Monday, September 27, 2010

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.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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?

Monday, September 13, 2010

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.