Metric Measurements and Density - September 23 to 10/17

Post date: Sep 24, 2015 3:52:31 PM

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Warm-ups

9/24 Make a Venn diagram comparing Accuracy with Precision.

9/29 Describe the limitations and capabilities of electron scanning microscope. THIS IS A BUTTERFLY! - youtube.com

9/30 Read Page 6 in ScienceWorld 10/12/15

Precision

Accuracy

Scientific Notation (Old ES 735)

volume

mass

density (Old ES 66)

calibrate

  • What did they discover underneath Yellowstone?

  • What might it help to predict in the future?

Assignments Due

10/2 Make a Venn diagram comparing mass to volume.

10/5 What is the equation for finding the density of an object? Find the density of an object with a mass of 6 g and volume of 3 ml. (Remember to include the units with the answer.)

10/6 Find the density of a 12.5 cm x 5.6 cm x 5.6 cm box, that has a mass of 456 g. Would it sink in liquid water?

10/7 to 10/8 on screen in class.

Objectives

  • Metric Mania: Length & Length Activity - 9/24

  • Metric Mania: Metric Conversions - 9/25

  • Scale of the Universe & Sci. Not. Practice - 9/29

    • Portfolio 9/9 to 9/23 - due 9/30

    • Quiz: Metric, Models and Maps - 9/30

    • Metric Mania: Volume -10/5

    • Metric Mania: Mass - 10/6

    • Density Review - 10/12

    • Density Gizmo activity B & C - 10/13

  • Identify common SI units and prefixes.

  • Convert measurements between SI prefixes.

  • Convert Scientific Notation into decimal and back again.

  • Associate metric prefixes with scientific notation.

  • Appreciate the relative size of things throughout the universe.

Advanced Due

  • Scientific Notation Practice - 9/30

  • Quiz: Metric, Models and Maps - 9/30

  • Initial Exploravision innovation, with at least a page of research for the Present Technology and History sections. Shared with Mr. Bright on Google Drive. - 10/2

  • At least 1 page of Present Technology and 1 page of History written with parenthetical citations or footnotes. Bibliography should contain at least 4 properly cited sources. - 10/24

Web Links

Scale of the Universe 2 - Best Scale of the Universe ever! The slider on the screen zooms in and out with more precision than the mouse. Pressing CTRL = will help make the app fill the screen.

Unit Conversions - explorelearning.com

Density - phet.colorado.edu - Density of materials simulation

Density - explorelearning.com

Determining Density via Water Displacement - explorelearning.com