Day Thirty Six Overview
- finished watching the video on the greatest discoveries in chemistry
Greatest Discoveries in Chemistry
- challenged the students to make a list of all the elements that they could think of
- the students were allowed to work in groups of three on this activity
- the ticket out the door for the day was for the students to write a paragraph with at least 5 sentences that answered the following questions
- what was the most important discovery that you saw?
- what makes it important?
- what makes it more important than all the others?
- how do we feel the effects of this discovery presently in our day to day lives?
- the students were also given an extra credit crossword puzzle to complete if they finished all of their other work
Science News
Harnessing Photons From the Sun for Electricity
Homework
- make up any late work (check the missing work board and get your name off of it!!!!)
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Day Thirty Five Overview
Day Thirty Five Overview
- students took a test on the properties of matter, phases of matter, and phase changes
- after the test the students started watching a video on the greatest discoveries in the history of chemistry
Greatest Discoveries in Chemistry
Homework
- eat a TON of Turkey!!!
- students took a test on the properties of matter, phases of matter, and phase changes
- after the test the students started watching a video on the greatest discoveries in the history of chemistry
Greatest Discoveries in Chemistry
Homework
- eat a TON of Turkey!!!
Day Thirty Four overview
Day Thirty Four Overview
- reviewed for upcoming test with a day of jeopardy
- the winning teams were given bonus points on their upcoming test
Homework
- study for test
- reviewed for upcoming test with a day of jeopardy
- the winning teams were given bonus points on their upcoming test
Homework
- study for test
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Day Thirty Three Overview
Day Thirty Three Overview
- used most of class for students to finish up work on their Inspiration documents
- students were reminded that a test is coming up soon and this Inspiration activity is valuable review time
Homework
- complete review sheet (will be checked next class)
Test Review Sheet
- finish up e-learning activity (11/16 Red and Blue 11/20 Orange and Green)
Science News
Computer Memory Could Increase Five Fold
- used most of class for students to finish up work on their Inspiration documents
- students were reminded that a test is coming up soon and this Inspiration activity is valuable review time
Homework
- complete review sheet (will be checked next class)
Test Review Sheet
- finish up e-learning activity (11/16 Red and Blue 11/20 Orange and Green)
Science News
Computer Memory Could Increase Five Fold
Day Thirty Two Overview
Day Thirty Two Overview
- we began class by taking a quiz on the phase change diagram
- the quiz involved labeling the diagram but mostly interpreting and understanding the diagram
- after the quiz I introduced the next activity, making a Inspiration document by using all of the vocabulary that we have learned in this matter unit
- Inspiration is a mapping program that allows the user to make sense of a great deal of information by turning it into a concept map, complete with pictures, links, and sounds
- a completed Inspiration document could even be used for studying, or to give a presentation
- the students were given a set of words and tasked with completing a Inspiration document by using all of those words, along with a few others
- this document along with notes and a study guide is what the students will use to study for their exam
Inspiration Activity Instructions
- we began class by taking a quiz on the phase change diagram
- the quiz involved labeling the diagram but mostly interpreting and understanding the diagram
- after the quiz I introduced the next activity, making a Inspiration document by using all of the vocabulary that we have learned in this matter unit
- Inspiration is a mapping program that allows the user to make sense of a great deal of information by turning it into a concept map, complete with pictures, links, and sounds
- a completed Inspiration document could even be used for studying, or to give a presentation
- the students were given a set of words and tasked with completing a Inspiration document by using all of those words, along with a few others
- this document along with notes and a study guide is what the students will use to study for their exam
Inspiration Activity Instructions
Homework
- finish e-learning activity by due date (11/16 Red and Blue 11/20 Orange and Green)
- start to study for test
Science News
Day Thirty One Overview
Day Thirty One Overview
- students began class by finishing up work on their e-learning activity for the phases of matter
- they were allowed approximately 40 minutes of class work time on this activity
- after the activity we took some notes on the phase change diagram that graphically links the concepts that the students learned about during phase changes
- the students were told that there would be a quiz on this material the next class so they should not only know how to label the diagram, but how to interpret and understand it
- we emphasized that during phase changes, the temperature of the material does not change
Homework
- continue work on your pet ice cube story
- study for your phase change diagram quiz
