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PHYSICAL SCIENCE Course Code: 200331001
TOPIC II: MeasurementESSENTIAL CONTENT / OBJECTIVES / INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
A. Develop the logic of using metric units
B. Practice “measurements” by measuring
1. Review basic measurement skills and units of mass, length, temperature, volume, etc.
C. SI Unit Conversions
1. Review metric prefixes
2. Apply the decimal point rule to convert between metric quantities.
D. Data analysis, graphing and interpretation
E. Develop the concepts of mass, volume and density relationships.
1. Explain the meaning of mass and describe the units for measuring mass.
2. Differentiate between mass and weight
3. Define volume and explain how volume is measured.
4. Solve density problems. / · Demonstrate proper knowledge of SI metric units.
· Convert measurements from one basic unit to another.
· Show how to use proper measuring tools with basic laboratory equipment and hands on application.
· Gather, analyze, and interpret data.
· Demonstrate ability to skillfully graph data.
· Create graphs using proper labels (x and y axis/independent and dependent variable, title, etc.) to create a visual representation of data.
· Compare data sets and analyze trends on a graph.
· Explain the differences between direct relationship and an inverse relationship.
· Explain the meaning of mass and describe the units for measuring mass.
· Distinguish between mass and weight.
· Define volume and explain how volume is measured.
· Define density in terms of mass and volume and apply the formula to solve problems. / Core Text Book:
CPO-Science, Foundations of Physical Science, Chapters 1 & 2
Vocabulary: (see p. 2)
Precision, accuracy, measurement, density, mass, volume, significant digits, graph, x and y axis, data, unit prefixes
Technology: (see p. 2)
1. Gizmos
2. Measurement Olympics
3. Teachersdomain.org
4. Learner.org
5. Accuracy & precision
SC.912.N.1.1
SC.912.N.1.2 / Triple Beam Balance
Density Laboratory
Determining Density via Water Displacement
Measuring Volume
Standard: SC.912.N.1.1 / / Video / · Lab Preparation
· Lab Clean Up
· What's WHMIS?
· Spotting Chemical Hazards
· Handling Materials Safely
· Protection: Hair, Eyes, and Clothing
· General Rules of Lab Safety
· Fire and Electrical Hazards
· Safe and Unsafe Clothing
· General Rules of Lab Safety
· Chemical and Poison Hazards / · Hand, Glassware, and Sharpness Hazards
· Scientific Investigation: Who Was the Iceman?
· Scientific Investigation: Crime Solving 200 Years Ago
· Scientific Investigation: Modern Forensics
· Scientific Method: The Wright Brothers and the Challenge of Flight
· Scientific Method: Researching the Problem of Flight / · Leaving the Lab
· Scientific Method: Designing a Solution for the Problem of Flight
· Scientific Method: The Wright Brothers' Prototype for Flying
· Scientific Method: The Wright Brothers Design and Redesign Their Aircraft
· Scientific Method: The Wright Brothers Communicate Their Results
· Collecting Data During the Study
· Engineering at the Cutting Edge: Performance Boosters
Standard: SC.912.N.3.1 / / Video / · Meteorite Extinction Theory
· Theorizing Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
· Escaping Natural Selection / · String Theory
· Changing Theories on Evolution
· Gregor Mendel's Reseach on Pea Plants and His Development of Theories of Inheritance / · Support for the Theory of Evolution
· Cell Theory
· Did Charles Darwin Discover Evolution?
Standard: SC.912.N.3.2 / / Video / · Principle of Relativity
· Proving Einstein's Theory
Standard: SC.912.N.3.3 / / Video / · Theories & Laws
· Mendel's Laws of Inheritance / · The First Law of Thermodynamics
· Newton's Laws of Motion
Standard: SC.912.N.3.4 / / Video / · The Law of Segregation
· The Law of Independent Assortment
· Gas Laws / · The Three Laws of Geology
· Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Standard: SC.912.N.3.5 / / Video / · Computer Model: Global Impact
· The Development of the Structural DNA Model / · Computer Models of the Pandemic's Spread
· Scale Model / · Build a Model Particle Collider
· Test #3: Scale Model of a Swing Set
Standard: SC.912.N.4.1 / / Video / · Emotional versus Scientific Decisions
· Food Research / · Powering the Future: The Green Revolution
Standard: SC.912.N.4.2 / / Video / · Conducting a Risk/Benefit Analysis
· Solid Waste
· Balancing Conservation and Industrial Growth
· Religion's Influence on Conservation
· Comparing Costs / · Tuvalu Joins the United Nations to Address Sea Level Rise and Global Warming
· Is Relocation an Option?
· The PBS NewsHour: Major Embryonic Stem Cell Advance Raises Ethical Quandaries / · The Cost of Recycling
· Treatment Technologies
· Tissue Engineers Aim for Lab-Grown Limbs, Lungs, and More
· Cities Struggle with Access to Green Energy Sources
/ Video / · E=mc$$$: Physicists on Wall Street
· Life of a Genius: Author Discusses New Biography of Albert Einstein
· New Moon, Full Moon: Do Moon Phases Trigger Volcanic Eruptions? Earthquakes?
· Quest to Find Origins of the Universe: Huge Supercollider is Built in Switzerland
· Supreme Court Rules Against Gene Patenting
· Teaching Physics: How Do You Think it Works? How Does it Work?
· The Dirt on Ammonia as a Cleaning Agent
· The Physics of Christmas
· Withering Crops
· "Hello, Baby, We Did It!" Balloonist Crosses Atlantic Alone
· Ballonists Plan to Circle Globe At Altitudes Near Edge of Space
· Inside the Disaster Lab: Recreating Hurricanes, Fires
· Student Scientist Clones Potatoes, Measures Tornadoes and Tsunamis
· Aboard NASA's "Vomit Comet" -- Experiencing Zero Gravity
· Aerodynamics at the Olympics: New High-Tech Gear Reduces Friction, Drag
· Look! Up in the Air! It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a…Paraplane?
· Mechanical Duplicate of a Pterodactyl Flies, Turns Back Time
· New York to London in an Hour?
· Science of Golf - Volume, Displacement and Buoyancy
· Unassisted Flight: Daredevil Crosses the English Channel on Carbon Fiber Wings
· Flying with the Famed Thunderbirds: 8-pt. Rolls and 9 G’s
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