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Unit 01: Scientific Processes
Unit 1 is an introduction to the scientific skills and processes that
students will use throughout the remainder of 7th and 8th grade science,
high school, college and life. The table that follows includes a summary of each day's
lesson, with links to presentations, notes and handout used for each day.
Lessons and handouts for future dates are subject to change. In general,
links for notes and PowerPoint presentations will not be activated
until the end of the school day. Links for the test review worksheet answers and
unit summary are not activated until the afternoon before the test. (Be sure to
refresh the page to get the latest links and updates.) Unless
otherwise noted, regular and PreAP will have the same assignments. At the
bottom of this page are links for the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge &
Skills) objectives for the unit, any on-line text documents, such as unit vocabulary
glossary or on-line unit summary, and links to related science websites.
| Date |
Class & Homework Assignments, Handouts,
Presentations and Notes |
| August 25, 2008 |
Brief teacher introduction. Introduction and
description of class content. Discussion of classroom expectations,
policies and rules, and use and enforcement of
Discipline Codes. For 1st Period, pick up classroom supplies.
Homework: Bring Personal Survey
handout home and complete with parents, for
return to teacher on 08-26-08. Bring
Class Introduction Letter home to
parents, for parent signature and return to teacher on 08-26-08. |
| August 26, 2008 |
Pick up completed personal survey sheets and signed class
introduction letter. Bear
Camp discussion of dress code. Discussion of why science is important
to society, and why it is required in school. During last 20 minutes
of class, write a short essay describing the future if science was not
taught in school.
Homework: Complete short essay on the future without science,
if not completed in class. Return completed personal survey and signed
class introduction letter to teacher. Bring binder, divider tabs and
paper for science notebook beginning on 08-27-08. |
| August 27, 2008 |
Bear Camp discussion of school sexual harassment policy,
using 20 minute harassment video. Pick up completed personal survey
sheet.
Homework: Return completed personal survey and signed class introduction
letter to teacher. Bring properly assembled science notebook to class
beginning on 08-28-08. |
| August 28, 2008 |
Set up science notebooks, following format described in
Science Notebook
handout. Distribution of other science notebook handouts:
Class Expectations,
. Take Lab Safety Pre-Assessment Quiz using
CPS remotes, and discuss quiz answers. |
| August 29, 2008 |
Hand
out Science Safety Contract
and discuss main safety rules. Each student with make a 12" x 18"
poster of an assigned safety Rule from the
Lab Safety Rules, and then
explain that rule to the class, using their safety poster. Homework:
Bring Science Safety Contract home this weekend and review the safety rules
with your parents. Both student and parent should sign the safety
contract, which should be returned by 09-05-08. |
| September 2, 2008 |
Warm-up on reading a graduated cylinder. Turn in signed safety contracts. Review
safety rules with 7th Grade Safety PowerPoint. Complete Safety
Worksheet. Begin discussion of laboratory equipment names and uses.
Homework: Bring Science Safety Contract home and review the safety rules with your
parents. Both student and parent should sign the safety contract,
which should be returned by 09-05-08. Notes: |
| September 3, 2008 |
Complete warm-up on reading triple-beam balance.
Discuss units of metric system measurement, and lab equipment used in
measurement. Take short CPS quiz on metric system units. |
| September 4, 2008 |
For warm-up, discuss density and how it is calculated.
Perform
Measurement & Density
Lab. Turn in lab worksheet by end of class. |
| September 5, 2008 |
Warm-up on reading graphs. Class discussion on graph
types and the proper use of graph axis. Quiz on reading graduated
cylinder and triple-beam balance measurements (10 Q., open-notes). |
| September 8, 2008 |
Warm-Up: Answer
09-10-07 Warm-Up questions on
scientific questions and hypothesis form. Assignment:
Discuss additional details of scientific method, including expanded
Scientific Method
Flowchart, controls and variables, the role of guessing in the
scientific method, and equipment used in science. Notes:
Scientific
Method Key Terms and Laboratory Equipment. Homework: Study
for quiz (10 m.c. questions, open notes) on scientific method. |
| September 9, 2008 |
Quiz on the scientific method (10 m.c. questions, open
notes), including both the steps in the scientific method and the concepts
of control groups and variables. Begin work on
Controls & Variables
Reg Worksheet or
Controls &
Variables PreAP Worksheet. Homework: Complete Controls & Variables
Worksheet, to be turned in on 09-12-07. |
| September 10, 2008 |
Warm-Up: Answer
09-12-07 Warm-Up on
identification of independent and dependent variables, from experiment data
table. Assignment: Check Controls & Variable Worksheet homework
for completion at beginning of class. Discuss the answers to the
Controls & Variables worksheet. Watch video on the scientific method,
and design of science experiments. Hand out the
Unit 1 Scientific Process Test Review
Worksheet, which will be checked for a formative grade during class on
09-13-07. Homework: Complete Test Review Worksheet to maximum
extent possible from notes. |
| September 11, 2008 |
Continue to work of
Unit 1 Scientific Process Test Review
Worksheet, which will be checked for a formative grade about 20 minutes
before the end of the class. During the last 20 minutes of class, view
Scientific Process Test Review Video
(10 minutes, 10mb). You can also check your answers on the
Scientific Process Test Review Answers. Homework: Study for
summative grade test on lab safety, lab equipment, metric system
measurement, scientific skills and the scientific method, to be given on
09-12-08. |
| September 12, 2008 |
For first 10 minutes of class,
briefly review important topics on test. Summative grade test on lab
safety, lab equipment, metric system measurement, scientific skills and the
scientific method (15 multiple choice questions). |
| September 15, 2008 |
Return graded tests. Students who failed the test must
schedule a tutorial time for retaking the test. (Note that grades for
the first progress report are finalized after school on Monday, 9-18-08.) Review answers to test questions. |
To view the textbook online, click on this hyperlink:
Science 7
Textbook Online and use the following to log on to the publisher
website: Username: blkstudent; Password: gobears.
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