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**Science Skills and Processes 2013-14** First day of school:
 * Unit 1: Earth Science**
 * Objective:** You will learn the expectations and accountability required of each student at Edgewood, generally and in earth science class, specifically**.**
 * First day ppt. explaining rules, syllabus & expectations
 * Pre-Assessment
 * Ice Breaker Activity- Stand & deliver (PPT)

Day 2: Day 3: Day 4: You will learn science skills and processes in order to apply standardized unit, data measurement and recording. Homework: Measurement worksheet Day 5: Day 6: Day 7: Day 8:
 * Objective**: You will examine random objects in order to create qualitative observations and draw inferences from those observations.
 * Dictionaries
 * Goal Setting & Student info sheet
 * Observation and Inferences- STRESS QUANITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
 * Worksheet differentiating between the two – Random objects
 * Activity describe the object (observation) then what can you infer based on that
 * Objective:** You will identify the steps of the scientific method in order to determine how it is used to solve a problem.
 * Ob-sertainer lab
 * Scientific Method
 * SM Wheel & Vocab
 * Spongebob identifying the steps of the SM worksheet
 * Objective:** You will apply knowledge of the scientific method in order to perform a food measurement lab.
 * Food observation/measurement Lab (Oreo Lab)
 * Types of measurement notes and conversion activity
 * Measurement, metric system, and the scientific method notes
 * Conversion steps and Practice
 * Colored Candy lab
 * Objective:** You will use the scientific method in order to understand its importance to scientific experimentation and provide justification for its in investigation and data reporting.
 * Variables and Graphing (worksheets on graphing and creating good graphs)
 * Creating good graphs
 * Independent vs dependent graphs and data tables
 * Spongebob Identifying variables worksheet
 * Scientific Method Lab- The big Ah-haa! (penny lab)
 * Objective:** You will differentiate between the 4 major spheres of the earth in order to correlate terms with each sphere and explain how one sphere influences other spheres.
 * Scientific skills quiz
 * Earths Spheres and how they relate to one another
 * Look for video clip/cartoon
 * BCR with each unit about 4 spheres importance to life
 * ECR with final
 * Objective:** You will apply knowledge of science skills and processes in order to review for metric and SM test.
 * Vocab skill building review
 * 1.5 What is Inquiry
 * Chapter 1 Chapter Review
 * Test review
 * Conversions, measurement, reading graphs, scientific method and variables
 * Objective:** You will apply knowledge of science skills and process in order to complete metric and SM test.
 * Test Scientific Measurement and Skills
 * Scientific Method Crossword