Keays' Class Connects Math, Science, Art, History, Imagination, Curiosity and Inspiration.: January 2013

Art Project

Surface Area and Volume Art Projects

Goal:
1) To appreciate the art of design and construction
2) “Show and Tell”

What to do?
1) Using as much CREATIVITY as possible, design and construct a 3-D shape that represents YOU. Please use one or more of the 5 basic shapes we have learned in Chapter 11. (Prisms, Cylinders, Cones, Pyramids, Spheres). I challenge all of you to have more fun with the project and combine two or more shapes together. For example, the “Rocket.” It’s a combination of a cone, cylinder and half a sphere all glued together. Again, I challenge you to use your creativity and offer something new and different.
2) With a measuring tool, measure and calculate your piece of art’s surface area and volume. Be very precise and accurate with your measurements and calculations.
3) Turn in 3 things:
a. Your piece of ART
b. On one sheet of paper draw/sketch your shape, label your measurements, write out your calculations and answers.
c. On another sheet of paper, USE A WORD PROCESSOR and answer the following questions. I challenge you to put forth your best effort.
i. What characteristics or properties does this shape have that symbolize the person you are? I will be the only one to read these reflections. I challenge all of you to learn and share something about yourself that is thought provoking.
ii. Please describe how much time and effort you put into this piece of art.
iii. What was easy for you in this assignment?
iv. What was difficult for you in this assignment?

4) Please staple the 2 pieces together. Write up on top and calculations on the bottom.

Other things to know:
· After you turn your art in, other classmates will carefully measure, calculate and verify you your calculations and answers.
· Turn everything in by the due date.
· No projects will be accepted late and no credit will be given.
· This is an all or nothing assignment.
· You are NOT allowed to use STIROFOAM. You are to CREATE a shape and NOT use a pre-made shape you can buy in a store.
· Follow the directions, and you will receive a 100%.
· I challenge all of you to creative a piece of art that will last forever in my classroom. Please use materials so someone can hold the art and it won’t break.
· You have all seen how much I use these shapes as assistants while I teach Chapter 11. Please help future students from your ART Project.
· Again, I challenge you to find and explore the artists in all of you.

Advice from Former Students

General Advice
No Cell Phones in Class
Do well on tests
Always study for tests
Always be on-time
Always say "Thank You!"
Never miss class
Take good notes
Always be on-time and in-class
Take notes and get 10/10 on notebook quizzes
When Mr. Keays gives optional work DO IT! Pay Attention!
Always be on time and bring your notebook.
Don’t be absent. You will fall behind!
Bring all your materials.
Make sure you use the memory cards
Ask Mr. Keays about his daughters
Study for all tests and participate as much as you can
Do your HW all of the time because the points will add up
Don’t sleep in class!
Take good notes for every lesson
Don’t do drugs!
Keep everything organized
Turn in your notebook with all complete work
Work very hard at the proofs. Find your LIGHT!
Listen to your teachers
Listen and do not play graphing calculator games
Do the extra HW. It helps you study and it gives you extra points.
Do your HW and study for the tests
Don’t talk while Mr. Keays is talking and be polite
If Mr. Keays says something three times and taps the board with his pen, star the problem in your notebook, because it will be on the test.
Always pay attention…don’t Whine!
Have an A+ friend
Don’t wait to the last week of school to get an A
Take quizzes seriously
Be nice to Mr. Keays and ask about his kids
Say "Thank you!" and be respectful
Do all your work
Do all your work in your notebook
Do your HW!!!!!
You must do your notebook and study for his tests!
Do the optional work
Always do your HW right away and on-time
Always have your binder
Don’t talk when Mr. Keays is talking
Respect Mr. Keays when he is talking
Show him that you care to learn in his class.
Always Participate!
Ask him to go over your HW and TESTS!
Mr. Keays always says, "You have to be perfect at this!" He means it.
When he taps on the board, pay attention!
Always bring your calculator
Don’t fall behind
Always do you HW and never procrastinate and do it at the last minute.
Even though Mr. Keays gives you time in class to start your HW, bring your binder home and do your work
Enjoy the class!
Respect Everyone
Help others
Take the class seriously

Funny Advice
Bring Mr. Keays Amazon Gift Cards
Suck up to Mr. Keays and be careful what you say around him because he might yell at you.
Kiss major butt. Be a brown noser and put candy in notebooks.
Ask Mr. Keays for his Robo-Cop Impersonation.
To kiss up you should bring him chocolate. To kiss up some more, go get his lunch for him.
Bring Mr. Keays Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
Exploit Mr. Keays’ chocolate addiction
Pretend to pay attention
Bring chocolate for Mr. Keays
Bring Mr. Keays candy or EXPO pens if you turn something in late.
Bring Mr. Keays chocolate and kiss major @$$.
Mr. Keays loves chocolate.

