Beginning of the School Year!

• Wed 8/28  All Classes!  Quick intro to class procedures.  Bingo Mingle.
• Thurs 8/29:  Hand out Safety and Academic Honesty Contracts.  Please get them signed by yourself and a parent/guardian by next Thursday 9/5.  Go over Classroom Guidelines (see hand-out on website!).  Measurement/Uncertainty Lab done in groups.  Present the measurement and uncertainty, complete the notes (yes, you should have notes for most if not all measurements!), and turn in.  It is fine to turn it in on Tues 9/3.  Start Counting Significant Figures Worksheet.
• Tues 9/3:  Continue with counting significant figures and add computing with significant figures.  Complete 1-20 on the front of the worksheet and complete the back of the worksheet.  In groups, count brine shrimp cysts using Dissecting Microscopes, fill in the counts on your hand out and calculate the number of cysts on your grid.  Add 3% or 5% saline (I will tell you which) to your cysts and let sit for 48 hours.  Bring a TI-84 calculator on Thursday!
• Thurs 9/5:  Go over Propagating uncertainty and complete 21-25 on the uncertainty worksheet.  Demonstration of how to make a good graph using LoggerPro.  In pairs make LoggerPro graphs of the 2 sets of data on the back of your uncertainty hand-out.  Get your hand-out initialed by the teacher when you complete your graph. When complete, turn it in.  Make sure that you showed your work where necessary.  Count "live" brine shrimp and record in your lab hand out.  Calculate "% hatched and alive" and enter in the class database.  Using TI-84 calculators, complete the 1st page of the statistics packet.  If time, do more!  Discuss brine shrimp lab write up, due next Wednesday 9/11.