| Course: Physical Science | Grade Level(s): 8th |
| Content: Unit 1 // Investigation & Experimentation | Week: 2 |
California Academic Content Standards Emphasized: 9. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. |
| Key Ideas: Key Ideas: lab safety, nature of science scientific method as a way of thinking, variables, graphing data, finding average, working together to solve problems |
CLASS MEETING AGENDA/ ACTIVITY | |
MEETING 1 | [1]] Handout "What is Science?" or visit and download the article @http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/PR/science.html to be read at home. [2] Discuss the purpose and setup of the INTERACTIVE STUDENT SCIENCE NOTEBOOK (ISSN) [3] Science Pre-Assessment |
MEETING 2 | [1] Discuss science safety contracts and lab equipment. [2] Demonstration and use of the scientific method by doing the "Water Drop" investigation |
HOME SESSION AGENDA/ ACTIVITY | |
SESSION 1 | Both parents and students are to read and sign (parent and student) the science safety contract. Read through coursework guidelines, set aside a place in your students binder for school-to-home-school communications and make sure your student knows where it is. |
SESSION 2 | Read pages 824-825. Write out the "summary statements"in your ISSN as an "input(rightside) entry. Remember to date all entries. |
SESSION 3 | Complete the observation and the data collection worksheets and the graph. After you have finished, in your ISSN, on the left (output) side, make a "Here I Stand" entry to summarize what you learned during the "Water Drop" investigation. |
RESOURCES | REMEMBER to check the FOCUS ON PHYSICAL SCIENCE reading list and keep all INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ENTRIES current ! |
COMMUNICATIONS |
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