Unit 1: Scientific Method and Characteristics of Life

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Tuesday 9/2

1) Find your Seat (say a quick hello to your neighbor), have you taken the Welcome survey that was sent last week to your Remind app or email?

2) Discuss Remind App Use- you should already be signed up for Remind. The notifications should go to you, not your parents. 

3) Phone Caddy

4) Check Out Course Website

5) Check out our textbook!

• A Block Textbook Numbers

• C Block Textbook Numbers

7)  Course Syllabus

8) Safety Rules and Contract (Safety Test will be Wednesday)

• STHS Mandatory Lab Safety presentation

• Safety Contract

9) Course Intro

        1- Class Rules and Pet Peeves

• participate, use bathroom/drink at start of class, if absent catch up on work using website or  lunch and learn to catch up, I will not hunt down missing work, I do not take late work, be present for class!

        2- Study EVERY single night 

3- put the date in the upper right hand corner of your papers to help with organization

4- I WILL be using Classwize during class 

10)  Podcast Monday! (but this week Tuesday)

• Podcast #1: 6 doctors swallowed Lego heads for science (15 min) 

• After Listening you will complete the assignment on Schoology 

Homework: 

1- Annotate course syllabus and safety contract

2- sign and get a guardian to sign both 

3- Complete the podcast assignment

you should go home EACH and EVERY day and look over material from the class 

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Wednesday 9/3

1. Homework Check

• Annotation/Signed Syllabus and Safety Contract

2. Class Review

• Podcast Debrief 

• Safety Equipment (video link) 15 minutes

• Fire Exit Review

• Hot Glass

• Raising your hand

3. Scientific Method Notes 

Homework: 

• Finish example on the last two slides of the Scientific Method Notes  and study for Safety Quiz tomorrow

you should go home EACH and EVERY day and look over material from the class 

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Thursday 9/4

1. Homework check

2. Simpson's Experiments

3. Title Practice (E/Affect) 

4. Table Partner Collab on Identifying Controls and Variables Worksheet 

5. Safety Quiz 

• Safety Test (Answer Key)- links for Musetti's use only (T/F Alternatives)

6. Bubble Lab Presentation 

• Bubble Lab Procedure

• Bubble Lab Write Up Instructions

7. Bubble Lab Day 1 homework

Homework:

1-Complete Bubble Lab Day 1 homework

2-Bring in the bottle of dish soap you use at home. If you choose to bring in a small container of it instead of the whole bottle, take a picture of the label (front and back) of the dish soap you brought in

you should go home EACH and EVERY day and look over material from the class 

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Friday 9/5

1. BUBBLE LAB!

• Bubble Lab Observations 

• Bubble Lab Procedure

• Data Table (Template Class Data)

  • • A Block

    • C Block

• Complete: Bubble Lab Day 2 

Homework: complete: Bubble Lab Day 2 

you should go home EACH and EVERY day and look over material from the class 

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Monday 9/8

1. PODCAST MONDAY 

• Podcast #2

2. Title Practice (E/Affect)  (forgot to go over this last week)

3. Any Questions from Bubble Lab Day 2 

• Class Data?

• A Block

• C Block

4. What is Bias and how can it be prevented?

• Research Bias (6 min) 

• Placeboes & Placebo Effect video (3 min) 

5. Graphing Lesson

• Temperature and Developing Clams Practice (Graphing Example #1 on Schoology)

• Tree Health Graph Practice (Graphing Example #2 on Schoology)

6. GO over Bubble Lab Part 3 (due Wednesday)

7. Bubble Lab Debrief 

• Bubble Lab discussion/debrief 

1. 1. • Bubble Lab Final Draft  (teacher resource)

        1. • Put together all the parts of the lab

8. Rest of class to work on Bubble Lab (come in for Lunch and Learn if you want one on one help)

HWK: Homework: Podcast #2: Rats Driving Cars! and Complete Bubble Lab Part 3 (due Wednesday)

you should go home EACH and EVERY day and look over material from the class 

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Tuesday 9/9 (Thursday is Back To School Night)

1. Talk about the Podcast Car-Driving Rats- US Scientists train rats to drive small cars to study benefits to brain (video)

2. LinkIt Test

• Time to finish lab after LinkIt Test

• printed copy for peer review tomorrow (ask for a pass to library to print if you finish in class)

Homework: Bring a PRINTED copy of your lab report tomorrow for class 

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Wednesday 9/10 (Thursday is Back To School Night)

1. Peer Edit Lab (20 minutes) 

• Final Copy is due tomorrow (DOES NOT NEED to be printed)

2. Living vs Nonliving Lesson

• notes to project

• notes and activity printout

3. Microscopes

2. 1. • What the heck is that? presentation/introduction (teacher link)

      • Watch: Microscope- the Tube that Changed the World (5 min) 

      • Microscope Rules and Parts

        1. • always use two hands when carrying the microscope; hold it by the base and the arm

           • NEVER look through the eyepiece while the light is on without a slide (can cause permanent damage to your eyes) 

           • Start at the lowest magnification and focus it before moving up in magnification

4. Microscope Play

5. Study for tomorrow's Unit Test

Homework: 

• Final Copy of your Bubble Lab due tomorrow

• Unit 1 Quiz/Test (40 questions) tomorrow 

you should go home EACH and EVERY day and look over material from the class 

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Thursday 9/11 (tonight is Back To School Night) 

1. Submit final copy of Bubble Lab

2. Unit 1 Assessment (teacher use only)  (Syllabus and Class Expectations, Safety Rules, Scientific Method, Equipment (including the microscope), Characteristics of Life) 

1. After Test: Color your Periodic Table AND TAKE SEPARATE NOTES

• Color the periodic table (Video) (drive video link)

• Get Periodic Table to color

Homework: Finish Coloring Periodic Table and Notes 

you should go home EACH and EVERY day and look over material from the class 

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