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Laboratory Exercises
Mon Tues/Weds Thurs/Fri
Week 1: 9/8-9/9
END UNIT 1: EXAM 10/4-10/5
Week 6: 10/10 10/11-10/12 END GRADING PERIOD
Week 7: 10/17 10/18-10/19 10/20-10/21
Week 8: 10/24-28
Week 9: 10/31-11/4
Week 10: 11/7-11/10
Week 11: 11/14-11/18
Week 12: 11/28-12/2
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 1
9/8
Remsen Demo: Observation vs. Inference
Week 2
9/12
Set-up Lab Notebooks (9/12)
Useful Tidbits Page Inside Cover
Plicker (from Ms. Wickham) Page 2
Spectrum of Confusion (created by you) Page 3
Syllabus Page 4
Table of Contents (2 columns/page) Pages 11-13
Candle Lab Set-Up (9/13-9/14)
Properties of Matter Title Page 15 (Embelishments to come...)
Vocab Page 16
Notes Page 17
9/13-9/14
Candle Lab: Procedure and Data Collection (9/15-9/16)
Hypothesis (Added to Notes on page 17)
Materials Page 18
Methods Page 18
Data (Observations) Page 19
OTHER USEFUL THINGS
Instructions (Do NOT copy these into your methods section; instead write what YOU DID)
Post Lab Questions
9/15
NOTE:
Post Lab Questions should guide you to your conclusion (see homework below)
Homework (PAGE 20)
Post Lab Questions (if not finished in class)
Draw and label the parts of a candle
Conclusion: How does a candle work?
Week 3
Organize & Take Notes (9/19)
Update your Note Book (table of contents, page #s, etc.)
Watch a short video on phase change and take notes (page 21)
Revist Candle Lab Notes (page 17) and add 3 comments, etc.
9/19
Ms. Wickham is gone today (Monday). She is welcoming her niece, Evora Skye, into the world.
Phase Changes, Physical and Chemical Properties (9/20-9/21)
Saftey Procedures Revisited --> Video Challenge! One that I found:
Bunsen Burner Setup and Safety Video
by Scott Valena and Andrew Ezersky, USC
Vocab Activity: Transition words for States of Matter
Intro to Chromebooks in Chemistry
States of Matter and Phase Changes: Phet Simulation (assignment in Google Classroom)
Phase Changes, Physical and Chemical Properties Continued (9/22-9/23)
Discuss How a Candle Works
Add 2nd Language Definitions to Vocab (page 22)
Take notes on measurement and Physical Properties (page 23)
Phase Change Lab: How Temerature Acts with Constant Heat During Phase Changes
Lab: page 24 or 25
9/22
9/26
Week 4
Admin & Independent Learning (9/26)
Watch this short video on Non-Newtonian Fluids
Play with a Non-Newtonian Fluid (oobleck) and observe its strange properties
Create group poster with: 3 fun facts, spectrum/continuum of energy and matter states
Meanwhile...Notebook Checks! (see below for rubric)
Presentations, Plotting, and Picture-Notes (9/27-9/28)
Finish posters, Lab Make-Ups if necessary, quick presentations
Plot Phase Change Data from the "boiling ice" lab (below, left)
Take notes on "Classifying Matter" (below, right)
Meanwhile...Notebook Checks! (see above for rubric)
NOTE:
Hetero = Different
Homo = Same
9/27
9/29
Begin Test Review (9/29-9/30)
Read Heating and Cooling Curve Article
Online Activity (Quiz Link Tab)
Fill Out Properties of Matter Unit Page (pg.15, see below, left)
Start Latin Words and Roots Page (pg. 6-7, see below, right)
TEST NEXT TUESDAY/
WEDNESDAY
10/4-10/5
TEST NEXT TUESDAY/
WEDNESDAY
10/4-10/5
10/3
Week 5
Review: Notecards for the Exam (10/3)
Create a one-sided, hand written, 3x5 notecard to use on the exam
Exam (10/4-10/5)
22 Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching & 2 Short Answer
On Google Classroom submit Mini-Research Project: College & Career
-->Research a college degree that requires Chemistry (ex: B.S. in Biology)
-->Research a job that uses that degree (ex: Wild Life Conservationist)
-->Write a paragraph summarizing your research and submit to Google Classroom
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Begin Unit 2: Measurement (10/6-10/7)
Vocabulary Activity: Accuracy & Precision
Notes on Significant Figures (from this video)
WebQuest Activity (Google Classroom)
Homework through Socrative (QuizLink), due Monday!
10/6
10/11
Week 6
Make-Up Day & Physical Property Posters (10/10)
Finish WebQuest & Homework 1
Work on Physical Property (ie. Volume, Pressure, Mass, etc.) Poster
Scientific Notation & Sig. Fig.s (10/11-10/12)
Magnitude vs. Direction (below, left)
Working with Sig. Fig.s & Scientific Notation (below, right)
--> Notes & Group Competition
10/17
Week 7
Intro to Units & Unit Conversions (10/17)
Work on Physical Property (ie. Volume, Pressure, Mass, etc.) Poster
Practice with Units:
Site 1
Site 2
Physical Property Poster Presentations
Notes on Unit Conversions
Homework 2: Sig. Fig.s and Measurement
Intro to Density (10/18-19)
Notes on page 33 & 34 (below)
10/20
Density Lab (10/20-21)
See Google Classroom for this Assignment
10/24
Week 8
Research Project (10/24-10/28)
Research Notes DUE Monday
Density Lab (10/18-10/19)
Due on Google Classroom Tuesday/Wednesday
Week 9
10/31
Research Project Cont. (10/31)
Research Notes DUE TODAY
Homework #3: Unit Conversions (11/1-11/2)
Go to joneslhs.weebly.com
Record what you do (show your work and provide answers)
Due by the end of the week (turn a physical copy into your period's box)
Research Paper Writing (11/3-11/4)
Discussion Topic: What thesis statement should I use? How should I structure my
paper?
11/7
Week 10
What is a mole? (11/7)
Activity on Google Classroom DUE Wednesday/Thursday
Notes: Holey Moley on Page 34 (below)
Exam (11/8-11/9)
On Measurement: Sig. Fig.'s, Scientific Notation, Unit Conversions
Research Paper DUE FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT (11/11)
Week 11
11/14
Review Last Week's Exam (11/14)
Test Make-Up (if you missed it) Wednesday (11/16) after school
State Variables and Charles' Law (11/15-11/6)
Notes: Pages 37 & 39 (below)
"Under Pressure..." Assignment (Google Classroom):
(1) Finish PHeT Activity (if you haven't already, this is from September)
(2) What is Pressure? One-Pager (do this on page 38 of your spiral)
Both parts of the Assignment DUE THURSDAY
Gas Laws Lab Day 1 (11/17-11/18)
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Week 12
Week 12 Objectives:
Understand State Variables and how they relate through Gas Laws
Quantitatively determine values for State Variables using Gas Laws
Review Kinetic Energy (11/28)
Modeling State Variables using Soccer Balls
Homework #4 assigned: due 12/1-12/2 (can use on Quiz)
Gas Law Observations and Lecture Notes (11/8-11/9)
Get together to work on Qualitative Q.'s: White Board Discussion Groups
Partner Grading: Lab Notebooks (turn into classroom box)
Take notes on using Gas Laws, see below (page 48)
Quiz over Homework #4 (12/1-12/2)
Open Note Quiz covering this week's homework
Homework #4
is on
Google Classroom
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Quiz on Thurs/Fri
is
OPEN NOTEBOOK
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