Physical Science: September 2010 Archives

Students took the "Elements Symbols Quiz" today, and picked up a packet of review worksheets for the UNIT 1 TEST on Tuesday, 28 September.

Tomorrow, the students will take their Element Symbol Quiz.

We began reviewing today for a UNIT test on TUESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER, 2010.
Here is the outline of topics that will be covered:

Unit 1 Study Guide.doc

We began classifying matter

Matter2.ppt

The "Rainbow Salt" PA was turned in.
We turned in a graphing packet started Friday:

Graphing.ppt

The "Rainbow Salt" PA was turned in as well as a small graphing packet from Friday.
Here is the "Graphing" PPT

Graphing.ppt

And the items the students were to graph:

Make a Line Graph 1.doc

Make a Bar Graph 1.doc

Make a Pie Graph 1.doc

Today we began talking about atoms and the subatomic particles:

AtomsSR.ppt

We completed the "Rainbow Salt" PA
Here are the associated files...

Rainbow Salt.doc

Friday's homework was checked for completeness and accuracy.

We completed the "Identify the Controls and Variables" sheet together.
Identify the Controls and Variables.doc

We took a quiz on the Scientific Method and Lab Safety.

The class continued their work on density, mass and volume with these worksheets:
MeasuringMV&D.doc
We also worked on converting in the SI system:
MetricConversions.doc
Metric Conversions - Honors.doc
The powerpoint started yesterday is here:
The SI System2.ppt

We completed our investigation into measuring mass and volume from 31 Aug.

We then expanded our skills set by performing the necessary data gathering for the Density lab:
Density of Metals Lab- Ruler Measurement Revised.doc