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Mrs. Miller’s (Chertow) Science
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(Quarter ends 10/31)
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Home | Calendar | Class Notes | Lab
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Date |
In Class |
Homework |
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Monday |
No School- Teacher In-Service |
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Tuesday-1/2 Day B-day |
Introductions/Attendance Class
Overview |
Class Expectation sheet signed by
you and your parents. Due Friday |
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Wednesday-Full
Day A-day |
Class Policy
and Procedure Expectations Appointment
Clocks Lab Safety Discuss
Needed Materials Lab
Safety Cartoon- What-not to do Handouts:
Life Rules,
Class Expectations, GradeSheet
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Safety Contract – due (9/1) Current Event. - due (9/1), wFind an
article related to science and/or technology wCan be from
newspaper or magazine, online is okay for this week only wMust bring
article to class on Friday wBe able to
summarize your article and express your opinion or reaction to the article Safety poster- due (9/1) – make a
mini-poster wPick a lab
expectation from safety contract or safety cartoon. wIllustrate
it (use color). wState the
expectation/rule w8.5 x 11
piece of white paper wUse one
piece of computer paper, may use the computer or draw it yourself Finish Safety cartoon- due (9/5) wCircle any
safety issue you see in the cartoon. wNumber each
item you circle wType up a
list of everything you numbered Ex. Circle the kids smoking in the lab, number it “1”. On a separate piece of paper start your
list with number “1”- No smoking in lab- Please purchase 12 two pocket
folders WITH FASTENERS !!! (10 cents at Staples this week !!!) |
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Thursday A-day |
Appointment
clocks/Life Rules |
Due Friday- Current Event article, safety mini-poster, Signed Safety
Contract, Signed Class Expectation sheet |
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Friday B-day |
Science
Current Event (Next
Current Event – 10/6) Due
Today- Safety contract, Current Event, Safety poster |
Safety Cartoon – due Tuesday- Circle
every thing you shouldn’t do in the lab, number it, type up a list of what
not to do according to the numbers you identified. Ex. Circle the kids smoking in the lab, number it “1”. On a separate piece of paper start
your list with number “1”- No smoking in lab- due (9/5) |
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Date |
In Class |
Homework |
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Monday |
No School |
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Tuesday |
Pre-Test- Scientific Method Video-Scientific Method Video quiz Discuss Upcoming Labs- Ball Bounce and Message Traveling
Along a Nerve |
Review Scientific Method Vocabulary- Theory,
Data, variable, controlled experiment, hypothesis, analysis, results,
manipulated (independent) variable, responding (dependent) variable Quiz- Tuesday 9/12 Scientific Method –six steps and vocabulary Lab Reports- Graphing and PreLabs |
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Block Days Wednesday- 1,5,9 Thursday – 2,7,8 |
Review Scientific Method Vocabulary- Theory,
Data, variable, controlled experiment, hypothesis, analysis, results,
manipulated (independent) variable, responding (dependent) variable Go over Procedure for lab reports- Purpose
Statements/ PreLab Introduce Purpose statements- part one of lab
report Purpose
Background Information- For future Lab Reports,
each student must provide an article and write two sentences that provide information
related to the lab. Materials- list in columns Procedure- number steps, one instruction per
step Labs:
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Due 9/8
Due 9/11
Study for Quiz- 9/12
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Go Over
Graphing Requirements, check out Create a Graph
Website (http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing) Graph Ball Bounce and Message Traveling - independent variable on the X-axis (drop
height), dependent variable on the y-axis (bounce height) |
Type Prelab-Message Traveling Lab Be sure to use bold headings for Purpose,
Problem, Background, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure. Due 9/11 |
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What is the ratio of an igloo's circumference to
its diameter? |
Turn in Pre-lab from Message Lab Review for Quiz-Scientific Method, Vocabulary,
PreLab, Graphing |
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Quiz- Scientific Method, Vocabulary, PreLab,
Graphing After Quiz Read Packet- Measuring mass, volume and
density. Turn in 4 questions on
block day |
Read Packet- Measuring mass, volume and
density. Turn in 4 questions
(TYPED) on block day |
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Wednesday/Thursday |