Science is an imaginative adventure of the mind seeking truth in a world of mystery.
Sir Cyril Herman Hinshelwood

Monday, September 30, 2013

Sep 30-Oct 4

Weekly Lesson Plans September 30th - October 4th

Monday- students have a Chapter 3 Vocab Quiz.  Then students will work on their Chapter 3 Study Guide for the rest of the period.  Study Guide is due Thursday.

Tuesday- Students will work on their Boiling Lab in which they will be taking the temperature of water every 5 minutes until the water boils and then they will be graphing their data in a line graph.

Wednesday- BR#13 Predict what will happen to the volume of a balloon left on a sunny window sill.  What gas law predicts this result?   Students are continuting to work on their Lab.  Today they are doing Section 2 Freezing Lab. Students are testing their hypothesis by measuring the temperature of water as it boils and freezes.  Students will graph their boiling and freezing data.  Labs are due tomorrow.

Thursday- Students will trade and grade their Study Guides.  Then they will play the Game show Review to review the Chapter 3 material for the test tomorrow.

Friday- Chapter 3 Test.  There will be extra credit for students to work on when they are done with the test due Monday.

Important Date: October 10th I will be collecting students journals for the first quarter.  Students should have Bellringers #1-16. If a student has been absent they need to get the missing bellringers from a classmate or from the blog.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Sep 23-27

Weekly Lesson Plans September 23th-27th

MondayBR# 9 What makes up matter? What kind of energy does all particles of matter have?  Students will take notes and have a discussion over Chapter 3 S.1 Matter and Energy.  Homework: Students will fill out the matter and energy worksheet and then define the 13 vocab works on the back pg.105

Tuesday-BR#10 Read Plasma on page 82.  Answer question 1 in your journal.  Students will have notes and discussion over Chapter 3 S.2.  Homework: Changes of state, Plasma, and Refrigerants worksheets.

Wednesday- Students will have a shortened class period due to class games.  Students will watch a video reviewing concepts about atoms, molecules, changes of state, and chemical reactions

Thursday- BR #11 Read How do submarines work pg. 95 answer both questions in your journal.  Students will take notes and have discussion over Chapter 3 S.3.  Homework: Submarines, and Swim Bladders.

Friday-BR #12 Read Why do people sweat? pg. 85 and answer question 1 in your journal.  Students will have notes and discussion over Chapter 3 S.4. Homework: Behavior of gasas, Gas Laws, and Dry Ice.

Important Dates Next Week: Monday Vocab Quiz and Students will get their Ch 3 study Guide.  Chapter 3 Test next Friday!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Sep 16-20

Weekly Lesson Plans September 16th-20th

Monday- Students will perform a lab in the Chemistry Lab.  Students will try and use their knowledge about physical properties to seperate a mixture of sand, iron filings, salt, and poppy seeds.  Students will need to write down all of their materials and procedures.

Tuesday-Students will be working in the library on their Can You Seperate a Mixture? lab report.  Lab reports are due to turnitin.com by the end of the period on Friday.  If they are not turned in to turnitin.com they will get a zero.

Wednesday-Students will be working in the library on their Can You Seperate a Mixture? lab report.  Lab reports are due to turnitin.com by the end of the period on Friday.  If they are not turned in to turnitin.com they will get a zero.

Thursday-Students will be working in the library on their Can You Seperate a Mixture? lab report.  Lab reports are due to turnitin.com by the end of the period on Friday.  If they are not turned in to turnitin.com they will get a zero.

Friday-Students will be working in the library on their Can You Seperate a Mixture? lab report.  Lab reports are due to turnitin.com by the end of the period on Friday.  If they are not turned in to turnitin.com they will get a zero.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Sep 9-13

Weekly Lesson Plans September 9th-13th

Monday- Chapter 2 Vocab Quiz. Students will work on their Chapter 2 Study Guide due Wednesday.

Tuesday-Students will be taking the Discovery Test in the Library.

Wednesday- Students will trade and grade their study guide.  Then we will play the Game Show Review.

Thursday- Chapter 2 Test, extra credit puzzle 

FridayHalf Day! Students will do some mini labs about reactivity.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Sept 2-6

Weekly Lesson Plans September 2nd-6th

MondayNo School

TuesdayBR# 6 1. What is matter?  2. How can you classify matter?  Students took a pretest over Chapter 2 about matter.  Students took notes and had a discussion over Chapter 2 Section 1 about Matter.  Homework: Classifying Matter worksheet and Chapter 2 vocab words 13 words pg. 69.

WednesdayBR# 7 Look at Figure 1 on page 51, How many physical properties can you describe for the 3 objects in Figure 1? Students took notes and had a discussion over Chapter 2 S.2 about Physical and Chemical Properties.  Homework: Properties of Matter worksheet (both sides) and Interpreting Bar Graphs and Pie Charts worksheet.

ThursdayBR# 8 Read " Aerogel" on pg. 53. Answer Questions 1 and 2 in your journal.  I will show students two clips about Aerogel so they can see some of its physical and chemical properties.  Students will take notes and have discussion over Chapter 2 S.3 about Physical and Chemical Changes.  Homework: Materials to use for a Bicycle worksheet and the Concept Review over Classifying Matter.

Friday- Density Lab