Quarter+1+2015-16

Abbreviations
IAN = Interactive Notebook RHS = Right-hand side (odd # pages in IAN) LHS = Left-hand side (even # pages in IAN)

Last chance for make-up work or Mythbusters replacement assignment
 * Fri 11/6**

Make-up quiz day Watched exploding toilet Mythbusters for a replacement assignment
 * Thu 11/5**

Complete quiz Make-up time
 * Wed 11/4**

//Make-up: N/A// Jeopardy review for Quiz on Branches of Chemistry and Measurements
 * Tue 11/3**

//__Make-up:__ Get a density worksheet with data in it, complete the calculations, and answer the questions on the back// Definition of density Creating density columns in class after calculating the densities of different liquids
 * Mon 11/2**

// __Make-up:__ Read measurement article, answer questions, measure objects around the room // Article on measurement Measuring items around the room
 * Fri 10/30 **

Make-up work: Get article on Alchemy and answer the questions. Alchemists were a secretive group of searchers looking for ways to make gold and grant immortality. Read an article, looked for unfamiliar words, answered questions
 * Thu 10/29 **

Make-up work: Get Nature Resets Body Clock article and answer questions Application of biochemistry: Previewed text, coded text for main ideas, answered comprehension questions
 * Wed 10/28 **

Make-up work: Get Branches of Chemistry packet and complete #2 of assignment Used the internet to find contributions made to each branch of chemistry.
 * Tue 10/27**

Mon 10/26 - Inservice day, no students

Make-up work: Get Branches of Chemistry packet and complete #1 of assignment Coded text for words with definitions TPS on part about guitatrs Read an article on the different branches of chemistry and what they are. Next step is finding contributions made to each branch.
 * Fri 10/23**

Make-up work: Get lab safety questions and watch youtube movie to answer them What could be dangerous about our chemistry lab? We watched this video together to take note of safety procedures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxyDImUYo14
 * Thu 10/22**



Make-up work: complete Periodic Table color coding based on posters and add an observation about each group (IAN RHS) Meet the Elements - examples of compounds and elements (IAN LHS) Finish posters Color code our table based on the posters Note something interesting about each group
 * Tue 10/20 - Wed 10/21**

Make-up work: Get Web quest questions from the file and get an assignment from Leslie of which group to research at ptable.com Pick a section of the periodic table and research it. (IAN LHS) Make a colorful poster on your group to share with the class.
 * Mon 10/19**

Test: Matter, atoms, and the periodic table
 * Wed 10/14**

Jeopardy: Matter, atoms, and the periodic table
 * Tue 10/13**

(**Mon 10/12** - Power Out, School canceled)

//__Make-up:__ Go to ptable,com and note 3 things you can click on / change; 2 facts about an element of your choice;// //1 thing you still wonder about the periodic table.// Read an article and answered question on the periodic table Explored ptable.com
 * Fri 10/9**

Make-up work: Use one sentence (in your own words) to describe each of the trends listed at the following site: [] Arranging elements and finding patterns
 * Thu 10/8**

//__Make-up :__ Watch[| this] video, and then draw your own atom and tell its atomic number, atomic mass, and net charge (don't use one of the video's or my examples)// Updated our notebook, added rules of atom building. Used whiteboards and magnet board to practice.
 * Wed 10/7**

Make-up work: Get the Atom Builder sheet below (or from file) and complete the online PhET simulator activity. You need a computer that runs Java script, most smartphones will not. Building an Atom in a simulator: What are the rules: What determines the kind of atom? What determines ionization? What do the parts of the Symbol mean?
 * Tue 10/6**

Make-up work: Watch these 2 youtubes [] [] and answer questions 3 & 4 on the second page of the class worksheet. * Isotopes and Atomic Mass * Beanium Lab
 * Mon 10/5**


 * Fri 10/2**

Add an example to each page linked below. Be sure to leave your name and date on each page to get credit!
Phase Changes Physical or Chemical change? Types of Matter

(See make-up for 9/30) Reviewed types of Matter Kahoot.it on Types of Matter and Parts of Atom Finished Video on Scientists making discoveries about the atom = Daily 3
 * Thu 10/1**

// __Make-up:__ Watch a [|video] and take notes on what the scientists did and what they found out // Learned about how scientists gradually figured out more and more about atoms [[|ted ed on search for atoms]] Mystery Boxes Finished pictures of atoms and thought about the problems with trying to draw atoms
 * Wed 9/30**

// __Make-up:__ use article, [|video] and smartboard notes to make flash cards on the parts of an atom // Read an article about atoms (IAN RHS) Watched Bill Nye clip Made flashcards and practiced Drew diagrams and labeled parts of the atom (IAN LHS)
 * Tue 9/29**

Make-up: Watch the [|video] and take notes on what's different about the different states of matter (liquid, gas, solid), can also use [|this] video Brainpop video on states of matter Notes on graphic organizer: IAN RHS Looked at animation of kinetic molecular theory on different states Whiteboard practice: if atoms were like people IAN LHS: Drew a picture representing solid, liquid, and gas
 * Mon 9/28**

// __Make-up:__ Watch [|this] and [|this] video. For each, take notes on the important vocabulary words. Then find your own example of a heterogeneous mixture, a homogeneous mixture, a compound, and an element. // Tried organizing cards Watched studyjam video on mixtures and rearranged half the cards Watched studyjam video on elements and compounds and arranged other half Copied cards into notebook IAN RHS Came up with our own examples, and picked a clock activity IAN LHS
 * Fri 9/25**

Thu 9/24 - Staff Development = No School

// __Make-up:__ watch[| video]and complete physical / chemical worksheet (in file) // Demo - tearing and burning paper Studyjam video on chemical and physical changes Worksheet notes and practice IAN RHS Philosophical Chairs debate on hardest ones Why we changed our minds about some IAN LHS
 * Wed 9/23**

// __Make-up:__ Read Nature of Science packet (in file) and answer 3 questions at the end // Group sorted cards into science IS and IS NOT Talked about which were hard or easy to decide Watched youtube video to decide for sure where things should be
 * Tue 9/22**

//__Make-up work:__ Get and RHR grid (in file) and find ones you think are important as well as ones you're not sure about.// Introduce Daily 3 Leslie's RHR classroom grid Answers to "Interview the Teacher"
 * Mon 9/21**

See Leslie during Advisory time to find out how to make it up... Vee Chart Project
 * Mon 9/14 - Fri 9/18**

// Make-up: Complete "Get to Know You" sheet; IAN - RHS "Chemistry is Everywhere" article, LHS 3 ways the article connects to your life //
 * Fri 9/11**
 * Raise your hand
 * Favorites
 * Read over syllabus and think of a question
 * Chemistry introduction article
 * Setting up our Interactive Notebooks (IAN)

MAP testing 5th and 6th hour 7th hour did [|kitchen chemistry]
 * Thu 9/10 **

Orientation - no class
 * Tue 9/8 & Wed 9/9 **