Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Matter Labwork Unit

11/28 Volume notes; metric units
11/29 Finish volume stuff
11/30 Volume lab
12/1 Mass notes
12/2 prep for mass lab

12/5 Mass lab
12/6 Density
12/7 decimals, prep for density lab
12/8 Density lab
12/9 finish up density stuff

12/12 grade questions from volume, mass and density
12/13 review for Lab Final
12/14 Lab final
12/15 review density
12/16 last catch-all for lab test/ Density writing assessment

12/19 Lab reteach/enrich
12/20 Retest lab/enrich
12/21 finish lab retest

12/22-1/3 Christmas Holiday! Have a great break and be safe!!!

Friday, November 4, 2011

YAY! We are now officially in Science!

YAY! We made it through Health and now we get to focus on Science! I know that many students have been patiently waiting for this part of the school year. We started last week with a brief science introduction, including scientific method, and this week we will learn about Matter until Christmas break.

11/7 Atom quiz, finish timeline
11/8 Grade questions, periodic table
11/9 finish atom stuff, if time atom snowflakes
11/10 Chapter 1 lesson 1 on Matter, Measuring mass and volume, matter questions
11/11 Notes on matter, finish questions

11/14 States of matter (chapter 2) pg 32-35, notes
11/15 Grade 1-1 questions, states of matter, Diffusion Quiz on states of matter
11/16 Finish states of matter, expansion and contraction, begin chemical changes
11/17 Bill Nye Chemical Reactions, review for test
11/18 Matter test

11/21 Reteaching/enrich *** Students that pass the test will go to science enrichment activities, while those who need more specialized help will be retaught and have the opportunity to retake the test.
11/22 Retesting/enrich
11/23-11/25 No school for Thanksgiving