Individualization Day

NOTE:  Please see me if you were absent on Thursday, 8/27 for our science basics quiz.  If you did not take the measurement pretest, you'll need to take that immediately.

Agenda

1.  After recording your homework, leave your agenda open to the month of December.  I will be giving you some log-in information that you are to write on this page.  Begin working while you are waiting for me to give you that information.

2.  Carefully read over and fill out the Individualization Day handout.

3.  Select the correct activities from the menu below and continue to follow the instructions on the handout.

4.  ALL students must complete the required activity; HOWEVER, if you have weaknesses, you need to work on those FIRST.

5.  If you complete all of your work for today, you may work on your lab report which is due tomorrow. 

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* = Be sure to complete the graded quiz after the activity.  The grade will be sent to my account and will be part of your average.

Area of Weakness Activity Location/Resource Title Special Notes
^^REQUIRED^^ Compass Mass & Volume (Density)
  • You will need a calculator.
  • In this lesson, the word "weight" is sometimes used to mean "mass."  Please remember that "weight" is actually mass x gravity.
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selecting appropriate units Compass Potato Sack Race
  • Take notes on the metric prefixes
  • Write the items they use as "benchmarks" in your notebook.
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metric conversions Compass Scavenger Hunt
  • Take notes on the metric prefixes
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O, I, P (This will be assigned based on the Science Basics quiz you took last Thursday, NOT on your pretest results.) Compass O, I, P
  • You will not play 20 questions nor will you do the bird-bean activity.
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variables Compass Variables - Individualization
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(reading meniscus) determining increments Compass Potato Sack Race
  • Take notes on the metric prefixes
  • Write the items they use as "benchmarks" in your notebook.
  • *
scientific method Quia Matching

Quiz (requires a secret word)
  • I borrowed these from another teacher.  Some terms may be slightly different and in the matching game, the terms law and theory are used.  We have not discussed these yet, but you can still guess about them.
  • Play the matching game first. When you are confident that you are better at the scientific method, take the graded quiz.
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calculating volume (formula) Explore Learning Prisms and Cylinders Activity A

  1. After joining my account, open and follow this instruction guide.  All work goes in your notebook.  You do NOT have to do the volume of a cylinder.

  2. When finished, take the five question quiz at the end.

 
reading a ruler (precision) Compass Measurement
  • The narrator makes two errors incorrectly interchanging inches for centimeters.  If you are unsure what to do when that happens, let me know.
  • In this lesson, the word "weight" is sometimes used to mean "mass."  Please remember that "weight" is actually mass x gravity.
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triple beam balance (reading) Explore Learning Triple Beam Balance

  1. After joining my account, open and follow this instruction guide.  All work goes in your notebook.

  2. When finished, take the five question quiz at the end.
  • You must join my account before you can do this activity. If you joined already, do not join again.
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graduated cylinder (reading volume) See Me.  :0)
displacement (method for finding volume) See Me.  :0)