1. Weekly Warmups Sept 8-11,2015

2. Tuesday, Sept.8, 2015 Journal:Read the scenarios and determine whether qualitative or quantitative data would be more appropriate.

3. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 Read the scenario and answer the questions that follow. Justify your response by identifying variables and using prior knowledge.

5. What would YOU use?

6. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 Read and answer each question below. 1.A measurement that closely agrees with accepted values is said to be _____. a. accurate b. precise c. reliable d. significant 2.A 3 groups of students measures the mass of a product from the same chemical reaction. The groups recorded data of 8.83 g, 8.84 g and 8.82 g. The known mass of the product from that reaction is 8.60g. The group values are _____. a. accurate b. precise c. accurate & precise d. neither accurate nor precise 3.The accuracy of a measurement a. is how close it is to the true value. b. does not depend on the instrument being used to measure the object. c. indicates that the measurement is also precise. d. is something that scientists rarely achieve.

8. Copy and answer each problem set. Column 1Column 2Column 3

9. TODAY’S EXIT TICKET Write your answers only on your post it note!! 1.Scientists studying bull sperm whales off the coast of South Africa have calculated that these mammals can descend to depths of nearly 3000 m during their search for food. What is this depth in kilometers? 2. Laura runs a 100 m race in 20.0 s. How long is the race in kilometers? 3. Pikes Peak is a mountain in Colorado. Its height is 4301 m above sea level. What is this altitude in kilometers? 4. Yosemite Falls, in California, has a total height of 73 900 cm. What is this height in meters? 5. The Rio Grande is the river between Texas and Mexico, but not everyone realizes that it begins in Colorado and flows through New Mexico. The river’s total length is 3, 033, 000 m. How many kilometers

10. Friday, Sept.11, 2015 Free Write Friday Remembering 9/11 Beat Those Bears!