Monday, September 15

Pick up a computer and/or other materials you need to finish your project. You need to work with your team today to finish as

much as possible.

Today and tomorrow are your last days to finish your project.

If finished, make sure your video is posted on the class Youtube channel. Work on the

news activities, if finished early.

Monday, September 151. Pick up your scale tracking form.

2. Copy homework into planner.

3. Open to your Nature of Science scale in your composition book. Highlight everything you confidently understand that you would get right on a test.

4. On your tracking form, SHADE and DATE where you are today (like the sample on the board ).

5. On the lines below the graph, answer the following in sentences:

Which terms or concepts do I understand the most?Which do I understand the least? What is my plan

of action?

6. Turn your tracking form into the folder and pick up textbook when done. Open to Ch 2 Lesson 1 and start reading.

Mass, Volume and Density

Parts of an Experiment:Independent (Test) VariableDependent (Outcome/Responding) VariableConstantsControl/Control Group

The Control (or Control Group or Control Test)

Control – An experiment test that compares the results of the experiment

Controlled Experiment – Only one variable is changed or tested in the experiment. All other variables are kept constant.

Observation – Senses – I feel, it smells like – descriptive – qualitative or quantitative or both

Inference – Using observations and background information to make a guess

Prediction – Same as inference, but for the future

Hypothesis – If, then (and NO pronouns – needs to be replicable – an attempted answer to a problem question that can be tested by an experiment)

Analysis – Studying or Examining Closely – Using the information to make informed decisions

Individual Classwork1. For the following terms in Ch 2 Lessons 1

and 2, synthesize the contextual definition of each term in your composition notebook:

a) data b) empirical evidencec)objective reasoning d) subjective

reasoning e)pseudoscience f) inferring g) model

2. Read, highlight important info and answer the questions on the following pages:

p. 53-59 (not the blue “got it” questions)p. 61-67 (not the blue “got it” questions)