Starters - Week #13

Dec. 14 - Pick an organelle.  Draw a picture and tell me what it does.
Dec. 15 - Define Osmosis.  What happens to the cells of a freshwater fish if it gets put in the Great Salt Lake?
Dec. 16 - 
Dec. 17 - What are the 5 levels of organization in order from simplest to most complex? 

Starters - Week #12

Dec. 6 -

Dec. 7 -

Dec. 8 -

Dec. 9 -  Match the following cell organelles with the appropriate number: Nucleus, Mitochondria, Chloroplast, Cytoplasm, Cell Membrane, Cell Wall.

Thanksgiving Week

Starter Free Week!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Starters - Week #11

Nov. 15 - Define:  Mass.  Volume.  Density.
Nov. 16 - Describe the motion of particles in a Solid, Liquid and Gas.
Nov. 17 - What happens to particles when heat is added?  Do particles ever change size?
Nov. 18 - Why did the Gobstopper in the warmer liquid dissolve faster? (make sure your answer includes the word particles and talks about speed)
Nov. 19 - Write 3 things you learned from the assembly yesterday.

Starters - Week #10

Nov. 8 - In your own words, what is density?  What is the equation for density?
Nov. 9 - What are the units for density and how do we get them?
Nov. 10 -A rock dropped in a graduated cylinder raises the level of water from 20 to 35 ml.  The rock has a mass of 45 g.  It is 6 cm tall.  What is the density of the rock?
Nov. 11 - A jar conatins 10 ml of glycerin (whose mass is 20 g) and 15 ml of corn syrup (whose mass is 45 g). What are the densities of these liquids?  How would they layer?

Starters - Week #9

Nov. 2 - Write 5 goals for yourself.
Nov. 3 - What is the equation for the volume of a cuboid?
Nov. 4 - What units do we use when measuring volume of cuboids?  Explain where these units come from.
Nov. 5 - What does mass measure?  What does volume measure?  Explain water displacement.

Starters - Week #8

Oct. 25 - In your own words, define atoms and molecules.
Oct. 26 - Draw these molecules:     NH4     H2SO4
Oct. 27 - What units do we use when we measure mass?  Why not use the number of atoms?
Oct. 28 - What is the difference between mass and weight?

Starters - Week #7

Oct. 19 - Draw and Complete

Oct. 20 - Create a data table of the 3 particles that make up an atom and their charges.
Oct. 21 - "It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice."  Explain what this means.  Use examples.
Oct. 22 - Why is every model we make of the atom inaccurate?  Why do we still use models (even if they are inaccurate)?

Starters - Week #5 & #6

Sept. 27 - Create a bar graph from this data.  *Mr. Ripplinger has two rats, two turtles, one dog, and no cats.
Sept. 28 - No Starter.  Student-Led Conferences Preparation.
Sept. 29 - No Starter.  Quiz Day.
Sept. 30 - No Starter.  Library Research.

We are combining week 6 with week 5

Oct. 4 - Write the lyrics of our graph chant from memory.
Oct. 5 - To do well on this test, you must study for 15 mins at home.  When will you do it? How will you study?
Oct. 6 - No Starter.  Test Day
Oct. 7 - Think about this: It is appropriate to disagree, but it is inappropriate to be disagreeable.

Starters - Week #4

Sept. 21 - Free write about your day yesterday (the day school was cancelled because of the fire).

Sept. 22 - Create a data table for your class schedule (showing the classes and their periods).

Sept. 23 - Create a data table about the classes favorite season.

Sept. 24 - What are the benefits of a bar graph?  What about a data table?

Starters - Week #3

Sept. 13 - Describe what you would expect to see in the analysis step.  What did the analysis step look like in the helicopter lab?

Sept. 14 - How are you going to prepare for the test?  What do you need to study most?

Sept. 15 - No Starter - Study for the test.

Sept. 16 - "Who you are speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you're saying." -Ralph Waldo Emerson.  What does he mean by this?

Sept. 17 - Mr. Ripplinger wants to do an experiment to see if the tone of his voice changes how well students behave.  He normally talks in a friendly tone.  Identify the 1) Dependent Variable, 2)Independent Variabe and 3) Control of this experiment.

Starters - Week #2

Sept. 7 - How did you use the scientific method over Labor Day weekend?

Sept. 8 - Make an observation.  Make an inference about your observation.

Sept. 9 - Make an observation.  Form a question from that observation.  Create a hypothesis to help you answer your question (make sure it is in the right form).

Sept. 10 - Name and Define the two parts of the experiment step.

Starters - Week #1

Aug. 31 - What does R.A.T.T.L.E. stand for?  Which one do you think is most important in Mr. Ripplinger's class

Sept. 1 - Why is science constantly changing?


Sept. 2 - What are the seven steps of the scientific method?

Sept. 3 - Give an example of when the Mythbusters didn't follow the scientific method.