Mrs. Curreri's Science Syllabus

This is the official web blog for Mrs. Curreri's Science classes at Halsted Middle School in Newton, NJ.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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