Mr. Bailey's Science ClassroomDearborn Public Schools

Oct 6th Section 1.1 What is Matter Summary

Hey class,

Remember when you worked hard to summarize our first chapter?

I typed out the important information that you summarized so it is easier for you to read.

This is all of the most important information for Friday’s test, so study hard!

Word Document

Section 1.1 What is Matter?

1. Matter

Matter: anything that has mass and takes up space.

Everything in the Universe you can see is made up of matter.

1. Matter and Volume
2. All matter takes up space.
3. The amount of space something takes up is its volume.
4. Objects that have volume cannot share the same space. An object cannot be in a spot another object is in unless it moves it out.

1. Liquid Volume
2. Liters (L) and milliliters (mL) are units used to most often express the volume of liquids. The volume of any liquid can be expressed in these units.

1. Measuring the Volume of Liquids
2. Graduated cylinders are used to measure the volume of liquids when accuracy is important (like in science class!)
3. The surface of the liquid in the graduated cylinder is curved. This curve is referred to as the meniscus.
4. To measure the volume, you must look at the bottom of the meniscus.

1. Volume of a Regularly Shaped Solid Object
2. The volume of any solid object is expressed in cubic units.
3. Cubic means “having three dimensions.”
4. Cubic Meters (m³) and Cubic Centimeters (cm³) are the most common.
5. The 3 represents the 3 dimensions, or measurements, used to find the volume.
6. For cubes and rectangular prisms, we use the following formula:

Volume=Length x Width x Height

1. Volume of an Irregularly Shaped Solid Object
2. Used for objects that are not “regular” like a cube is.
3. Find the amount of water the object displaces in a graduated cylinder.
4. Fill a graduated cylinder with water. Place the object in the water. See how much the water rose. This is your object’s volume.
5. 1mL=1cm³

1. Matter and Mass
2. All matter has mass.
3. Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
4. An object’s mass is the same no matter where it is in the Universe.
5. The only way to change mass is to change the amount of matter it takes to make the object.

1. The Difference between Mass and Weight
2. Mass and Weight are two different things.
3. Weight is a measure of the gravitational force pulling on an object.
4. The more mass an object has, the higher the objects weight will be.
5. An objects weight can change, depending on the gravitational pull on the object.
6. An object would weigh less on the moon because the moon has less gravitational pull than the Earth.
7. Table on Page 7 gives more details

1. Measuring Mass and Weight
2. The SI unit for mass is the Kilogram (kg), but mass is often expressed in grams (g) and milligrams (mg)
3. Weight is often expressed in newton (N), but we also commonly use pounds and ounces.
4. One newton is equal to about 100g on Earth.

1. Inertia
2. Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.
3. An object not moving will continue to not move until something causes it to move.
4. And object that is moving will keep moving until something tries to slow it down.

1. Mass: The Measure of Inertia
2. An object that has a large mass is harder to get moving and harder to get to stop moving.
3. An object with a larger mass has a greater inertia.

Oct 1st Thursday, October 1, 2015

Happy October Everyone!

Students, here is a copy of your homework assignment in case you forgot what it was.

Homework

On page 4B of your Interactive Notebooks

Questions 1-2 on page 9 of your text books under “Using Key Terms”

Please write out the whole question and then your answer. Answers should be written in complete sentences.

I had to loan my book to a student, so if you forgot your book at school I cannot help with what the questions were exactly. However, I can suggest that you phone a friend and see if they can give you a hand!

Enjoy your evening and I will see you tomorrow.

Mr. Bailey

Sep 29th Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Many of you were asking me to put today’s homework on the blog. Well, since you asked so nicely I agree, here it is!

Homework

Write each question on pages 3A/3B of your interactive notebook.

“Understanding Key Ideas” Pg. 9 of your text book.

Numbers 3-7

Write the WHOLE question and answer(s).

Also, Nice job on the NWEA everyone, most of you were incredibly respectful to those that needed to finish up today!

Sep 22nd Homework Over Break

Students, consider this your reminder that you DO have homework over the break this week.

