WELCOME TO MR. HATFIELD'S CLASSROOM

Students, my name is Scott Hatfield, and I will be serving as your Chemistry Instructor in the 2020-2021 school year.

                                   

We live in interesting times, in a world of unexpected challenges.  

In our case, the most obvious challenge is that of creating a virtual school environment to support students as they attempt to gain an education through what we are calling 'distance learning.'

To help support you, I've created a virtual classroom page that has built-in links to supporting materials and important information that you would want at your fingertips:

I've also begun setting up our individual classes, and when you go looking for them on Teams, I hope they'll be easy for you to find, and even FUN for you to use!

We'll use MICROSOFT TEAMS to access our individual classes and to attend class meetings.  Many assignments and class procedures will be handled through Teams, as well.*  

We will also have a new textbook created for California students, Experience Chemistry.   While you will receive an actual student text to work with, we will often access the digital version of this curriculum, on-line.  To do this, you will need to access this through the Clever app.  Log on HERE, using your FUSD student account:

Once you are in, you will find the 'Saavas Realize' link, that will take you to where you can log onto the digital curriculum, as shown below:

Just like Microsoft Teams, the online version of the text will be organized around classes---and your student information should already be imported into those classes.  Pretty convenient!

NOW, ALL OF THESE RESOURCES are important.  You will need to be able to access and use all of them.  

But, in addition to all of that, the main way you'll receive information about events in my class is through the virtual classroom page and this blog, 'Chemistry Knights'.   

I encourage you to explore both!  WELCOME TO CHEMISTRY!

* So, if you don't have Teams on both your personal computer and your cellular device, click on one of the links provided!  Watch the video!  Download and install whatever versions of Teams you need!  Have questions?  Write them down, and send me an email:  Scott.Hatfield@fresnounified.org