Notes and Starters from Student Observation Journals. These are turned in approximately every three weeks.

8/26/07
Notes--The Scientific Method

9/8/08
STARTER
1. What are your thoughts on school so far? (2-3 complete sentences)
2. What is Science?
3. What is a hypothesis?

9/9/08
STARTER
1. What is step three of the Scientific Method?
2. What is matter?
3. What are the metric measurements for length, volume and weight?

9/10/08
STARTER
1. What book are we using now?
2. What's the difference between chemical and physical properties?
3. What is an element?

9/11/08
STARTER
1. List 2 vocab words and a short definition.
2. Write a poem about science!

9/11/08
NOTES "What is Matter?"

What is Matter? Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
List 10 examples:

Properties
Matter can be identified by characteristic properties. These are properties that never change for a substance, and so can be used to identify an unknown substance.
Examples: boiling point and melting point, hardness, texture…

Matter can be organized in several ways….
By state:
By type of matter:
Elements
The simplest form of matter—cannot be broken down by physical or chemical means.
Compounds
Two or more elements chemically combined.
Mixtures
A mixture is made of two or more substances—elements, compounds, or both—that are together in the same place but are not chemically combined.

Or other ways: (List 5)

9/15/08
STARTER
1. What are the 3 states of matter?
2. What is an atom?
3. What is an element?

9/16/08
STARTER
1. What is Mrs. Brown's motto?
2. Make a qualitative observation about this classroom.
3. Make a quantitative observation about your notebook.

9/17/08
STARTER
1. Rate your comfort with computers on a scale of 1-5 (1="what's a computer?" 5="Computer Genius"
2. Where will you find a list of ALL the elements?
3. Give an example of a compound.

9/18/08
STARTER
1. Draw a solid, liquid and gas.
2. Describe a physical property.
3. What is the 4th step of the Scientific Method?

Notebooks are due September 23, 2008!