TTO1 - Chapter 1 - page 1, 2, 3

• Science
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

What you will learn in science in period 1

Go to Magister.

Open study planner.

Download pdf.

Which words did you look up and
put in your PIF (Personal Idiom File)?

What to do if you don't know a word?

• Ask someone (parent, sibling, teacher, classmate)
• Look in a dictionary (paper, online www.webster.com, smart phone dictionary.com [no internet needed]), http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
• Google Translate: NOT good for full sentences
• Google Images (especially for nouns)
• Retrieve meaning from the context. 
  

3 categories of questions:

1.    Literal questions of which the answer can be found in the text. Marked with a triagle. (Knowing/Weten)
2.    Open questions (Doing/Doen or Understanding/Snappen)
3.    Try to find out-questions.
Learning how to search on internet.

Q1. Name your five senses. (Knowing)

Your five senses are

Tongue  Eyes  Skin  Nose                Ears

Q2. Why do scientists use measuring instruments whenever they can? (Understanding)

1. Objective
2. You can't trust your senses.
3. Exact / precise
4. None of the above

3 categories of questions:

1.    Literal questions of which the answer can be found in the text. Marked with a triagle. (Knowing/Weten)
2.    Open questions (Doing/Doen or Understanding/Snappen)
3.    Try to find out-questions.
Learning how to search on internet.

Now continue answering questions 1-7 on page 3.

Also do questions 1, 2, 3 in your notebook.

Take a picture of your homework and upload it into this question.

Q3. What could you measure using a ... (Doing)

Quantities

Measuring Instruments

Time

Length

Volume of a liquid

Temperature

Mass

a) Stopwatch

b) Thermometer

c) Measuring cylinder

cm​3​​

Q4. Which units are used to measure which quantities?

volume (V)

mass (m)

length (l)

kg

milliliter (mL)

g

metre (m)

mm

liter (L)

cubic centimetre

cm

Q5. measuring
instruments
@ home

Q6. What does the word opposite mean?

1. on the other side (of the road)
2. the negative
3. next to
4. all of the answers

Q7. Which keywords did you use to look up the answer?

Study skill - making a table of information

1. Make a table with 4 columns with the following headings

Quantity || Metric unit || Measuring instrument || Imperial unit

2. Below your headings you make 5 row for the following quantities:

time (t)

length (l)

volume (V)

temperature (T)

mass (m)

3. Now complete the table with the rest of the information

Study skill - making a table of information (2)

4. Optionally - you can add 

Standard Units (SI units)

5. Optionally - you can add metric units

Imperial units = Metric units

1 ounce = 28 g

1 pound = (453 g) = +/- 450 g

1 stone = 6,35 kg

1 cup = 200-284 mL

1 pint = +/- 500 mL (depends US or UK, fluid or dry)

1 gallon = 3.8 L

1 inch = 2.54 cm

1 foot = +/- 30 cm = 12 inches

1 yard = (0.9144 m) = +/- 1 m = 3 feet

1 mile = 1,6 km

Study these for next lesson