Agenda: 9/30/15

Work on project presentation (due tomorrow).

Reading Assignment: Chapter 1 (due Tues.)

Earth Science Text Chapter 1 online:

• section 1
• section 2
• section 3
• section 4
• section 5

Agenda: Tuesday 9/29/15

Work on your project (due Thursday)
Discuss STEM Perspectives (after project?)
Workshop on Oral Presentation

Agenda: Monday 9/28/15

Welcome your new science teacher!
Submit your Career Essay to Google Classroom

Agenda: Friday 9/25/15

• After researching a career, write a short essay that explains:
• What the job actually does
• Salary and employment prospects
• Required preparation (education, training, etc.) and necessary skills
• Ways in which this particular career uses science and/or technology
• Start with these sites:
• Stemjobs.com, especially the section on careers
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CAREER CRUISING - Internet based career exploration and planning tool used to explore career and college options and develop a career plan. Links to College Websites, applications, and admission criteria. User name is pinckney and password is pirates.
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Agenda Thursday 9/24/15

Trash Talk
Vocabulary Review
Begin research

• Start with these sites:
• Stemjobs.com, especially the section on careers
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CAREER CRUISING - Internet based career exploration and planning tool used to explore career and college options and develop a career plan. Links to College Websites, applications, and admission criteria. User name is pinckney and password is pirates.
• Find a career that looks interesting and learn about it (take notes!). Include:
• What the job actually does
• Salary and employment prospects
• Required preparation (education, training, etc.) and necessary skills
• Ways in which this particular career uses science and/or technology

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/f52e1ed1-e346-4522-be75-681b5dcade13

Agenda: Wednesday 9/23/15

• Finish your Technology Simile poster and submit it to Google Classroom (only 1 per group. If you created yours on paper, take a picture and upload that).
• 2nd hour
• 4th hour
• Earth Science Vocabulary
• download resources here
• Quick link to:
• Powerpoint

Agenda: Tuesday 9/22/15

Review:

• How do 1s and 0s relate to computers?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of computers?

Group: develop similes for each of these terms:

• Terms: 
• RAM 
• Hard Drive 
• Processor 
• Code 
• Bits/Bytes 
• Input device 
• Output device 
• Peripheral

Agenda: Monday 9/21/15

Journal: what is science
2nd hour
4th hour

Demonstration activity

Debrief the activity.

Notes: What is a computer? What does it do? What are the limits? What are the parts?


Terms:
RAM
Hard Drive
Processor
Code
Bits/Bytes
Input device
Output device
Peripheral

Oral Presentation Resources

• Introduction to basic oral presentation skills

Agenda: Wednesday 9/16/15

• Small group work:
• What is science?
• Research and present

Agenda: Tuesday 9/15/15

• Report out Knows and Need-to-Knows from the entry document; determine next steps.
• Small group work:
• Why does this picture represent this class?
• What is science? what is tech? Develop definitions and share out
• What is science?
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• STEM Perspectives
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Agenda: Monday 9/14/15

Contracts
what does it take to work together? personal stories > lead into contracts and how they reflect real world experiences (like facilitator, using individual strengths, norms, attitude & focus, etc)

entry document

Agenda 9/11/15

Today:

• Turn in Journal to Google Classroom
• Human Machine
• Finish planning
• Present
• Debrief
• Why are we doing this? How do we learn? What would make this effective? What are some potential trouble spots (elicit working with others as a NTK). Connect back to why we are here/skills for success (start a classroom list)
• Discuss learning
• Introduce PBL

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Agenda 9/10/15

Survey

• Google stuff
• Why Google stuff?
• Set up profile
• Set up Google Classroom
• Add class web site and classroom to the button bar
• Journal: 
• Think of a time you learned something. 
• What did you learn? 
• How do you know you learned it? 
• How did you learn it?
• Complete in Google Classroom and submit before class tomorrow
• Human Machine

Agenda 9/9/15

• Handbook
• Emergency procedures
• Google accounts
• Classroom
• Finish Hopes and Fears 
• In groups, list: what would make this the best/worst school year ever?
• 4th hour: Report out
• 2nd and 4th hour: Discuss
• What goals are suggested by this activity?
• What norms should we have to help us reach these goals?
• Who done it? (summer edition)

Google Classroom

We will be using Google Classroom to submit most of our work this year. Please sign-up while logged into your "students.pinckneypirates.org" account.

1. Go to classroom.google.com
2. Enter the correct code for your class:
• 2nd/3rd hour: vp6cjt
• 4th/5th hour: eozdtlj

Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Agenda 9/8/15

• Attendance
• Introductions
• Who we are
• The nature of the class
• Partner introductions
• Name
• One wierd thing
• Any Need to Knows?
• Hopes and Fears 
• In groups, list: what would make this the best/worst school year ever?
• Report out
• Discuss

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