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Classroom Policies
=Overview of Introductory Unit=

- What is science? - Lab Inventory - Nuts and Bolts || Blue - Mon 8/31 White - Tues 9/1 3 - Mon 8/31 || Read "Laboratory Safety" handout. On handout, circle/highlight portions you have questions over. Be ready for a safety quiz.
 * **Topic** || **Dates** || **Homework** ||
 * __Science Introduction__

|| - Observation "Quiz" - Lab Inventory (con't) - Lab Safety activity || Blue  - Wed 9/2 White - Thur 9/3 3 - Tue 9/1 & Thur 9/3 || Study for Lab Safety and Materials Quiz || - Lab Safety and Materials Quiz - Pendulum Lab || Blue - Fri 9/4 White - Tue 9/8 3 - Fri 9/4 || [|Pendulum Lab Write-up] || - Notes on SI Units - Unit Conversion - Volume activity || Blue - Wed 9/9 White - Thur 9/10 3 - Thur 9/10 || Read pp 34-40 in PS textbook. Take notes. Conversion practice problems #3-5. || - **Unit Conversion practice** - Volume activity wrap up - Volume Notes || Blue - Fri 9/11 White - Mon 9/14 3 - Fri 9/11 || Measurement and Conversion Practice WS || - Volume Notes - Mass Notes - Start Mass Lab// || //Period 3 ONLY - Mon 9/14 // || //HW: Study mass and volume notes// || - Unit conversion practice - Mass Notes - Mass Lab - Constructed Response || 3 - Tues 9/15 Blue - Tues 9/15 White - Wed 9/16 || HW: Write a paragraph to answer the question: If steel sinks, why do steel ships float? If you use a resource, you need to cite it. This time, listing urls from your sites will be okay.
 * __Lab Safety__
 * __Methods of Science__
 * __Units and Measurement: Volume__
 * __Units and Measurement: Volume & Mass__
 * //- Volume activity wrap up
 * __Units and Measurement: Mass & Density__

Study for Unit Conversions Quiz next class. You need to know the prefixes from memory. || - Unit Conversions Quiz - Writing explanations activity - Density Notes - [|Density Practice Problems #1] || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3 - Thur 9/17 <span style="color: #0009ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Blue - Thur 9/17 White - Fri 9/18 || [|Density Practice Problems #2]: complete using the 5 step problem solving method. - [|Density activity] || //<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Period 3 ONLY // <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3 - Fri 9/18 ||  || - [|Density activity] - Density wrap up - Boat Float revisit - Buoyancy Activity || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3 - Mon 9/21 & Tue 9/22 <span style="color: #0009ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Blue - Mon 9/21 White - Tue 9/22 || Study for <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Density Quiz (including Mass and Volume) next class Be prepared to solve density problems using the 5 step method, measure mass and volume for me, and know the vocabulary and concepts relating to mass, volume and density. || - <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Density Quiz - Transition to Geology || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3 - Thur 9/24 <span style="color: #0009ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Blue - Wed 9/23 White - Thur 9/24 || See Geology Page ||
 * __Units and Measurement: Density__
 * 1) knowns
 * 2) unknowns
 * 3) formula
 * 4) substitution/ answer
 * 5) units ||
 * __Units and Measurement:__
 * __Units and Measurement:__
 * __Units and Measurement:__

Lab Safety
See class notes and safety reading from class.

**Pendulum Lab**
Pendulum Lab Follow Up Activity [|Pendulum Lab]

Volume
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**Mass**
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Density
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