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Catalyst Divide your Day 1 Catalyst box into 3 sections. Describe the size of the object on your table in as much detail as possible, using: First, no tool Second, the first tool I give you Third, the second tool I give you

Science Notebook Conventions You will be graded on how complete your science notebook is, every 2-3 weeks Absolutely no pen should be used in your science notebook, only pencil All lines must be drawn with a ruler You will be using this science notebook all year, take pride in it!

Page 7 Divide the page into 4 even horizontal sections

First section Everything I know about the metric system: – All answers accepted – Does not have to be in complete sentences – Entire box should be full – 2 minutes

Second section Predictions: What object in the room measures 1 meter? What object in the room measures 1/10 th of a meter? What object in the room measures 1/100 th of a meter? What object in the room measures 1/1000 th of a meter? 2 minutes to make predictions

Third section Accuracy of predictions/Revised analogies: Were your predictions accurate? If not, can you come up with a better analogy? Ex. The length of the table was not 1 meter, but the width of the door frame, from edge to edge, was 4 minutes to revise predictions

Fourth section Reference: 1 kilometer: 1 meter: 1 decimeter: 1 centimeter: 1 millimeter:

Homework Read and fully annotate “A Brief History of Measurement Systems” What does it mean to “fully annotate”?

TAKE OUT Science notebook Catalyst sheet Pencil Homework Policy/Safety Contract if you haven’t turned them in yet Fully annotated article from last night

Catalyst Answer the following questions: 1.Why did John Quincy Adams (the sixth president of the US) rank weights and measures among the “necessaries of life”? 2.Describe two examples of very early measuring instruments. 3.Describe one piece of information that you found interesting about the development of the English System. 4.Describe one piece of information that you found interesting about the development of the Metric System.

Intro to the Metric System/SI Units

Homework Complete Metric Unit Conversions on page 11 of science notebook

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Catalyst Use the first 5 minutes of class to go over your homework problems with your table group. Check your answers against theirs, and make sure that you ask them any questions that you may have. When you have gone over your homework, make the following conversions using the ladder method: 563 millimeters to meters 43.5 megagrams to centigrams 5,340,000 milliliters to kiloliters 12 meters to micrometers

563 millimeters to meters

43.5 megagrams to centigrams

5,340,000 milliliters to kiloliters

12 meters to micrometers

Ladder System Quiz Review Convert kilograms to milligrams

Ladder System Quiz Review Which of the following is the largest mass? a)200 grams b)2 kilograms c)1000 milligrams d)800 centigrams

Ladder System Quiz Review Which of the following is the longest distance? a)50,000 centimeters b)30,000 millimeters c)500 meters d)0.400 kilometers

Ladder System Quiz Review Convert 5.0 x 10 3 mL to L

Ladder System Quiz Review Convert meters to gigameters

Ladder System Quiz Review How many milliliters are in one deciliter?

Ladder System Quiz Review How many grams are in one Pg?

Ladder System Quiz Review Convert 100 deciliters to kiloliters.

Ladder System Quiz Review Which is the largest volume? a.500 daL b.2000 cL c.0.2 ML d.50,000 mL

World’s Roundest Object

Homework Study for the Metric Unit Conversion quiz that you will take on Friday by going to the following link and taking the quiz until you get 100%: Unit0Metrics.htm

Catalyst Make the following conversions using the ladder method: 240 mm in dam 67.4 kL in dL hg in cg 34.6 Mg in μg

Metric Unit Conversion Quiz Raise your hand when you have finished

On your whiteboard With your table group, you have 5 minutes to determine how many microseconds there are in a year.

Vocabulary Section 10 pages from the back of your notebook I will give you a post-it note to stick onto the top of that page Vocabulary entries will be listed on the website First entry:

Dimensional Analysis Dimensional Analysis is a powerful problem- solving technique using conversion factors to move from one unit of measurement to a different unit of measurement.

Homework Watch the Video linked on my website: How to Convert Units - Unit Conversion Made Easy Then complete page 13 in your science notebook.