Friday, 23 September, 2011

This is HL 8. You received two of these sheets: turn in one to me and keep the other for your notebook.

Students will be able to:
use the information from virtual activities, the textbook, and classroom discussions to
-determine the properties and composition of subtances.
-identify unkown substances by their properties.

Students took mini assessment 2.

Students also received HL 8, which can be found at the top of this blog.

Students began working on the GIZMO Mystery Powder. Since we did not complete the activity, we will complete it on Monday.

Thursday, 22 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the internet, the textbook, and classroom discussions to
-compare and contrast physical and chemical changes.

Students remediated any information from the past four weeks by visiting the Pearson online text site. You can access the site at home by visiting:

http://www.pearsonsuccess.net

Once on the site, use your student ID number as both your user name AND your password. If you have difficulty accessing the site, you can email me at DrGCDMS@dadeschools.net.

Be sure to go to the explore tab. Do ALL the tabs (in orange), including the evaluate tab!

Wednesday, 21 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from virtual explorations, the textbook, and classroom discussions to
-compare and contrast physical and chemical changes.

Students watched a demonstration that emphasized both physical and chemical changes after completing the bell ringer.

Students then viewed a virtual tutorial on physical and chemical changes.

Students used their text to further instruction by selectively underlining main ideas about physical and chemical changes, found in the text on pages 302-305.

The home learning is to complete all question on pages 302-305 in the text.

Wednesday, 21 September, 2011

Students, use the link below to find out more about physical and chemical changes.

Tuesday, 20 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from hands on explorations and classroom discussions to
-explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes.

Students completed the lab density of rocks, where they find the density of several rocks.

As the home learning assignment, students are to complete the lab format handout for the lab. Use the lab format handout you were given as a guide.

Monday, 19 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from hands on explorations and classroom discussions to
-explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes.

Students began working on the lab density of rocks, where they find the density of several rocks.

Home learning 7 (HL7) is to submit, on loose leaf paper, properly headed, the answers to questions 5-9 on page 307 of the text.

Friday, 16 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and classroom discussions to
-explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes.
-classify and compare substances on the basis of characteristic physical properties that can be demonstrated or measured; for example, density, thermal or electrical conductivity, solubility, magnetic properties, melting and boiling points, and know that these properties are independent of the amount of the sample.

After completing the bell ringer, students updated assignment sheet 1 in their notebooks.

Notebooks were collected to be graded.

Students then completed the GIZMO density lab.

Home learning is to read and complete pages 302-305 in the work text.

Thursday, 15 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and classroom discussions to
-explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes.
-classify and compare substances on the basis of characteristic physical properties that can be demonstrated or measured; for example, density, thermal or electrical conductivity, solubility, magnetic properties, melting and boiling points, and know that these properties are independent of the amount of the sample.

STudents viewed BrainPop movies on Properties of Matter and The Law of Conservation of Mass.

Students then began the GIZMO Density Lab. Because there were major problems with connecting to the internet or getting the laptop computers to work, many students shared computers. We also did not complete the activity, but will do so tomorrow.

There will be a notebook check on Friday, so the home learning is to get the notebook ready for grading.

Wednesday, 14 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and classroom discussions to
-explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes.
-classify and compare substances on the basis of characteristic physical properties that can be demonstrated or measured; for example, density, thermal or electrical conductivity, solubility, magnetic properties, melting and boiling points, and know that these properties are independent of the amount of the sample.

Students worked in their texts (pages 296-301) while I conducted data chats. Make sure you do all problems in the inclusive pages and selectively underline main ideas.

Since there is a notebook check this Friday, home learning is cancelled. Be sure all home learnings are pasted in your notebook, and that all pages (1-12) are pasted in. On Friday, we will review how to complete page 1.

Tuesday, 13 September, 2011

This is HL 6. Answers only on your own loose leaf paper. Keep this sheet to check you answres in class. Period 6 will submit the answers on Thursday.

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and classroom discussions to
-explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes.
-classify and compare substances on the basis of characteristic physical properties that can be demonstrated or measured; for example, density, thermal or electrical conductivity, solubility, magnetic properties, melting and boiling points, and know that these properties are independent of the amount of the sample.

After the bell ringer, students completed any notes on measuring matter, including completing the Cornell notes, with Costa's leveled questions, highlighting the answers and questions, and summarizing the notes.

Students then worked in their texts, reading and selectively underlining pages from chapter 8 lesson 2 on physical and chemical properties of matter.

Home learning 6 can be found at the top of this blog.

Monday, 12 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and classroom discussions to
-differentiate betwen weight and mass.
-callculate density, mass and volume, given two of the quantities.

Students completed notes on matter from their text, pages 291-295. These were two column notes made from the information they selectively underlined.

Students completed the Cornell notes by writing Costa's leveled questions from the notes and using highlighters to find the answers in their notes. They also summarized the main ideas of the notes.

Students are to read and do pages 296-301 in their texts, answering all questions on these pages.

Friday, 9 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and classroom discussions to
-differentiate betwen weight and mass.
-callculate density, mass and volume, given two of the quantities.

