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7th Grade Science Archives

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2010 Archives 7th Grade Science

Week of 5-30 We will review for our June 1 test on Tuesday, take the test on Wednesday and go over it on Thursday along with doing some solar energy experiments on the rate at which ice cream melts on different surfaces.

Note on project due date: The last day you may turn it in is Thursday, June 2. You may turn in the notes on the 15 sustainable aspects to your architecture project when you finish it. We will work on the project in class the last time on Friday, May 27. Most students were almost finished on Wednesday. You may then add the key to your project when you are ready to do so. Below are some helpful websites on solar energy.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=solar_home-basics

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/energy-environment/solar-energy/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy

5-23 Week

As we move toward the end of the year we will complete our project for architecture as activism. Using energy efficient appliances and reducing electricity use can reduce air pollution; the solution is in our hands and our project choices! We will also complete our biomass calculation on Thursday to see who won the biomass guess.

5-16 Week

We will continue to work on our architecture as activism project and will examine different ways to make buildings efficient and sustainable. Please bring your computer to class.

Week of 5-9 This week 7th grade is on the class trip at the end of the week. While you are here we will continue to work on our architecture as activism project. Tuesday we will harvest lettuce as part of our biomass project and Wednesday we will eat the lettuce on salad day. You may bring a dressing or croutons on Wednesday if you wish.

Week of 5-2 This week we will kick off our architecture as activism integrated unit. We will have a guest speaker on solar energy on Tuesday and will learn about how we can use the power of the sun to produce energy. We will also learn about how plants use the power of the sun to make sugars in the chloroplasts.

Week of 4-25

Class Monday and Tuesday only. Monday we will prepare the plants for the Friday field trip to Charlotte. We will re-pot the vegetable seedlings into larger pots, pot several sunflowers, and weed the vegetable garden. Tuesday we will take an open-note concluding test on the portion of Omnivore's Dilemma that we focused on right before break. You will use your notes to discuss the book and give your opinions.

Week of 4-11

This week we will complete our book and care for our garden.

Below are the links Mrs. D will use on Monday to tell about organic farming and Polyface farm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxTfQpv8xGA

http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/20100128/nf_grass-farming_explained_in_243_Joel_Salatin_video

http://knowyourfarms.com/j/

More information about Nutrition - Resources below.

Information and Recipes using Healthy Veggies: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/vegetables-and-fruits/index.html

Week of 3-28 and 4-5

We will again be exploring what it means to be human with our book The Omnivore's Dilemma. We will read a chapter a night for the next week and share the major themes of the book, looking for solutions to our omnivore's dilemma. If we can eat almost anything, what should we eat?

Homework: Read chapter 8 - due Wednesday, MARCH 30. Read chapter 9 - due Friday, APRIL 2. Reading quizzes on both.

Homework assigned Wednesday, March 23: Due Monday March 28. Please read chapters 4-7 (pp. 40-84) in our book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. If you read during your extra study period on Thursday and about 10 pages per day Thursday and Friday, you will have finished your reading! If you have more time on the weekend, then you could complete any leftover reading then.

Fetal Pig Dissection Resource

Guide with pictures to the pig dissection.

http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20102/bio%20102%20laboratory/fetal%20pig/fetal%20pig.htm

Information for completing the Mapping Malaria project.

Information about WHO member countries.

http://www.who.int/countries/en/

General Information about Malaria

This page from the World Health Organization website gives very good basics about malaria.

http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/index.html

This page has general information about malaria.

http://www.greenfacts.org/en/malaria/index.htm

This page has complicated information about each country and its malaria statistics.

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/id/malaria/countries/index.html

This website is about World Malaria Day.

http://www.rbm.who.int/worldmalariaday/

This website has extensive information on malaria for advanced readers. The four website sections are malaria, history, global impact, treatment.

http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/malaria/readmore/index.html

Information about travel to particular African countries.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html

Week of 3-21

We will conclude our fetal pig dissection on Monday and then begin again exloring what it means to be human with our book The Omnivore's Dilemma.

Week of 3-14

We will continue with our fetal pig dissection this week, learning about the external and internal anatomy of the pig noting the similarities to human body systems.

Week of 3-7

We will continue with our fetal pig dissection this week, learning about the external and internal anatomy of the pig noting the similarities to human body systems.

