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

• www.msgetzbiotech.net • PLEASE check it daily. PLEASE check your

email 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 email Ms Getz: melissa@melgetz.com

ExpectationsMs 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: http://www.biotechinstitute.org/resources/your_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.