Energy Sep 5-7
Announcements:
- Syllabus signature sheet due: Thurs 9/6
- Ch 1/2 reading assignment due: Tues 9/11
Mon:
- No school – Labor Day
Tues:
- No school – teacher planning day
Wed:
- First day of classes – Term 1
- Student info sheets
- Discuss syllabus – signature sheet due tomorrow
- Activity: Nature of Science box
- Discuss what makes an explanation “scientific”
- nature of sci explanations
- Handout: effective effort & discuss
- Demonstrate class blog
Thurs:
- Textbooks
- Hand in syllabus signature sheets
- Activity: science textbook use (“THIEVES”)
- Ch 1 reading assignment – due Tues 9/11
Fri:
- Cornell notes intro
- Direct instruction: SI measuring system
- Metric handout: conversion practice
- Lab safety agreement & crossword