Monday, September 8, 2008

Mon., Sept. 8th: Notes #1

BIG IDEA: What is the world made of? What is gold made of?

1. Warm-up: Turn this question into an investigable question: Why does the salt melt the ice balloon?
2. Check homework.
3. Get textbooks (if you haven’t already); if you already have your textbooks, go over Quarter Project handout.
4. Notes #1: Asking and Answering Questions in Science.
5. Penny Lab: Part 1 What is Gold Made Of?? Alchemy text, pgs. 3-4.
6. Clean up and write down homework.

Homework: Choose your Quarter Project question, and make a hypothesis. Explain why you chose this question. Due Wednesday.