Reminder: Don't forget your Ropes Course $ and Permission Slip
Thursday
Friday
Tower Challenge Field Trip
Week of 9/14 - 9/18
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Lab Safety Contract Due Wednesday
Tuesday
"What is Science" Worksheet Due Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Study for Lab Safety Quiz on Friday
Friday
Lab Safety Quiz
Week of 9/21 - 9/25
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Objective vs. Subjective Observations. Lab Equipment Worksheet
Study for lab Safety Quiz Re-Take if it applies.
Tuesday
Intro to Bunsen Burner Lab
No HW
Wednesday
Finish Bunsen Burner Lab
"Think Like a Scientist" Worksheet (3 Scoop Answers and Talk to the Text). Due Thursday
Thursday
Intro to Lab Report Writing (Note Sheet on Moodle)
No HW
Friday
Finish Lab Report Notes, Practice the Scientific Method
Practicing the Scientific Method Worksheet. Due Monday
Week of 9/28 - 9/30
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Correct Weekend HW, Practice Inferences
HW: None
Tuesday
Practice with Procedure Writing. Background Information for Flight Test.
HW: None
Wednesday
Intro to Flight Test
HW: Complete Lab sheet up to Procedure section.
Thursday
Friday
Month of October
Week of 10/1 - 10/2
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Roto-Copter Flight Test
HW: Complete Graph (bar) and Complete 4 paragraph Conclusion Statement.
Friday
Computer time to work on Formal Lab Report for Flight Test.
HW: Finish Roto-Copter Lab Report. Must be typed. Use the lab report template on Moodle. Due Monday.
Week of 10/5- 10/9
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Turn in Roto-Copter Lab. Notes on Graphing, Graphing Activity, "Shake it Up" Lab. "C" person turns in lab.
HW: 1st Page of Graphing Packet. Due Tuesday. Quiz on Wednesday (Scientific Method, Lab Equipment, Graphing)
Tuesday
Review Graphing Packet, Quiz Review.
HW: Study for Quiz
Wednesday
Quiz: Scientific Method, Lab Equipment, Graphing Intro to Metrics
HW: Metric Mania Conversion Challenge Worksheet. Due Thursday
Thursday
Intro to Metrics, Factor-Label Method
HW: Factor-Label Worksheet. Answers to odd questions on Moodle. Due Friday
Friday
Review of Conversions and Factor-Label Method. Class time to work on HW wrkst.
HW: Conversion Worksheet HW, Due Monday. Graded Assignment.Work sheet can be downloaded from Moodle.
Week of 10/12 - 10/16
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Correct Conversion HW. Mythbusters- "The Myth of the Ping Pong Rescue"
HW: None
Tuesday
Intro to Significant Figures
HW: Finish the Significant Figure Calculations (12 problems). Due Wednesday. Answers to problems can be found on Moodle.
Wednesday
Metric Mania Lab. "D" Person turns in Lab Activity Sheet.
HW: Read the story of "Archimedes and the Crown" and Talk To The Text (TTTT) Due Thursday. Does not apply to Section One.
Thursday
Finish Metric Mania Lab. Discuss the story of "Archimedes and the Crown" and do a lab activity about Water Displacement. "C" Person turns in the lab sheet.
HW: Students will be brainstorming ideas about how to put a Consumer Product to the test. They will need to come in on Monday with 4 different ad claims made by companies that claim their product can do something that no other product does. We will then design an experiment to test those claims.
Friday
NO SCHOOL
Week of 10/19 - 10/23
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Review Sig Figs. Intro to Consumer Product Test
HW: Start bringing in supplies for your Consumer Product Test.
Tuesday
Consumer Product Test Work Day
HW: Make sure you have your supplies for your experiment.
Wednesday
Run your Experiment for Consumer Product test.
HW: Work on Presentation
Thursday
Consumer Product Test Work Day in the Library. Quiz Review: Measurements, Factor-Label Conversion and Sig Figs.
HW: Work on Presentation
Friday
Finish Working on Consumer Product Test. First two groups will present today.
HW: Prepare for Consumer Product Test Presentations. Study for Quiz on Tuesday. Quiz Review Sheet due on Monday (Answer Key on Moodle)
Week of 10/26 - 10/30
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Consumer Product Test Presentations. Quiz Review Sheet Due.
HW: Study for Quiz
Tuesday
Quiz: Measurements, Factor-Label Conversion and Sig Figs.
HW: None
Wednesday
Wrap up first unit, clean out binders, "Powers of Ten" video
HW: None
Thursday
Intro to Chemistry
HW: None
Friday
The Chemistry of Slime: Examining Polymers
HW: Have a safe and spoooooooky weekend.
Month of November
Week of 11/2 - 11/6
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Review Polymers, Vocab Share Out, Vocab Sheet #1
HW: Finish Vocab Sheet #1
Tuesday
New Lab Groups, Inquiry of Matter Lab
HW:
Wednesday
Finish Inquiry of Matter Lab. Group Discussion on Matter.
HW:
Thursday
The History of the Atom, Island of Stability Video, Read Aloud Activity- pp.50-54 Chem Textbook.
HW: Read the Rutherford Pre-Lab Worksheet. T.T.T.T using the Think Aloud Checklist.
Friday
The History of the Atom. The "Rutherford Experiment" Lab Activity.
HW:
Week of 11/9 - 11/13
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Finish the "Rutherford Lab" activity, Write Group Conclusion Statement. Intro to the Periodic Table of Elements.
HW: Bohr Model Worksheet.
Tuesday
Atomic Start-UP, Check and Review HW, Read pp. 55-57, Take Notes and answer #1-4 on p. 57.
HW:Section Review #1-4, p.57
Wednesday
Sodium + Water = Boom Start-Up, Review HW, Periodic Table of Elements Lab Activity
HW:None
Thursday
Finish Periodic Table of Elements Activity
HW:Start Studying for Quiz, Quiz Review Wrksht. Due Mon.
Friday
Quiz Review.
HW: Study for Quiz, Finish Quiz Review Wrksht.
Week of 11/16 - 11/20
Day
Today
Homework
Monday
Intro to Bonds: Ionic vs. Covalent
HW: Practice Bonding Examples
Tuesday
Review Ionic and Covalent Bonds
HW: More Practice with Bonding Worksheet. * Leonid Meteor Shower Tonight at 11PM
Wednesday
Practicing Ionic and Covalent Bonds
HW: Reading about Ionic and Covalent Bonds and Completing the Reading Guide. Both can be downloaded from Moodle.
