Thursday October 30th, 2014

Objective:

• Students will be able to identify and explain the main characteristics of living things.
• Students will be able to define key vocabulary terms used when discussing ecology.

Activities:

• What is Life? notes (do not turn in)
• Ecology evocab (found in google classroom)

Wednesday October 29th, 2014

Objective:

• Students will know what are the main characteristics of living things.

Activities:

• Fill out Adams County Student Survey
• What is Life? notes

Monday October 27th, 2014

Another win for the Browns!! We are on a roll!!!

Objective: Student will be able to identify characteristics that make something living vs. nonliving

Activities:

• Monday Writing

• living/nonliving lab (in google classroom)

Friday October 24th, 2014

Objective: Students will show how watching Tedtalks relates to life.

Activities:

• Go over Chemistry Unit test
• Watch Ted talks

Thursday October 23rd, 2014

Objective: Students will be able to answer question about chemical reactions, states of matter, and atoms by completing a unit test.

Activities:

• CHEMISTRY UNIT TEST

Wednesday October 22nd, 2014

Objective:  Students will be able to explain the main concepts of our Chemistry Unit and answer review questions correctly

Activities:

• Chemical Reaction Practice
• Go over Chemistry Review Sheet

 *****STUDY GUIDE IS DUE TODAY AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS.  UNIT TEST WILL BE IN CLASS TOMORROW.  ANSWERS TO THE STUDY GUIDE WILL BE POSTED AT THE END OF THE DAY IN YOUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM*****

Tuesday October 21st, 2014

Objective: Students will be able to identify exothermic and endothermic reactions

Activities:

• Elephant Toothpaste

****UNIT STUDY GUIDE IS DUE TOMORROW AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS.  UNIT TEST IS THURSDAY!!!!********

Monday October 20th, 2014

Objectives: Students will be able to show the Law of Conservation Of Mass

Activities:

• Writing Monday
• Alka-Seltzer Lab

***UNIT TEST IS THIS THURSDAY.  UNIT STUDY GUIDE IS DUE WEDNESDAY***

Friday October 17th, 2014

Happy Friday!!!!

Objective: Students will be able to make models of molecules in reactions and show the Law of Conservation of Mass

Activites:

• Dot Lab (directions are in google classroom but assignment will be turned in on a piece of paper)

Thursday October 16th, 2014

Happy Thursday Everyone!!

Objective:  Students will be able to build molecules and identify what makes each molecule unique.

Activities:

• Pipe cleaner molecule activity
• Continue working on balancing equations

Wednesday October 15th, 2014

Objectives:  Students will be able to count number of atoms and molecules in a chemical formula

Activites:

• Counting atoms (google classroom)
• Balancing equations using the white board

Tuesday October 14th, 2014

Objective: Students will be able to identify how many atoms of an element are on each side of a chemical equation.

Activities:

• Chemical Reaction Notes
• Atomic Math Catcher
• Practice counting atoms

Monday October 13th, 2014

Monday October 13th, 2014
Hooray for the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos!!! Super Bowl bound.

Objective: Students will be able to make models of different elements on the periodic table

Activities:

• Atom model activity (in google classroom - must turn in)

Thursday October 9th, 2014

Thursday October 9th, 2014
Objective: Students will be able to identify parts of an atom and how atoms combine to form molecules.

Activities:

• Atom Reading (will read as class)
• Questions from atom readings

Wednesday October 8th, 2014

Wednesday October 8th, 2014

Objective: Students will be able to identify physical and chemical reactions.  Students will be able to identify the make up of atoms and how atoms bond together to form all matter.

Activities:

• Physical/Chemical Changes quiz
• Bill Nye - Atoms
• Atom Reading and questions (if time allows)

*****Make sure you have turned in Part #1 and Part #2 of the Physical/Chemical Reaction Lab, Chemistry Wordsplash, Chemistry Reflections from the articles and States of Matter Attainment*****

Tuesday October 7th, 2014

Tuesday October 7th, 2014
Objective: Students will be able to identify if different reactions are physical or chemical
Activities:

• Physical and Chemical Changes Lab #2

Monday October 6th, 2014

Happy Monday!!! The Browns AND the Broncos won yesterday.  It was a great Sunday.

Objectives: Students will be able to perform experiments and identify if the changes that occurred were physical changes or chemical changes.

Activites:

• Check out Earth Fair
• Physcial and Chemical Changes Walk About Lab Part #1

Friday October 3rd, 2014

Happy Friday!!! GO BROWNS!!! and BRONCOS!!!

Objectives: Students will be able to identify physical/chemical properties and physical/chemical changes

Activities:

• Readings and reflection questions - each student will choose 4 articles to read and answer the reflection questions for each article.

**All work up to this point must be complete and turned in by the beginning of class Monday in order to participate in the labs****

Thursday October 2nd, 2014

Objective: Students will be able to  explain the difference between physical and chemical changes and identify different reactions.  Students will be able to identify which state of matter different materials belong to.

Activities:

• Finish States of Matter Attainment
• Finish Chemistry Word Splash and turn in if not already done
• Physical/Chemical Change notes