“BELL RINGER” 10-2-17 Science 1.  A student wanted to know whether a new brand of shoe could make a basketball player jump higher. He found 18 basketball players who started using the shoes this season and measured how high each player could jump in the new shoes. Is this a fair or valid experiment? Why? Or Why not?   2. . A student designed an experiment to study how temperature affects the rate at which an enzyme digests a protein. She put equal masses of liver into four equal-sized test tubes, brought the test tubes to different temperatures, introduced equal amounts of enzyme to each tube ,and measured the duration of the chemical reaction, What are the variables held constant? What is the independent variable? What is the dependent variable?

“BELL RINGER” 10-3-17 Science 1.  Write the 7 steps of the scientific method in order.

“BELL RINGER” 10-4-17 Science 1. Go to CANVAS and begin your test.

HW: Read, Questions, and Evidence page 52-55: Due Tuesday “BELL RINGER” 10-5-17 Science  Finish your test on CANVAS. HW: Read, Questions, and Evidence page 52-55: Due Tuesday

Write a hypothesis for the scientific question. “BELL RINGER” 10-10-17 Science Scientific Question: Do footballs fly further if they have more air in them? Write a hypothesis for the scientific question. HW: Read, Questions, and Evidence page 56-57:

“BELL RINGER” 10-11-17 Science Name the 3 main branches of science and tell a brief description of each. HW: Page 58-59

What type of science would a chef use for his/her job? Explain. “BELL RINGER” 10-12-17 Science What type of science would an auto mechanic use for his/her job? Explain. What type of science would a chef use for his/her job? Explain. HW: Study for quiz tomorrow. Begin research for your scientist.

Go to CANVAS and begin your quiz. “BELL RINGER” 10-13-17 Science Go to CANVAS and begin your quiz. SHW: Research and page 92-99 vocabulary

“BELL RINGER” 10-16-17 Science Find a 2 o’clock partner and join with two other partners. 1 person from the group gather the materials from the shelf for the lab.

Go to your g-mail and accept course invitation to Geography 6. “BELL RINGER” 10-17-17 Geography Go to your g-mail and accept course invitation to Geography 6. HW: Complete Our Planet test and Earth’s Water and Land Due Friday

“BELL RINGER” 10-17-17 Science Write a conclusion from the table below about amount of air put into a football. Hypothesis: If a football is filled with less air, then the football will fly a further distance. 13 lbs/in 13.5 lbs/in 14 lbs/in Trial 1 30 yds. 25 yds. 20 yds. Trial 2 33 yds 24 yds 19 yds Trial 3 32 yds 23 yds Average 31.2 yds 24 yds. 19.3 yds.

Tell 3 uses for models. “BELL RINGER” 10-18-17 Science HW: page 94-95 Read, questions, and evidence

“BELL RINGER” 10-19-17 Science What is a system? What are examples of systems? What are the properties that all systems must have? What is 1 property that some systems have? HW: Concept Summary and Review and Reinforcement

“BELL RINGER” 10-20-17 Science Go to Lizard Point. Practice 2 or 3 times. Take the test.

“BELL RINGER” 10-20-17 Science Hand in your poster to the tray or cart. Use CLOSE Reading Read page 98 with your 8:00 o’clock partner and get the gist of the paragraph. Read the 2nd time and annotate the text. Read a 3rd time and begin the questions.

“BELL RINGER” 10-20-17 Science Hand in your poster with the rubric to the tray or cart. Put your name on your rubric.` What are the 3 uses of model?

“BELL RINGER” 10-23-17 Science Take Quiz on CANVAS. Hand in your bell ringer to be graded? Make sure you have your coat if needed for going outside. 3. Hand in your old book on the shelf. Get a new book back on the table and give me your number

“BELL RINGER” 10-23-17 Science Are scientists always certain that models are correct?

“BELL RINGER” 10-24-17 Science Tell what you know about the following words without your vocab: organism, habitat, biotic factor, abiotic factor, species, population, community, ecosystem, ecology

“BELL RINGER” 10-24-17 Science Is a mathematical equation a process model or an object model?

Compare and contrast biotic factors and abiotic factors. “BELL RINGER” 10-25-17 Science Compare and contrast biotic factors and abiotic factors.

“BELL RINGER” 10-25-17 Science Tell what you know about the following words without your vocab: organism, habitat, biotic factor, abiotic factor, species, population, community, ecosystem, ecology

1. What does an organism’s environment provide? “BELL RINGER” 10-26-17 Science 3,4,8 1. What does an organism’s environment provide?

“BELL RINGER” 10-26-17 Science 7 Compare and contrast biotic factors and abiotic factors. You may use page 6 for help.

List 3 new things you have learned about ecosystem? “BELL RINGER” 10-27-17 Science 3,4,8 List 3 new things you have learned about ecosystem?

1. What does an organism’s environment provide? “BELL RINGER” 10-27-17 Science 7 1. What does an organism’s environment provide?

What is population density? “BELL RINGER” 10-30-17 Science 3,4,8 What is population density? Find your 8:00 o’clock partner and sit together.

1. List 3 new things you have learned about an ecosystem. “BELL RINGER” 10-30-17 Science 7 1. List 3 new things you have learned about an ecosystem.