Week of 2-28

We will complete and share our Mapping Malaria project which is part of the Through African Eyes integrated project. We will begin discussion of our dissection and begin dissection.

Week of 2-21

We will continue our Mapping Malaria Project. No class Friday because Mrs. D is on a field trip. Due date is Tuesday, March 1, before class.

Week of 2-14

Class Focus: Through Africa Eyes Introduction, African Geography, draw a country for your project, begin our project work.

Week of 2-7

Class Focus: Malaria. New test date: Friday, February 11.

Monday: Put together a study packet for the test.

Tuesday: Malaria introduction.

Wedneday, Thursday: Test Prep

Special Information for students out sick 1-31 through 2-4.

Monday and Tuesday: We did extension activities since so many were absent.

Wednesday: Human Reproductive System. Please get a handout from me when you return to make up this day. The links to the endocrine system video and reproductive system video are on the handout with instructions as well as below. This material will not be on the upcoming test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fh2HmdxQjQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haijRTe2iCI&feature=related

Thursday: Disease pathogens. Disease transmission. Disease vectors. Please get the handout from me when you get back. This will be on the test.

No science class Friday.

Week of 1-31 Class Focus

On Wednesday we will conclude our study of human body systems. Then we will examine disease, pathogens and disease vectors. We will then focus on malaria as part of the Through African Eyes integrated study.

Week of 1-24 Class Focus

We will complete our chart of nutrient functions and sources. Take good notes on your chart so that you have this information since nutrients are the open-note section on the next science test. The science test will be on nutrient sources and functions, disease vectors, malaria, the role of the liver. Since so many have been sick, the test date will be later than Feb 10 as it says on the study guide.

Week of 1-18 Class Focus

Because of three snow days last week and no class Friday because of the half day, your project is due Wednesday, January 19 during GWT. We will begin to make a chart of nutrients this week, host our final guest speaker on health professions and discuss health professions and what might make these jobs enjoyable and challenging.

"Your Body" page with all links to systems:

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/

Week of 1-10 Class Focus

Our project is due Friday, January 14 after guided work time. You may turn it in early if you wish. We will only work on the project one day in class this week. Finishing touches will need to be made in guided work time. We will continue examining human biology, completing nutrients with a chart to help us eat healthier. We will begin learning about our immune system and disease. Next week, 1-18 we will continue with our study of disease, our respiratory system and learn about the reproductive system and have a guest speaker on health professions again.

Omnivore's Dilemma (OD)

Reading Schedule

11-29 to 12-3 Introduction and Chapter 1 through page 19.

12-6 to 12-10 Chapter 2

12-13 to 12-17 Review for test, no new reading assigned

We will take a break from the book for several weeks and return to it after we have learned about nutrients in our body.

Next: Chapters 3 and 7, Chapters 4 and 5.

Week of 1-3 Class Focus

We will learn about nutrient absorption in our body, learning that chemistry is important in our digestive processes. We will take a short break from our book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. We will determine a due date for our body systems booklet project.

Week of 12-13 Class Focus

Mrs. D out Monday. This week we will review for the Thursday test and there is no class Friday because of other scheduled activities. Thursday test is open-note and OD.

Week of 12-6 Class Focus

This week we will examine foods with corn ingredients and discuss carbon from corn in our bodies. We will learn about a new bacteria that can use arsenic, a poison, in place of phosphorus in its life functions and we will discuss if that might be possible in humans and why or why not! We will be learning about the digestive system.

Homework:

1. By Tuesday, December 7, bring in an empty box from a processed food containing more than six ingredients or a can of processed food such as ravioli or soup also containing more than six ingredients. If it is not used yet, you can take it back home!

2. By Tuesday, December 7, look on two processed packages of food in your pantry that have more than six ingredients and see if they contain the ingredients listed on page 11 of your Omnivore's Dilemma (OD). Please list each packaged food and list all the ingredients. Then highlight the ingredient if it is one from the list.

Week of 11-29 Focus

This week we will begin our study of human biology. We will examine bones and muscles and learn how bones are important in protecting our internal organs and brain. We will examine the fastening system of the bones and muscles which create the wonderful system, the musceloskeletal system. Please use the website link for taking notes.

Bones, muscles and joints:

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/bones_muscles_joints.html

We will also begin our book The Omnivore's Dilemma to aid us in our understanding of human nutrition and how chemistry is intertwined with biology.