Students took the first mini assessment today.

After the mini assessment, students worked in their texts, pages 191-195, selectively underlining the main ideas. These will be incorporated into two column notes on Monday.

Remember, short story one is due on Monday.

Thursday, 8 September, 2011

This is short story one. Be sure to follow all written directions.

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and a virtual experiment to
-use the laboratory write-up to record an experiment.
-differentiate betwen weight and mass.
-callculate density, mass and volume, given two of the quantities.

Students submitted home learning and received the rubrics for the short story. It can be found at the top of this blog.

Those classes that needed to complete the "we do" lab report format did so.

Students then used the CRISS strategy of selective underlining in their texts, pages 291-295.
Tomorrow we will the underlining to compose two column notes.

Wednesday, 7 September, 2011

This is HL 5. Be sure to copy the table and complete it on loose leaf paper.

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and a virtual experiment to
-use the laboratory write-up to record an experiment.
-differentiate betwen weight and mass.
-callculate density, mass and volume, given two of the quantities.

Students continued to explore how to correctly write up an experiment using the lab report format. Using data from a weight and mass, GIZMO, students wrote the lab according to the format. Classes that did not complete the activity will do so tomorrow. Students should also draw something to remind them that mass and weight are different entities on the student input page (where the bell ringers for this week are located).

Home learning 5 can be found at the top of this blog.

Tuesday, 6 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and a virtual experiment to
-use the laboratory write-up to record an experiment.
-differentiate betwen weight and mass.
-callculate density, mass and volume, given two of the quantities.

Students received HL 4, which is a practice density sheet. Students are to do the problems on their own paper, being sure to show their work. The handout should be placed in the notebook when completed. HL 4 can be found at the top of this blog.

Students continued to practice the "we do" activity of writing a laboratory report. The activity deals with the current topic of the nature and properties of matter.

Friday, 2 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and a hands on experiment to
-explain the necessary parts of a laboratory write-up.
-use the laboratory write-up to record an experiment.
-continue construction on interactive notebook.

Students worked on learning the lab write up format by participating in a "we do" activity. Students used the information from a GIZMO on weight and mass to write up a lab. We will complete this activity next week.

Students received their textbooks. Textbooks are to be brought to school every day. Students should read pages 288-301, and answer, in the book, the questions on pages 288 and 290.

Thursday, 1 September, 2011

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and a hands on experiment to
-explain the necessary parts of a laboratory write-up.
-use the laboratory write-up to record an experiment.
-continue construction on interactive notebook.

Students first completed their bell ringer, which dealt with Punnett Squares. They reviwed the agenda for the day.

Home learning was collected and reviewed.

Classes that needed to complete the lab format exercise did so (except for period 6, which attended the Grade Level Orientation, and did not complete the lab).

Students also completed the self-interaction by drawing something to remind them of the lab and writing a RAFT about the lab.

Period 3 also received and began their notebook update. All other classes will begin the update tomorrow.

Wednesday, 31 August, 2010

This is HL 3. Follow all written directions.

Students will be able to:
use the information from the laboratory activities to
-explain the necessary parts of a laboratory write-up.
-use the laboratory write-up to record an experiment.

Students completed the lab write up for the Mexican Jumping bean and the effects of heat experiment.

Home learning 3 can be found at the top of this blog. Follow all written instructions.

Tuesday, 20 August, 2011

This is HL 2. Answer on your own paper to submit, but write on this sheet to check your work and place in your notebook.

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text and a hands on experiment to
-explain the necessary parts of a laboratory write-up.
-use the laboratory write-up to record an experiment.

Students learned how to write up a laboratory report. You will place a copy of the lab format in your interactive notebook, so that you can refer to it as you complete your lab write-ups.

The experiment detailed discovering how heat affected the movement of a Mexican Jumping Bean.

Home learning 3 can be found at the top of this blog.

Thursday, 25 August, 2011

This is HL 1. Be sure to follow all written directions.

Students will be able to:
use the information from the text to
-differentiate between the steps of a scientific process.

Students do not yet have textbooks, so for right now, we are reading and studying the text via the overhead LCD projector.

Students have been learning about the skills necessary for scientists to make discoveries. The notes include:

What skills do scientists use?

Science is a way of learning abut the natural world.

Scientists use skills such as observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, evaluating, and making models to study the world.

Observing means using one or more of your senses to gather information. It also means using tools, such as a microscope to help your senses. Observations can be either quantitative which deals with numbers or amounts, or qualitative, which deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.

Inferring is when you explain or interpet the thing you observe. It is not guessing. Inferences are based on reasoning from what you already know or based on assumptions you make about your observations.

Predicting means making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.

Classifying is the grouping together of items that are alike in some way.

Evaluating involves comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.

Making models nvolves creating representations of complex objects or processes. Some models can be touches, such as a map. OThers are in the form of mathematical equations or computer programs. Models help people study things that can’t be observed directly.

Home learning 1, due tomorrow, can be found at the top of this blog. Be sure to follow directions!