Inspirational Quotes

"The secret to success is consistency of purpose" Benjamin Disraeli
"Nothing is predestined, the obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead tonew beginnings" Ralph Blum
"The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence,regardless of their chosen endeavor." Vincent T. Lombardi
"The journey is the reward." Chinese Proverb
"Waste not time; for that’s the stuff that life is made of." Benjamin Franklin
"At the end of the day, vigorous self examination is the greatest form of maturity." MartinLurther King
"Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." Dr. Albert Meinheim
"People cannot discover new lands until they have the courage to lose sight of theshore." Andre Gide
"It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions."Charles Kettering
"It doesn’t matter what you believe, as long as you’re sincere." Charles M. Schultz
"To build may have to be slow and a laborious task. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a singleday." Sir Winston Churchill
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyondmeasure." Nelson Mendela
"I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him." Booker T.Washington
"The most important trip in life is meeting people half way." Henry Boyle
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived. But if faced with courage, need not be livedagain." Maya Angelou
"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour." JapaneseProverb
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t." Erica Jong
"Nothing strengthens the judgement and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility."Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’tlearned anything." Muhammad Ali
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
"Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with braveryand mercy." Theodore White
"It’s kind of fun to do the impossible." Walt Disney
"The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes longer." Edward R. Murrow
"If you think you can, you’re right. If you think you can’t, you’re also right." Henry Ford
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon
"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it." Richard Whately
"The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere." Ann Morrow Lindbergh
"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters in the end."Ursula K. Le Guin
"It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see." Henry David Thoreau
"The price of greatness is responsibility. "Winston Churchill
"Don’t worry about genius. Don’t worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination." Sir Thomas Treves
"Quality is everyone’s responsibility." Edward Demming
"Let us not go over the old ground; let us rather prepare for what is to come." Cicero
"Creative thinking may simply mean the realization that there is no particular virtue in doing things the way they have always been done." Rudolph Flesch
"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back" Abraham Lincoln

"Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.." Thomas Edison

"It always seems impossible until it is done." Nelson Mandela

My Favorite Quote

"Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."

Aeries Info

We are no longer using WEBGRADE. Contact the school on how to log into Aeries to view grades.

How the Grading Works

For all of my math students, your grade is calculated based upon a weighted average.

2014-2015 Weighted Averages

Tests		60%
Notebooks
	HW	0%
	Notes	0%
In Class Problems/ Quizzes		6%
Projects/Presentations		12%
Flash Cards		0%
Participation/Citizenship		2%
Final Exam		20%
		100%

Grading Range

98.5-100	A+
91.5-98.49	A
89.5-91.49	A-
88.5-89.49	B+
81.5-88.49	B
79.5-81.49	B-
78.5-79.49	C+
71.5-78.49	C
69.5-71.49	C-
68.5-69.49	D+
61.5-68.49	D
59.5-61.49	D-
0-59.49	F

Tests
For all math classes other than Computer Science it is an AHS mathematics department policy that you have the option to replace your lowest test score with the average of the lowest test score and your final exam score. (Exception, see note below for 0% cheating grades)

Please, DO NOT MISS the Day of a TEST!!! Expect a different special make-up test if you are absent.

On the average, we have about 5-8 tests per semester.

The tests are more demanding that what most students expect. Tests require a diverse set of problems which will require you to problem solve and connect multiple skills and concepts. The tests do not resemble the easier HW problems.

All tests must be completed before the bell rings.

Most tests will eventually be returned once every student has completed the test. However, all students are welcome to see their test and answers during support period.

Make-ups tests will take place the following “review like” day.

If a student is caught cheating, it is an automatic 0% and a referral to the administration. You are placed on a two year academic probation. In addition, the 0% grade is not eligible to be averaged with your final exam score for the department wide policy. (see policy above) We would use to lowest non-cheating grade to average with the final exam score.

The tests are quite challenging so doing your HW and Khan Academy not only helps you prepare, but you have the potential for a 5% test bonus which is quite generous. Read the details about the test bonus below.

