- Flame test lab; due Tuesday
- Flame test lab quiz Tuesday; know: term used for electrons in different energy levels, what the two pieces of evidence that we use to identify an metal, examples of cations and anions
Periods 4–6
- Submit Modeling Fireworks assignment
- Atoms and their Properties quiz
- Notes: Properties in the PTE
- Return assignments
- Update Data Book
- Warm-up: What are some of the patterns seen in the PTE?
- Atom quiz tomorrow: 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
- Correct SEP (4) page 134, SEP (5) page 135, and SEP (6) page 136
- Notes: Elements and Identifying Elements
- Discuss CCC (7) page 137
- Read 138-139, 144-149
- Revisit Investigative Phenomenon: What causes the colors in a fireworks display?
- Create a model based on the Investigative Phenomenon. Once developed, discuss your model with your seat model. How would you adapt your original model? Due Thursday
- 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
- Warm-up #1: answer the prompt from page 107
- Warm-up #2: what is the difference between an electron in the ground state and the excited state?
- Notes: Elements
- Correct SEP page 111 and CCC page 113
- Review page 110-114
- Warm-up: write the notation for Calcium and the hyphen notation for the isotope of oxygen with 7 neutrons
- Complete notes on Ions
- Review: Calculating Atomic Mass (page 107)
- Do SEP (15) page 111 and CCC (16) page 113; due today
- Atom quiz Thur. Sept. 10th: 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
- Anchoring Phenomenon CER check-in
- Correct SEP (7) page 104, SEP (8) page 105 and compare and contrast (13) page 109
- Practice: Bohr diagrams
- Notes: Ions
- Review: Calculating Atomic Mass (page 107)
- Warm-up: What are the properties of a subatomic particle? (charge, location, mass)
- Correct CCCs on page 100 and page 101
- Discuss “Infer” on page 102
- Do SEP page 103
- Notes: Atoms
- Draw Atomic Diagrams
- Do SEP (7) page 104, SEP (8) page 105
- Read page 109; do compare and contrast (13) page 109
- Read 110-115 for Thursday
- Correct CCC and SEP page 99
- Warm-up: What elements do we find in humans?
- Notes: Atoms and the Periodic Table
- Read pages 100-102
- Answer CCC on page 100 and page 101
- Answer “Infer” on page 102
- Read 103-108
- Submit Density lab
- Warm-up: What are the subatomic particles and their properties?
- Investigate phenomena: What causes the colors in a fireworks display? Answer questions on page 99 of your textbook
- Visuals: Auroras, fireworks, candles
- Density lab questions? Lab due tomorrow
- Math concepts quiz
- How to use your digital textbook
- Unit 1 Anchoring Phenomena: What distinguishes the minerals in a mountain?
- Crystal formation video
▫Why are some of the crystals square shaped?
▫What happens when two crystals touch?
▫What would happen if you removed a crystal from the solution?
- In your notebook, list examples of rocks or minerals that you are familiar with
▫What do you think causes the differences in the color of the minerals in the Rainbow Mountains?
▫What do you think caused the rock layers to have so many different colors at different periods on Earth?
- Scientific notation problem set due; questions?
- Math review quiz tomorrow
- Density lab; due Friday
- Questions on Scientific notation problem set? Packet is due tomorrow
- Density formula (D= m/v); practice
- Safety review
- Complete notes from last day
- Scientific notation problem set questions? Review Sample problems; due Wednesday
- Submit safety contract
- Math concepts review quiz Thursday; multiple choice format
- Manipulate Density formula to solve for each variable
- Metric system problem set due; general questions?
- Complete Chemistry Laboratory Regulations; safety contract due today
- Notes: Scientific notation
- Scientific notation problem set: do all practice problems; do “Additional problems” #s 1-4 on a separate sheet of paper; due Wednesday Aug. 26th
- Questions on the Rounding and Significant figures problem sets? Submit
- Continue safety guidelines; safety contract due Friday
- Metric system problem set; due tomorrow
- Late Graphing labs?
- Syllabus check?
- Why do we use Significant figures in science?
- Additional sig fig practice
- Metric conversions; due Friday
- Begin safety guidelines
- Rounding and Sig fig problem set due tomorrow
- Submit Graphing assignment
- Complete notes on Significant Figures
- Sample Problems
- Rounding and Significant Figures practice? Due Thursday
- Graphing worksheet: complete the 5 graphs from the data sheet on your graph paper following the guidelines discussed in class; due Tuesday
- Discuss Problem solving in science; notes
- Rounding and significant figures problem set; due Thursday
- Complete notes on Observations and Inferences
- Graphing worksheet: complete the 5 graphs from the data sheet on your graph paper following the guidelines discussed in class; due Tuesday
- Revisit CER results from yesterday
- Can you create a CER for Chemistry or Earth Science?
- Note-taking procedure
- Discuss the difference between inference and observations
- How are models used in science?
- Please bring 3 sheets of graph paper for tomorrow
- Complete syllabus and course outline run through
- How to use the science website
- PSA: Service clubs on campus
- What is a CER? What are the applications in Biology, Chemistry, and Earth Science
- Review Course syllabus
- Assign textbooks
- Review 8th grade standards that are a prerequisite for Chemistry