1. Unit 0 (Culture), Day 2

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)  End of Day (for periods 9-11 and 6-8)

3. Who was absent yesterday?

4. 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

5. Random Fact About Me of the Day

6. 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)

7. Syllabus Overview  Class Grade Breakdown  70% Essential Skills and Knowledge (Academic Mastery)  30% Habits of Mind (Character Skills)  Accountability  Quality  Collaboration

8. Habits of Mind  Accountability is 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

9. Habits of Mind Continued  Quality  The Da Vinci Design Process

10. Syllabus Overview

11. 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.

12. 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

14. 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

15. 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)

16. 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

17. Break  7 minutes  If you are late in returning, you will be locked out and marked tardy!

18. Attendance Part 2

19. Challenges  Don’t tell the other students how to do them!

20. 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

21. Friday  Checking supplies  Story of Self  Goal Setting

22. End of Day  Dismissed when teacher tells you  Go to 5 th hour or 9 th hour!  Put chairs up on desks  Empty mini trash cans  Desks must be cleared off  Pick up anything off the ground around your area