lans 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!
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