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September 2023

Agenda

By Chemistry In The Earth System
  • Submit Flame test lab
  • Flame test lab quiz
  • PTE iPad activity; due today
  • Atom quiz on Wednesday; know the Rutherford experiment, properties of the subatomic particles, how atomic masses and mass numbers are calculated for an atom or an isotope, the properties of an electron in a ground or excited state

Agenda

By Chemistry In The Earth System
  • Flame test lab debrief; due tomorrow
  • Post lab quiz tomorrow; know: class of compound that is producing the colors and whether is a cation or anion, the difference between the ground and excited state, the two pieces of evidence we used to identify the unknown
  • Revisit Investigative Phenomenon: What causes the colors in a fireworks display? How would you adapt your original model?
  • Investigative phenomena: Why are elements in pure form so rare?
  • Do CCC (1) and SEP (2) page 131; discuss
  • Think Pair Share: What are examples of metals that have properties unlike other metals?
  • Discuss: how is the Periodic Table of the Elements (PTE) organized?
  • Read 131-136
  • Do SEP (4) page 134, SEP (5) page 135, and SEP (6) page 136

Agenda

By AP Biology
  • Organelle assignment due tomorrow; assignment must be typed and ready for submission (hard copy only)
  • Review Unit 1 FRQ
  • Begin Microscope lab: Day 1

Agenda

By Chemistry In The Earth System
  • Warm-up: write the notation for Calcium and the hyphen notation for the isotope of oxygen with 7 neutrons
  • Complete notes on Atomic Mass
  • Review: Calculating Atomic Mass (page 107)
  • Do Explore Bohr Model Patterns w.s.; due Wednesday
  • Do SEP (15) page 111 and CCC (16) page 113; due tomorrow

Agenda

By AP Biology
  • Test Tomorrow: know your water molecules, properties of organic compounds, macromolecules and enzymes!
  • Tutoring today after school (3:35-4:35)
  • Begin Chapter 4 summary
  • Organelle w.s.: write the functions of each organelle using the template provided; final submission must be typed; due Friday