This is lesson on helping your teacher and your peers to get to know you. The first few weeks of school it's important to learn every ones names, how to pronounce them and be able to remember who everyone is with out a name tag... so we'll use name tags for a few weeks and then they will go away.
This an Activity to create a class Name Tag, so we can learn each other's names, but also an Ice Breaker to learn about each other.
Create A Cool Name tag
Follow Instructions
Talk To A partner About Yourself And "Your Superpower"
Mechatronics - Name Tag - 📰 Slide Presentation
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No explicit prerequisite course work or coding knowledge is required, but students are expected to have a good understanding of basic computer principles.
Primer: "Aaron, I can imagine no way in which this thing could be considered anywhere remotely close to safe. All I know is I spent six hours in there and I'm still alive... You still want to do it?"
As with any activity, please make sure you are using appropriate safety equipment. If you are coding, writing, reading, or working a lab, make sure you stand up and stretch every hour or so, Please consider any safety issues connecting to a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, computers and other electronic equipment.
Why is it important to know each other names?
Should you expect your teacher and classmates to pronounce your name correctly?
What is “LinkedIn”
First Impression
Professional Profile
Networking?
Is your Name Tag folded as instructed?
Is it placed in front of you during class?
Is it placed in your bin after class?
This lesson is about learning a bit about each other, creating a name tag card, but also about following instructions. So lets follow the instructions and pay attention to each step
Your instructor will provide card stock paper, colored pens and pencils.
It is important that we have a good estimation of what an "Inch" is. You should practice making sure you can use your thumb and forefinger... or what ever body part you use to measure stuff... Foot, tip of finger to wrist, elbow...
Actually in this class we are going to use the metric system for most Scientific, Math or Physics challenges.
Use your thumb and finger to estimate an inch. How accurate were you. Use a ruler to verify you are close.
What about a Centimetre? How about 10 Centimetres?
This 1.5 inch fold will be the bottom of your name card. make sure you have folded it along the long edge of your paper.
Why is it so important to use people’s names? A person’s name is the greatest connection to their own identity and individuality. Some might say it is the most important word in the world to that person.
It is the one way we can easily get someone’s attention. It is a sign of courtesy and a way of recognizing them. When someone remembers our name after meeting us, we feel respected and more important. It makes a positive and lasting impression on us. To not remember a name, especially when someone has had to repeat it several times, is to make that person feel slighted. Source: Washingtonpost
Our names are an incredibly important part of our identity. They carry deep personal, cultural, familial, and historical connections. They also give us a sense of who we are, the communities in which we belong, and our place in the world. This is why mispronunciations, misuse of our preferred/common names, or misgendering can negatively affect and possibly hurt and impact a sense of belonging on campus. The undeniable truth, however, is that these things will happen. Many times individuals whose names and pronouns are used in the wrong manner are put in the difficult position of approaching, correcting, and calling in folks. Instances of mispronunciation and misuse of preferred names and pronouns can be experienced as microaggressions. (ouch!) Source: UBC Equity & Inclusion Office
Take 5 min to think about a super power that would be cool to have. Think Marvel Universe, X-Men, D&D, etc. Pick a Super Hero / Villain Power. Think about this Super Power, because later you will need to discuss and defend the value and effectiveness of this power. Think about the Physics that lets your Super Power work. It can't be Magic. You have to be able to describe how your power works in Physics terms.
You are going to be paired up with a partner. Probably your neighbor. This is where you want to get to know them a little bit. This is where you can tell a bit about each other.
How do you pronounce your name? Any preferred Pro Nouns?
What is your home school?
Why did you take this class?
What do you hope to accomplish in this class? What do you want to lean about most?
What is your super Power?
How does it work? What is the Physics rules that apply? How does Physics let your power work? (It can't be magic)
Probably I'm going to have each student pair introduce each other... So know how to introduce them with their name pronounced properly. Then tell their super power and how it works.
Using the submission method provided by your teacher, please submit in paragraph form, 50 -100 words about how your super power works. Do your best to explain the Physics behind how it works. Remember, it can't just be "magic", there needs to be a way using the laws of Science, Math & Physics to explain how it actually works.
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Washington Post - Career Coach - The power of using a name
University of British Colombia - On The Importance of Names
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