Week of 11-22

We will wrap-up our discussion of elements with an element walk and begin our book The Omnivore's Dilemma. Please bring the book to class on Monday if it is in your locker or you remembered that I asked you to bring it! If it is at home, bring it on Tuesday! We will begin in earnest after Thanksgiving.

Helpful Links

Vocabulary Glossary http://www.mcwdn.org/chemist/chemglos.html

Atomic Theory (Not exactly Dalton's statements, but helpful the remember the basic four) http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/science9/chemistry/lesson7.html

Week of 11-15 Focus Great job on the test! This week we will go over the test and learn about the periodic table of the elements. We will learn some information about the structure of the atom and how that structure determines the mass of the element, atomic number, and how the elements are grouped by type. We will make element trading cards to make it fun! Use this site to find good periodic tables as you make your element trading cards. http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzchem2.html The "It's Elemental", Lenntech and PT.com tables are good ones for our purposes. There are nice pictures of most elements on Wikipedia.

Week of 11-8 Focus This week we will review for our Friday test.

Week of 11-1 Focus This week we will continue with our study of Atomic Theory. We will examine Avogadro's hypothesis and finish with the then new idea of molecules and how to best model them, learning several ways scientists first drew models of atoms and molecules. Remember, we use models in science to visualize what we can't see. Friday we will complete lesson 7 on this link http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/science9/chemistry/lesson7.html

Week of 10-25 Class Focus

We will continue with the history of atomic theory by learning about how gases combine in regular ways and what that tells us about how atoms behave and what they are like. We will then take a break and focus on nuclear energy for the remainder of the week. We will learn about nuclear energy and discuss our Friday field trip to the McGuire Nuclear Energy Explorium. We will look again at the periodic table and learn why uranium can be used to produce power. We will be using this link http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=nuclear_home-basics.

Week of 10/18: Class Focus

We will work toward writing up our Crystal Conundrum project. Project may be turned in October 19, at the end of class, or you may complete it for homework and turn it in on Thursday, October 21, before class. We will examine Dalton's atomic theory and learn what a scientific theory actually is. We will examine the history of atomic theory and learn some basics about the people who learned about atoms in the past centuries. We will find out more about how scientists learn so much about something we cannot see except as millions all together -- atoms.

Week of 10/12: Class Focus

We will complete our crystal observations and review for our Thursday atomic theory quiz.

Homework this week: Study for that quiz!

Note new quiz and due date. Friday we will have our quiz. We will review Thursday and we will take more data and work toward writing up our Crystal Conundrum project. Project due date will be due, October 19, at the end of class.

Week of October 4: Class Focus

Quiz next week on October 14.

We will continue with the Crystal Conundrum Project and will continue growing copper sulfate, sodium chloride and we will begin growing sucrose crystals. We will be examining what crystal structures teach us about the molecular structure of these pure substances. We will continue to add to our chemistry and atomic theory vocabulary and have a quiz on this information next week.

Don't forget that if you did not finish your salt data table you will need to finish it at home on the weekend. Due Monday, October 4.

Week of 9/20 Class Focus:

This week we will conduct experiment 20: Analyzing Water to try to learn more about the nature of atoms. We will also look ahead to the next experiments which are examinations of the historical literature about atomic theory and the people who developed atomic theory.

Week of Sept. 13

This week we will continue with our study of atoms. We will complete our write-up of Experiment 14 and continue with other experiments to investigate the evidence for the existence of atoms. We will learn about elements and about analysis and synthesis of compounds and how this helps us understand the nature of atoms.

Week of Sept. 7

Class Focus: This week we will continue exploring indirect evidence for the existence of atoms through lab observations of different pure substances and chemical reactions. We will discuss last week's exploratory lab observations and draw conclusions about some properties of atoms. We will combine copper sulfate and sodium hydroxide and observe the resulting chemical reaction. We will examine why we must experience the properties of atoms indirectly.

Week of August 31

Monday-Tuesday

No class:

Wednesday

Introduction. Set up binders. Procedures and lab safety.

Welcome 7th Grade!

Thursday

In class: Discussion of matter. What is an atom? What evidence is there for the existence of atoms? Experiment 14: Evidence for the Existence of Atoms - Stations 1,2 and 3.