Science News
Nanoscale Device Makes Light Travel Infinitely Fast
- students began class by finishing up work on their e-learning activity for the phases of matter
- they were allowed approximately 40 minutes of class work time on this activity
- after the activity we took some notes on the phase change diagram that graphically links the concepts that the students learned about during phase changes
- the students were told that there would be a quiz on this material the next class so they should not only know how to label the diagram, but how to interpret and understand it
- we emphasized that during phase changes, the temperature of the material does not change
Homework
- continue work on your pet ice cube story
- study for your phase change diagram quiz
Science News
Nanoscale Device Makes Light Travel Infinitely Fast
Day Thirty Overview
Day Thirty Overview
- began class by taking notes on phases changes
- melting, freezing, boiling / evaporation, condensation, and sublimation too
- we learned two new vocabulary words ... endothermic and exothermic
- in exothermic processes energy exits
- in endothermic processes energy is added
- with the second half of class we began work on a phase change e-learning activity that made use of the gizmo software at explore e-learning
- students worked for the rest of class on the online activity
Phase Changes E-Learning
Homework
- online activity will be due Friday (11/16) for Red and Blue classes and Tuesday (11/20) for Orange and Green classes
- write a one page story about your "pet ice cube" be sure to include the words solid, liquid, gas, plasma, melting, freezing, boiling, and condensation in your story
- extra points for including sublimation
Science News
A Wet Way to Better Burning
- began class by taking notes on phases changes
- melting, freezing, boiling / evaporation, condensation, and sublimation too
- we learned two new vocabulary words ... endothermic and exothermic
- in exothermic processes energy exits
- in endothermic processes energy is added
- with the second half of class we began work on a phase change e-learning activity that made use of the gizmo software at explore e-learning
- students worked for the rest of class on the online activity
Phase Changes E-Learning
Homework
- online activity will be due Friday (11/16) for Red and Blue classes and Tuesday (11/20) for Orange and Green classes
- write a one page story about your "pet ice cube" be sure to include the words solid, liquid, gas, plasma, melting, freezing, boiling, and condensation in your story
- extra points for including sublimation
Science News
A Wet Way to Better Burning
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Day Twenty Nine Overview
Day Twenty Nine Overview
- began class by watching some videos that showed applications of OObleck in media
- OObleck on a car speak, OObleck on the Ellen show, and OObleck on Mythbusters
- told the students that by experimenting with the OObleck and watching the Bill Nye video students in the class that our visual and tactile learners would be better able to grasp the material
- we then began to take notes on the states of matter ... solid, liquid, gas, and plasma
- we watched a short video clip on the applications of plasma
Plasma: The Fourth State of Matter
Homework
- states of matter crossword (due next class)
Science News
Curiosity Finds Methane on Mars
- began class by watching some videos that showed applications of OObleck in media
- OObleck on a car speak, OObleck on the Ellen show, and OObleck on Mythbusters
- told the students that by experimenting with the OObleck and watching the Bill Nye video students in the class that our visual and tactile learners would be better able to grasp the material
- we then began to take notes on the states of matter ... solid, liquid, gas, and plasma
- we watched a short video clip on the applications of plasma
Plasma: The Fourth State of Matter
Homework
- states of matter crossword (due next class)
Science News
Curiosity Finds Methane on Mars
Friday, November 2, 2012
Day Twenty Eight Overview
Day Twenty Eight Overview
- completed a warm-up worksheet to help understand where everyone is in understanding the properties of matter
Identifying Physical and Chemical Changes
- also helped to get everyones brain on track before the quiz
- took a quiz on the properties of matter
- the quiz mostly dealt with applying vocabulary
- watched a Bill Nye video that dealt with the phases of matter
- this video and the previous day's OObleck activity will serve as a solid introduction to the next mini unit, the phases of matter
Homework
- work on being more awesome than you already are! this may be hard for some of you!
Science News
The Sharp Shape of Frozen Water
- completed a warm-up worksheet to help understand where everyone is in understanding the properties of matter
Identifying Physical and Chemical Changes
- also helped to get everyones brain on track before the quiz
- took a quiz on the properties of matter
- the quiz mostly dealt with applying vocabulary
- watched a Bill Nye video that dealt with the phases of matter
- this video and the previous day's OObleck activity will serve as a solid introduction to the next mini unit, the phases of matter
Homework
- work on being more awesome than you already are! this may be hard for some of you!
Science News
The Sharp Shape of Frozen Water
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