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Equilibrium and Le Châtelier’s Principle Lab; due Tuesday
Equilibrium lab quiz on Tuesday; know: factors that can affect equilibrium, know which of these we are manipulating in this lab, know the difference between an independent variable and a dependent variable, know the safety hazards present in the lab
Reaction rates and Equilibrium quiz
Demo: Sodium acetate and temperature
Correct SEP (21 & 22) page 143 and “Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon”
Correct CCC (16) page 138 and SEP (18) page 140
Equilibrium problem set; all practice problems and Additional problems #1-5 due tomorrow
Reaction rates and Equilibrium quiz tomorrow
Complete notes: Factors that affect Equilibrium
Correct SEP (21 & 22) page 143 and “Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon”
Do CCC (16) page 138 and SEP (18) page 140; due tomorrow
Begin Equilibrium problem set
Reaction rates and Equilibrium quiz this Thursday; know: definitions, how the arrow is represented (double), factors that affect equilibrium and reaction rates, difference between static and dynamic, Le Châtelier’s Principle
Notes: Le Châtelier’s Principle
Correct CCC (15) page 137, SEP (17) page 139, CCC (19) page 141
Notes: Factors that effect equilibrium
Do SEP (21 & 22) page 143 and “Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon”; due today
Warm-up: What is the difference between static and dynamic equilibrium?
Continue Equilibrium notes
Demo: Elephant toothpaste
Demo: Glowing splint test
Read pages 136-141
Do CCC (15) page 137, SEP (17) page 139, CCC (19) page 141; due today
Iodine lab post-lab quiz
Submit Iodine Lab
Correct CCC (10) page 131, SEP (12) page 133, SEP (13) page 134, CCC (20) page 142
Complete Catalyst and Inhibitor notes
Notes: Equilibrium
Reaction rates and Equilibrium quiz next Thursday; know: definitions, how the arrow is represented (double), factors that affect equilibrium and reaction rates, difference between static and dynamic, Le Châtelier’s Principle
Submit CER
Reaction Rate lab: Iodine Clock; due tomorrow
Post-lab quiz on tomorrow; know: what variables are held constant in the experiment, what variables were changed, predict what will happen when the concentration of KIO3 was increased, what was the method of product disposal
Correct SEP (3) page 123, CCC (5) page 125, SEP (6) page 126, and CCC (7) page 127; homework check /2
Discuss SEP (14) page 135
Read pages 136-141
Do CCC (20) page 142
CER peer review; CER due tomorrow
Notes: Catalysts and Inhibitors
Review Enzyme function page 134
Do CCC (10) page 131, SEP (12) page 133, SEP (13) page 134; due tomorrow
Do SEP (3) page 123, CCC (5) page 125, SEP (6) page 126, and CCC (7) page 127; due tomorrow
Notes: Factors that Affect Reaction Rates
Revisit the investigative Phenomenon CER
Notes: Activation Energy
Do SEP (14) page 135; due tomorrow
Discuss CCC page 129
Review Phenomena
Notes: Reaction rates
Review Energy diagrams
Notes: Factors that affect reaction rates
Do SEP (3) page 123, CCC (5) page 125, SEP (6) page 126, and CCC (7) page 127; due Tuesday
Heat and Energy in the Earth System Unit exam
Please bring both editions of textbooks on Monday
CER: What is the chemical reaction involved in the formation of Limestone caves? Make a claim.
Sand dollar video
Brainstorm: Reactions that are reversible
Brainstorm: factors that can affect reaction rates
Correct CCCs (1 & 2) page 121 (vol. 2)
Read pages 122-134
Review your CER and add evidence from this section to support your claim
Do CCC (9) page 129
Pair Share CER for the investigative phenomenon
Do SEP (26) and Revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon page 95; correct
Read 119-121 in Volume 2 of textbook
Anchoring Phenomenon: How do everyday activities impact Earth?
Complete prompt on page 119
Investigative Phenomenon: How do limestone caves form?
Video: Limestone caves
CER: What is the chemical reaction involved in the formation of Limestone caves? Make a claim.
Ocean Acidification explained (video)
Sand dollar video
View earthquake wave videos
Correct SEP (22) page 89 and SEP (23) page 91
Submit CER for Volcanoes
Update Data book
Tomorrow is last day for late work submissions for this unit
Bring Volume 2 of textbook for Wednesday
Heat and Energy in the Earth system unit test Friday
Tutoring tomorrow after school
Plickers
Distribute Volume 2 of workbook
Distribute new data book sheet
Tsunami video
Read pages 88-92
Do SEP (22) page 89 and SEP (23) page 91; due Monday
Volcano CER due tomorrow
Late work for unit must be submitted by Wednesday for late credit
Heat and Energy in the Earth System unit test on Friday; tutoring on Wednesday from 3:35-4:35
Plate tectonics evidence from Iceland
CCC (19) page 85
Demo: Liquids and energy
Notes: Earth Structure and Seismic Waves
Exam outline is available in the “Resource” folder in Google Classroom
Update CER with new claim/evidence/reasoning
Submit Pangaea Lab
Update CER with seat partner
Correct SEP (15) page 80, SEP (16) page 81, and CCC (17) page 83
Notes: Plate Motion
Plate tectonics evidence from Iceland
Do CCC (19) page 85
Plate Tectonics quiz
Pangaea Lab debrief; Pangaea Lab due tomorrow
Notes: Causes of Plate tectonics
Correct SEP (14) page 79
Do SEP (15) page 80, SEP (16) page 81, and CCC (17) page 83; due Thursday
Lab: The Rise and Fall of Pangaea; due Thursday; this will be a group submission document (1 per group)
Plate Tectonics quiz tomorrow; know: about the formation of Pangaea, what happens at plate boundaries, theories of continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics and the evidence for each, age of the rock at the mid-ocean ridge, and what happens when two plates subduct
Discuss Plastic Deformation
Discuss SEP (7) page 72
Correct SEP (9) page 74 and CCC (12) page 77
Discuss SEP (8) page 73, CCC (10) page 75, SEP (11) page 76
Notes: Sea Floor spreading
Do SEP (14) page 79; due tomorrow
Read pages 80-87
Plate Tectonics quiz on Wednesday (Feb 18); know: about the formation of Pangaea, what happens at plate boundaries, theories of continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics and the evidence for each, age of the rock at the mid-ocean ridge, and what happens when two plates subduct
Notes: Continental Drift
Video: Convection currents
Video debrief: questions
Video: Summary of convection
Read pages 73-78
Do SEP (9) page 74 and CCC (12) page 77; due today
Correct SEP (3) page 67, CCC (4) page 69, SEP (5) page 70, and SEP (6) p. 71; homework check /2
Notes: Plate Tectonics and Sea floor spreading
Notes: Calorimetry
Do SEP (18) page 54
Read about Investigative Phenomenon: Why are there so many volcanoes in California?
