Category: Science

Creating Graphs w/ Google Docs
Sep 16

Creating Graphs w/ Google Docs

In the field of science observations are crucial….and we have been practicing our observation skills of late. For the past two weeks my science students have been practicing making graphs/charts and interpreting their meaning. The assignment, students were given six sets of data, and questions, and asked to record each set in a spreadsheet using…

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Graphing Practice
Sep 15

Graphing Practice

View more documents from jkmcclung. Students, for the rest of the week we will be practicing graphing data. Thursday in class, we will be using Google Docs to graph the data under section “A” listed above. I will demonstrate for you how to use a Google Graph to accomplish this task and we will work…

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Solubility Data
Sep 1

Solubility Data

Solubility View more documents from jkmcclung. Class, above is a spreadsheet that includes all the data from everyone’s lab from yesterday. Today we will use a website called ChartGo to make line charts that include our data from yesterday. Please follow the link below to access ChartGo. http://www.chartgo.com/ Mr. McClung

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Solubility Lab
Aug 31

Solubility Lab

We continued our class discussion today about solubility by holding our first class lab of the school year. Throughout the day my science classes tested the solubility of of several different substances. Pictured above are the materials that we used in our lab: burner, stand, timer, two beakers, thermometer, stirring and dropper. The materials that…

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Placebo Effect
Aug 26

Placebo Effect

Today in class we held a discussion about the placebo effect. A placebo is often referred to as a sham medical intervention. This effect can also affect the results of scientific experiments as well. Today we discussed how the placebo effect can change the outcome of data. Above is a short video that features an…

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Control and Variables
Aug 25

Control and Variables

Controls And Variables View more presentations from jkmcclung. As the school year continues on, and we begin to prepare for first class lab, today we continued our nature of science discussion by talking about controls and variables. Students used results from their mini-lab yesterday to label what controls and variables were present in their lab…

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