade Labs will be about 40-50% of your final grade Tests/quizzes will be about 30 – 50% of your final grade Both quarters will be used to determine the semester grade.

Long Term Projects Book chat –You will be asked to read two books this year, one of which must be non-fiction –Ms Getz has a list of acceptable books that will be put up at the website soon Company report Nanobiotechnology presentation Genetic disease project And maybe more!

Notebooks Proper lab manual- provided by the school Standards/Skills log- notebook provided by the school Classroom binder- provided by the student (but if you need help getting one, let Ms Getz know) You are expected to hold onto all of the papers that are passed out so you can use them for studying Sometimes you will be given papers that you need to turn back in, so please do not lose them

Questions?

Your World Our World Your World/ Our World is a biotech magazine published for high school students We have access to 13 issues In groups of 2 ( with the person at your table) you will pick one issue to read Sign up for the issue you want to do on the sign- up sheet; first come first served You will create a poster showing important factoids about the topic in your issue

Timeline Today and part of Wed- work on making the poster Wed we will also be starting the cheese lab so do not plan on having all day Wed to color a poster Friday- day 2 of cheese lab AND Poster presentations

Poster Presentations Every group member must speak at least once Highlight the main points- –Why would someone care about this topic? –What information do you want to stick with us about the topic? 3- 5 minute presentations- you’re not giving us a lecture, just the main points

Homework Do the online introduction survey if you have not done it already Do a MBTI quiz If you want to read the Your World/ Our World magazine online go to: our_world_magazine.html our_world_magazine.html A link is at Ms Getz’s website for the magazine

More Homework! Read the cheese lab experiment so you are familiar with what we’ll be doing on Wed.

Exit Question August 31, 2007 What is the code name you want me to use when I post your grades? Please write legibly so that I get it correct. Inappropriate words, phrases, or number combinations will be revised.