MON 8/22/16

TO DO: QUIETLY ENTER CLASS:

1. GET ISN NOTEBOOK
2. TAKE A SEAT- TEXTBOOK WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU
TODAYS Sci-Spot Question:

Does hypothesis have to be true in

an experiment, explain why/why not?

Glue in Sci-Spot Handout on LEFT page if you have not!

You may use your notes, your books, to answer question.
When done READ PAGES 22-25! HW quiz IS MOVED
till Wednesday and will include pages 1-25!

Week 2 Homework Reading

Assignment
GRADE 7: By Monday 8/29 Read pages 33-42 +
46-55 and take notes on all the highlighted new
vocabulary, RIGHT SIDE in your notebooks, it is
due on Monday
GRADE 8: By Monday 8/29 Read pages 22-42 +
53-59 and take notes on all the highlighted new
vocabulary, RIGHT SIDE in your notebooks, it is
due on Monday
We have READING CHECK QUIZ every week.
Please take good notes.

Grades 8: Begin SMT TESTING YOU will

HAVE FULL PERIOD to finish-MON+TUE.

Identifying Variables
&
Designing

Controlled Experiment
Testing Hypothesis + Variables Experiment
-TWIG

Class Discussion Questions:

What do you think:
Hypothesis was?
Independent (test variable was)
Dependent variable was?Iidentifying-interpretingindependent-dependent-variables STUDY

Group Work
Some activities like labs are best completed as a
group.
Voice Level Control Voice level will be announced:
Voice level 0 (silence)-Ind. research
Voice level 1 (very low voice-whisper)
Shoulder Partner to discuss and share thoughts,
ideas, work on assignments/labs.
Voice level 2 (indoor voice)
Whole class-group activity such as
Demonstrations-sharing ideas.
Voice level 3 (presentation voice)
Reserve only for presentations of
research projects.

TOOTHPICK MINI LAB

1) Get five new dry wooden toothpicks.
2) Bend the toothpicks in the middle so

they snap but are still attached by a little

piece of wood fragment.

VOICE LEVEL 1
QUIET
VOICE/WHISPER
DURING
EXPERIMENT

3) Arrange

the toothpicks on the paper plate so they

are roughly in the form of a star. Make There should be a small
circle in the middle.
4) Add a small amount of water inside the medicine dropper.
5) Use the dropped to place about three drops of water in the
center circle of your star formation. MAKE AN INFERENCE
ABOUT WHAT YOU OBSERVED. ToothpickStar

TO DO: WRITE a GOOD IDEA FOR TESTABLE

hypothesis, IFTHEN..(Example if I change the water

temperatureTHEN.

End of Period Procedure

1. Move Name TAG to the bottom of the stack and
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

pack all personal items in backpack.

Clean up desk from trash or lab materials.
In rows we will return textbooks in cabinet on the
correct shelf.
In rows we will return notebooks on the correct cart
shell;
Return all tests or finished assignments to the
teacher as you line up for dismissal.
Bell does not dismiss you; I will dismiss the class
when all areas are neat and clean.

TUE 8/23/16

TO DO: QUIETLY ENTER CLASS:

1. GET ISN NOTEBOOK
2. TAKE A SEAT- TEXTBOOK WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU
TODAYS Sci-Spot Question:

Define independent variable (test

variable)?
Glue in Sci-Spot Handout on LEFT page if you have not!
You may use your notes, your books, to answer question.
When done READ PAGES 22-25! HW quiz IS MOVED
till Wednesday and will include pages 1-25!
Identifying-interpreting-independent-dependentvariables STUDY

Identifying-interpreting-independent-dependent-variables STUDY

3 Kinds of Variables
Independent Variable something
that is changed by the scientist
What is tested
What is manipulated
What is changed

3 Kinds of Variables
Dependent Variable something that
might be affected by the change in the
independent variable
What is observed
What is measured
The data collected during the
investigation

3 Kinds of Variables
Controlled Variable a variable that is
not changed
Also called constants
Allow for a fair test

TUE BUBBLE LAB

VOICE LEVEL 1
QUIET
VOICE/WHISPER
WORK IN PAIRS!

 1. Choose to test:
A.)
the biggest bubbles.
B.)
or number of bubbles
2. then,
You will test three different bubble solutions:
3. Carefully record your data
4. Follow procedures on the handout, raise hand
to ask questions.

