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Friday, February 24, 2012

Friday, February 17, 2012

AP Psych: Group Presentation Wrap-Up

Take this time in the computer lab to comment on your group project. Your task is to write an e-mail to me (msandler@arlington.k12.ma.us) with your Name, Block, and Sensation in the subject line. (I will take off points if it doesn't look like this: Mister Sandler, A Block, Vision).


Answer the following questions:
As a member of your group, what specifically did you do? What grade would you give yourself, keeping in mind the following rubric that was included as part of the assignment? Explain why you deserve this grade?


  • Visual Aids (creative, clear, well labeled, topical)
  • Presentation (preparation, eye contact, enunciation, group cohesiveness)
  • Understanding (thoroughness, knowledge of topic, clarity of explanation)
  • Class Activity (illustrative of sense, relevant, interesting)
What grades would you give your groupmates. Comment on each of them. Who did their job well and who didn't? This information will not be shared with them.


Lastly, how do you think these groups were organized? As a result, did your group work well together, or not.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

A Block World History: Your Next Timeline Event


Your next timeline event will be due on Friday the 17th.
Event should be about the start of the war
Possible topics:
-Schlieffen Plan/German invasion of Belgium
-Russian reaction/mobilization
-Battle of the Marne
(You can combine events a la the last timeline event)

AP Psych: Our Next Unit

Our next unit/chapter is entitled Stress and Health. We're not going to spend much time in class on this unit. You will have an open-notes 50-point test on Wednesday, Feb. 29 on Chapter 14. The test will feature 50 multiple-choice questions and no essay. There will not be homework quizzes or a project for this chapter.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

A Block History: Tonight's Homework

Read and take notes on the following pages: 583, 678-681. We went over this PowerPoint in class, and includes an assignment due Friday.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

AP Psych: Sensation and Perception webquest

Find it here.

AP Psych: Sensation Project


Using visual aids or diagrams, your group will be responsible for describing how one of our senses works. Then, you will demonstrate the process of sensation in a class activity or an experiment. 

You will be graded using the following criteria:

  • Visual Aids (creative, clear, well labeled, topical)
  • Presentation (preparation, eye contact, enunciation, group cohesiveness)
  • Understanding (thoroughness, knowledge of topic, clarity of explanation)
  • Class Activity (illustrative of sense, relevant, interesting)
 80 points (20 points per category)

15 to 20 minutes in length per group (1 ½ class meetings for all 5 senses)

I will give you some time in class to work on these. Please use GoogleDocs to help you prepare.

Here are your groups for this project. They are based on your Myers-Briggs personality codes.

These are the days the presentations will take place:
C Block: Thu 2/9, Fri 2/10
E Block:  Thu 2/9, Fri 2/10
G Block: Thu 2/9, Mon 2/13

You will be asked to comment on your group's cohesiveness after completing this assignment. Please, make sure you are doing your part. No social loafing!