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7th Grade Unit 1: How Scientists Work
DUE DATES:
First Trimester
10/4
10/18
Please note the new dates!
*11/8
*11/22
Wed *12/4*
8/30/13 --- DAY 1
9/3/13 --- DAY 2:
- LAPTOPS
9/4/13 --- DAY 3
- Google Doc Links to today's Worksheets. (You must be signed into your MSAD51 gmail account for access.)
9/5/13 --- DAY 4
- LAPTOP SURVEY
- Mrs. Morrill's Website
9/6/13 --- DAY 5
SHORTENED SCHEDULE FOR ASSEMBLY
HW: Complete the Questioning Worksheet
9/9
9/10/13
Putting it all together...
Today we will watch and analyze a Mythbuster's episode! Please check your email for the document.
9/11 - 9/20/13
These next two weeks will be a little uproarious due to the Rippleffect trip to Cow Island. As this is a blended classroom, the classroom will have anywhere from 5 to 24 students! Due to this, students will be working on a self-directed mini-metric unit in class. This will include mini-labs, articles, games, videos, and worksheets --- as well as a Mini-Metric Olympic Game. I will be checking in with students during the class to guide them through the topic but I will not be "lecturing" the class as a whole.
By the end of next week, students should feel comfortable measuring length, mass, volume, and temperature as well as using the metric system.
9/23
- Observations vs Inference
- Introduction to Current Events
- Gummy Bear Lab Set-up and Preparation
9/24 - 9/25
9/26
Set-Up Gummy Bear Lab!
9/27
Analyzing Data!
- Complete a Table for Your Data
- Add your "before" data
- Plan how you will "display" your data in a graph
- Quick Tutorial --- Spreadsheet
- Tables
- Bar Graph vs Line Graph
9/30
Review and share results.
Write Conclusion.
Put It All Together... Final Form
FINAL LAB REPORT DUE TOMORROW
The lab report is not the same as the graphic organizer. The graphic organizer is to help you set-up your lab report.
10/1
Write Conclusion.
Conclusion Sentence Starters:
- The purpose of this lab was...
- The hypothesis if ________ was/was not supported by the data. For example...
- A possible source of error could be...
- If this lab were to be completed again...
- This experiment shows the concept...
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Put It All Together... Final Form
CLICK THE EXAMPLE BELOW
FINAL LAB REPORT DUE TOMORROW
The lab report is not the same as the graphic organizer. The graphic organizer is to help you set-up your lab report.
10/2
Review for Fridays's Quiz
15 minutes to complete/revise lab report for final form.
10/3-4
The Problem: You will be completing an experiment to find out if the color of a Lifesaver is related to the amount of time it takes to completely dissolve in your mouth.This is an individual lab however we will be sharing data among all the students in the class.You have today to individually complete the first portion of the lab report… From QUESTION to PROCEDURE. You will have the lab format document to use as a template. I will be checking in with this during the class. Tomorrow during the quiz, you will be testing your hypothesis. For the last 10 minutes of class, you will be filling out a class table of data to use as for your results and conclusion. On Monday, you will graph the data and write the conclusion. Tuesday, we have no class (NECAPS).
The final product is due on Wednesday and you should have plenty of time to finish within the class! You will get 3 grades for this assignment --- 1 for experimental set-up, 1 for your conclusion, and 1 for your writing!
10/7-10
The Problem: You will be completing an experiment to find out if the color of a Lifesaver is related to the amount of time it takes to completely dissolve in your mouth.This is an individual lab however we will be sharing data among all the students in the class.Mon - Graph the data and write the conclusion. Tues - No class (NECAPS).
Wed - Continue the conclusion - Complete LAB.
Thurs - No class (movie?)
The final product is due at the beginning of class on Friday, you should have plenty of time to finish within the class! You will get 3 grades for this assignment --- 1 for experimental set-up, 1 for your conclusion, and 1 for your writing!
LAB REPORT FORMAT
Question: State the problem or question.
Research/Background: State any background information, controls, variables, and other observations. Should be two or three sentences long.
Hypothesis: If-then statement
Experiment: One or two sentences about how you will test your hypothesis.
Materials: Bulleted list of materials used and quantity (how much)
Procedure: Numbered LIST of exactly what you are going to do to complete your experiment, may include drawing or picture of your setup. Someone else should be able to complete the experiment from your procedure.
Results: Gather your data and organize it in the form of a table and a graph(s) DON’T FORGET LABELS<> NO NAKED NUMBERS!!!!
Conclusion/Discussion: Report your results in the form of a discussion in paragraph(s) form. REMEMBER OBJECTIVE VOICE --- no I, we, or our. You should answer the following questions:
- What is the answer to your original question?
- Was your hypothesis supported or rejected?
- What caused your results? Discuss the scientific concept involved.
- What may have gone wrong? Sources of error or problems?
- What would you change for a second experiment?
Friday 10/11
Wednesday 10/16 - Friday 10/18
Introduction to Research Papers
Day 1
10/16 DO NOW --- FIND YOUR match... SIT WITH YOUR MATCH --- Write down your word and definition.
- Using a Graphic Organizer
- Making a Claim
- Starting Online Research
- Creating Citations
Day 2
- Research and Citations
- Filling Out the Graphic Organizer
Day 3
- You have 15-20 minutes to organize yourselves
- Fill out the Graphic Organizer online.
- Share Out What You Discovered
- Using Padlet...
- HOMEWORK
Monday 10/21
Ms. Brown, our librarian/media specialist, will be presenting to the 7th grade students. Her presentation will be all about how to research!
Tuesday 10/22
- Turn on the projector (you may need to plug it in).
- Using the appleTV remote (small silver remote), navigate to You-Tube.
- Choose jmorrill@msad51.org
- Choose playlist
- Choose 10/22 and hit play!
These are the directions for students for the project and for today. This will also be linked on my website in case the AppleTV doesn’t work.
Students choose three scientists to research using reputable websites (based on the presentation from yesterday.) Hand out the “packet” which includes the list of scientists. Keep students quiet throughout (as this is individual work.)
All work will be completed online. Students will have a table in their DRIVE titled 5 Lastname Scientist Table. At this point students can begin to research using the guidelines from the day before.
10/28
FINAL IN CLASS DAY TO COMPLETE WRITING.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY LESSON...
Examples:
"Astronaut Bio:Mae C. Jemison." Astronaut Bio:Mae C. Jemison. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. This website is very helpful, it is reliable because NASA has written it about her and how she became an astronaut. This has info about how she has become a scientist, and what she did with NASA.
"Temple Grandin." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Oct. 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2013. The website gave a good synopsis of Temple Grandin’s life. I used this website to find the date of birth, field of work, and institutions she has worked at.
Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. Women in Science: Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century : A Biographical Dictionary with Annotated Bibliography. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1986. Print.
This book has profiles of 186 women whose work representative of the women in science of their time and culture. This book has a lot of good information about many women scientists who might be hard to find otherwise.
The final paper is due on TUESDAY 10/29!
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