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Class Overview
Class Overview
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Physical Science provides students with a basic knowledge of the natural world that will serve as the foundation for more advanced secondary and postsecondary courses or physical science-oriented technical careers. There is a strong emphasis on the use and development of inquiry skills through labs, hands-on activities, and classroom demonstrations.
The Physical Science Georgia Standards of Excellence are designed to continue student investigations of the physical sciences that began in grades K-8, and provide students the necessary skills to have a richer knowledge base in physical science. The standards in this course are designed as a survey of the core ideas in the physical sciences. Those core ideas will be studied in more depth during in the chemistry and physics courses. The physical science standards include abstract concepts such as the conceptualization of the structure of atoms and the role they play in determining the properties of materials, motion and forces, the conservation of energy and matter, wave behavior, electricity, and the relationship between electricity and magnetism. The idea of radioactive decay is limited to the understanding of whole half-lives and how a constant proportional rate of decay is consistent with declining measures that only gradually approach to zero. Students investigate physical science concepts through the study of phenomena, experiences in laboratory settings, and field work. GA Standards of Excellence
Syllabus
Syllabus
NOTES AND CLASSWORK
NOTES AND CLASSWORK
Current Unit: Motion
Classwork:
Homework: Keep Notebook up to date, and complete any missing/makeup assignments
Assessment Date: Motion Test Jan 18
Next Unit: Forces (Test on Jan 30)
1st Semester
Week 1
Jul 31 Teacher Workday; Open House 3-5 pm
Aug 1 Teacher Workday
Aug 2 Teacher Workday
Aug 3 1st Day Stations
Aug 4 Lab Safety/Lab Equipment
Week 2
Aug 7 Measurements Notes and Activity
Aug 8 Measurement Activity
Aug 9 Review
Aug 10 Lab Quiz
Aug 11 Atom Theory
Week 3
Aug 14 Atom Structure
Aug 15 Bohr Models and Dot Diagrams
Aug 16 Ions & Isotopes
Aug 17 PhET Build an Atom Lab
Aug 18 Isotope Modeling Activity
Week 4
Aug 21 Atom Infographic Project
Aug 22 Atom Infographic Project
Aug 23 Atom Infographic Project
Aug 24 Periodic Table Trends
Aug 25 Periodic Table Coloring
Week 5
Aug 28 Build a Periodic Table Activity
Aug 29 Review
Aug 30 Test-Atoms & Periodic Table
Aug 31 Intro to Chemical Bonding
Sept 1 Early Release Day; Review Bonding
Week 6
Sept 4 Labor Day; No School
Sept 5 Progress Reports; Bonding Diagrams
Sept 6 Reading Guide
Sept 7 Ionic vs Covalent Properties Lab
Sept 8 Chemical Bonding Doodle Notes
Week 7
Sept 11 Test Review
Sept 12 Test- Ionic vs Covalent Bonding
Sept 13 Ionic Naming and Formulas
Sept 14 Ionic Puzzle Activity
Sept 15 Ionic Speed Dating
Week 8
Sept 18 Covalent Naming and Formulas
Sept 19 Covalent Puzzle Activity
Sept 20 Nomenclature Doodle Notes and Practice
Sept 21 Nomenclature Escape Room
Sept 22 Nomenclature Grudgeball
Week 9
Sept 25 Independent Review/Makeup Day
Sept 26 Test- Nomenclature
Sept 27 Chemical Reactions Notes and Practice
Sept 28 Counting Atoms Practice
Sept 29 Law of Conservation of Mass
Week 10
Oct 2 Conservation of Mass Lab
Oct 3 Conservation of Mass Problems
Oct 4 Balancing Equations Doodle Notes
Oct 5 Balancing Equations PHeT Lab
Oct 6 Balancing Equations Practice
Week 11
Oct 9 Fall Break; No School
Oct 10 Fall Break; Teacher Workday; No School
Oct 11 Types of Equations Doodle Notes
Oct 12 Identifying and Balancing Practice
Oct 13 Study Guide; Report Cards
Week 12
Oct 16 Test- Chemical Reactions
Oct 17 Nuclear Applications Gallery Walk
Oct 18 Nuclear Power Ted Talk Debate
Oct 19 Nuclear Power Video Project
Oct 20 Introduce Adobe Express, Project Workday
Week 13
Oct 23 Project Workday
Oct 24 Nuclear Reactions Notes, Project Workday
Oct 25 Nuclear Decay Doodle Notes
Oct 26 Nuclear Decay Equations Practice
Oct 27 Quiz, Half-Life Notes
Week 14
Oct 30 Decay of Element Z WS
Oct 31 Half-Life Guided Practice Problems
Nov 1 Half-Life Problems Scavenger Hunt
Nov 2 Twizzler Decay
Nov 3 Review
Week 15
Nov 6 Test- Nuclear Reactions
Nov 7 States of Matter Notes and Cut-n-Paste Activity
Nov 8 PhET Lab
Nov 9 PhET Lab; Progress Reports
Nov 10 Veterans Day; No School
Week 16
Nov 13 Gas Behavior Notes and What If? WS
Nov 14 Gas Stations Lab
Nov 15 Finish What If? WS, Test Review
Nov 16 Test- Matter
Nov 17 Grudgeball Exam Review
Nov 20-24 Thanksgiving Holidays
Week 17
Nov 27 Solutions Notes and Guided Practice
Nov 28 Solubility Curve and Guided Practice
Nov 29 Solubility Curve Assignment
Nov 30 Solutions Webquest
Dec 1 Solutions Quiz, Exam Review
Week 18
Dec 4 Acid/Base Doodle Notes and Guided Practice
Dec 5 Vocab Card Sort, Finish Guided Practice
Dec 6 pH Lab
