You will need (at least) the following supplies:
Pencils
Colored Pencils
small sharpener for your pencils that you can keep with you.
a binder
paper
a small one subject notebook
a flash drive for projects
internet access (either after school here, at home or at the local library)
I have composed a tentative calendar for your assignments that I will share with you on the first day of class, but to get you started I thought I would go ahead and inform you of your first assignment.
Your first assignment will be a paper on "climate change". Your rough draft is due on 2/6/12 and your finished product will be due on 2/13/12. I made them due on Mondays so you could have the weekends to finish them up.
I recommend National Public Radio and the BBC (PBS) as reliable media resources on these topics.
check these out:
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/climate/interactive/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/
CNN has a good site:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/23/world/asia/climate-change-impact-cities/index.html?iref=allsearch
And Scientific American has a lot on climate change,
here's just one:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-change-boosts-lethal-hendra-virus
Grading policy:
- I will not accept late work unless there has been an emergency.
- I will not provide you with extra-credit opportunities.
- Re-takes and make-ups must be done within one week of the original test and they must be done after school.
other:
- I will not allow food in class.
- The only beverages permitted will be beverages in intentionally Re-usable, bpa free containers.
- NO WATER BOTTLES.
http://www.npr.org/series/9657621/climate-connections?ps=bb6
http://video.pbs.org/video/2107362228
Honors assignments for the spring semester
First 6 weeks:
Climate change paper
Rough draft due 2-6-12
Final product due 2-13-12
Ppt or prezi on cells from all Kingdoms
Due 2-28-12
3-6-12 end of first 6 weeks
Second 6 weeks
Fold it and DNA to proteins ; investigate a disorder caused by the wrong protein being made due to a mutation in someone’ s dna
Due 3-27-12
Field trip field notes and classification project
Due 4-18-12
Third 6 weeks
Vaccinations and the viruses they control
Due 5-17-12
EOC Review project on your assigned Goal, can be done independently or as a team of 2.
Due 5-31-12
Important guidelines to remember when writing you paper.
Climate change paper:
• 6 pages of content plus a cover page
• single spaced or 1.15
• no new paragraphs or indentions
• One picture, one table, or one graph per page. It can take up no more than 25% of the page. It must be relevant to the content on that page and clearly identified and explained.
• Rough Draft must be handwritten and turned in at the beginning of class on 2-6-12
• Final product must be handed in on 2-13-12 at the beginning of class.
• You must hand in two versions, one paper and one digital
(this can be accomplished by emailing your paper as a word document attachment to my email prior to class on 2-13-12 or by bringing it in on a flash drive the day of class.)