Begin CER; write question, make a claim, cite evidence to support claim (if possible)
Do CCC (1) and SEP (2) page 65; due today
Read pages 66-72 in textbook
Do SEP (3) page 67, CCC (4) page 69, SEP (5) page 70, and SEP (6) page 71; due tomorrow
Given the concept of energy transformations, you will be able to describe how energy changes from one form to another and prove by answering guided questions correctly.
Given the concept of thermal inversions, you will be able to describe how temperature changes when mixed with cool air from the sea and prove by answering a modeling prompt 70% correctly.
Video: Energy (Bill Nye); answer and submit questions
Modeling Thermal inversions; complete modeling sheet and submit
Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab questions? Due tomorrow
Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab; lab due Friday; lab quiz Friday; know: safety hazard described in the manual, how to define calorimeter, formula used in the assessment section, lab outcome
Notes: Calorimetry
Do SEP (18) page 54
Correct SEP (22) page 61, SEP (23) page 62, SEP (24) and “revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon” page 63
Energy quiz tomorrow; know:
Kinetic molecular theory
How molecules move in a solid, liquid, and gas
Know how energy flows through a system
Compare and contrast convection, conduction, and radiation
Why thermal equilibrium is hard to maintain
Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab quiz
Discuss Investigative phenomenon
Correct CCC (13) page 48, CCC (15) page 50, and SEP (17) page 53
Do SEP (22) page 61, SEP (23) page 62, SEP (24) and “revisit the Anchoring Phenomenon page 63; due tomorrow
Do SEP (18) page 54
Read pages 55-62
Submit Thermodynamics problem set
Energy quiz Thursday; know:
Kinetic molecular theory
How molecules move in a solid, liquid, and gas
Know how energy flows through a system
Compare and contrast convection, conduction, and radiation
Why thermal equilibrium is hard to maintain
Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer lab; lab due Thursday; lab quiz tomorrow; know: safety hazard described in the manual, how to define calorimeter, formula used in the assessment section, lab outcome
Warm-up #1: How does a lava lamp work?
Warm-up #2: How can a lava lamp be used as a model to explain conduction?
What is convection? Convection simulation
Notes: Convection and radiation
Notes: Feedback systems
Read 48-53
Do CCC (13) page 48, CCC (15) page 50, and SEP (17) page 53; due Tuesday
Energy Quiz on Thursday
Submit Specific Heat problem set
Thermodynamics Problem set is due Tuesday; include work and units in all steps and box in final answer
Notes: Mechanisms of Heat Flow
Video: Lava Lamp
Notes: Conduction
Correct CCC (8) page 41 and CCC (12) page 47
Specific Heat problem set due tomorrow
Do Thermodynamics Problem set; due Tuesday; include work and units in all steps and box in final answer
Notes: Gibbs Free Energy
Read pages 41-47; do CCC (8) page 41 and CCC (12) page 47; due tomorrow
Submit pHet lab sheet
Specific Heat problem set due tomorrow
Computer simulation: Thermal difference between substances with different specific heats
Computer simulation: does heat flow faster through a hotter source?
Laws of Thermodynamics simulations
Notes: Heat of vaporization and fusion
Submit Model Energy Conservation sheet
PhET activity sheet due tomorrow
Notes: Heat Capacity
Heat Capacity Problem set: do all problems on a separate piece of paper showing units and all work. Box in final answers
Modeling: Energy Transfer and Conservation w.s.;
Pair/share: discuss your model from your w.s. with your seat partner; what are the limitations? Model sheet due tomorrow
Discuss SEP (7) page 40
PhET simulation: Energy forms and changes; complete activity sheet; due Wednesday
Correct CCC (1) & SEP (2) page 35; SEP (4) page 37
Notes: Laws of Thermodynamics
Modeling: Energy Transfer and Conservation w.s.; due in class
Pair/share: discuss your model from your w.s. with your seat partner; what are the limitations?
Do SEP (7) page 40; discuss
Bring Chromebooks or computers next week on Monday for pHet activity
Complete reading from yesterday (10 minutes)
Authentic Reading assignment due
Notes: Kinetic energy
Read 35-38
Do CCC (1) & SEP (2) page 35; SEP (4) page 37; due tomorrow
Revisit Anchoring Phenomena
Introduce Investigative Phenomena: page 34-35
Popcorn reading (lab groups) “Supercharged geothermal energy…”
Do Authentic Reading h.o; due tomorrow
Review exam content from semester 1
Course outline semester 2
Course expectations