RESOURCES | REMEMBER to check the FOCUS ON PHYSICAL SCIENCE reading list and keep all INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ENTRIES current ! | |
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| Course: Physical Science | Grade Level(s): 8th |
| Content: Unit 1 // Investigation & Experimentation | Week: 3 |
| California Academic Content Standards emphasized: 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). g. distinguish between linear and non-linear relationships on a graph of data. |
| Key Ideas: nature of science scientific method as a way of thinking, variables, recording and graphing data, finding average, working together to solve problems, use of SI or metric units (second, grams), massing objects using a triple arm balance and/or electronic balance using Interactive Student Notebooks, writing standard scientific investigation reports. Mobius strip |
CLASS MEETING AGENDA/ ACTIVITY | |
MEETING 1 | [1] Wrap-up loose ends from week 2. [2] Review the Scientific Method. [3] Reading assignment & answer questions."Scientific Investigation" @ http://www.wmich.edu/bios150/investigation.html or use class handout. [4] Demonstration & use of the scientific method by doing the "HOW MANY SIDES TO A PIECE OF PAPER" investigation. |
MEETING 2 | [1] Wrap up loose ends from Week 3, meeting 1 . [2] Reviewing the "Scientific Investigation" questions and answers. [3] Practice using the scientific method [Finding Mass: A Scientific Investigation]. [4] Pass out "Metric Measurement Cyber-Scavenger Hunt" to be completed at home or at school and will be due on Week 5, by the first meeting. |
HOME SESSION AGENDA/ ACTIVITY | |
SESSION 1 | Make sure your "Interactive Student Science Notebook" is ready and setup for use. Read pages 830-831 in F on PS. |
SESSION 2 | Read pages 828-829 in F on PS. |
SESSION 3 | Work on completing the "Metric Measurement Cyber-Scavenger Hunt" to be completed at home or at school if you do not have internet access at home. Read pages 446-451 in F on PS. |
RESOURCES
REMEMBER to check the FOCUS ON PHYSICAL SCIENCE reading list and keep all INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ENTRIES current !
Scientific Investigation" @http://www.wmich.edu/bios150/investigation.html
The NIST Reference on Constants, Units and Uncertainty @ http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.htmlCOMMUNICATIONS
@http://www.avstc.org/aae/SciMat/ps_q_1.html
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