HP Cycle 1

9/6 - 9/9

T 9/6

W 9/7

Th 9/8

F 9/9

🟢 5: T 9/6, 🔵 7: W 9/7 - welcome

Welcome to Physics Honors! Today, we'll spend time getting to know each other and answering questions about the course. We will briefly go over what is available on my website, and will start introducing ourselves. You'll get a textbook today.

Homework: Accept the invitation to Google Classroom if you have not already. I expect that you will check your school Gmail often; I will use it touch base with you. If you do not check this email often, then set up forwarding by following these instructions.

🟩 5: W 9/7, 🟦 7: Th 9/8 - what is learning?

Today, we'll tackle two very difficult questions:

  • What is learning?

  • How do you learn?

We'll talk about learning in general and in this course. We'll look at some research that will help us to understand learning:

  1. Students Think Lectures Are Best, But Research Suggests They’re Wrong

  2. Harnessing the Power of Productive Struggle

  3. Why Do Some People Learn Faster?

  4. What if the Secret to Success is Failure?

Homework: Accept the invitation to Google Classroom if you have not already. I expect that you will check your school Gmail often; I will use it touch base with you. If you do not check this email often, then set up forwarding by following these instructions.

💚 5: F 9/9, 💙 7: F 9/9 - how do we learn?

We'll finish whatever we did not finish of yesterday's lesson. We'll tackle these questions:

  • What does it take to learn something?

  • What's the difference between learning and practice?

  • How can you become a better learner?

  • What are the habits and attitudes of good learners?

We'll take a look at a couple of articles:

  1. The Art of Changing the Brain

  2. Why I No Longer Use Groups in the Classroom

  3. Don't Blink! The Hazards of Confidence

  4. Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away

  5. Why Students Forget—and What You Can Do About It (drill down)

If there's time, we'll also talk about collaboration:

  • How does collaboration fit in with learning?

  • What are some ways we can collaborate and form a community outside of class time?

  • What will we see when we work together?

  • What will we hear when we work together?

  • How can we help each other?