Quarter+1+2014-15

Quarter #1: Matter, Atoms, Periodic Table, Branches of Chemistry
Mythbusters / Make-up day
 * Fri 11/7**


 * Thu 11/6** - Late start day / Career Fair

Test on Electron Orbitals, Branches of Chemistry, Measuring and density
 * Wed 11/5**

Jeopardy Review Make your note sheet
 * Tue 11/4**

Brainpop density video Measuring densities of different liquids Making density columns
 * Mon 11/3**

Looking at our Measurement results LHS observations Studyjam video on density Updating our notebooks, make-up work
 * Fri 10/31** - 7th hour RHR celebration

Article on measurement Measuring items around the room
 * Thu 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
 * Wed 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
 * Tue 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.
 * Mon 10/27**

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 10/24**

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. Electron orbital game [] Short-hand for electron configuration on worksheet for Z>18
 * Thu 10/23**

Make-up: Electron Orbital worksheet (continued) Discuss the "shelf" analogy and take notes Finish assigning electrons based on Z Begin to look at periodic table short hand
 * Wed 10/22**

Make-up work: Finish Dorm worksheet, start Electron orbital worksheet Revised the dorm analogy Assign electrons to the proper orbitals based on Z.
 * Tue 10/21**

Make-up work: Dorm room worksheet Video "Meet the Elements" - Quick write Puzzle of assigning students to dorm rooms following the university rules Finish up periodic table notes
 * Mon 10/20**


 * Thu 10/16 - Fri 10/17 ** : MEA weekend = NO SCHOOL!

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. []
 * Wed 10/15**

Make-up work: complete Periodic Table color coding based on posters and add an observation about each group (IAN RHS) Finish Mythbusters mini-myth mayhem Finish posters Color code our table based on the posters
 * Tue 10/14**

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 10/13**

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

Q1 Test #1 - Matter, Atoms, and the Periodic Table
 * Thu 10/9**

Jeopardy review on Matter, Atoms, and the periodic table
 * Wed 10/8**

Created review questions for board game and played
 * Tue 10/7**

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
 * Mon 10/6**

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
 * Fri 10/3**

Updated our notebook, added rules of atom building. Used whiteboards and magnet board to practice.
 * Thu 10/2**

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?
 * Wed 10/1**

//__Make-up work:__ Get the Vocabulary Assessment worksheet (from file) and use your notebook to help you complete sentences connecting the words.//
 * Tue 9/30**
 * Vocab BINGO
 * Practice writing sentences for the "stop sign" worksheet

Make-up work: Watch these 2 youtubes [] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULRsJYhQmlo and answer questions 3 & 4 on the second page of the class worksheet. * Isotopes and Atomic Mass * Beanium Lab
 * Mon 9/29**

//__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]] Vocab BINGO
 * Fri 9/26**

//__Make-up:__ Watch this [|video] and make a list of all the problems with trying to draw a picture of an atom// Watched video about problems with pictures of atoms (Nova Science Now), added list of issues to LHS diagram Mystery Boxes (IAN LHS)
 * Thu 9/25**

//__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)
 * Wed 9/24**

__//Make-up://__
 * Tue 9/23**

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

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 9/22**

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 9/19**

Did make-up work on projects, watched Mythbusters - Breakstep Bridge
 * Thu 9/18** -- Late Start Day

//__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 9/17**

//__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 Notes - IAN RHS Reaction Board: I learned, was surprised by, wonder... IAN LHS
 * Tue 9/16**

Leslie's RHR classroom grid Answers to "Interview the Teacher"
 * Thu 9/11**

Alka-Seltzer rocket project How does [...] affect [...] for an Alka-Seltzer rocket? Results communicated in a Vee Chart.
 * Tue 9/9 - Mon 9/15**

// Make-up: Complete "Get to Know You" sheet; IAN - RHS "Chemistry is Everywhere" article, LHS 3 ways the article connects to your life //
 * Fri 9/5**
 * 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 9/4**

Orientation - no class
 * Tue 9/2 & Wed 9/3**