Friday, March 14, 2014

SCIENCE FAIR IS NEXT WEEK!

 Science fair is next week!  So exciting! I cannot wait.  I will be ribbon shopping this weekend!


We won't have a quiz next week over vocabulary.   On Tuesday, we will have a periodic table test over #1-46 including technetium, ruthenium, rhodium, and palladium as our newest.  It also includes some random but oldies out of the most common.  (Tin, platinum, plutonium, gold, silver, iodine, uranium, radon, and radium.) We're almost to the halfway point, which is our contribution to your high school chemistry and beyond!  You've done a great job with this.

Most of you did a great job listening and participating today with our guest speaker on autoimmune disease.  Thanks, parents, for letting your kids take a gander at their blood sugar.  Hopefully, they came away better informed  and determined to avoid the preventable forms of such diseases.

UPDATE!

I've uploaded the grading scale for your science fair projects below.




Problem: Finds an original problem to investigate which is interesting to the student and which can be tested (10 pts.)

Hypothesis development: Developed a hypothesis as an educated guess with a reason for that guess. (10 pts.)

Description of Procedure: Procedures were outlined in a step-by- step fashion that could be followed by anyone without additional explanations. (10 pts.)

Data Collection: Data was collected several times. It was summarized independently, in a way that clearly describes what was discovered. (10pts.)

Data Representation: Data was organized into a data table and a graph was made (if appropriate) and correctly labeled. (10 pts.)

Diagrams or Pictures: Provided accurate, easy-to-follow diagrams, pictures, or drawings that showed parts of the experiment. (10 pts.)

Display Board: Each of the parts of the experiment are neatly and clearly written and labeled. (20 pts.)

Scientific Report: Each step of the experiment is neatly, clearly, and accurately presented using the required format. Spelling and grammar are correct. (20 pts.)













              
              

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