Metric Measurements and Density - September 23 to 10/17
Post date: Sep 24, 2015 3:52:31 PM
Keywords
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
Determining Density via Water Displacement - explorelearning.com