Friday

In class: Woodlawn Day!

Week of September 7

Monday

Labor Day. No school.

Tuesday

In class: Say goodbye to your garden. Continue Experiment 14 - Stations 4, 5 and 6. Conclusion questions.

Homework: Finish answering the two conclusion questions.

7th Grade Science 2009-10 Class Page Archive

Week of 5-31

Monday Memorial Day - No school.

Tuesday - Review for Air Pollution Test. Complete green keys for your architecture project.

Homework: Study for quiz.

Wednesday - Garden care and maintenance. Complete green keys for your architecture project.

Homework: Study for quiz.

Thursday - Last test reduced to Air Pollution Quiz status because of architecture project work.

Friday - No class because of drama performance.

Last Two Days of School Year 2009-10

Monday, June 7 - No science class because of architecture presentation.

Tuesday, June 8 - No class because of graduation ceremony! Have a great summer! Come to gardening sometime this summer. Dates posted on garden updates page. Garden updates is linked off the first class pages page.

Week of 5-24

Monday

No class

Tuesday

In class: What gases is the atmosphere composed of? Make a circle graph.

Wednesday

In class: A cartoon of air pollution. What is being added to our air that is harmful.

Thursday

In class: Review for next Thursday's test on air pollution.

Friday

No class because of field trip and field day.

Week of 5/17

Monday

In class: Harvest as many peas and other vegetables as possible. Weigh them and add up final masses and calculate final crop values. Calculate biomass per square meter of growing space. Discussion of your reflections. Project due Wednesday before class.

Homework: Print last charts and tables.

Tuesday

In class: Put together group journals. Measure more temperatures on campus for solar energy mini-project.

Homework: Your journals must be completed before class tomorrow.

Wednesday

In class: Project due before class. Analyze data of our solar project. Limits and possibilities of passive solar heating.

Thursday

In class: Complete write-up of data analysis. Turn in mini-project today, or tomorrow.

Friday: Mini-project due before class. Begin study of our atmosphere and air pollution.

Week of 5-10

Monday

In class: Go over test. Record grade. Some students may need to have the test signed by a parent.

Tuesday

In class: How does our garden grow project due May 18. Last week was the last class time for assembling the project. Write reflection.

Homework: Complete two page reflection for homework. Due Thursday.

Wednesday

In class: Garden project work day.

Thursday

In class: Architecture as activism project work day. Introduction to Super Sun project. Measure first temperatures around Woodlawn campus.

Friday

In class: Super Sun! Measure more temperatures.

of 5-3

This will be a project work week in which we tend the gardens and work on completing the "How does our garden grow?" project work except for final harvesting and weighing the produce. Groups will need to complete and record all soil tests, will need to construct all tables and graphs and fill them out as much as possible. Teams will consult about the project and individuals will be writing up their portions of the project. Project will be due on May 18.

We will not have class on Wednesday because of Iowa testing.

Week of 4-26

Monday

In class: Review for test and stomate lab.

Homework: Study for test.

Tuesday

In class: Review for test. Water gardens and care for them. Harvest some vegetables.

Homework: Study for test.

Wednesday

In class: Cell test.

Thursday

In class: Mulch the 7th grade gardens.

Friday

No class because of field trip.

Week of 4-19

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Week of 4-12

Monday

In class: Cell organelles: chloroplasts. Chlorophyll. We will check on and care for our gardens this week and work on our cell model project. Cell project due Monday April 19.

Tuesday

In class: Photosynthesis: a chemical process. Act out photosynthesis.

Wednesday

In class: Project work day.

Thursday

In class: No class because of field trip.

Friday

In class: Project work day.

Homework: Project due Monday.

Week of 3-29

Monday

In class: Get back several grades. This week do more soil tests in gardens.

Homework: Get your charts and other work in order for the "How does our garden grow project."

Tuesday

In class: Garden project work.

Wednesday

In class: Onion cell wet mount slides. We will go to the gardens when possible to tend the gardens this week.

Thursday

In class: Garden and Cell model project, Nature Walk.

Friday

No school.

Week of 3-22

Monday

In class: Work on "How Does Our Garden Grow?" this week.

Tuesday

In class: Project work.

Wednesday

In class: Animal and plant cells.

Thursday

In class: Animal and plant cell parts.

Friday

In class: Plant cell parts.