WED 8/24/16

TO DO: QUIETLY ENTER CLASS:

1. GET ISN NOTEBOOK
2. TAKE A SEAT- TEXTBOOK WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU
TODAYS Sci-Spot Question:

Define dependent variable

(OUTCOME variable)?
Glue in Sci-Spot Handout on LEFT page if you have not!
You may use your notes, your books, to answer question.
When done READ PAGES 22-25! HW quiz IS MOVED
till Wednesday and will include pages 1-25!
Identifying-interpreting-independent-dependentvariables STUDY

THU: RULER LAB

VOICE LEVEL 1
QUIET
1. YOU WILL NEED VOICE/WHISPER
WORK IN PAIRS!
A STOPWATCH
2. YOU MAY USE YOUR PHONE.
3. Follow procedures carefully
raise hand if you have questions.
Grade for completion not
accuracy, do your best!

Independent
Variable

Control
Group

Experimental
Group

Dependent
Variable

The ONE variable

Independent
you change in an
Variable
experiment
The group or
part of the
experiment
where the
scientist
already
knows what
will happen.

Control
Group

The part of
the
Experimental
experiment
Group
that is
changed.

What
changes
Dependent
because of the
Variable
independent
variable.

Parts of an experiment
I change

Independen
t Variable
I
compare
to

Control

Group

Experimental
Group

Dependen
t Variable
I measure

I test

THU 8/25/16

TO DO: QUIETLY ENTER CLASS:

1. GET ISN NOTEBOOK
2. TAKE A SEAT- TEXTBOOK WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU
TODAYS Sci-Spot Question:

What is the difference between

repetition and replication?
Glue in Sci-Spot Handout on LEFT page if you have not!
You may use your notes, your books, to answer question.
When done READ PAGES 22-25! HW quiz IS MOVED
till Wednesday and will include pages 1-25!
Difference between relication and repetition

FRI 8/26/16

TO DO: QUIETLY ENTER CLASS:

1. GET ISN NOTEBOOK
2. TAKE A SEAT- TEXTBOOK WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU
TODAYS Sci-Spot Question:

What is control and why is it necessary

to have control in an experiment?
Glue in Sci-Spot Handout on LEFT page if you have not!
You may use your notes, your books, to answer question.
When done READ PAGES 22-25! HW quiz IS MOVED till
Wednesday and will include pages 1-25!
Identifying-interpreting-independent-dependent-variables
STUDY

For Example:

Students of different ages

were given the same jigsaw
puzzle to put together.
They were timed to see how
long it took to finish the
puzzle.

Identify the variables in

this investigation.

What was the independent

variable?

Ages of the students

Different ages were tested by
the scientist

What was the dependent variable?

The time it to put the puzzle

together
The time was observed and
measured by the scientist

What was a controlled variable?

Same puzzle
All of the participants were
tested with the same puzzle.
It would not have been a fair
test if some had an easy 30
piece puzzle and some had a
harder 500 piece puzzle.

Another example:

An investigation was done with an

electromagnetic system made
from a battery and wire wrapped
around a nail. Different sizes of
nails were used. The number of
paper clips the electromagnet
could pick up was measured.

What are the variables in this

investigation?

Independent variable:

Sizes of nails
These were changed by the
scientist

Dependent variable:

Number of paper clips picked

up
The number of paper clips
observed and counted
(measured)

Controlled variables:

Battery, wire, type of nail

None of these items were changed

One more:

The higher the

temperature of water,
the faster an egg will
boil.

 Independent variable temperature

of water
Dependent variable time to cook
an egg
Controlled variable type of egg

Last one:

The temperature of
water was measured at
different depths of a
pond.

 Independent variable depth of the

water
Dependent variable temperature
Controlled variable thermometer

Designing Investigations

The greater the amount of soap in a

soap and water mixture, the bigger a
soap
bubble
can
be
blown.
Design an investigation to test this
hypothesis.
Identify the variables
What exactly will be changed? How
will it be changed?
What exactly will be measured? How
will it be measured?

The farther a ball drops, the higher

it will bounce.
Design an investigation to test this
hypothesis.
Identify the variables
What exactly will be changed?
How will it be changed?
What exactly will be measured?
How will it be measured?