Notebooks (We use separate composition notebooks)
1) Notes Notebook
2) HW Notebook
Even though Notes are worth 0% of your grade, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED you take great notes. On occasion, your NOTES Notebook will be allowed to be used during the test. Consequently, taking better notes can lead to significant help as you prepare and during some tests.

Even though HW is worth 0% of your grade, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you do every HW assignment and reviews. It is nearly impossible to pass the class unless you put quality practice into your test preparation.

By Completing ALL of the following for a chapter
1) HW
2) Textbook Reviews
3) Recommended Khan Assignment achieving the Mastery status for each assignment.

you will get an 5% EXTRA TEST points. You cannot get any extra credit points unless every HW assignment, textbook reviews and mastery level is achieved on the recommended Khan Assignments. These assignments are usually due the day of the test. You cannot go back at the end of the semester and then attempt your HW and Khan.
To get the bonus extra test points 1) Complete 2) On time

Sign up for a free Khan Academy account and select me as your "COACH." More details to follow. At the start of every chapter, you will see your Recommended Khan Assignments. You must achieve the MASTERY level on all of the assignments to qualify for the test bonus. There are built in timers within Khan so you cannot achieve mastery in a short time. Please start early at least a week before the test date.

In Class Problems/Quizzes
In class problems/quizzes are usually easy and serve as a guide as we progress through the learning process. They are usually very short with just 1 problem. (100% or 0%). The in class problems/quizzes are mostly based upon what we learned that day. These short problems/quizzes are like temperature readings as we teach new material, therefore the problems/quizzes are elementary in nature.

Over the course of the semester, we will take as many as 50 quizzes each worth a variety of points.

If you are absent the day we take a quiz, there are no make-ups. However, the next quiz you take will be worth double. If you miss two quizzes, the next quiz will be worth triple and so on.

Quizzes are rarely returned since you will probably know your grade right away. However, all students are welcome to see their quizzes and answers during support.

A majority of these problems/quizzes are usually taken with a buddy where you turn in 1 piece of paper with 2 names on top.

Projects/ Presentations
Throughout the semester, I will assign projects and presentations on a variety of topics dealing with all sorts of problem solving, creativity and exploration.

These projects and presentations are designed for students to challenge themselves, use their creativity, discovery new things and are non-traditional in nature.

Flashcards
Even though Flashcards are worth 0% of your grade, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED you use the recommended flashcard topics list and create a set of flashcards for every test. On occasion, I allow students to use their flashcards during the test. The students who make them will be at an advantage. Not only do you learn through making the flashcards, there is a chance you will be rewarded by being allowed to use them during the test. You will not be allowed to use somebody else's flashcards.

Use the recommended Flashcard Topics List on our class website

Due to test security, make-up tests are taken with different tests and under different conditions with respect to flashcards and notes. Be present the day of tests.

Participation/ Citizenship
This grade is subjective based upon your in-class contribution with standards based activities. Display great leadership skills and be positive.

Writing Responsibilities
As we transition into Common Core, you will see lots of writing across all classes. You are expected to write your best work and use the standard MLA format with all papers. I suggest you use your Google Drive account to create documents so that when I require you to turn it in via a link, Google Drive will give you a link to submit to me.

Final Exams
In the mathematics department, the first semester is given the week prior to winter vacation.

The second semester final is given during the last week of school during finals week.

All finals are departmental and comprehensive.

Semester Bonus: Khan Academy Bonus
If you complete these 2 things, you will get an additional 2% added to your overall grade at the end of the semester.
1) You must complete 1200 minutes of Khan per semester AND
2) You must obtain 250,000 Khan Academy Points

Due date will be announced.

It is nearly impossible to achieve this bonus unless you devote quality time throughout the semester.

Great Citizenship

Being grateful
Being kind
Having manners
Being respectful
Smile
Desire to learn
Being on-time
Being prepared
Being organized
Checking your answers
Asking questions
Moving with a sense of emergency
When wrong, being apologetic
When disrepectful, being apologetic
Energetic
Pride in your notebook
Picking up trash
Volunteering
Looking out for others
Tutoring others
Raising your hand
Being involved in sports, activities, arts, and/or clubs
Internal happiness
Social life (music, culture, fashion, T.V., foods, history, travel)
Keep your test work in front of your eyes only
Bring something to read the day of the test.

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