LARN 010 C3D2
Start the reading the following in class:
Background Information:
Have you ever found yourself rereading a passage of science textbook over and over again and realized that you still don't know what you are reading?
Reading experts tell us that is because informational literature has no setting, characters, plot, setting, to imagine or connect with. Instead they say informational literature must be read actively and with purpose in order to not get bogged down and snowed by all the terminology. To read actively they suggest:
[Survey or Preview:] To focus one's reading, it is helpful to survey or preview what you will read to formulate a question to be answered by reading the previewed section.
[Question:] You then write down the question, put your pen down and then force yourself to
[Read:] read through the section with the single purpose of discovering the answer to that single question that you wrote down.
[Record:] Then respond and record one's own understanding to...
LARN 009 C3D1
Start the following in class:
1. Read the article on How the Brain Works and take Cornell notes on it. On a page of your Learning Log you can draw perpendicular line segments to set up the Cornell note taking structure and then
a. proceed to record a learning objective in a top section across the page;
b. main ideas. new words, and/or questions in the column on the left side of your page,
c. related points, notes, full sentence explanations, problem analysis and solutions, and answers to questions on the right side of your page opposite the main ideas, word, and/or questions you have recorded.
d. Reflect on what you have written and the summarize the article with reference to the original learning objective in the section at the bottom of the page. The connected prose summary should describe what is necessary and sufficient to meet the goal of the learning objective.
2. Pick a few videos to broaden your understanding of how to...
LARN 005 C2D1
Start the following in class:
1. Go to Cycle 1 Day 4 in Google Classroom and review safety precautions and the uses and appearances of various kinds of laboratory equipment.
2. There are guided laboratory inquiries written for most units of study; each one's name starts with the designation of the unit of study with a capital U; for example, U01-1 is the beginning of the designation for an investigation entitled "U01-1 Explaining Observations Using the Concept of Particles". Obtain the physical handout for the guided laboratory inquiry in room A235. If the print out is not available and you see a link to the hard copy of the inquiry document attached to this Classroom assignment, click on the above underlined link, download the document into Word or LibreOffice, and print off a copy. If the link does not work, the document can also be found by accessing your MNSD Google drive > Student Resources > Laboratory Activities > Honors...
