1. Things to have out/do! Check all that apply.
The following may be successful places to research:
 Researchers
 Library for primary - secondary articles and journals
 Wikipedia
 Encyclopedias
 Magazines
 Friends' stories
Things to have out/do!
Take out old quiz and corrections!
2 students need to return it!
Take out behavior log
Copy Objective, HW into assignment list
Return parent letters/survey for guardians

2. Mantra Today is a great day for science because: science is power.
You are powerful because:
I always make a difference.

3. Goals
* State the Objective(s)/Standard (s)- Sci.7.1a, L.7.4b-L.7.6, RI.7.4
* State the Purpose (Big Idea) - By understanding how fossils are made, we learn our place in life, and what our future may be
SWBAT plan their own experiment topic based on student interest
SWBAT cite model elements of introduction, hypothesis, and background report sections from model scientific reports

4. Reflect: Daily Goals to Revisit
For the rest of this week, I will CHALLENGE MYSELF by striving towards:
At least 70% of problems attempted on every assignment
Encouraging my classmates through positive feedback and constructive criticism
Having my warm-up started before Miss K walks in
Following all directions the first time they are given
Teaching my classmates when I understand something well
Finding a place to start on every assignment immediately
Asking my teacher questions to get help on my project
Being fully present and awake in class
Building more confidence in my own abilities and feeling better in class
Improving my reading and writing skills
Taking ownership over my own education and pursuit of life-goals
Helping our class win our competition by not talking over others in class

5. Agenda Connections Friday Topics
Using your interests to design a topic
Background information requirements and resources to use/look for 
Making predictions/ Identifying successful hypotheses
Summary/ questions/ feedback

6. Connections Friday Volunteers
Science demonstration of your own choosing
NEEDS APPROVAL BY MISS K; Lasts ONLY 1 minute! OR
Describe something you know that requires a good introduction (& Why!)

7. Variables Review
Independent
Dependent
Control Group

8. What are you interested in that we can test in some way?
**Variables and Controls
Blue Red Green Purple

9. Background Info Specifics
Introductory information
What your readers need to know to fully understand the basics and basis for your experiment
From observations, research, class, textbooks, results of an early experiment
Ie) What kind of mold is the most common to grow on bread versus other kinds of mold?
Ie) How does mold grow and multiply? What does it “eat”?
Ie)

10. Resources
Ie) Internet, electronic encyclopedias, journals, community resources, etc.
Go to the library!
Use a textbook today in class!
Where will you do your research, by Friday?
What things do you need to learn about your experiment?

11. Making predictions/ Identifying successful hypotheses
Prediction: A statement about the future. It's a guess, sometimes based on facts or evidence, but not always.
How is a prediction similar/different from a hypothesis?
Remember cause and effect
If ______________, then _________________

12. What changes would you make to revise the unsuccessful hypotheses?
If indeed entities exist beneath the surface of the planet, then they would not live in molten rock but in space ships.
The plant will grow slower.
Because of the 3 things I am testing, my dog will have a reaction to fear.

13. Let’s Practice!
What did the scientist do wrong in the following procedure?
A Scientist wants to test the vapor pressure (ability to "boil") of two liquids. He suspects the pressures will become equal at different temperatures. One is distilled water, the other is distilled water with 50 grams of salt added.
A liter of each liquid is put into each of two pans that happen to be handy: the distilled water is put into one that is cast iron, the salty water is put into an aluminum pan. The pans are set on the same size burners on a gas stove and two identical mercury thermometers are used.
It is found that the solution without salt boiled slowest and needed much more heat to do so. However these results were not in agreement with previous experiments, which said that salty water takes longer to boil, but when it does so, it boils at a higher temperature.
What changes would you make to revise the experiment?

14. Last Items/ Questions Review CP Packet & have a guardian sign it!
Class cup ends Thursday!
Calendar on Class Website outlines when sections due
Intro. due Friday
Office Hours Saturday 12-2 at McDonald’s

15. Elephant Toothpaste What is the independent variable?
What are the dependent variables?
What are we controlling?
Results:
Time 1
(Normal Yeast)
Time 2
(Double the yeast)
Height 1
Height 2

16. Paper return/ Grade Sheet Update
No.
Name of Assignment
Unit Name
Date
Points Earned 1.
How Do You Know
Inquiry
8/10/16
/10 2.
Community Map
8/15/16 /7 3.
Scientific Method Quiz
8/18/16
/16 4.
Biweekly Test #1
RI/RL
8/25/16 5.
Fossil Performance Task
8/29/16 /4

17. Performance Task Rubric

18. GO GO FEEDBACK FRONTIER!
Miss K – In my baggie (Comments on my teaching, living up to my goals, and any personal things you need to privately tell me)
Your peers – Feedback to 1 or 2 people… What is something you saw him/her do that matched up with our class values? Why was it really great to see this?