Please sit in your assigned seat from the seating chart Welcome to science class with Mr. Murali! (Ack: Mrs Ryan, Az teacher for content)

Hello from Mr. murali! Born in India. Grew up in Madras, a city in South India. Studied in a branch of Engineering called Chemical Engineering. Got My B. Tech degree in Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Came to the US in 1982 to study M.S. in Chemical Engineering at University of Akron, Akron, Ohio Taught Math for freshman students for 5 years Worked for almost 29 years at Intel Corporation doing many different jobs and many different places like Portland, OR, Santa Clara, CA and Phoenix, AZ Retired from Intel this year to start my teaching career in KCS as your Science teacher!

My Family Got married in 1986. We have two kids: Married for almost 30 years to my wife Mary Mary is a Nurse Practitioner We have two kids: Rekha graduated from Ohio State with a B.S in Biology and now working for a Bio-Tech company in Berkeley, CA Meena is a Senior at UC Santa Barbara, CA, also studying Biology We also have two Dogs: Leo & Cubby!!

My Experiences as a Teacher and Project manager Taught Freshman math at University of Akron for almost 5 years as a Teaching Assistant. Managed and coached many people during my career at Intel, designing projects running experiments, collecting data and analyzing the results and developing and producing many final products such as publication of research results, making computer chips and other technology applications

What I Love… All science fiction movies like Star Trek, Star Wars ! Yoga, Gardening, Cooking Spicy Foods  Web surfing on world news and current events! Learning to do new stuff on the computer Cleveland Cavaliers and Arizona Cardinals! Students who are respectful, polite, and who try their best at everything we do!

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS (Classroom rules!) Respect yourself, your teacher and your classmates. Listen to a speaker when they are talking (the speaker could be the teacher, or a classmate sharing an idea or giving an answer). Follow directions the first time they are given. Work and interact in a safe manner.

Brainstorm with your group… What good things come from people following expectations? Why is this important?

Perfect practice makes perfect! We will be going over our class rules and some routines and procedures in the first couple of weeks. Quiet signals: Count down from 3 to 1and other signals as time goes on. We will learn our routines for entering the classroom, getting supplies out, doing walk-in work, and working with partners and groups.

Stop your conversation when I count down to quiet. Let’s try it! In a few moments, when I say, “Go”, talk to the person next to you about what you had for breakfast this morning or for dinner last night. Stop your conversation when I count down to quiet.

Countdown 3-2-1 When you hear me say, “Countdown to quiet, in 3-2-1”, please stop your discussion, look at me and be ready for directions by the time I get to 1.

TABLE GROUPS We will come up with rules when we set up table groups while we are doing projects

Learn a little more each day! We will keep learning about our classroom routines, procedures, and about each other all week! Let’s make this a great year for everyone!