Quarter+1+2013-14

This is all the notes and work from Modules 1-3 of 1st Quarter 2013-14

** MODULE #3 of QUARTER #1: **

 * NOTE: ALL LATE WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 3:30 on FRI 11/8 **

Make-up work: Go to [], click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths. Mythbusters
 * Fri 11/8**


 * Thu 11/7**
 * Late Start Day
 * Make-up day**

See Leslie to schedule a time to make up the test Quarter 1 Test #2 on Introduction to the field of Chemistry
 * Wed 11/6**

Chemistry Jeopardy review game
 * Tue 11/5**

Make-up work: Write 2 questions (and answers) that could be on the Module #3 test Handed back old work Created test questions Review game Presentations?
 * Mon 11/4**

Make-up work: Use the links below to complete chemistry career sheet [] [|http://stats.bls.gov/ooh/Life-Physical-and-Social-Science/Chemists-and-materials-scientists.htm#tab-1] Find out about careers, training, salary, etc. that use chemistry
 * Fri 11/1**

Make-up work: Get packet and complete Another video reviewing mass volume and density Practiced density formula with whiteboards Answered questions and density problems from density article
 * Thu 10/31**

Make-up work: Get data from Leslie and complete table and ordering of liquids Video on mass, volume and density Finding densities of different liquids and using that to make colorful displays
 * Wed 10/30**

Make-up work: Get article on measurement and answer questions Making qualitative and quantitative observations Reading for meanings of new words Measured objects around the room
 * Tue 10/29**

(Make-up if not done) Link for presentation assignment: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MqNY7TwaWBxMPJytV_B0hsSCSi3HoIwy74UXbuo0pHI/edit?usp=sharing Use the ACS timeline for "Past" and "Present" [] and web searches for the latest chemistry news and developments to create slides in the class presentation about Chemistry: Past, Present, and Future. Google "Chemistry news" for "Future" topic
 * Thu 10/24 - Mon 10/28**

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, watched part of a youtube and heard about anime "Full Metal Alchemist"
 * Wed 10/23**

Make-up work: Go to [], click on "Myth Results" and summarize how they tested 3 different myths. Mythbusters on poppy seed drug test
 * Tue 10/22** (Leslie was out sick)

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. []
 * Mon 10/21**

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 Worked on our class word wall
 * Wed 10/16**

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. Made progress on our class word wall / organizer
 * Tue 10/15**

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.
 * Mon 10/14****

** MODULE #2 of QUARTER #1: **
Make-up work: Get a key vocabulary word from Leslie and make a poster for our word wall Worked together on a graphic organizer for our class wall that would help new students catch up and keep it all straight.
 * Fri 10/11**

Make-up work: Answer questions on sheet about matches (in file) How do matches light? Mythbusters! Mini Myth Mayhem
 * Thu 10/10**

Make-up work: Arrange a time with Leslie to make-up the test TEST #1: Matter, Atoms, the Periodic Table
 * Wed 10/9**

Make-up work: Show Leslie a completed notes sheet of your making to use on the test Jeopardy Review game
 * Tue 10/8**

Make-up work: Get Differentiating Vocabulary worksheet (in file) and complete. Review electron orbitals Vocabulary Bingo and Vocabulary differentiating worksheet
 * Mon 10/7**

Make-up work: Go to [] and look & click through to the 4th page then click "Play Now". Print or photograph the screen showing that you have completed the game correctly. Short-hand for electron configuration Electron orbital game [] Vocabulary Pictionary
 * Fri 10/4**

Make-up work: Electron orbital worksheet Look at a model of an atom with raisins for electrons. Revisit the dorm analogy and look at the "shelf" analogy Assign electrons to the proper orbitals based on Z.
 * Thu 10/3**

Make-up work: Dorm room worksheet Video "Meet the Elements" Puzzle of assigning students to dorm rooms following the university rules
 * Wed 10/2**

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.
 * Tue 10/1**

Make-up work: Go to ptable.com and write a description of 3 trends either going sideways or up/down. Finish our own periodic tables Read an article about periodic tables Check out ptable.com and make observations
 * Mon 9/30**

Make-up work: Use one sentence (in your own words) to describe each of the trends listed at the following site: [] Review of mass # and net charge Building our own periodic tables
 * Fri 9/27**



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?
 * Thu 9/26 **



Make-up work: Watch these two youtubes [] and answer questions 3 & 4 on the second page of the class worksheet. * Isotopes and Atomic Mass * Beanium Lab
 * Wed 9/25 **

Make-up work: Watch youtube on histroy of the atom [] and take notes on the different scientists and what they discovered. Practiced with flash cards Mystery Boxes - Indirect Evidence Video presentation on scientists that advanced knowledge of atoms
 * Tue 9/24 **

Make-up work: Watch prezi [] use class notes, & make 6 flash cards on properties of protons, electrons, and neutrons Read text on atoms and their parts Prezi on atoms Made flashcards on parts of atoms
 * Mon 9/23**

MODULE #1 of QUARTER #1:
Make-up work:
 * Thu 9/19 & Fri 9/20 **

Add an example to each page linked below. Be sure to leave your name and date on each page to get credit!
Types of Matter

Phase Change

Physical or Chemical Changes

Late Start Date Review: Phases changes, Types of substances, Physical and Chemical CHanges

Make-up work: Watch 2 study jam videos and use the internet to complete matter graphic organizer Classifying matter
 * Wed 9/18 **

Make-up work: Watch study jam video and complete worksheet - chemical or physical (in file) Physical vs Chemical Changes
 * Tues 9/17 **

Make-up work: Go to http://www.preparatorychemistry.com/KMT_flash.htm and write a description of how solids, liquids, and gases are different from each other. What is chemistry, what is matter, KMT: solid, liquid, gas
 * Mon 9/16 **

Make-up work: Complete all sections of project SEE LESLIE DURING LAB 9/24 & 9/26 Vee Chart project on what affects an alka-seltzer rocket
 * Mon 9/9 - Fri 9/13 **

Make up work: Watch the following 2 youtubes. Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper, along with an example from the video to support your answer. Would the guy in the video agree that science 1) is unchanging? 2) full of assumptions? 3) based on evidence? []  []  Discussed the nature of science
 * Fri 9/6 **

Make-up work: Fill out a "Getting to Know You" sheet
 * Thu 9/5 **
 * Raise your hand
 * Favorites
 * Chemistry introduction article
 * Read over syllabus and think of a question

School Orientation = no class
 * Tue 9/3-Wed 9/4 **