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Friday, September 18 th Science. Warm-Up - Clear your desks except for what you’ll need: Something to write with Paper for notes Density homework from yesterday Agenda Housekeeping Note exchange Turn in Density practice Notes on graphing Lab “A Sweet Investigation”
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Friday, September 18thScience • Warm-Up - Clear your desks except for what you’ll need: • Something to write with • Paper for notes • Density homework from yesterday • Agenda • Housekeeping • Note exchange • Turn in Density practice • Notes on graphing • Lab “A Sweet Investigation” HW – Finish lab if not finished in class Poster and presentation due on September 21st Lab safety exam series on September 24/25 Optional lab equipment practice sheet
Parts of a Graph • X-Axis: A horizontal line. • Y-Axis: A vertical line. • Title: A name for the graph and shows what information should be found on the axis. • Axis Labels: Tells what information should be found on the axis. • Unit: Tells the reader how the information is being measured. • Key: Used to identify information in the graph.
Title Units Key Axis Labels
Line Graph Title Axis Label Units
Quantitative Data* information that is expressed numerically. * Most quantitative data has been measured using units like distance (m), mass (g), temperature (ºC), etc…
Qualitative Data* information given in a descriptive manner * uses words that tell the reader what they observed.* i.e. – may tell how something looks or changes its looks in an experiment – think senses!