2009-10+Science

Science Ideas 09-10

Careers

Scientific Method
 * 1) Starter Lab: Snow in Aug: Proportions Starter lab and Percent Increase
 * 2) Seeing Outside the Box: All eyes are not equal!
 * 3) Making Observations: Taste Not
 * 4) Making Hypothesis: Cat's Meow
 * 5) Inference Lab: Know your teacher
 * 6) Water Motion: Density in a bottle intro

Quantitative vs Qualitative Data

Measurement: Exact Data


 * 1) Teaching sites
 * [|Teaching Measures] Smartboard activities
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 * 1) Precision vs Accuracy in Data
 * 2) Mass
 * Using the Triple Beam Balance
 * Math Connections: Percent Change
 * Mass vs Weight
 * 1) Length
 * 2) Temperature
 *  Math connection: Formula for F to C and Integers
 * CaCl2 exothermic reactions.
 * How cold can you get?
 * Thermal insulation
 * Hot Hand Box and Whiskers
 * 1) Volume Math Connections: Volume of a cube and a cylinder. Net to make a cubic cm and dl
 * Guess the volume of each container.
 * Using the Equipment, syringe, Graduated Cylinder, micro pipet
 * TT Lab,
 * Make a cube, Equivalencies.
 * Vocabulary: Meniscus, mL, L, capacity
 * Metric vs English
 * 1) Metric System [|Estimation Game] MiddleSchool ScienceSpot Math connection: conversion of units, unit rates
 * 2) pH Math connections: exponents
 * 3) Relative Humdity Math Connections: Percent
 * 4) Density- Math Connection: graphing coordinate pairs, slope, functions, linear equations, predicting
 * mass to volume
 * Density tubes
 * Marsh Water
 * Determine density of unknowns
 * Floaters vs sinkers
 * Floaters vs sinkers

Weather / Atmosphere
 * 1) Composition of Air [|Computer] Design Lab
 * 2) Water Cycle
 * 3) Temperature
 * pH
 * 1) Humidity
 * 2) Layers of the Atmosphere -- Math Connections: Integers
 * 3) Pressure: Math Connections: formulas, rates, integers
 * 4) Maps: Scales
 * 5) Moving Air
 * 6) Forecasting
 * 7) Severe Weather
 * Lightning [|Lightning Strikes] Movie Find Weather Patterns
 * Tornados [|Tornado Chase] Movie, Tetradice Math Activity
 * Hurricanes [|Understanding Hurricanes] Movie [[file:Auditioning N ow.doc]]

CSI

Forces and Motion Newton's 3 Laws Math Connections: Gravity: integers Circular Motion--Math Connections: directly proportional idea Machines--Math Connections: formulas

Graphing with radar gun: walking slopes Measuring rates of velocity Math Connections: formulas

Human Body Human Body systems Organization: cells to systems Pet Scans Sensory Lab Seeing in the Dark Joints & Muscles Dissect organs; kidney, heart Swine Lungs Heart Rate Lab Making a Body & all the parts of your body

Heredity DNA lab Blood Typing Lab Traits Lab .. ratios