October 30 - November 3

Monday 10-30-06
Activity: Attraction and Repulsion of Cheerios lab activity

Tuesday 10-31-06 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! BE SAFE.
Activity: Read chapter one, sections 1 and 2 together in class. Complete SG 1-1 and SG 1-2

Wednesday 11-1-06
Activity: Conductor/Insulator lab activity

Thursday 11-2-06
Activity: “Can you make the connection?” lab activity
Homework: SG 1-3

Friday 11-3-06
Activity: Circuits lab activity

This Week's Websites:

http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Electricity/hs_elec_index.htm

http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/main_pages/20.7.html

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/CURR/Science/sciber00/8th/forces/sciber/energy2.htm

http://www.article19.com/shockwave/oz.htm

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/physics/circuits/circh3pg1.html

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/HSCmotors.html

EXTRA CREDIT: http://schools.mukilteo.wednet.edu/staff/corlettem/Summit/Lessons/Building%20an%20Electric%20Motor.htm

October 23-27

Our quarterly exam is this Wednesday. It will cover concepts from chapters 4,5 and 6, as well as using the scientific method and metric conversions. Please ask your child to show you the study guide. Study together and sign the study guide for 5 extra points on this test grade.

Monday 10-23-06
Activity: Silver tree lab on single displacement reactions
Homework: study guide is due tomorrow, finish lab

Tuesday 10-24-06
Activity: Numbered-heads review
Homework: STUDY

Wednesday 10-25-06
Quarterly Exam

Thursday 10-26-06
Activity: Practice balancing equations using photosynthesis and cellular respiration to show displacement reactions. Chemical vs. Physical changes.
Homework: quiz on balancing equations tomorrow.

Friday 10-27-06
Activity: Quiz on balancing equations. Identification of chemical reactions lab aids activity.

This week's websites:

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/MOVIES/MAGCO2.html

http://www.chemtutor.com/react.htm#examp

http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/main_pages/3.2.html

http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/sstutorial/Text3/Tx34/ChemEq/Chemeq.htm

http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/sstutorial/Text3/Tx34/BalEq/BalEq.htm

http://www.scienceman.com/science10/pgs/unit1.html#topic2

October 16-20

Our First Quarterly Exam is on October 25th. Study guides will go home this week. Study with your child and sign the study guide for 5 bonus points on the exam grade.
Notebooks will also be checked very soon.


Monday 10-16-06
Activity: Finish ionic bonds diagrams, finish ionic bonds diagrams “Bond with classmates” activity.
Homework: Bonding practice page (top)

Tuesday 10-17-06
Activity: Polar and nonpolar covalent bonds. Diagram covalent bonds and write chemical formulas to express those bonds (bonding basics packet).
Homework: Bonding practice page (bottom)

Wednesday 10-18-06
Mrs. Curreri will be out of class today for MATRIX training.
Activity: Quiz on ionic and covalent bonds.

Thursday 10-19-06
Activity: “Flame Tests” Lab Aids activity
Homework: Read 6-3 SG 6-3

Friday 10-20-06
Activity: (Synthesis and Decomposition chemical reactions) Burn Magnesium Ribbon (Synthesis), demonstrate physical and chemical changes with sugar by cutting and then burning it (decomposition).
Homework: Finish lab work at home


This week's websites:

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55

http://www.ithacasciencezone.com/chemzone/lessons/03bonding/mleebonding/ionic_bonds.htm
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/Movie_index.html#Ch8

http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml

http://www.800mainstreet.com/spect/emission-flame-exp.html

http://www.trschools.com/staff/g/cgirtain/Weblabs/spectrolab.htm (online lab)

extra credit: http://www.can-do.com/uci/ssi2002/chemicalreactions.html

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/6-react.htm

http://www.chemtutor.com/react.htm

October 9-13

Students have received their "Chemoscope" project grades. We had a lot of copying and pasting on this project, and so I would like to see our students using their own words in their projects.
Please ask your child to see how they scored.

Monday 10-9-06
No School.

Tuesday 10-10-06
Activity: Discuss chemical bonds outline. Discuss coefficient and subscript. Complete an online tutorial on chemical formulas. Tally atoms in different chemical formulas.
Homework: "Atomic Tallies" worksheet

Wednesday 10-11-06
Mrs. Curreri will be out for MATRIX training today.
Activity: Quiz on separation of a mixture, Read section 6-1 and 6-2 in class.
Homework: SG 6-1, SG 6-2

Thursday 10-12-06
Activity: Construct ionic bonds diagrams, write formulas to express those bonds.
Homework: "Bonding Practice" top

Friday 10-13-06
Activity: Show video clips of a polar and a nonpolar covalent bond. "Transfer the water" activity.



This week's websites:

http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/sstutorial/FunChem.htm

http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/biol1015.htm#oxidation

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55

http://www.ithacasciencezone.com/chemzone/lessons/03bonding/mleebonding/ionic_bonds.htm
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/Movie_index.html#Ch8