Mr. Foster
Week of Aug. 23rd-27th Week 3
Monday 1. Review key ideas (early out schedule, curriculum night)
· (hypothesis, predictions, test, theory, law, limits of science, deductive & inductive reasoning)
2. Discuss Experimental design
· H.W. Identifying variable
Tuesday 1. Discuss and turn in: 1.8 Thinking as a scientist, acid rain (from Friday)
2. Continue discussion – good experimental design
3. H.O. Practice: Experimental design scenarios
Wednesday 1. Continue discussion – good experimental design
2. Graphing problems: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
3. H.O.- Graphing questions (due Friday)
Thursday 1. Graphing Making science graphs and interpreting data
2. H.O. – group graph questions
2. Graphing problems: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (continue or finish)
Friday 1. Discuss and check H.O. Graphing questions
2. Review for quiz Monday (Review H.O.)
3. Quiz: Process of science (On Monday)
Objectives
1. Understand the distinctions between hypothesis, predictions, test, theory and law.
2. Distinguish between hypothesis based science and discovery based science.
3. Compare and contrast pure and applied science.
4. Describe the different types of variables when dealing with a controlled experiment.
5. Identify the parts of a solid controlled experiment.
6. Create graphs of collected data, use graph to interpret data, use data to interpret meaning.