S.O.A.R./HERO
What is another word for accountability?
Responsibility
What is a claim?
Answer to a question in a complete sentence
Supported by evidence
Where does Mr. Surdo live?
Evanston/Chicago
!!DAILY DOUBLE!!
What is a testable question? (You cannot say "a question you can test")
Bonus Points awarded for every answer that defines a testable question
Be about the natural world
Not about feelings, thoughts, or beliefs
Be observed
Not about supernatural
Be measured
Be specific
Give 3 facts about a specific scientist you learned about this week.
Answers will vary
What side of the hallway do you walk on in school?
The right side
Which part of CER explains the "Why?"
Reasoning
What is Mr. Surdo's pet dragon's name?
Drogon
Which kind of questions have "better than" or "worse than" in the question?
Non-testable questions
Which bin do you put your homework in? Use directional terms (like top, bottom, left, right)
Answers will vary based on class period
1st-top left
2nd-top right
4th-bottom left
5th-bottom right
Where is the school store?
In Mrs. Chalmers/Dillo's office
How can you tell something is evidence?
Facts, scientific information, true statements
Which ride did Mr. Surdo go on for the first time at Six Flags this summer?
Superman
"How long is a football field in centimeters?" -testable or non-testable and why?
Testable-can be measured, specific question
What are the titles of the two posters outside the door?
I am/We Are
How will you S.O.A.R. today?
What is another word for Outstanding Attitude?
Positivity/Positive Attitude
If the claim is "Water freezes at 32 degrees", what would be the question the claim is answering?
"What temperature does water freeze at?"
"What freezes at 32 degrees?"
Which teacher did Mr. Surdo work with last year (at another school)?
Mrs. Chalmers
Give an example testable question you had for your paper bridge experiment.
Answers will vary
What do the letters in C.O.A.T.S. stand for?
Caption
Objects
Action
Time
Summary
How many HERO points can you get in one class period?
6
Come up with a CER to this question: "What period do you come to Science?"
C: I/we come to Science ____ period.
E: Schedule, routine, know where to go, etc.
R: Because of E, C is true.
What new thing did Mr. Surdo get last weekend?
New Bed/Mattress
"Can you run faster than a car?"- is this a testable or non-testable question and why?
Non-testable: Opinion because you can run faster than a car if the car is going slow or not moving, but that is not always true because the car can move faster than humans (up to 200 mph).
You can measure it, but the question is not specific enough to give an exact measurement=
non-testable.
What is the time rule about going to the bathroom at the beginning and end of class?
Only can go after first 10 minutes of class, cannot go last 10 minutes of class.