BEGINNING ASSIGNMENTS

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BEGINNING ASSIGNMENTS

• UNIT 1

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Beginning Assignment9/3/08

• Put first and last name on both sides of an index
  card with a sharpie marker.
• Think about the following
• What is science?
• What is the goal of science?
• What are some specific areas of science and what
  do they focus on?

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Beginning Assignment9/4/08

• Get out your crossword puzzle and choose 5
  branches of science for each branch, tell one
  profession that would specifically use that
  branch
• Think of 5 observations you can make about the
  room
• Make a statement about the room that you can
  assume but did not observe.

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BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT9/5/08

• Get out your branches of science puzzles and your
  worksheet on inferences.
• Complete the worksheet The Case of the Sleeping
  Frog

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BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT9/8/08

• PERIOD 1 CASE OF THE MISSING FROG WKST.
• PERIODS 6 7 IF YOU WANTED TO SEE IF THE COLOR
  OF YOUR T-SHIRT HAD ANY EFFECT ON HOW HOT YOU
  FEEL, HOW COULD THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD BE USED
• TRY TO LIST EACH STEP AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU COULD
  DO TO ACCOMPLISH THE STEP

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BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT9/9/08

• GET OUT FARMER BROWN WKST
• IF YOU WERE GIVEN ONLY THE DATA, SHOULD YOU BE
  ABLE TO DETERMINE THE OTHER STEPS OF THE
  SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
• SKETCH A GRAPH FROM THE DATA PROVIDED.

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BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT9/10/08

• GET OUT YOUR GRAPHS. CHECK FOR THE FOLLOWING
• Title descriptive?
• Y Axis dependent variable
• Size of Tongue (cc)
• Number intervals consistent
• X Axis independent variable
• Toppings
• Study for Quiz

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BEGINNING ASSIGNMENT9/11/08

• GET OUT THE 10 METRIC CONVERSION PROBLEMS FROM
  LAST NIGHTS HOMEWORK
• THINK OF AS MANY ENGLISH CONVERSION UNITS AS YOU
  CAN
• EXAMPLE 12 INCHES 1 FOOT