Week of 3-15

Monday

In class: Decide what last things to plant in your garden plot. Microscope work. Quiz Thursday.

Homework: Study for your microscope quiz.

Tuesday

No class because of field trip.

Wednesday

In class: Microscope work. Check on gardens.

Homework: Quiz tomorrow.

Thursday

In class: Microscope quiz.

Friday

In class: Nature walk. Check on gardens.

Week of 3-8

Monday

In class: Introduction to the microscope. Practice microscope skills.

Tuesday-Wednesday

In class: Game change. Because of the good weather we will begin our "How does your garden grow?" project. Prepare beds for planting seeds such as peas, spinach, and other early spring vegetables. Begin planting.

Thursday- Friday

In class: Introduce "How does your garden grow?" project. Choose jobs.

Week of 3-1

Monday

In class: Debrief the body systems. Questions generated by our exploration. Review.

Tuesday

In class: Discuss the book Survival of the Sickest.

Wednesday

In class: Discuss the book Survival of the Sickest.

Thursday

In class: Introduce the cell. Microscope work.

Friday

No class because of half day.

Week of 2-22

Monday

No class because of talent show!

Tuesday-Wednesday

In class:

Continue with dissection. Examine the heart and kidney of the pig and comparison.

Thursday-Friday

In class: Examine a deer heart, kidney and lung for comparison. Complete dissection discussion and written work. Finish autopsy protocol by replacing the organs and sewing the animal up.

Week of 7-15

Monday

No school: President's Day

Tuesday

In class: Set up for pig dissection. Choose team jobs. Read the protocol. We will be following the protocol for an autopsy on the pigs.

Homework: Bring gum, a cough drop or a nose clip to class the rest of the week if you are bothered by the smell. The room will be well-ventilated.

Wednesday-Friday

Pig dissection. Bring your computer if you own one and your job is dissection director, recorder or photographer.

Week of 2-8

Monday 2-8

Reproductive Systems -

Begin with the start of the human life cycle

Read this article on puberty.

Tuesday 2-9

Reproductive Systems -

Childhood and Puberty

Read the 1st half of article on the

female reproductive system.

Stop reading when you get to

"Things that can go wrong. . ."

Read the 1st half of article on the

Male reproductive system.

Stop at "Things that can go wrong . . ."

Wednesday 2-10

Reproductive Systems -

Puberty, conception, development before birth

Thursday 2-11 No class because of field trip. Final work with SOS on Monday.

Friday 2-12 No class because of teacher workday

Week of 2-1

Monday - No school because of snow.

Tuesday

In class: Health Mappers project work day.

Homework: Work on project.

Wednesday

In class: Last Health Mappers project work day.

Homework: Complete Health Mappers project.

Thursday

In class: Write reflection in class.

Friday

In class: Health Mappers project due before class. Genetics in dogs.

Week of 1-26

Monday - Friday

Project work on Mapping Malaria.

Week of 1-18

Monday

No school because of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday

In class: Body Systems Project due. Continue discussion of Chapter 5 of SOS. What are common modes of disease transmission? Disease Mapper activity.

Wednesday

In class: Introduction to malaria. Introduction to the science portion of Through African Eyes project: Use finite resources to formulate a malaria treatment plan for an area of Africa. Malaria is common in tropical areas of the world where mosquitoes thrive and where humans sleep without screening.

Thursday

In class: Continue work on malaria.

Friday

In class: Continue work on malaria.

Week of 1-11

Monday

In class: Guest Speaker: Dr. Black will speak about radiology and medical training. Students will take notes.

Tuesday

In class: Guest Speaker: Dr. Yoash-Gantz will speak about the brain and clinical psychology. Students will take notes.

Homework:

Wednesday

In class: Last day of project work for the Some Body Systems Booklet.

Homework: Complete project if you have not done so already. Make sure to read chapter 5 of SOS.

Thursday

In class: Viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. How is contagious disease transmitted? Discuss the variety of disease adaptations to be transmitted.

Friday

In class: Project due. Discuss chapter 5 of SOS.

Happy 2010!

Week of 1/4

Monday

In class: Make a booklet of body system: digestive system. Include a disease affecting each system and how to keep each system healthy. Discuss Survival of the Sickest (SOS) Chapter 2.

