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April 28-May 2

Monday:

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Wednesday:

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Friday:

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April 21-25

Monday: Review Gas Laws Lab
            Discuss half life

            Half life "Heads-Up" acrivity

            HW: Study for tomorrow's Chemistry test (Ch. 4-6)

Tuesday: Chemistry test

            HW: None

Wednesday: Discussion about planning for the rest of the semester

            Discussion about what electricity is (movement of electrons) and how it relates to

                our study of chemistry

            Activity of pages 22-23  (like and unlike charges, repulsion and attraction) "Do

                Electric Charges Interact?"

            Van de Graf generator experimentation

            HW: Read and define vocabulary terms for sections 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3

Thursday: Activity on page 27 "Do Electric Charges Stay Put?"

            Discussion about insulating and conducting materials

            Demonstration of conductors and insulators (rubber and mylar balloons)

            HW: Do last night's homework for 1/2 credit

Friday: Diagram and notes about a closed circuit (circuit, potential difference,

                current, resistence, units for each, and step-up and step-down transformers)

            Demonstrations of induced electricity (generator) and induced magnetism (electromagnet)

            HW: Read and define vocabulary words for section 2-1

April 14-18
HAVE A GREAT VACATION!!!

 April 7-11
Monday: Computer lab to complete and upload Chemistry lab reports

            HW: None

Tuesday: Computer lab to complete uploads

            Boyle's Law online activity and packet

            HW: Complete any Boyle's Law work not completed in the computer lab

Wednesday: Finish Twister

            Discussion about viscosity lab, thermal expansion, and its relation to Chapter 7

            Discussion about Friday's activities (Gas Law Labs)

            HW: Complete unfinished work! Do NOT start falling behind!

Thursday: Review of Chapter 7 for test after break

            Opportunity to make up missing work (Study Guides 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, Worksheets 7-1, 7-2,

                and upload Chemistry Lab Report)

            Xmen

            HW: In complete assignments from above

Friday: (TO) Gas Law Labs

            HW: Chapter 7 test on Tuesday, April 22

                HAVE A GREAT VACATION!!!

 March 31-April 4

Monday: Balance chemical equation for Chemistry Lab
            Complete Chemistry Lab Report, including the addition of the balanced equation

            HW: None

Tuesday: Study Guides 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3 (Study Guide 6-3 requires the balancing of seven

                equations. I have provided a worksheet for you to use to show your work.)

            When computer is available, upload lab report to SharePoint, complete lab

                report, or work on lab report

            HW: Read 7-1 with notes

                Complete unfinished classwork

Wednesday: (TOPr) Answer CYU questions on page 221

            Conduct Investigate! on pages 212-213

            HW: None (If you did NOT complete last night's homework, this would be the

                time to do it since it won't be late!)

Thursday: Study Guide 7-1

            Absolute Zero Graph

            HW: 7-1 Worksheet

Friday: END OF 3rd MARKING PERIOD!

            (TO) Twister with worksheet

            HW: Read 7-2 and complete 7-2 worksheet

 March 24-28

Monday: (TO) Outbreak

            HW: None

Tuesday: Review and practice oxidation numbers and writing chemical equations

            Look at the construction of a chemical formula

            Define Balanced Chemical Equation

            Begin looking how to balance a chemical equations

            HW: Read section 6-3

Wednesday: Balancing Chemical Equations

            Review assignments for the next two days

            HW: None

Thursday: (TOPr) Chemistry lab

            Begin draft lab report

            HW: Draft lab report

Friday: (TOPr) Computer lab to type Chemistry Lab Report

            HW: None

 March 17-21

Monday: Jurassic Park

            HW: None

Tuesday: Progress reports

            Complete lab report for Water with Ions lab

            Notes about covalent bonding~covalent bonds, polar molecules, non-polar

                molecules

            HW: Make-up work

Wednesday: Notes about covalent bonds, non-polar malecules, polar molecules,

                states of matter, processes to change state of matter

            HW: Read section 6-1 and answer CYU questions at the end

Thursday: Science Fair

            Demonstration of the process of sublimation (dry ice)

            HW: Same as last night

Friday: Notes about chemistry~oxidation numbers, writing chemical formulas, etc.

            HW: Read section 6-2

 
March 10-14

Monday: Transparency 9

            Transparency 10 with discussion and notes

            Earth Chemistry 1 sheet as a review of previous knowledge

            Notes about atomic structure

            HW: Start reading section 5-2 and taking notes

Tuesday: Study Guide 5-2

            Chemistry notes and discussion~atomic structure, Lewis dot diagrams, ionic

                bonds, ions

            HW: Finish reading section 5-2 and taking notes

Wednesday: Activity~Conductivity of Ions

            HW: Read section 5-3 and take notes

Thursday: INSERVICE!!

