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Science notebook
Catalyst sheet
Pencil
Homework Policy/Safety Contract if you
haven’t turned them in yet
Catalyst
Divide your Day 1 Catalyst box
into 3 sections.
Describe the size of the object on
your table in as much detail as
possible, using:
• First, no tool
• Second, the first tool I give you
• Third, the second tool I give you
Science Notebook Conventions
• You will be graded on how complete your
science notebook is, every 2-3 weeks
• Absolutely no pen should be used in your
science notebook, only pencil
• All lines must be drawn with a ruler
• You will be using this science notebook all
year, take pride in it!
Page 7
Divide the page into 4 even horizontal sections
First section
Everything I know about the metric system:
– All answers accepted
– Does not have to be in complete sentences
– Entire box should be full
– 2 minutes
Second section
Predictions:
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What object in the room measures 1 meter?
What object in the room measures 1/10th of a meter?
What object in the room measures 1/100th of a meter?
What object in the room measures 1/1000th of a meter?
2 minutes to make predictions
Third section
Accuracy of predictions/Revised analogies:
• Were your predictions accurate?
• If not, can you come up with a better analogy?
Ex. The length of the table was not 1 meter, but the width of the
door frame, from edge to edge, was
4 minutes to revise predictions
Fourth section
Reference:
1 kilometer:
1 meter:
1 decimeter:
1 centimeter:
1 millimeter:
Homework
Read and fully annotate “A Brief History of
Measurement Systems”
What does it mean to “fully annotate”?
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Science notebook
Catalyst sheet
Pencil
Homework Policy/Safety Contract if you
haven’t turned them in yet
• Fully annotated article from last night
Catalyst
Answer the following questions:
1. Why did John Quincy Adams (the
sixth president of the US) rank
weights and measures among the
“necessaries of life”?
2. Describe two examples of very early
measuring instruments.
3. Describe one piece of information
that you found interesting about the
development of the English System.
4. Describe one piece of information
that you found interesting about the
development of the Metric System.
Intro to the Metric System/SI Units
Homework
Complete Metric Unit Conversions on page 11 of
science notebook
TAKE OUT
• Science notebook
• Catalyst sheet
• Pencil
Catalyst
Use the first 5 minutes of class to go over your
homework problems with your table group.
Check your answers against theirs, and make sure
that you ask them any questions that you may have.
When you have gone over your homework, make
the following conversions using the ladder method:
563 millimeters to meters
43.5 megagrams to centigrams
5,340,000 milliliters to kiloliters
12 meters to micrometers
563 millimeters to meters
43.5 megagrams to centigrams
5,340,000 milliliters to kiloliters
12 meters to micrometers
Ladder System Quiz Review
Convert 0.080 kilograms to milligrams
Ladder System Quiz Review
Which of the following is the largest mass?
a)
b)
c)
d)
200 grams
2 kilograms
1000 milligrams
800 centigrams
Ladder System Quiz Review
Which of the following is the longest distance?
a)
b)
c)
d)
50,000 centimeters
30,000 millimeters
500 meters
0.400 kilometers
Ladder System Quiz Review
Convert 5.0 x 103 mL to L
Ladder System Quiz Review
Convert 129.26 meters to gigameters
Ladder System Quiz Review
How many milliliters are in one deciliter?
Ladder System Quiz Review
How many grams are in one Pg?
Ladder System Quiz Review
Convert 100 deciliters to kiloliters.
Ladder System Quiz Review
Which is the largest volume?
a.
b.
c.
d.
500 daL
2000 cL
0.2 ML
50,000 mL
World’s Roundest Object
Homework
Study for the Metric Unit Conversion quiz that
you will take on Friday by going to the
following link and taking the quiz until you get
100%:
http://www.sciencegeek.net/Chemistry/taters/
Unit0Metrics.htm
Catalyst
Make the following conversions using the ladder method:
240 mm in dam
67.4 kL in dL
120.564 hg in cg
34.6 Mg in μg
Metric Unit Conversion Quiz
Raise your hand when you have finished
On your whiteboard
With your table group, you have 5 minutes to
determine how many microseconds there are
in a year.
Vocabulary Section
10 pages from the back of your notebook
I will give you a post-it note to stick onto the top
of that page
Vocabulary entries will be listed on the website
First entry:
Dimensional Analysis
Dimensional Analysis is a powerful problemsolving technique using conversion factors to
move from one unit of measurement to a
different unit of measurement.
Homework
Watch the Video linked on my website:
How to Convert Units - Unit Conversion Made Easy
Then complete page 13 in your science notebook.