Dec 7 pH Card Sort, pH worksheet
Dec 8 Acid Base Quiz, Exam Review
Week 19
Dec 11 Test Review
Dec 12 Test- Solutions, Acids, & Bases
Dec 13 Exam Review
Dec 14 1st Period Exams
Dec 15 2nd/3rd Period Exams
Week 20
Dec 18 4th/5th Period Exams
Dec 19 6th/7th Period Exams; Early Dismissal; Report Cards
Dec 20-Jan 2 Winter Break
2nd Semester
Week 21
Jan 1 Winter Break; No School
Jan 2 Winter Break; No School
Jan 3 Teacher Workday; No School
Jan 4 Begin Motion
Jan 5
Week 22
Jan 8
Jan 9 Report Cards
Jan 10
Jan 11
Jan 12
Week 23
Jan 15 MLK Jr Holiday; No School
Jan 16
Jan 17
Jan 18 Motion TEST
Jan 19 Winterfest Pep Rally
Week 24
Jan 22
Jan 23
Jan 24
Jan 25
Jan 26
Week 25
Jan 29
Jan 30 Force TEST
Jan 31
Feb 1
Feb 2
Week 26
Feb 5
Feb 6 Progress Reports
Feb 7
Feb 8
Feb 9
Week 27
Feb 12 Work and Machines TEST
Feb 13
Feb 14
Feb 15
Feb 16 Teacher Workday; No School
Week 28
Feb 19 Presidents' Day; No School
Feb 22 Project Workday
Feb 21 Project Workday
Feb 22 Project Workday
Feb 23 Energy Transformations Project Due
Week 29
Feb 26
Feb 27
Feb 28
Feb 29
Mar 1 Early Dismissal
Week 30
Mar 4 No School
Mar 5
Mar 6
Mar 7
Mar 8
Week 31
Mar 11
Mar 12 Heat TEST, End 3rd 9 Weeks
Mar 13
Mar 14
Mar 15
Week 32
Mar 18
Mar 19
Mar 20
Mar 21
Mar 22
Week 33
Mar 25
Mar 26 Waves TEST
Mar 27
Mar 28
Mar 29
Week 34
Apr 1
Apr 2
Apr 3
Apr 4
Apr 5
Apr 8-15 Spring Break
Week 35
Apr 15 No School
Apr 16
Apr 17
Apr 18
Apr 19 Progress Reports
Week 36
Apr 22 Wave Interactions TEST
Apr 23
Apr 24
Apr 25
Apr 26
Week 37
Apr 29
Apr 30
May 1
May 2
May 3
Week 38
May 6
May 7
May 8
May 9
May 10 Electricity and Magnetism Test
Week 39
May 13
May 14 Review
May 15 Review; Senior Exams
May 16 Review; Senior Exams
May 17 1st Period Exam
Week 40
May 20 2nd/3rd Period Exams
May 21 4th/5th Period Exams
May 22 6th/7th Period Exams; Early Dismissal
STUDY RESOURCES
STUDY RESOURCES
Links for resources for each of the Units are below
Links for resources for each of the Units are below
Study Vocab
Video Playlists-Review Concepts
Practice Questions
Review Game
Physical Science Units of Study
Physical Science Units of Study
Intro: Measurements and the Scientific Method (Chapter 1)
Unit 1: Atoms and the Periodic Table (Chapter 16 & Chapter 17) Test Scheduled for Aug 30
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 2A: Chemical Bonding (Chapter 18) Test Scheduled for Sept 12
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 2B: Chemical Nomenclature (Chapter 18) Test Scheduled for Sept 26
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 3: Chemical Reactions (Chapter 19) Test Scheduled for Oct 16
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 4: Nuclear Chemistry (Chapter 20) Test Scheduled for Nov 6
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 5: Matter (Chapter 14) Test Scheduled for Nov 16
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 6: Solutions, Acids and Bases (Chapter 21 and Chapter 22) Test Scheduled for Dec 8
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 7: Energy and Transformations (Chapter 5 & Chapter 8)
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 8: Motion (Chapter 2)
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 9: Forces (Chapter 3)
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 10: Work and Machines (Chapter 4)
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 11: Waves (Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter, 12, and Chapter 13)
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
Unit 12: Electricity and Magnetism (Chapter 6 and Chapter 7)
Quizlet, Youtube Playlist, Gimkit
State Standards
State Standards
SPS1
SPS1
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information from the periodic Table to explain the relative properties of elements based on patterns of atomic structure.
SPS2
SPS2
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain how atoms bond to form stable compounds.
SPS3
SPS3
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to support the Law of Conservation of Matter.
SPS4
SPS4
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the changes in nuclear structure as a result of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay.
SES5
SES5
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare and contrast the phases of matter as they relate to atomic and molecular motion.
SES6
SES6
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the properties of solutions.
SPS7
SPS7
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain transformations and flow of energy within a system.
SPS8
SPS8
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the relationships among force, mass, and motion.
SPS9
SPS9
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the properties of waves.
SPS10
SPS10
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the properties of and relationships between electricity and magnetism.
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