Technology in Science...

It didn't matter that it was Friday the 13th in Science since we got to try out the new

STUDENT LAPTOPS!

Below is a very fuzzy jing picture about them. Sorry about that-Blogger won't let me make it any bigger.





Before playing with the laptops we were put into groups:
Group T-Viktor, Erik, Antonia and Fabi
Group S-Reza, Cip, Emilie and Noam
Group D-Bryce, Vance, Iva and Gio
Group R-Laura, Alix, James and Kat

Then we each went onto our Gmail accounts and accepted the invitation from Ms.D to be part of a Google Doc.
Each group had to write a definition for the following terms: Motion, Reference Point, Speed, Average Speed, Instantaneous Speed, Velocity, and Slope.
For homework, we each had to write other notes from the chapter.
Here's the link to the document: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AaRpn_hKWFmNZGhrZnFxZ3JfMWZmZ2Rrc3Rj&hl=en&pli=1

Answers to Wednesday's homework:

IV: 1. Time=5 seconds
2. Distance=5 meters
DV: 1. Distance in 5 seconds at normal, fast and slow pace
2. Time to walk 5 meters at normal, fast and slow pace
CV: testers, meter sticks, time-keeping people, stopwatch/timer, hallway, measuring at the
heel, same starting line
UV: walking in a straight line, not consistent speed, time-keeper, misreading meter stick, people
in the way, unable to stop,
IV stand for Independent Variable, DV stands for Dependent Variable, CV for Controlled Variable and UV, for, yes, you guessed it, Uncontrolled Variable. A UV is basically an error while a CV is something you try to keep the same.
Answer to the question:
"What could we learn if we could see every one's data?"
We could learn: that no one has the same data, who can walk the farthest, least far, fastest, slowest, average of all the data of 7th grade, distance and speed ratios for all the 7th graders.

THE NEXT SCRIBE IS GOING TO BE.......
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REZA!