The First Days of School

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The First Days of School

• Welcome to Earth Science
• With Mrs. Henderson-Rios

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Earth Science

• A combination of four sciences
• Geology the study of the earth and the processes
  that shape it
• Oceanography the study of the oceans
• Meteorology the study of weather
• Astronomy the study of space

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Quick Reference Guide

• Introductions
• Class Rules and Guidelines
• Calculating Your Grade
• Google Permission Slip
• Current Event
• Science Safety
• Equipment Review
• Graphing Review
• Parts of a Lab Report

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Introductions
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ON AN INDEX CARD, WRITE THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION

• Science class period
• First and last name
• YOUR cell number
• YOUR email address
• Street address
• Moms Name and phone number
• Dads name and phone number
• Birthday
• Hobbies and activities
• Pets
• Favorite music and/or artist
• Favorite cartoon

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Class Rules and Guidelines
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RulesAll the time, Every time

• Respect yourself and others.
• Be prepared.
• Be neat.

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Guidelines

• Use the student supplies and garbage as
  necessary.
• Use the bathroom at the beginning or end of
  class. Try not to miss class material. Do not
  ask to leave at an awkward time.
• Adjust your seat as necessary. I will do the
  same.
• Keep workspaces clear. They are subject to
  change.
• BYOD in effect here.
• Address late and/or missed work with the teacher
  ASAP.
• Read labels. Theyre there to help you.

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Calculating Your Grade
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General Info

• Grading-
• The course grade will be based on tests, quizzes,
  labs, class assignments, homework assignments,
  and class participation. In the Total Points
  Grading System that I will use, each assignment
  will be given a point value depending on the
  length and difficulty of the assignment. Quarter
  grades will be determined by adding all the
  students achieved points and dividing that
  number by the total possible number of points for
  the quarter.
• Homework-
• Homework is highly dependent on the
  individual. There will be approximately one
  homework assignment per week, although that may
  vary. All homework should be written in the
  Student Agenda.
• Late Assignments-
• All assignments must be turned in the day and
  time that they are due. Missing work due to an
  excused absence will be accepted for up to one
  week upon returning. Assignments that are handed
  late will receive a 25 grade reduction for each
  day after answers are corrected.
• Books-
• Textbooks will not be issued. Internet
  access is recommended for home assignments.

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Example

• Lab report 30 / 40
• Quiz 1 50 / 50
• Quiz 2 30 / 50
• Group project 55 / 60
• Test 75 / 100
• Earned Points 240
• Possible Points 300
• Quarter Grade 240 / 300 80

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Google Permission Slip
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I will be piloting the use of Google Apps in
2012-13 for science class. You must fill in this
permission slip to participate.

• Fair Lawn Board of Education
• Permissions and Acceptable Use Form Google Apps
  for Education
• September 2012
• Dear Parent,
• The Fair Lawn schools district is entering its
  2nd year of a pilot program using Google Apps for
  Education. Participation
• in this program will encourage the use of 21st
  Century Learning skills and increase
  communication and collaboration
• among students and teachers. The pilot program
  has been expanded this year, to include 20
  teachers at the middle
• and high schools. The Google Apps for Education
  is an online suite of applications designed for
  schools which includes
• calendars, email, web pages, word processing,
  spreadsheets, and presentations, all of which
  synchronize and flow
• together and integrate into existing course
  curricula. Google Apps for Education is provided
  free of charge to schools,
• colleges and universities across the United
  States and around the world. We believe these
  tools will provide the
• essential skills students will need to be adept
  in the global workplace of this century.
• Email
• Gmail accounts will be assigned to each student
  in the pilot program pending parental/ guardian
  approval. The email
• address will only work within Fair Lawns Google
  Apps domain. Students cannot email to or receive
  email from outside
• of this domain.
• Responsibilities
• As a participant in the pilot program, students
  must assume the following responsibilities for
  all their communication
• and work within the Google Apps for Education
  domain

• Access Restriction
• Access to and use of the Google Apps for
  Education domain is considered a privilege
  accorded to the Fair Lawn Public
• Schools. The School District maintains the right
  to immediately withdraw the access and use of the
  Google Apps for
• Education domain when there is reason to believe
  that violations of law or District policies have
  occurred. In such cases,
• the alleged violation will be referred to the
  Principal for further investigation and
  adjudication.
• Security
• The Google Apps for Education domain has strong
  content filters in place. However, the Fair Lawn
  Public School District
• cannot assure that users will not be exposed to
  unsolicited information and does not guarantee
  the security of the
• electronic files located on the Google servers.
• Privacy
• The general right of privacy will be extended to
  the extent possible in the online environment of
  the Google Apps for
• Education domain. The system administrators may
  have to examine files and email to diagnose and
  correct problems
• within the Google Apps for Education domain. The
  School District reserves the right to access the
  student accounts in
• the domain including current and archival files.
• Parent/Guardian
• I am authorizing my childs participation in the
  Google Apps for Education pilot. I understand
  that it is to be
• used for educational purposes and that my child
  will comply with the above conditions and the
  Fair Lawn
• Schools Acceptable Use Policy. I understand that
  my child may lose the privileges of the Google
  Apps for
• Education program if it is not used for its
  intended purpose.

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Current Events
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• Prepare this assignment for the day you wrote
  your name on the class calendar.
• Find an article that you like that is not too
  difficult to read. It should relate to Earth
  Science and it should be less than one month old.
  You may use internet, magazines, or a newspaper
  (the TJ Library has websites to help find an
  article). Include the article or link.
• Write a brief summary of the article IN YOUR OWN
  WORDSDO NOT PLAGERIZE!!
• Indicate which branch of Earth Science the
  article belongs to
• Geology
• Astronomy
• Meteorology
• Oceanography
• Read your summary to the class. Grammar and
  spelling count, so computer use is recommended
  but not required.

