March 2, 2015
Math 9
We will continue with Linear Equations this week! We will continue the hand outs until Wednesday, write a Test for Practice on Thursday and a test on Friday!
Students have been fine-tuning their skills on
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-9 through quizzes and practice.
Students can also study through worksheets produced on
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets/linear_equations.php
YouTube videos to review Outcome P9.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmMX3-nTWbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAerID24QJ0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DopnmxeMt-shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn-GbH2S0Dkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IUEk9fn2Vs
Science 7 & 8 - SCIENCE FAIR ON MARCH 19!!TIMELINE:
MARCH 3 (8’s) & 4 (7’s)
•EXPERIMENT PROGRESS
MARCH 9 (8’s) & 10 (7’s)
•DISPLAY IDEAS – POSTER, VIDEO, ETC
MARCH 17 & 18
•DISPLAY AND EXPERIMENT RESULTS DUE
MARCH 19
•SCIENCE FAIR
** If students are following behind in timelines, I will have them stay in for lunch to work on assignment.
WHAT HAS TO BE HANDED IN:
1. Log book:
a science fair journal used to keep track of all research, ideas,
questions, and action taken during your project. The log book is a binder where documents can
be easily added.
2. Project Summary: A report that is approximately 3-6 pages long
that describes the scientific method that you went through to complete your
project. It contains a number of things
outlined later in the page.
3. Backboard and Display: A backboard made of coroplast or wood must be
constructed to display a shortened version of your project summary. A backboard must be eye catching but not
distracting! Other important aspects of
your project can be brought to display at your table.
4. Presentation:
When being judged or viewed by members of the public, you must have a
presentation ready. A presentation is a
verbal explanation of your project. Do
not read directly off of your backboard, but use it as a guide. Some people use cue cards!
PROJECT SUMMARY IS MADE UP OF:
A project
summary will outline the scientific method:
1) Title
Page: It is a good idea to have a catchy
title that will attract someone to your project. Underneath your catchy title should be a
scientific title of your project. The
title page should also display your name, grade, and school.
2)
Introduction: A section that outlines
how or why you decided to do the project.
The introduction usually contains basic information about the topic or
some common beliefs about the topic.
3)
Purpose: This is the initial question
you thought of. A purpose is always
worded in the form of a question. The
rest of your project is based on trying to answer this question!
4)
Hypothesis: Before any experimentation
is done you must hypothesize (or guess) what the answer to your question might
be. Make this guess based on what you
already know or what you think.
5)
Background Information: This is also
known as research. You must research all
the different aspects of your project in order to make sure you are familiar
with the topic. For a study, this will
make up the majority of your project.
6)
Materials: A list of everything you may
need to use during your experiment or innovation. A list of materials is not needed for a
study.
7)
Procedure: A step-by-step process of all
the steps you go through during your experiment or the building, use, and
testing of your innovation. A procedure
is not usually needed for a study.
8) Data and
Observations: During your project you
must record all the results. If you do
an experiment, you are going to have to record all the data for all the
different variables you test. Data is
usually recorded in a chart and best displayed in charts, pictures, graphs,
etc.
9)
Conclusion: After all the tests are done,
you must decide on what the answer to your question is based on all the
evidence you collected. A conclusion
will contain your answer and how that answer compared with your hypothesis.
10) Sources
of Error: During a science project,
there is a possibility that something might contribute to inaccurate
results. This is a list of any of those
things.
11)
Significance: Every project you do will
have some significance to society and the world we live in. You project will probably have a direct
significance to you. This section is a
discussion on how your project is significant or how the findings could be
significant.
12) Future
Directions: No project is ever
complete. There is always a way that you
could keep your project going by doing more or further testing or changing it
slightly to involve other variables.
This section describes those possibilities.
13) Acknowledgments: During a project you may have to talk to
professionals or get help from someone.
This section is a list of all the people that made your project
possible.
14)
Bibliography: It is very important that
you source all the places where you got information. This includes books, magazines, the internet,
people, and others. The bibliography
must be done in APA style.
