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

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

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

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

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

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!)

Variables Review Independent Dependent Control Group

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

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)

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?

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 _________________

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.

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?

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

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

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

Performance Task Rubric

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?