BEGINNING ASSIGNMENTS UNIT 1

Beginning Assignment: 9/3/08 Put first and last name on both sides of an index card with a sharpie marker. Think about the following: –What is science? –What is the goal of science? –What are some specific areas of science and what do they focus on?

Beginning Assignment 9/4/08 Get out your crossword puzzle and choose 5 branches of science… for each branch, tell one profession that would specifically use that branch Think of 5 observations you can make about the room Make a statement about the room that you can assume but did not observe.

BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT: 9/5/08 Get out your branches of science puzzles and your worksheet on inferences. Complete the worksheet: The Case of the Sleeping Frog

BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT: 9/8/08 PERIOD 1: CASE OF THE MISSING FROG WKST. PERIODS 6 & 7: IF YOU WANTED TO SEE IF THE COLOR OF YOUR T-SHIRT HAD ANY EFFECT ON HOW HOT YOU FEEL, HOW COULD THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD BE USED –TRY TO LIST EACH STEP AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU COULD DO TO ACCOMPLISH THE STEP

BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT 9/9/08 GET OUT FARMER BROWN WKST –IF YOU WERE GIVEN ONLY THE DATA, SHOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE OTHER STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD? –SKETCH A GRAPH FROM THE DATA PROVIDED.

BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT 9/10/08 GET OUT YOUR GRAPHS. CHECK FOR THE FOLLOWING: –Title – descriptive? –Y Axis – dependent variable Size of Tongue (cc) Number intervals consistent –X Axis – independent variable Toppings Study for Quiz

BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT 9/11/08 GET OUT THE 10 METRIC CONVERSION PROBLEMS FROM LAST NIGHT’S HOMEWORK THINK OF AS MANY ENGLISH CONVERSION UNITS AS YOU CAN –EXAMPLE: 12 INCHES = 1 FOOT