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Grade Summary

• Current Event Grade
• Name
• Article attached _____ / 5
• Summary of article _____ / 15
• Grammar/spelling _____ / 10
• Presentation to class _____ / 10
• Related branch of Science _____ / 5
• Total _____ / 45

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Science Safety
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• Lab Safety is an extremely important issue.
  District-issued safety rules for the science labs
  will be reviewed with all students.
• Both students and parents will be required to
  sign the sheet of safety rules.
• Students will also be required to pass a written
  safety test.

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Parts of a Lab Report
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General Info

• Always use pencil during lab.
• Remember that your lab report is scientific
  writing. It should include facts and
  conclusions. Do not include your feelings or
  opinions about if you liked the lab or not. Do
  not to use the words like I or me. Write
  your report in third person passive voice.
• Aesthetics (Writing Appearance) Count! Use
  proper grammar and spelling. Reports must be
  typed neatly and stapled. Rubric must be
  attached. Write in the third person passive
  tense.

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Part of Lab Description
Rubric (Title Page) Rubric must be filled in completely. Title should be clear and descriptive of the work done.
Purpose Introduction In one paragraph, state the purpose, hypothesis, and previous knowledge that led to this investigation.
Materials Procedures In paragraph form, discuss the steps you took in conducting the investigation. Please include all materials used.
Data, Results Analysis Include all graphs, tables, and visual observations. Graphs/tables must be drawn neatly by hand (use rulers!) or composed on the computer. Graphs tables must be labeled, titled, and include a key if necessary.
Questions Include all questions and answers.
Conclusion Discuss the results and whether or not they support your hypothesis. Provide evidence from the data for each conclusion. Discuss any error that may have occurred during the experiment. If the hypothesis was incorrect, explain why it was wrong. Discuss something new you learned through this investigation. Discuss what further research that could be done to address this topic.
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Equipment Review
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Graphing Review
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What is Data?

• Data is information
• For example
• Last weeks highest daily temperature
• Magic Johnsons height
• The number of kilometers from NY to LA
• Scientists use data all the time
• For example
• To predict the weather
• To improve stereo equipment
• To aid in the fast recovery of patients in
  hospitals

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What is a Data Table?

• A way to organize a lot of information or data
• For example

Day Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Temp 60 78 62 48 60 62 65
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What is a graph?

• Pictures of the information in a data table
• A visual representation of data

PICTURE
Day Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Temp 60 78 62 48 60 62 65
NOT AS VISUAL
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3 Basic Types of Graphs

1. Bar graphused for discreet (grouped or finite)
   data
2. Pie graphused to show parts of a whole or
   percentage
3. Line graphused to show continuous data, or data
   that changes over time

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Terms to remember

• Data information gathered during an experiment
• Control the group in an experiment that does not
  change
• Variable something that is changed during an
  experiment
• Independent variable variable whose values are
  specified first belongs on x-axis when graphing
• Dependent variable values are dictated by the
  independent variable

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Metric and Measurement
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Scientific Measurement Definition Scientific Unit of Measure Symbol of Unit Tool(s) Used to Measure
Mass amount of matter in an object gram g balance
Length distance between two points meter m meterstick, ruler
Time duration of an event second s stopwatch, clock
Temperature measure of how hot or cold something is (average kinetic motion of molecules) Celsius Fahrenheit C F thermometer
Volume (of Liquid) amount of space taken up liter cubic centimeter L cm3 graduated cylinder
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Derived Measurements

• Density mass volume
• Speed distance time
• Force mass x acceleration
• Momentum mass x velocity

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Metric Conversions

• Metric system is based on units of 10
• Easier, avoids confusion
• SI Le Systeme International dUnites
• Rooted in 19th century Europe
• Used by the whole world (except US, Burma, and
  Liberia)
• Made legal by Congress in 1866
• 1893 ?US goes officially metric (defined
  customary units by fractions of metric)

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Metric Prefixes

• Uses prefixes to change the size of the base unit
  to be an appropriate size for measuring
• Kilo Hecto Deka base deci centi milli
• K H D (Dk) d c
  m
• 103 102 101 100
  10-1 10-2 10-3
• 1000 100 10 1 .1 .01
  .001

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How To Do Metric Unit Conversions(The Easy Way!)

1. Write the letters from the pneumonic device K
   H D b d c m
2. Locate given prefix and desired prefix.
3. Count the number of hops from given to desired
   and note direction.
4. Locate the decimal in the measurement.
5. Move the decimal the same number of hops in the
   same direction.
6. Fill in place-holding zeros.

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Metric Conversion Practice Problems

• 25 mg ___ g
• 14.2 Km ___ m
• 1.56 s ___ ms
• 27.8 L ___ HL
• 14,399 cm ___ Km

• .97 dg ___ cg
• 76 Ks ___ Ds
• 240 KB ___ B
• 7.92 mm ___ Dm
• .0083 mg ___ Kg

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Answers to Conversion Practice

• 25 mg .025 g
• 14.2 Km 14,200 m
• 1.56 s 1560 ms
• 27.8 L .278 HL
• 14,399 cm .14399 Km

• .97 dg 9.7 cg
• 76 Ks 7600 Ds
• 240 KB 240,000 B
• 7.92 mm 79,200 Dm
• .0083 mg .0000000083 Kg

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Scientific Method
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