Sci 8 - Safety and Scientific Method

SCHEDULE
Sept 4/5
Pick up Text books, 
Text book scavenger hunt page xvii
Course Outline
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​Sept 6/9
Lab Equipment
Lab Equipment WS 
Lab Equipment PPT


Sept 10/11
Safety Rules PPT
HW: Safety Poster Assignment: due Sept 18/19
Safety Quiz coming Sept 18/19
watch: Flynn Safety videos

Sept 12/13
Safety Symbols PPT
HW: Read page 475 of textbook
​HW: Safety Rules and Symbols WS
Safety Quiz Sept coming 18/19
HW: Safety Poster Assignment


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HW: Safety Symbols Assignment, due

Sept 18/19  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)

Sept 16/17
Intro to Scientific Method: Black Box Activity

Sept 18/19
Hand in Safety Poster Assignment
Safety Quiz
Scientific Method Notes
Sept 23/24
What makes a good Question?
What variables? 
Variables WS
Hypothesis WS
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Sept 25 grade 8 Retreat
Sept 26 CRAP Detection 

Sept 27/30
Observations and Inferences
Video: Observations and Inference
Qualitative and Quantitative Observations,
Candle Observation Lab -- Due at end of class

Oct 1/2
Graphing Commandments
Graphing Practice WS
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