Agenda (current week at top)
Getting back
Monday: 9.29.25 (Periods 1-3; 52 min each; 11:16 am release)
Tuesday: 9.30.25 (Periods 4-7; 52 min each; 12:13 pm release)
Wednesday: 10.1.25 (Periods 1, 3, 5, and 7; 80 min each; 2:55 pm release)
Thursday: 10.2.25 (Periods 2, advise, 4, and 6; 80 min each; 2:55 pm release)
Friday: 10.3.25 (All periods; 52 min each; 3:45 pm release)
Getting back
Monday: 9.22.25
Continue spending time with loved ones and healing. Mindful Minute
Tuesday: 9.23.25
Continue spending time with loved ones and healing. Mindful Minute
Wednesday: 9.24.25
Continue spending time with loved ones and healing. Mindful Minute
Thursday: 9.25.25
Go to period 3 first thing in the morning (~25 min)
Attend two sessions of your choice within the school (~45 min each). The list of sessions will be available in period 3. My sessions will be "Making S'mores and Classroom Camping"
Friday: 9.26.25
Go to period 5 first thing in the morning (~25 min)
Attend two sessions of your choice within the school (~45 min each). The list of sessions will be available in period 5. My sessions will be "Making S'mores and Classroom Camping"
Please take care of yourself this week. Spend time with loved ones and doing what helps you.
Unit 2: Phase Changes and Particle Interactions
Monday, 9.8.25
Notes: Scientific Notation (link to notes)
Review for test with Jeopardy (link to Jeopardy Review; link to review sheet)
Tuesday, 9.9.25
4.1 Test: Unit 1 - Particle View of States of Matter
Wednesday/Thursday, 9.10.25/9.11.25
Go over Unit 1 Test
Discuss Study Skills
Lab Safety Day!
Watch Starting with Safety Video (link to video)
Fill out 4.2 Starting with Safety Video Guide and turn in (link to guide)
Go over Safety Equipment in the room
Introduce 4.3 "ChemWatch: Science in the Spotlight" semester project and sign up for dates and groups (link to project details and example)
HW: Fill out safety contract (link to safety contract form, due signed by parent/guardian Monday)
Friday, 9.12.25 (Fuller out)
Work on 4.4 PhET Simulator: Particle Motion and Phase Changes (link to assignment, due at end of period)
Unit 1: Particle View of States of Matter
Monday: 9.1.25
No school due to Labor Day! Celebrate the labor movement and enjoy!
Tuesday: 9.2.25
Review for Unit 1 Test posted (link to review sheet)
Grade 2.3 assignment
Finish Notes: Significant Figures (link to notes) and practice
HW: 3.1 Significant Figures ws (link to assignment, due block day)
Wednesday/Thursday: 9.3.25/9.4.25
Notes: Density and Graphical Analysis (link to notes)
Perform 3.2 Lab: Density and Graphical Analysis (link to lab sheet, due Friday by end of class)
Friday: 9.5.25
Notes: SI Unit Conversions (link to notes)
Complete 3.2 Lab and turn in
HW: 3.3 SI Unit Conversion Practice (link to assignment, do on your own paper, due Monday)
Monday
Study for Tuesday's Unit 1 Test (link to review sheet)
Tuesday
Unit 1 Test
Unit 1: Particle View of States of Matter
Monday, 8.25.25
Grade 2.3 assignment in class
Continue work on POGIL (link to assignment)
HW: If you do not finish the POGIL in class, you will need to finish it for homework; it is due tomorrow.
Tuesday, 8.26.25
Turn in POGIL
Notes: Accuracy vs. Precision (link to notes)
Perform 2.1 Activity: Beanbag Toss (link to activity, due tomorrow)
Wednesday/Thursday, 8.27.25/8.28.25
Turn in 2.1 Activity
Notes: SI Units and Making Precise Measurements (link to notes)
Begin 2.2 Lab: Precision in Measurements (link to lab sheet, due Friday)
Friday, 8.29.25
Receive review sheet for next Friday's test (link to review sheet)
Continue work on 2.2 Lab and turn in
HW: 2.3 Measurement and Precision ws (link to assignment, due Tuesday)
Begin Notes: Significant Figures (link to notes)
Unit 1: Particle View of States of Matter
Monday, 8.18.25
Two more days!
Tuesday, 8.19.25
One more day!
Wednesday, 8.20.25 (Schedule)
Hey there Chemistry students and welcome! Get ready for an adventure in chemistry. You will be stretched and your mind opened to a world you didn't know existed. Brace yourself!
Receive hand outs:
1st Semester Fuller Passes (see Fuller)
Get into groups of 2 or 3 and fill out 1.1 Demonstration: Paint Can Conundrum
Fuller's introduction and go over course syllabus and expectations
Go over website (Fullerland.us) and resources
Thursday, 8.21.25 (Schedule)
Phone Box Reminder
Brief discussion of "physical properties" and "density"
Perform 1.2 Lab: Experimental Determination of Density of a Representative Solid, Liquid, and Gas (link to lab, due today)
Friday, 8.22.25 (Schedule)
Phone Box Reminder
Brief discussion about what might cause differences in density between the states of matter
Perform 1.4 Lab: Investigating Attraction and Repulsion (link to lab, due today)
Begin work on 1.3 POGIL: Investigating States of Matter (link to assignment, Part 1 due next Monday)
Use remaining class time to work on Part 1 of POGIL or yesterday's lab
Welcome to the world of Chemistry! I’m really excited that you're taking this class and look forward to helping you discover how chemistry applies to so much of the world you know. Enjoy the rest of your summer and I'll see you on August 20th!
Week 5
Monday: 9.15.25
Mindful Minute
Notes: Temperature, Heat, and Phase Changes
Practice
Tuesday: 9.16.25
5.1 Lab: Heating Curve for Water (link to lab sheet, due block day)
Wednesday/Thursday: 9.17.25/9.18.25
Mindful Minute
Work on lab report (due today)
Practice: 5.2 Heating Curves ws (link to assignment, due today)
Notes: Phase Diagrams
HW: 5.3 Phase Diagrams ws (link to assignment, due Monday)
Friday: 9.19.25
No school due to teacher inservice!
Week 6
Monday: 9.22.25
Mindful Minute
Grade 5.3 asst
6.1 Lab: What is Specific Heat (link to lab sheet, due today)
Tuesday: 9.23.25
Notes: Specific Heat (link to notes)
Classwork: 6.2 Heat Capacity and Specific Heat (link to assignment, due block day)
Wednesday/Thursday: 9.24.25/9.25.25
Lab: Ice Cream! (To teach calorimetry and direction of heat transfer)
Friday: 9.26.25
Mindful Minute