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Portfolio Reflection - please reflect on one piece of work from your Nature of Science Unit.
 * 1) Choose one of the assignments
 * 2) Choose the competency (Communication, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Use of Numbers and Data) which it demonstrates.
 * 3) On a separate piece of paper do the reflection. Remember you are trying to connect this assignment with the competency. Focus on that first. How does it show it?
 * 4) Then you can focus on:
 * What you did well? (Strengths)
 * What you have improved on from previous assignments and work? I'm doing this much better .... (Areas of Improvement)
 * What are some areas of concern? Things to work on next time to make it better? (Concerns)
 * How can you be more successful? How are you going to improve next time? (Actions Needed)

//** ATTENTION!!!!!! **//
If you scored a 70% or below on your Density Lab you MUST redo the parts that where missing. Please see below for expectations:

Measurement Quiz (Oct. 15 or 25) - Review in class volume, mass, denisty converting units tools

Final Lab Report - Density Lab -show all calculations and formulas or equations (especially for density, measuring volume, and displacement method) -list the procedures for these four steps: Remember to always say to record. 5 steps to an awesome Conclusion Turn in your sheet from the class even if you retype or rewrite the lab.
 * 1) Calculating mass
 * 2) Calculating volume with the the measurement method (W x H x L)
 * 3) Calculating volume with the displacement method
 * 4) Calculating the density
 * 1) restate purpose
 * 2) tell what you did and found out
 * 3) restate hypothesis and say whether it proves or disproves it
 * 4) errors and problems that occurred ... anything that might have affected your results (thing about the meaurements ... could you have been off? did you round?)
 * 5) new hypothesis or new experiment

Metric Measurement (SI Notes) Notes

Scientific Investigation Notes Part 2 (Hypothesis - Conclusion)

//IMPOSSIBLE MISSION LAB (for those that missed class)// -here is the format ... you can copy or fill in the parts needed. See me for more information.

Science Article Websites - click these sites for some good articles @http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/ @http://earthweek.com/ @http://www.sciencenews.org/view/interest/id/3/topic/Science_News_For_Kids @http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews/ @http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/kidsnews/ @http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/ @http://www.popsci.com/ @http://www.sciencedaily.com/ @http://science.discovery.com/ @http://www.sciencenews.org/

Science Notebook Help! If you were unhappy with you science notebook grade (or you got a C or below), I will be holding a morning session to help organize your notebook and put together the table of contents. I will do everything to help you get an A during the next notebook check. Block E Sept 17th, Block D Sept 24th, Block B 28th 7:00 - 8:00 am. You are welcome to come to any of the three times. You have to get here on your own and I will walk you through putting the notebook together.

Scientific Notebook Check (10% of your grade) on Sept 14th or 15th Important documents in front "Do Now" tab "Nature of Science" tab (NOS)
 * syllabus, rubrics, lab safety, and lab report guideline handouts
 * all the Do Now's we have done for warm-ups in class
 * Table of contents (date, title, page # location)
 * All the assignments including homework, classwork, labs, quizzes, notes (all with dates, name, block, and a page number)
 * If everything has a date like it should then you can order the work chronologically (earliest work first)

Scientific Investigation Notes Part 1 (Observation - Inference)

Nature of Science Projects Safety Poster (click for information) Careers in Science: Famous Scientists Project