Tuesday

In class: Work on booklet: muscles and skeleton, model of knee showing the relationship between the muscles and bones, circulatory system. Discuss SOS chapter 2 from book.

Wednesday

In class: Work on booklet: respiratory system. Turn in questions on SOS chapter 2.

Thursday

In class: Work on booklet: other systems. Add other systems if you finish.

Friday

In class: Booklet of the Body Systems due next Thursday. Begin reading chapter 5 in SOS. Due next Thursday. Discuss next week’s guest speakers.

Week of 12/14

Monday

In class: Survival of the Sickest. Discussion of the section about the plague.

Homework: Write a summary of the chapter one case of Aran Gordon. Fill in the disease chart for hemochromatosis. You will be reading assigned pages of this book over the next few weeks.

Tuesday

In class: Survival of the Sickest. Begin Circulatory system and your blood.

Homework: Study for quiz.

Wednesday

In class: Survival of the Sickest. Circulation and Blood. Quiz on introduction and chapter 1.

Thursday

In class: Survival of the Sickest. Circulation and Blood.

Friday

In class: Survival of the Sickest. Go over quiz. Circulation and Blood.

Week of 12/7

Monday

In class: Bring your book Survival of the Sickest.

Homework: You will be reading assigned pages of this book over the next few weeks.

Tuesday

In class: Survival of the Sickest. Musculoskeletal System.

Wednesday

In class: Survival of the Sickest. Musculoskeletal System.

Thursday

In class: Survival of the Sickest. Musculoskeletal System.

Friday

In class: No class because of service field trip.

Week of 11/30

Monday

In class: Digestive System continued. Take notes on what the system does really in detail!

Homework: Complete note if not done in class.

Tuesday

In class: Digestive System: Nutrients in the body.

Wednesday

In class: Digestive System: Nutrients in the body.

Thursday

In class: Respiratory and Lymphatic Systems: Overview.

Friday

In class: Work in gardens if good weather to prepare for spring.

Plans for week of 11/23

Monday

In class: Complete weeding of garden plots. Add compost to plots. Possibly help the 3rd grade with weeding and harvesting.

Tuesday

In class: Complete periodic table walk activity. Introduction to human biology unit.

Plans for week of 11/16

Monday

In class: Continue project work. Talk about uses of your elements. What did we use for that purpose before these discoveries? Reflect on your favorite projects. Gather portfolios.

Homework: Remind your parents about portfolio viewing tomorrow. Portfolio viewing after school Tuesday from 3:30-4:30. Overview in Jackson Hall at 3:30.

Tuesday

In class: Continue project. Write reflection of your project work.

Homework: Work on project. Portfolio viewing after school from 3:30-4:30. Overview in Jackson Hall at 3:30.

Wednesday

In class: Project due at end of class. Complete hallway display of the personalized periodic table.

Homework:

Thursday

In class: Periodic Table campus walk.

Friday

In class: Complete periodic table walk activity.

Plans for week of 11-9

Monday

In class: Go over test. Begin Personalizing the Periodic Table project.

Tuesday

In class: Mendeleev. Periodic Table project.

Wednesday

In class: Periodic Table project.

Thursday

In class: Periodic Table project.

Homework: Complete project.

Friday

In class: No class.

Plans for the week of 11-2

Monday

In class: Review.

Homework: Study for test.

Tuesday

In class: More review.

Homework: Study for test.

Wednesday

In class: Test on History of Atomic Theory and Balancing Equations.

Thursday

In class: Introduction to Modern Atomic Theory and discussion of nuclear energy and nuclear fission.

Friday

In class: Field Trip to McQuire Nuclear Station - 8:30-11:30.

Plans for the week of 10-26

Monday

In class: Learn about equations to show chemical reactions. Pp.94-97.

Tuesday

In class: Balancing equations. History of Atomic Theory test next Wednesday.

Wednesday-Thursday

In class: Balancing equations game. Review.

Friday

In class: Review briefly and work on art projects.

Plans for the week of 10-19

Monday

In class: Complete Experiment 20.

Tuesday

In class: Learn about Avogadro's hypothesis and molecules of gases as drawn by Dalton. Pp. 80-82.

Wednesday

In class: Learn about Berzelius's symbolic representation of molecules. Pp. 89-93.

Thursday

In class: No class because of 7th grade trip.

Friday

In class: No class because of 7th grade trip.

