1. http://www.nearingzero.net 4. Meier 1. Hansen, Lott & Rusinko) 2. Wilson “Eat lunch or be lunch.”— Scott McNealy 5. McCormick & Nissen (next time) 3. Mitchell

2. Physics 6 Schedule “If A is a success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” A. Einstein Check your e-mail periodically! Physics 8 Lab Check your e-mail periodically!

3. Your Talks April 26 (6 students) 1. Lisa Hassler & Suzanne Simpson 2. Frank Keehn & David Saunders Courtney Pitts-May 3 3. Darryl Coleman The class period is 75 minutes (4:00-5:15). You are allotted 10 minutes if presenting alone, 15 minutes if two are presenting, 20 minutes if three are presenting. If talks end early, I may lecture. April 28 (8 Students) 1. Kelsey Hansen, Andrew Lott, and Elizabeth Rusinko 2. Christina Wilson 3. Sara Mitchell 4. Melony Meier Alexandra McCormick & Ally Nissen-May 3

4. Your Talks The class period is 75 minutes (4:00-5:15). You are allotted 10 minutes if presenting alone, 15 minutes if two are presenting, 20 minutes if three are presenting. If talks end early, I may lecture. May 3 (4 students) Sarah Grant Fareedah Washington Danielle Warchol Debra Wielms Courtney Pitts Alexandra McCormick and Ally Nissen (go in reverse alphabetical order May 5 (5 students) Jazmine Bell D Naya Mims Drew Skyles & Zach Humphrey Josh Smith

5. Grading Your Talks Tentative grading sheet: environment-related topic (0-3) scientific evidence presented (0-5) effort by presenter to evaluate evidence (0-4) talk organized and flowed logically (0-5) evidence of thought on part of presenter (0-5) good effort and enthusiasm (0-3) total (0-25)

6. You may use the computer and projector for your talk. Here are some options:  Bring your talk on a CD or flash drive and hope it works!  No floppies! (Computer doesn’t have a floppy drive.)  E-mail your talk to me before noon on the day you are talking (but earlier is better). I’ll put it a flash drive and on the network. I might even get time to test it. If your talk includes any video files, you need to make sure they are provided and work (classroom computer may not be able to play all media files).  As a backup, e-mail your talk to yourself, so you have access to it if your flash drive or CD is bad.

7. Remember:  The fact that it works on your computer doesn’t guarantee it will work on the classroom computer.  If it’s important, have backups. At least two, besides the original. (Sooner or later, if you don’t make backups, you will suffer pain. Major pain.)  Untested technology is guaranteed to fail if you don’t have a backup plan.