Updates coming on April 27, 2020

Please check back for updated information on April 27th.

Pay attention to the instructions.

Upload your work to the Google drives folder in Google Classroom.  Include all the work that was assigned.  That includes all the pages of the annotated notes.  One idea is to do like Jane did.  She took a video of all the pages of annotated notes and included the video in the uploaded file.

Upload Your Work

Please upload the work you completed between the period March 16 - March 27, 2020.  An uploads  folder has been created in Google Classroom.  Do not email the assignments to me.  Do however, contact me by email if you are having a problem uploading the material.

Interesting Developments

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Answers to Your Questions.

I have read all your responses on the Google Form.  Thank you.
It was nice reading that many of you got involved with family activities, keeping some sort of routine and learning new things.

 As for me, I am well.  My time was spent creating a website, reading, watching some movies mainly old classics, and exercising. I am looking forward to this weekend as my daughter will be home and we will celebrate my birthday, quite unlike what was planned. We will make it a fun memorable experience and not whine about what we can't do.

For Your Information:
1) Feel free to contact me via email with details about your individual questions.
2) Zoom meetings will be scheduled soon and no they should not conflict with other teacher's.  There is a specific sequence based on class periods.
3) A decision will be made about how to submit work you did during the first two weeks and I will enter grades for that work.
4) Anything work between now and April 24th will not be graded, Remember we return to grading work on Monday, April 27th.
5) The movie I was going to show in class is GATTACA.  Kids have enjoyed watching it over the years.  It is not on Netflix.  I could not figure out how to make it available.  You would enjoy watching it.

No need to check back before Monday, April 13th.

Have a Happy Easter and Passover.

What is Science?

Science can be defined as :
a) systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
b) an approach to understanding the natural world based on verifiable evidence.


Systematic can be defined as:
having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan

I have posted a new article under the Coronavirus tab. The article describes Sweden's approach to the virus.  The approach is different from what the rest of the world is doing.  Read or listen if you are interested. 

Transitioning

Hello Guys, Welcome back. I hope you are all well and keeping positive.  Things are never 100 percent negative.   I hope you have spent some of the three weeks figuring out and possibly doing some things that should be done.  It was and still is an opportunity to learn about you and what you would like to achieve.

With that being said, I am aware that some families are affected more than others not only because of being ill, but also economically.  I really do wish that this current situation will ease and we can return to experience some semblance of life. Feel free to reach out by email if you need to communicate with me.

Concerning the work that was assigned March 16^th through March 27, 2020:

1)     The work will be collected and grades will be entered.  Let me know if you were not able to complete the assignments.

2)     There will be a Google form for you to fill out.  Please log into Google Classroom to complete it. Let’s share about your experience over the past three weeks.

Guidelines from the District:

1)     Some work will be assigned starting today through April 24^th.  This work will not be graded.  The time will be used to ensure that each student across the district has access to a computer. 

2)     It will also be a good time for teachers to establish their virtual classrooms. Most of my assignments will be posted in Google Classroom.

3)     We will return to grading assignments for work done starting April 27, 2020.

Current Guideline for my classes:

1)     In addition to becoming more efficient with Google Classroom, I will also be creating and presenting lessons via Zoom.  More details to follow.

2)     I will also establish office hours when we can communicate directly if needed.  Office hours will be staggered so that I am available at three different time periods on three different days. 

3)     You can communicate via email.

I am looking forward to communicating with you.