1. Warm-Up, 08.31.2009 A friend of yours frequently misses the bus to school in the morning. Use the scientific method to address this problem.

2. Announcements From now on, write out all warm-up and wrap-up questions! No more tardies… I’m locking the door starting tomorrow! Period 3 is in the dog house this week.

3. Today’s Objectives SWBAT: Understand the units of measurement used by scientists. Have a grasp of conversion from standard to metric units. Be able to read and understand graphs and charts.

4. Review Day Puppy review day

5. Metric Review 1 u = 100 centi = 1,000 milli 1 kilo = 1,000 u = 100,000 centi = 1,000,000 milli Deci, hecta, deka are rarely, if ever, used. Learn Mili, Centi, and Kilo and you will become the champ.

9. Example 2 4,562cm = _____ km

10. Example 3 100 cm = _____ m

11. Example 4 2ml = ____ kl

12. Example 5 600cm = ____ m

13. Example 6 100 m = ___cm

14. Example 7 1,000,000 cm = _____ km

15. Example 8 1,000km = _____ m

16. Example 9 3.45 m = _____ cm

17. Jeopardy! 6 Teams, 6 clickers. Winning team gets 5pts on the test. This is for a participation grade. Don’t participate = get a 0. If I am missing a clicker, a clicker is broken, or you aren’t using the clicker properly, you won’t use them for the rest of the year.

18. Wrap-Up Do you like reading? Why or why not? When you see somebody reading a book in public, what do you think about that person? What did we learn today? What is due next class?