Wednesday / Thursday January 8 / 9

Mr. Zartler has to attend a district training on Wednesday.

As we discussed last class, today you will prep for your final exam. Today you should focus on creating actual study tools. Just saying (and even just doing) "looking at my notes" is not a particularly effective study strategy.

As a class brainstorm effective study strategies; move beyond “study my notes”. 

What you are looking for here, is things or activities that force you to "do something" with your knowledge. Translate it into diagrams or into words; paraphrase it; use it in a different situation; etc.

Think about flash cards; paraphrasing notes to yourself and others; asking one another “what if?” questions e.g. “What if you start the band saw with the blade touching the wood?” “What happens if you don’t ‘woodpecker’ when drilling a large hole? 

Is there a flash card app or website work best for you, why?

As class progresses, students are to create study aids to help one another study. These aids can and should include sample test questions. “What are the first three steps in making a scale drawing?” “What machine do you use first, second, and third to mill lumber that is four-square?”

The final exam will cover all the information we’ve studied about wood and woodworking this semester including safer operations of the drill press; miter saw; band saw; and planer. The final exam will include both factual knowledge questions; questions that requiring labeling or annotating, as well as questions about sequence and order (these are often the source of mistakes on tests).

Students should consider the items that were included in the fall notebook check: Wood Moves; Grain Diagram; Clamping Diagram; 3-D Visualization Notes; Saws Chart; Examples of Side Elevation; Front Elevation; Plan; Short Grain Failure notes; Board feet calculation; Lamination Chart; Toy Plan;

As well as the topics of: how to apply shellac.

As the class progresses, students should be testing one anothers’ knowledge using the tactics and tools described above.

Students may use the tests available on Maucks.com/ safety to figure out which questions about safer operations are most likely to be problematic. Students can then make flash cards.