            HW: Read section 5-3 and take notes

Friday: INSERVICE!!

            HW: Read section 5-3 and take notes

March 3-7

Monday: (TO) Movie

            HW: None

Tuesday: Return graded work

            Discuss progress reports

            Begin discussion of chemistry~periodic table of elements

            HW: Read 1st part of section 5-1 and take notes (NOT 146-147 or 152-153)

Wednesday: (TO) Investigation! on pages 152-153

            CYU p. 154

            Study Guide 5-1

            HW: Finish reading section 5-1 and take notes (NOT 146-147 or 152-153)

Thursday: Review lab from yesterday

            Chemistry notes

            Review Study Guide 5-1

            Open quiz (for points)

            HW: None

Friday: Element Quiz

            HW: None

  February 25-29

Monday: Brief recap of where we were before vacation

            Discussion about the emission by the sun of x-rays~prominences and flares

            The Aurora Explained

            Magnetic field activity

            HW: Read section 20-2 (be prepared for a quiz!)

Tuesday: Eclipses graphing activity

            HW: None

Wednesday: TWO HOUR DELAY

            Skillbuilder Sunspot graphing activity on page 639

            HW: Read section 20-3

Thursday: Study Guide 20-2

            FIRE DRILL

            Review of 20-2 information

            Study Guide 20-3

            Review of 20-3 information

            Notes to study for Chapter 20 test

            HW: Study for Chapter 20 test TOMORROW!

Friday: Chapter 20 Test

            HW: None

 February 18-22

Monday: HAVE A GREAT VACATION!!!

            HW: None

Tuesday: HAVE A GREAT VACATION!!!

            HW: None

Wednesday: HAVE A GREAT VACATION!!!

            HW: None

Thursday: HAVE A GREAT VACATION!!!

            HW: None

Friday: HAVE A GREAT VACATION!!!

            HW: None

February 11-15

Monday: Chapter 19 test

            HW: Finish work on Alien Project

Tuesday: SNOW DAY!

            HW: See Monday

Wednesday: Final preparations for Alien Project

            HW: Study Guide 20-1

                Major EXTRA CREDIT: Sun Spot Activity

Thursday: Alien Project~Complete construction

            Sun Spot Activity (Extra!)

            HW: Alien Project due TOMORROW!

Friday: ALIEN PROJECT DUE TODAY!

            Return tests

            Discussion about electromagnetic wave absorption and solar system objects

            Activity p. 634-635

            HW: HAVE A GREAT VACATION!!!

February 4-8

Monday: Study Guide 19-3

            Chapter 19 Review sheet

            Alien Project handout and information

            HW: What is the cause of higher temperatures on Venus than on Mercury, even

                though Mercury is closer to the sun? Now think about industry and the burning

                of fossil fuels here on Earth. How could this affect Earth's atmosphere?

Tuesday: (TO) Alien Project research

            HW: None

Wednesday: Alien Project work

            Return of graded work

            HW: Study for Chapter 19 test on Friday

Thursday: (TO) Alien Project work

            HW: None

Friday: (TO) Movie

            HW: Study for Chapter 19 test on Monday, February 11

 January 28-February 1

Monday: Hand in homework

            Overview of this semester's studies

            Overview of upcoming Alien project

            Explore! on page 597

            HW: Read section 19-1

Tuesday: Study Guide 19-1 (graded classwork)

            The Solar System activity

            Study Guide 19-2 (ungraded classwork)

            Preparation for tomorrow's Solar System Model

            HW: None

Wednesday: (TO) Solar System Model

            NASA: Our Solar System

            HW: Read section 19-2 and write your response to the Skillbuilder for that section

Thursday: Play & play

            Germ transmission demonstration

            HW: None

Friday: (45 min. class for early dismissal)

            HW: Read section 19-3

January 21-25

Monday: Martin Luther King Day!

            HW: None

Tuesday: Inservice!

            HW: None

Wednesday: Course paperwork~student information sheet, seating chart, course documents,

                and signature sheet

            HW: Get signature sheet signed ~EXTRA CREDIT if turned in tomorrow, DUE by Friday,

                    LATE on Monday

                Make 10 observations

Thursday: Review homework

            Discussion and notes about observations and inferences

            Penny Boat Contest

            HW: None

Friday: Hand in signature page~DUE TODAY!

            Issue textbooks (TAKE CARE OF YOUR BOOK! IT COSTS $65 TO REPLACE IT.)

            Textbook Tour

            Mystery Boxes

            HW: Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!

                (Observations, Inferences, and Hypotheses!)