Mrs. Curreri's Science Syllabus

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

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

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