#34 Agenda of Today (WK5)

1. Announcement

• Attendance Report
• Reminder: Assignment Due Today- Five Matter Cycles
• Mid-term Preparation- Important Concepts for Midterm
• Question?
• Mid-term would be in Week 7 (Multiple, T/F+ Explanation, Open-ended)
• Summary Sample: How People Learn (Two Summaries)
• Reflections from News: Obama vs. Middle-Class Jobs; Automatic Reaction (Disappearing Middle)
• Observations from News: Emilio Pucci (Milan Fashion Week Spring 2011)
• Hybrid car presentation

2. Topic of Today I (Biodiversity and Evolution)

• Students' presentations
• Instructor's presentation

3. What Causes Four Seasons (Post #31)

• Post #31: What causes four seasons
• How do we teach a lesson like that?
• Post #33 Distance between the sun and the earth (available later)

4. Lesson/ Research Plan Preparation (work with Post #9)

• The working file on your Docs shared with me
• Lesson Plan Protocol
• An example (available later)
• Will have five minutes presentation in WK 9 or 10

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• Research track: work with me individually

5.  Topic of Today II (Biodiversity and Species Interaction)

• Students' presentations
• Instructor's presentation

6. Assignment

• Spend 2+ hours on your lesson plan/ research plan
• Work on the list of important concepts
• Complete unfinished assignments