1. Warm Up, August 25th, 2015
Open your notebook, at the top write Warm Up and the date.
Answer the Warm Up question as thoroughly as possible (not knowing the answer doesn’t matter, try anyway or guess).
Do this every day, so place your Warm Ups on the same page until you run out of room, then start a new page. Some students find it easiest to do this in your fifth area of your notebook for the entire year along with Greek and Latin Derivatives.

2. Warm Up, August 25th, 2015
There are three types of Warm Ups (so far) and each one has a slightly different procedure.
For the usual Warm Up, you are given 2-4 questions and are required to answer them. You do NOT have to write the question.
…unless you start complaining about Warm Ups. Then we can totally write the question too.

3. Example Warm Up, Aug 25 Warm Up, August 26th, 2015
1) The chemical symbol for salt is NaCl. The Na stands for Sodium and the Cl stands for Chlorine. The fact that they are together makes them a compound.
2) An atom is comprised of three key subatomic particles: electrons, protons, and neutrons.
Warm Up, August 26th, 2015

4. Warm Up, August 25th, 2015
There are three types of Warm Ups (so far) and each one has a slightly different procedure.
Another type of Warm up is the storyboard Warm Up.
In these Warm Ups, you will be a part of a short story to read…

5. Warm Up, August 25th, 2015
There are three types of Warm Ups (so far) and each one has a slightly different procedure.
Another type of Warm up is observation/inference Warm Ups.
In these Warm Ups, you will be given an image and asked to write down five things you observe about that image, and then make three inferences from your observations. Such as this picture…

6. Warm Up, August 25th, 2015

8. What is Science?

9. Science is making inferences from data.
What is Science?
Science is making sense of the world around us with logic, facts, and research.
Science is making inferences from data.
Science is the observation and study of the natural world and its processes.

10. Chromebook Distribution
I will give you a number, that is your Chromebook.
In the event that there are not enough Chromebooks, I will encourage someone to bring their own device or share.
Please only get Chromebooks 5 students at a time (1-5 then 6-10)

11. Chromebook Distribution
Log in with:
Password: yymmdd
if that doesn’t work use: yyyymmdd
If that doesn’t work, let me know and we’ll try to figure it out. Worst case scenario, use another persons after

12. Setting up Your Blog (for Science)
Go to edublogs.org
Click the Sign Up or Free Blog button.
Your username should be firstnamelastname
Title Your blog ‘First Name’s Science Blog’

13. Index Card Design Activity
You will be given an index card.
A big one.
Write your FIRST NAME ONLY in the middle of your index card. Write it large.
In each corner, draw something that expresses an interest of yours (4). Must be colored.

14. Units of Measurement What instrument measures distance?
What unit is it measured in?
What instrument measures mass?
What instrument measures volume?

15. Let’s Reason via Dice