| Course: Physical Science | Grade Level (s): 8th |
| Content: Unit II // Properties of Matter and Energy | Week: 10 |
| California Academic Content
Standards emphasized: 8. All objects experience a buoyant force when immersed in a fluid. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know: a. density is mass per unit volume. b. how to calculate the density of substances (regular and irregular solids, and liquids) from measurements of mass and volume.: 9. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept, and to address the content the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will: a. plan and conduct a scientific investigation to test a hypothesis. b. evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of data. e. construct appropriate graphs from data and develop quantitative statements about the relationships between variables. f. apply simple mathematical relationships to determine one quantity given the other two (including speed = distance/time, density = mass/volume, force = pressure x area, volume=area x height). |
| Key Ideas: volume, mass, density, metric measurement, scale |
CLASS MEETING AGENDA/ ACTIVITY |
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MEETING 1 |
[Hand back ISSN.] [1] Discuss the Science Festival, and your participation in it. [2] Handout PS Skill Work [3] Start the "What's my match?" scientific investigation into using physical properties to sort matter. |
MEETING 2 |
[1] Finish "What's My Match" data collection. [3] Start work on the "Going Further" assignment. |
HOME SESSION AGENDA/ ACTIVITY |
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SESSION 1 |
[1] Welcome back! |
SESSION 2 |
[1] Read pages 86-87, 225, 446-452, answer questions on your reading list in your ISSN. [2] Work on PS SkW [3] Make a list in your ISSN of 10 things you would like to learn more about, or 10 questions you would like to design a scientific investigation to come up with the answers for. |
SESSION 3 |
[1] Start planning as a group to complete the "What's my Match... Going Further assignment". To be completed by the second class meeting on week 11 and written up as a "Lab Report" like the "Finding Mass Investigation". Following the "Standard Scientific Investigation Report Format" you glued into your ISSN on week 3. [2] Work on PS SkW. |
RESOURCES |
REMEMBER to check the FOCUS ON PHYSICAL SCIENCE reading list and keep all INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ENTRIES current ! |
COMMUNICATIONS |
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