WELCOME TO PREAP CHEM MONDAY 8-24 AND TUESDAY 8-25 MRS. WILSON

WARMUP: FIND YOUR SEAT AND GOOGLE FORM 1.The seating chart tells you where you’ll sit. Pick up one copy of all materials from the table by the lefthand door. 2.Download a free QR code scan app onto your phone. 3.Scan this code to fill out the form. This is how you will tell me a bit about yourself! If you can’t get to the Google Form, raise your hand, wait, and ask me for a paper copy.

THE HAND SIGNAL If I need your quiet attention, I’ll raise my hand and stop speaking. You’ll use the hand signal to answer questions as well.

INTRODUCTIONS Mrs. Wilson B.S Biology, B.Ed Secondary Education; M.S Chemistry Phone: or Website: hwilsonchem.weebly.com Office Hours: Tuesday lunch – Rm 242; Tues/Thurs after school – 244; Mornings by appt Scan this code to find my website, look around, and take the poll, “How are you doing today?” Weebly Website

INTRODUCTIONS Talk to your shoulder partner. Take turns and introduce yourselves. Talk about your summer. You have two minutes!

INTRODUCTIONS The deck shall choose a student… Tell me something you feel okay to share about your summer. Do you have any questions? I might have some questions for you…

BEFORE WE START… Homework: Read up on the syllabus and the website, hwilsonchem.weebly.com. Please read EVERYTHING very carefully. Obtain all needed supplies and start bringing them next class. Study for Daily Quiz 1-2 next class. (There’ll also be a Major Quiz on Friday 8-28 / Monday 8-31.) Bring one label from home that clearly shows a safety warning. A picture is fine.

AND ALSO… Some sweet perks for you! Optional: Want me to drop your lowest daily quiz grade from this six weeks? Bring in one box of tissues (if I see you A day) or one can of Lysol-type wipes (if I see you on B day), labelled with your full name and class period. Optional: One extra quiz grade – Bring in your signed lab safety contract. 5 points earned = Wed/Thurs, 3 points earned = Fri/Mon. A Day B Day

SYLLABUS SCAVENGER HUNT

WITH YOUR TABLE GROUP, READ YOUR SYLLABUS, LOOK UP THE WEBSITE, LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, AND FIND OUT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. Watch the time!! 1.Beginning and end of class procedures 2.Office hours 3.Assessment methods and percentage breakdown for your grade 4. The different types of quizzes 5.The five class rules 6.The number of school days you have to make up missed work 7. When you can ask to leave class 8.What could you do if you earn a test grade below 70? 9.The LASA honor code

SYLLABUS SCAVENGER HUNT The deck shall select students…. How to listen to folks who are talking: 1. Listen and follow instructions promptly. 2.Respect your classmates and the teacher. 3.Pay attention when the hand goes up.

1.Beginning and end of class procedures 2.Office hours 3.Assessment methods and percentage breakdown for your grade 4. The different types of quizzes 5.The five class rules 6.The number of school days you have to make up missed work 7. When you can ask to leave class 8.What could you do if you earn a test grade below 70? 9.The LASA honor code

REMIND101 SETUP Text (202) with your class code in the message body: 1 st 5 th 7 th Remind Website to sign up online

ENGAGE – WHY DO WE MEASURE AND HOW DO WE MEASURE? Objectives: -Collect data and make measurements with accuracy and precision. -Organize, analyze, make inferences and summarize conclusions based on data. Read the objectives to yourself. Turn to your shoulder partner and take turns re-stating the objectives.

ELUSIVE QUEST FOR ONE TRUE KILOGRAM FINALLY PAYS OFF Read the article to yourself or with a partner, your choice. You don’t have to read word for word – just enough to get the ideas. Pair up, call yourselves “A” or “B”, and take turns summarizing the article. The deck shall select a lucky contestant to tell me what you both came up with.

ENGAGE – MEASUREMENT POST-ITS Get up, read the poster, and write an answer to the question on your post-it. When enough post-its are up and I give the signal, pick up a post-it (not yours) from the poster.

WHAT WERE YOUR ANSWERS? Want to tell us what someone wrote?

EXPLORE: MEASUREMENT ACTIVITY Objective: Use a shoe, a meter stick, and a calculator to review how to measure and convert between “units”. -Please do the activity on pg. 2. You will be timed. -Answer the questions in the Procedure: #1 – 5. -You can form your own lab groups of Meter sticks and calculators are in the back. -Always clean up after every activity. -Work on the “Questions” after the activity. We’ll go over the answers to the “questions to discuss as a class” later.

EXPLORE: MEASUREMENT ACTIVITY Questions to discuss as a class: (Think/Pair/Share) 1.How did you convert between shoe lengths and other units? 2. What is the actual length of the room? Did all groups come up with the same length? Why or why not? 3. Which group’s estimate is the most accurate? Why? 4. Could an object other than a shoe be used to do this? (How?) 5.If the standard distance around a running track is 440 yards, how many shoe lengths is this? How many miles is one lap? How many laps would you need to do to run a mile? How about 1 km? Note: 1 yard = meters 1 yard = 3 feet 1 mile = 5280 feet

EXIT TICKET Answer each question in 3-5 complete sentences each. 1.Describe what you learned today about our class. 2.Describe what you learned today about how measurement works. End of Class Procedure: Turn in exit ticket. Wait for dismissal. Please, no phones! Clean up. When you are dismissed by me (not the bell), push in your chairs straight as you leave. Homework: Get contract signed. Buy supplies. Bring one label from home that clearly shows a safety warning to class. Tissues or wipes (optional). A picture is fine. Study for your Daily Quiz 1.2.