All I am asking you to do is to make 5 observations Wednesday, Five Thursday, and 5 more Friday. Each observation should be one of your senses, so five senses=five observations per day.

Please write in complete sentences and remember; SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS DO NOT USE OPINIONS! 🙂

You only need to write on a sheet of paper, but if you would prefer a more organized method, I have attached an easy to understand set of tables.

Homework Table

Enjoy your break, and Happy Eid

See you Monday for NWEA testing!

Mr. Bailey

Sep 21st Monday, September 21, Homework

Remember students, You need to copy down the vocabulary from page 4 in your Introduction to Matter books and write the definitions. Please write them on page 2A/2B of your interactive notebooks by tomorrow!

Enjoy your evening!

Sep 18th Interactive Notebook Homework

Hey students,

I know some of you were confused about exactly how to set up you interactive notebook at home. I’m going to try to explain it as well as show pictures.

*NOTE*

I scanned pictures of my book into the computer, you may need to rotate the file to be able to see it better!

Step 1: Open to the very first page of your book, the cover should be on your left, and the first page on your right.

2: Title the first page “Table of Contents” Example

3: Turn the page so you have to empty pages facing you. Title both of these “Table of Contents” Example 2

4: Turn the page, title both of these “Table of Contents” Example 3 (you should now have 5 Table pages)

5: Turn the page again.

6: Number the left page “1A.” Label the right page “1B” Example: 1A  1B

7: Turn the page and label the left 2A, and the right 2B

8: Repeat this process until you get to 25B

PLEASE Make sure you glue you Scientific Method vocab sheet on page 1A and the Scientific Observations Table Bell work to page 1B

Email me or comment with any questions!

Enjoy the weekend

Sep 17th Thursday, September 17, 2015

Students, I wanted to remind you that you have a quiz tomorrow!!

Remember, the quiz is on the scientific method and it will be your first Summative grade of the science school year!

Please study your Vocabulary worksheet from Monday tonight!

The Quiz is 10 questions in length, worth 1 point each. Six of those questions will be your 6 vocabulary sheet words, as well as an additional 4 we talked about in class.

Here is a full list of words to study:

• Hypothesis
• Conclusion
• Observation
• Inference
• Quantitative
• Qualitative
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Materials
• Procedure

This should be a simple 10 points as long as you take 15-30 minutes to study!

Edit: In class we seemed to not be certain on the Variable definitions, so I wanted to include them on here!

Independent Variable: The variable that is not changed unless you change it as part of your experiment

Dependent Variable: A variable which depends on a changed variable in an experiment

In case you left your sheet at home, here is my copy to study off of:

Completed Vocab

You should be able to define Materials and Procedure on your own, and I can’t give you every answer 🙂

Sep 16th Wednesday, September 16, 2015

I just wanted to give a quick update on where everyone should be in class.

1. Students, at this point, everyone should have been given an “Introduction to Matter” text book. If you have not yet received one you must see me in class.
2. Please work on getting a composition notebook so we can begin making our interactive notebooks for the year. Remember, if getting one is an issue for you, speak to me after class.
3. For the parents, tonight we have our open house beginning around 6:30. You will be following your student’s schedule in a shortened form, in order to meet all their teachers. Please ask your child for a copy of their daily schedule so you know where to go. I hope to see you tonight 🙂

Yesterday we worked together to decide what makes a strong scientific observation, compared to a non-scientific observation.

Here is a copy of the final table I put together. We may add more as the year goes on!

Enjoy your Wednesday!

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Sep 9th Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Today, in class, we briefly went over the syllabus for the year. A hard copy will be sent home with the students tomorrow, but I wanted to post a digital copy of it today! If you have any questions feel free to contact me by email.

-Mr. Bailey

Seventh Grade Science Syllabus

Sep 8th Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

Welcome to a new school year! I was excited to meet all of my new students today, and look forward to learn more about them in the coming weeks. Because I am not only new to them, but new to Dearborn Public Schools in general, I created a quick Power Point presentation that we viewed in class today. The Presentation briefly explains some of my hobbies outside the classroom, as well as introduce topics we will be covering this school year.

If you have time, please take a moment to get to know me!

Welcome To My Classrom