1. Measurement Lab

2. Objectives: Informal Assessment: Formal Assessment:
Use proper technique to make accurate and precise measurements.
Apply significant figures to measurement and completing calculations
Informal Assessment:
Monitoring student interactions and questions as they complete the measurement lab and practice
Formal Assessment:
Analyzing student responses to measurement lab and significant figure practice
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 Explain and Explore: Measurement Lab
Elaborate: Measurement Practice
Evaluate: Exit Ticket

4. Warm-Up
Complete the significant figures half-sheet of practice problems

5. Objectives Today I will be able to:
Use proper technique to make accurate and precise measurements.
Apply significant figures to measurement and completing calculations

6. Homework
Finish significant figures practice
Enjoy the weekend!

7. Agenda Warm-Up Review HW Recording Measurements WS Measurement Lab
Exit Ticket

8. Making measurements

9. Making measurements
Each measurement device has a certain degree of precision the measurement can be read to.
Today we will explore the differences in precision

10. Recording Measurements Worksheet
Complete the Recording Measurements worksheet at your desk

11. Measurement Lab
Travel to the stations to measure the colored water. Record the measurement to the correct number of significant figures.

12. Exit Ticket
A step in a lab procedure says to measure out 19.4 ml of water. What piece of lab equipment would be most appropriate to use 1) a beaker 2) a graduated cylinder 3) a buret? Be sure to justify your answer