Welcome Back Mustangs!!!

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Welcome Back Mustangs!!!

• Mr. Rasure Rm 4C 7th Grade (Pre-AP) Science

9/25/2014
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What Now?

• Find a seat. Your actual seat will be assigned in
  just a moment.
• Begin filling out the Important Facts About Me
  sheet.
• Every day, including today, you will need paper,
  pencil or pen, and your SCIENCE NOTEBOOK. (more
  about the Science Notebook in a moment)

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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• Name
• I go by
• Age
• Birthday
• Address
• Email

Mr. Rasure
Mr. Rasure
Over 20 but under 40!
March 5th
Tyler, TX
christopher.rasure_at_tylerisd.org
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• Who do you live with
• Relationship to you

Mrs. Rasure and Hayden
Wife and Son
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• Where were you born?

Dallas, TX
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• Elementary School
• Favorite Subject
• Favorite Teacher
• Sports?
• Other Activities?

Hexter elem. Fruitvale elem.
Science, of course!!!
Mr. Nations- HS Ag. Science
No I tried out for football, but Coach Powell
cut me.
Supporting the Moore Mustangs!
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• MY FAVORITES
• Junk Food

Chocolate chip cookies
And
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• MY FAVORITES
• Healthy Food
• Sport/Game
• Store
• Music Type

Mexican Food
To watch- The Olympics Football
Most- rock, pop, jazz, oldies
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure
Others- Paramore, Fallout Boy, Green Day,
Nickelback, Johnny Cash, Jonny Lang, Brad
Paisley (657 songs 1955 thru 2010)

• MY FAVORITES
• Singer/Group

Kelly Clarkson
U2
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• Something I do really well

I love to read!
I know how to juggle!
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• Something I need to work on

I need to be more understanding and empathetic
with those who have a different opinion.
And I need to get better at Guitar Hero on
hard. I ROCK on medium, but that orange key
still kills me!!!
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• One thing Id like my students to know about me

I love science. I love teaching. I am happy to be
yourteacher, and I know wellsucceed this year
as a team!
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Important Facts About Mr. Rasure

• One science-related question Id like for this
  class to answer by the end of the year

I know it takes 24 hours for the Earth to make
one complete rotation (day/night), but how many
miles per hour is that?
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What Now?

• Check roll and assign seats
• Gently correct me if I mispronounce your name or
  if you go by a nickname. Itll take me a while to
  remember everyones name. Keep in mind I have
  over 150 students each year!

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Our seating chart
Sink
Sink
1L 1R 2L 2R 3L 3R
4L 4R 5L 5R 6L 6R
7L 7R 8L 8R 9L 9R
10L 10R 11L 11R 12L 12R
13L 13R 14L 14R Teacher
15L 15R Desk
Classroom Door
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What Now?

• Check roll and assign seats
• Complete Important Facts About Me sheet write
  your seat at bottom of page and pass in
• We pass in papers towards the center aisle.

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Your SCIENCE NOTEBOOK

• My gift to you.
• Cover color doesnt matter
• Write your name, class period and seat number on
  the outside of the back cover Do this on the top
  half of the back cover. Yes, now.
• Number pages in lower, outer corner- 1, 2, 3 all
  the way through 140!!!

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What Now?

• Your science notebook is the source of all your
  power in Mr. Rasures science class Use it, love
  it, protect it Become one with your science
  notebook.
• See those bins to your right. Thats your
  notebooks home.

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What Now?

• Check roll and assign seats
• Complete Important Facts About Me sheet, write
  your seat at bottom of page, and pass in
• Science Notebook received, pages numbered, etc.
• Lets go experiment!

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Science Class Lab Report

• Our goal in this class is to think like a
  scientist.
• We will observe using our 5 senses
• We will record information
• We will think about that information
• We will draw conclusions based on that
  information
• We will always look for the BIG IDEA

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Science Class Lab Report

• On Page 5 of your science notebook we will be
  doing our first observation/lab report.
• What page?

Page 5
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Lab Report Title
Does it matter if theCoke is warm or cold?

• Problem or Question-
• Hypothesis-
• Equipment/Materials-
• Procedure-
• Observations/Data (including drawing)-
• Conclusions-

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Science Class Lab Report

• Lets go experiment!

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What Now?

• Your science notebook is the source of all your
  power in Mr. Rasures science class Use it, love
  it, protect it Become one with your notebook.
• See those bins to your right. Thats your
  notebooks home.

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Scientific Method BrainPop

• Lets end the day with a BrainPop keeping in
  mind our goal is to think like a scientist to
  solve problems, answer questions, and learn more
  about the world around us.

P R H E D C
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Lets have a great year Mustangs!!!
9/25/2014