1. 9/4 & 9/5 - 8th Grade Agenda
Learning Objective: Learn about Scientific Inquiry
Collect HW: Metrics Worksheet #3
Video: Cosmos
Textbook Reading: p
HW: Reading & Notetaking p
HW: Poster of Science Project 9/11 (20 Points)

2. Reminder Science Posters due 9/11
20 Points
Every class day it is late you will loose a letter grade

3. Daily Reflection
Prompt: Write 3 Facts that you know about the Metrics System. (Write in complete sentences)

4. Here is another way to remember the prefixes
King Henry Does Drink Chocolate Milk
Kilo-
X1000
Hecto-
X100
Deca-
X10
Deci-
1/10
Centi-
1/100
Milli-
1/1000

5. 10 ? 100 Centimeter = _____ Decimeter
For every step upward on the chart you are dividing by 10 or moving the decimal one place to the left..
How do we convert from Centimeter to Decimeter? 10 ?
100 Centimeter = _____ Decimeter

6. For every step downward on the chart you are multiplying by 10 or moving one place value to the right.
How do we convert from Kilometer to Meter?
100,000 ?
100 Kilometer = _________ Meter

7. The sun is about 150,000,000,000 meters from earth
What is another way to write the same number without writing all the zeros?
Power or 10
15 X meters 10 ?

8. Powers of 10
103 =
1000
102 =
100
101 = 10
100 = 1
10-1 = .1
10-2 =
.01
10-3 =
.001

9. Why should we use the metric system or System International?
All the countries around the world including United States uses the metric system
Its easier to divide or multiply by 10 than by 12 or 5280 (i.e. English System)

10. Class Reading : Lab Safety Symbols (p.650-651)

11. Thinking like a Scientist
Scientists use skills such as obs_______, infe______, pred_______, clas______, and making models to learn more about the world and make scientific progress
erving
rring
icting
sifying

12. Observing
Observing means using one or more of your sen_____ to gather information.
ses

13. Quantitative observation deal with num____ or amounts.
bers
Can you give me an example?
20% of the students passed the test.

14. Qualitative Observation deal with desc_______ that cannot be expressed in numbers
riptions
Can you give me an example?
The chimp appears sad.

15. Inferring
When you exp_____ or interp____ the things you observe, you are inferring or making an inference
lain
ret

16. cast erience dence Predicting
Predicting means making a fore____ of what will happen in the future based on past exp__________ or evi_______.
cast
erience
dence

17. Classifying
Classifying is the process of gro_____ together items that are alike in some way
uping

18. Making models
Making models involves creating repre_________ of complex objects or processes.
sentations

19. Questions for the Video Interview
Do you like coming to CCMS?
What is one thing that you would change about CCMS?
What is one thing that you would change about the world?
What would you like to be when you grow up?