Sci 8 - Safety and Scientific Method

SCHEDULE
Sept 5/6
Pick up Text books
Getting to know you 
Course Outline
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​Sept 7/10
What is Science?
SAFETY UNIT:
Lab Equipment
Lab Equipment WS : due Sept 
Lab Equipment PPT


Sept 11/12
Safety Rules PPT
In class: Safety Rules WS
HW: Safety Poster Assignment: due Sept 19/20
Safety Quiz coming Sept 19/20
watch: Flynn Safety videos

Sept 13/14
Safety Symbols PPT
HW: Read page 475 of textbook
HW: Safety Symbols Assignment, due
Safety Quiz Sept coming 19/20

Sept 19/20  SAFETY QUIZ (know general rules, be able to state what is wrong/right with a scenario, identify safety equipment, uses and locations, identify safety symbols and their meaning, know what HHPS and WHMIS stand for)

SCIENTIFIC METHOD UNIT:
Sept 17/18
Hand in Safety Symbol WS
What is Science? Scientific Method
How to write a proper Question, Hypothesis, Identifying Variables
block 4 HW: Hypothesis writing WS 
block 7 HW: Hypothesis writing WS 

Sept 19/20 
Hand in Safety Poster Assignment
Safety Quiz
Go over Hypothesis WS in case 
​Observations and Inferences
Video: Observations and Inference

Sept 24/25
Observations and Inferences 
Qualitative and Quantitative Observations,
Candle Lab -- Due at end of class

Sept 26/27
Graphing Tips
Graphing Practice

Sept 28/29
Practice Scientific Method - Plan your experiment, show me your list of materials, procedure, variables bring materials next class
Start Matter - See Chemistry tab for schedule