Plans for week of 10-12

Monday

No school.

Tuesday

In class: Experiment 20: Combining the Volumes of Gaseous Reactants. Learn about Joseph Gay-Lussac.

Wednesday

In class: Experiment 20 continued. Go over your projects and presentation grades.

Thursday

In class: Experiment 20.

Friday

No class because of field trip.

Plans for week of 10-5

Monday

In class: Experiment 19: Dalton's Atomic Theory. Each table will try to decide whether an experiment we have done supported any of Dalton's assertions. Take data on crystals.

Tuesday

In class: Work on Table 19-1 based on our discussions from Monday and your notes. You may take home your sugar crystals between today and Thursday. Last data on crystal growth. Clean up salt experiment.

Wednesday

In class: Complete Experiment 19 in class hopefully.

Homework: Complete Experiment 19 questions and Table 19-1.

Crystal project write-up due tomorrow.

Thursday

In class: Crystal Experiment project write-up due before class. Begin Experiment 20.

Friday

No school.

Plans for week of 9/28

Monday

In class: Continue crystal experiment. Record observations and feed crystals. Computer research of sucrose, sodium chloride and copper sulfate. Get back quiz and summary questions.

Tuesday

In class: Continue crystal experiment. Record observations and feed crystals. Continue research.

Wednesday

In class: Continue crystal experiment. Record observations and feed crystals. Continue research and write-up. Silent research time.

Thursday

In class: Continue crystal experiment. Record observations and feed crystals. Crystal project will be due on Thursday October 8 at the beginning of class. Begin writing up procedures. Silent research time.

Friday

In class: Continue crystal experiment. Record observations and feed crystals. Continue writing up experiment. Silent research time.

Plans for week of 9-21

Monday

In class: Introduce Experiment 18: growing crystals. Review for quiz.

Homework: Also, ask for a clean jar to bring for Friday. Please bring it in anytime this week. You must have your own jar to make rock candy.

Tuesday

In class: Correct summary questions from Electrolysis Experiment. Begin experiment 18: growing crystals.

Homework: Study for quiz.

Wednesday

In class: Quiz on the vocabulary and the study sheet on atoms.

Homework: Bring in that clean jar for making rock candy.

Thursday

In class: Experiment 18: growing crystals. Continue adding to the copper sulfate crystals. Begin salt crystals. Write observations of the growing copper sulfate crystal.

Friday: Make rock candy.

Help the 3rd grade with their planting.

Plans for 9/14-9/18

Monday

In class: Improve our Systems Analysis Diagrams to be more descriptive of our experiment. Discuss how to try to synthesize blue vitriol. Examine your white powder and blue vitriol crystals from the experiment last week. Set up several trials.

Tuesday

In class: Mass and the Components of Blue Vitriol discussion. Practice setting up the equipment for Exp. 17: Electrolysis.

Wednesday

In class: Another method of analysis: Electrolysis: Experiment 17.

Thursday

In class: Discussion of experiment and completion of Summary Questions.

Friday

In class: Review of concepts and vocabulary.

Homework: Quiz next Wednesday.

Plans for 9/8-9/11

Monday – Labor Day – No school.

Tuesday

In class: Tomorrow we will attempt to analyze a compound to see if we can see evidence of atoms. Read experiment and set up experiment. New vocabulary: analysis, synthesis.

Wednesday

In class: Experiment 15: Analyzing Blue Vitriol. Searching for evidence of atoms.

Thursday

In class: Experiment 15: Analyzing Blue Vitriol. Searching for evidence of atoms. New vocabulary: reactants, products.

Friday

No class because of 6th grade field trip.

Welcome 7th Grade!

Plans for the week of August 31-September 4

Monday

In class: Introduction: Set up binders. Procedures and lab safety. Say goodbye to your garden. Harvest your last veggies. The role of observation in science.

Tuesday

In class: Discussion of matter. What is an atom? What evidence is there for the existence of atoms? Experiment 14: Evidence for the Existence of Atoms - Stations 1,2 and 3

Wednesday

In class: Continue Experiment 14 - Stations 4, 5 and 6. Conclusion questions.

Homework: Finish answering the two conclusion questions.

Thursday

In class: Discussion of Experiment 14 and conclusions. What have we learned about atoms?

Friday

In class: Woodlawn Day!