1. Measurement Lab Trial 1 Sig Fig Inquiry

2. Objectives: Informal Assessment: Formal Assessment:
Use proper technique to make accurate and precise measurements.
Analyze data to create rules for significant figures.
Informal Assessment:
Monitoring student interactions and questions as they complete the measurement lab and significant figures inquiry activity
Formal Assessment:
Analyzing student responses to measurement lab and significant figure inquiry
Common Core Connection
Use appropriate tools strategically
Attend to precision
Make sense of problem and persevere in solving them

3. Lesson Sequence Evaluate: Warm-Up
Engage and Explore: Measurement Lab Trial 1
Explain: Significant Figures in Measurement
Elaborate/ Explore: Significant Figures Inquiry
Evaluate: Exit Ticket

4. Warm Up
Write the name of the pieces of lab equipment pictured and the unit that they are measure in

5. Objectives Today I will be able to:
Use proper technique to make accurate and precise measurements.
Analyze data to create rules for significant figures.

6. Homework Finish Significant Figures Inquiry WS
Signed Syllabus Due Friday August 29

7. Agenda Warm-Up Measurement Lab Trial 1
Significant Figures in Measurement
Significant Figures Inquiry
Exit Ticket

8. Turn In
Bubble Lab Conclusion
Signed Parent Letters

9. Measurement Lab Trial 1
Travel to the stations in the lab and measure the mass, volume or length. Record your answers on the poster on the board

10. Class Discussion
What do you notice about the measurements we recorded?
Why is there variation within the measurements?
How can we ensure that the measurements we take in the lab are both accurate and precise?

11. Taking measurements to the correct number of Significant Figures
explains every piece of lab equipment has a specific number of gradations it can be read to.

12. There are specific rules for determining the number of significant figures in a measurement

13. Complete the Significant Figures Inquiry Activity
Work in your row to complete the activity
Hint: look at the “zeros” in the numbers

14. Exit Ticket
Determine the number of Sig Figs in the numbers listed below
141
0.252
0.250
With your row, discuss the following questions:
If you could have one special superhero power, what would it be?
Would you rather have Cheetos fingers, or a popcorn kernel stuck in the back of your throat, for the rest of your life?