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Monday Welcome! Use your index card to find your seat. Make a name tent with the directions below.
1. Fold your name tent 1. First Name and Last Initial. 2. On top left corner, list your favorite color. 3. On the top right corner, write your birthday. 4. Underneath your name, write 3 words that describe you.
Green
October 2
JACK W.
Friendly, Funny, Kind
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Nature of Science Puzzle
VL 2

• TASK Make a square using your puzzle pieces
• INSTRUCTIONS
• Use the pieces of your puzzle to make a square.
• When finished, put your finger on your nose (not
  in!)
• 3. Challenge With the added piece, make a new
  square.

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Exit Slip

• Answer the following on a post-it in complete
  sentence.
• QUESTION How does this activity relate to
  Science?
• VOICE LEVEL 0

Name. This activity relates to Science because..
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Tuesday Answer on your index card
My favorite lesson/lab last year in Science
was. My least favorite thing about Science
class last year was. This school year, it
would help me learn if Mrs. Gaffney could.
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do scientists solve problems? Why is lab safety important?
OBJECTIVES Students will reflect on problem solving skills in a cooperative setting.
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VOCABULARY
Science Problem-Solving
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Agenda


Agenda Meet your Teacher Student Bingo Wood and Nail Lab
Homework Supplies and Lab Safety Contract DUE FRIDAY!!!
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Student Bingo
VL 0
Complete your bingo board!
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Meet your Teacher!

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VL 2
BALANCING NAILS

• TASK Balance all 10 nails on top of the single
  nail in the wooden block.
• INSTRUCTIONS
• 1. Each group receives a wooden block with a
  nail in it and 10 nails.
• 2. Try to balance all 10 nails on top of the
  single nail.
• Solution Video

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Think-Pair-Share REFLECTION
On the back of your index card, answer.. What were some strengths of your group? What were some weaknesses of your group? Describe problem-solving strategies your group used. How does this activity relate to how scientists solve problems?
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Wed/Thrs Draw a picture of a Scientist on the half sheet of paper.
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do scientists solve problems? Why is lab safety important?
OBJECTIVES Recognize different scientists and their contributions.
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VOCABULARY
Science Problem-Solving Fire Blanket Fire Extinguisher Shower Eye Wash Station
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Agenda


Agenda Who is a Scientist? Direct Yourself Goal Setting Define Science
Homework Supplies and Lab Safety Contract DUE FRIDAY!!!
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SHARE DRAWINGS
Students will share their drawings with their shoulder partner. Stand up if
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CARD SORT

• TASK As a table group, sort the cards into
  scientist and non-scientist groups.
• INSTRUCTIONS
• 1. Sort the cards into two groups scientist
  and non-scientist.
• 2. The student records why the group
  organized the cards the way they did.
• 3. The student will share with the
  class how they organized the cards.
• VOICE LEVEL 2

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Bobak Ferdowsi NASA Flight Director In charge of
landing Curiosity on Mars.
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Jane Goodall World renowned for her work with
chimps. Lived among chimps for over 30 years in
Africa.
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• Mae Jemison
• American physician and NASA astronaut.
• She became the first African American woman to
  travel in space when she went into orbit aboard
  the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992

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• Michio Kaku is a Japanese-American theoretical
  physicist and T.V. personality. 

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Marie Curie (Born, 7 November 1867, Died, 4 July
1934) was a French-Polish physicist and chemist,
famous for her pioneering research on
radioactivity.
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Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 18 April 1955)
Theoretical physicist who developed the theory of
relativity. While best known for the formula E
mc2, he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics
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• Stephen Hawking theoretical physicist,
  cosmologist, author and Director of Research at
  the Center for Theoretical Cosmology within the
  University of Cambridge
•  Regarded as one of the most brilliant
  theoretical physicists since Einstein.

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Rosalind Franklin (25 July 1920 16 April 1958)
was a British biophysicist who made critical
contributions to the understanding of the fine
molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal
and graphite.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American
astrophysicist and science communicator. Went to
Colombia and The University of Texas.
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• Elizabeth Blackburn
• Biological researcher at the University of
  California
• Won the Nobel Prize in Medicine

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• Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose,
  but 16-year-old science fair contestant Daniel
  Burd made it happen in just three months!

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Observation Activity

• TASK Answer questions about the classroom and
  lab safety.
• INSTRUCTIONS
• 1. Students will go around the room finding the
  answers to the questions.
• VOICE LEVEL 0-1

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GOAL SETTING

• TASK Set academic and personal goals for the
  school year.
• INSTRUCTIONS
• Complete the Setting Goals letter.
• Goals must be measurable.
• You must explain how you will achieve the goals
• WRITING MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES
• VOICE LEVEL 0-1

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DEFINITION OF SCIENCE
Read the four definitions of science.
1 Science is a way to understand the physical
world through observation and experimentation.
3 Science is a way to understand the universe we
live in.
4 Science is a process used to arrive at an
answer.
2 Science gives us answers to the natural world.
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DEFINITION OF SCIENCE
Choose the definition you agree with most and record that definition on your piece of paper.
1 Science is a way to understand the physical
world through observation and experimentation.
3 Science is a way to understand the universe we
live in.
4 Science is a process used to arrive at an
answer.
2 Science gives us answers to the natural world.
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DEFINITION OF SCIENCE
Find your definition number in the room and go stand by it.
Discuss with the other members of the group why you chose this definition.
1 Science is a way to understand the physical
world through observation and experimentation.
3 Science is a way to understand the universe we
live in.
4 Science is a process used to arrive at an
answer.
2 Science gives us answers to the natural world.
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DEFINITION OF SCIENCE
Return to your seat. With your table, create a new definition of science based on the thoughts and reasoning from your corners.
Create a poster with 3 illustrations that represent your definition of science.
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DEFINITION OF SCIENCE
From the National Academy of Sciences Use of evidence to construct testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena, as well as the knowledge generated through this process. Use evidence to make and test hypotheses about our world and universe.
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Friday On the first page of your notebook, write the following
Name 8th grade Period Tanner Science Fall
2014

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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do scientists solve problems? Why is lab safety important?
OBJECTIVES Understand the purpose of the INBs and how it is organized.
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VOCABULARY
Science Problem-Solving Fire Blanket Goggles Apron Protective Gloves Shower Eye Wash Station
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Agenda


Agenda INB Set-up
Homework Supplies and Lab Safety Contract DUE FRIDAY!!!
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INB SET UP
1. Number INB pages. 2. Set up beginning pages - Inside cover Classroom Information - Page 1 Name, semester, class, teacher - Page 2 Special Assignments page - Page 3 The Top Ten - Page 4 Cornell Notes Outline - Page 5 Prefix Page 3. Decorate INB cover.