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Today’s Do Now Read the following article titled, ‘Critical Units!’ and answer the questions that follow. As you read the article, highlight or underline important points.
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Today’s Do Now 8/11/14 1. What unit system is used in science? What two parts must be present in a measurement? 2. Based upon the article above, what are two reasons to include units in a measurement? 3. In your opinion, should the United States completely switch to using the metric system? Why or why not?
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Procedure for Introduction to New Materials 1) SLANT 2) Only talk when called upon 3) Raise your hand if you have a question or answer 4) Take notes; if it is on the board you should write it down 5) Make class work for you!
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By the end of the class period today I will be able to… Categorize measurements as being accurate and/or precise Represent numbers in scientific notation and perform calculations
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Accuracy and Precision So we don’t lose millions of dollars!!
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Today’s Game Plan Do Now 13 minutes INM: Accuracy and Precision 10 minutes The Accuracy and Precision Challenge 15 minutes Scientific Notation 15 minutes SciNot Practice 10 minutes Independent Practice 15 minutes Closing, Exit Ticket 10 minutes
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Accuracy vs. Precision Accuracy refers to how close a measured value is to the true value. Precision refers to how close a series of measurements are to one another.
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A Continuum of Precision I have 5 different pieces of lab equipment numbered and displayed on my desk. With your desk partner, order the equipment by number from most precise to least precise
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How Close Were You?? 2 5 4 1 3
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What makes one piece of lab equipment more precise than another? A piece of lab equipment is more precise than another if it has smaller increments (Ex: A graduated cylinder with 0.5 mL increments is more precise than a graduated cylinder with 1 mL increments)
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Which of the following pieces of equipment is the most precise?
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A value with more digits is more precise. (3.52 is more precise than 3.5) What makes one measurement of more precise than another?
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A measurement or series of measurements can be accurate and precise, inaccurate and precise, or inaccurate and imprecise
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Accuracy and precision: the target example Accurate and precise
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Accuracy and precision: the target example Precise, but not accurate
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Accuracy and precision: the target example Neither accurate, nor precise
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Today’s Game Plan Do Now 13 minutes INM: Accuracy and Precision 10 minutes The Accuracy and Precision Challenge 15 minutes Scientific Notation 15 minutes SciNot Practice 10 minutes Independent Practice 15 minutes Closing, Exit Ticket 10 minutes
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The Accuracy and Precision Challenge! Partners Each partner group will be given a scenario and a criteria for accuracy and precision 5 minutes to prepare a small poster to display their scenario and explain how their criteria applies. Each group will receive a sheet of paper. Watch Out!! I will randomly call 2 or more groups to share at the end of class!
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Today’s Game Plan Do Now 13 minutes INM: Accuracy and Precision 10 minutes The Accuracy and Precision Challenge 15 minutes Scientific Notation 15 minutes SciNot Practice 10 minutes Independent Practice 15 minutes Closing, Exit Ticket 10 minutes
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Scientific Notation Because we shouldn’t have to write 20 zeros
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Why do we use Scientific Notation? Scientific notation is used in chemistry to represent very large and very small numbers Length of swine flu virus: diameter of 10 to 300 nanometers (nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter) 0.0000000000001m becomes 1.0 x 10 -13 m
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Scientific Notation Expresses a number as the product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10 Ex: 93,000,000 = 9.3 x 10 7
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Numbers Larger than 1 Numbers larger than 1 are expressed with a power of 10 that is positive 602000000000000000000000 can be written as 6.02 x 10 23
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Numbers smaller than 1 Numbers smaller than 1 are expressed with a power of 10 that is negative 0.000 000 1 cm can be written 1.0 x 10 -7 cm
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Today’s Game Plan Do Now 13 minutes INM: Accuracy and Precision 10 minutes The Accuracy and Precision Challenge 15 minutes Scientific Notation 15 minutes SciNot Practice 10 minutes Independent Practice 15 minutes Closing, Exit Ticket 10 minutes
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Raise ‘em Up! Expectations: 1)Every person participates 2)Hold up your answer up only when I give the signal 3)Focused on chemistry
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1,500,000 1.5 x 10 6
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0.00043 4.3 x 10 -4
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11.234 1.1234 x 10 1
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Opposite Challenge: Write in Standard Notation 7.8 x 10 -5 0.000078
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How do I enter numbers in scientific notation in my calculator? Most Important Rules: -Use the exponent key instead of ^ -Always put numbers in ( )
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Solve the following problem (2.17 x 10 -9 )(3.4 x 10 -7 )
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Solve the following problem (8.67 x 10 5 )/(5.998 x 10 3 )
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Today’s Game Plan Do Now 13 minutes INM: Accuracy and Precision 10 minutes The Accuracy and Precision Challenge 15 minutes Scientific Notation 15 minutes SciNot Practice 10 minutes Independent Practice 15 minutes Closing, Exit Ticket 10 minutes
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Today’s Game Plan Do Now 13 minutes INM: Accuracy and Precision 10 minutes The Accuracy and Precision Challenge 15 minutes Scientific Notation 15 minutes SciNot Practice 10 minutes Independent Practice 15 minutes Closing, Exit Ticket 10 minutes
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Closing Accuracy vs. Precision? Examples? 3.44 x 10 -3 Name as many parts of this number as you can that definitively make it in scientific notation
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Today’s Homework Accuracy and Precision Worksheet Study for your 1 st Quiz !
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