Treadway Science Quarter 3
Agenda for Thursday, March 14, 2019
Get Started: Put everything away.
Today: The Special Properties of Water
SLIDES: Special Properties of Water
- Solid water (ice) expands as it freezes
- Growing snowflakes. Growing ice crystals in soap bubbles
- Ice floats in water
- Special properties of water and life
- Water on Mars
HW: Go outside. Play with others. Be kind.
Agenda for Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Getting Started: Get science notebook. In preparation for the quiz, clear desk except for notes, pencil, and science notebook
Today: Quiz - Energy, Particles, and Phase Changes
- Quiz
- ScienceWorld magazine - read silently
- Discussion of interesting articles.
Homework: go outside and get some sunshine
Agenda for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Hand in missing assignments.
GC - Tuesday Question:What’s in the Bubbles? Get SciNotebook.
Today: Review Matter and Energy
- Discuss the Tuesday question: What’s in the Bubbles?
- Review options for quiz on Wednesday:
- Did you finish the Questions :Online Reading 1 & 2
- Textbook: Unit 6, lesson 6 - read and/or digital lesson
- Chart: Changes of State
- Tan - Questions to Explore: Energy and Matter
HW: Today missing assignments. Quiz Wed. - you may use notes, worksheets, SciNotebook. Be sure resources are organized/complete.
Agenda for Monday, March 11, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Google Classroom - Monday Question. Get out SciNotebook, highlighter and pencil for notes.
Today: Changes of State (Phase Changes)
- DEMO - Ice melts in a container
- DEMO - Temperature probes - boiling & freezing point of water
- Handout: Notes - SLIDES: Changing States of Matter
- 7.11 SLIDES: Changing States of Matter
- SciNotebook - for questions, sketches, etc.
HW: Quiz Wed. - Energy, Particles, and Change of State. Read textbook Unit 6, Lesson 6 (Changes of State) - pp. 486-495. Tues March 12 = last day for missing assignments.
Agenda for Friday, March 8, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC link (Molecular Workbench) and SciNotebook - Friday Question: How does changing the temperature affect the motion of atoms and molecules?
Today: Temperature and motion of atoms
- Blue Virtual Lab not required (3 pts extra credit only)- MONDAY
- DEMO: changing the temperature of air - soap bubble, plastic bottle
- Handout - Questions for online reading. Check your answers with SLIDES 7.4 online reading 1 and 7.5 online reading 2.
HW: Complete/check handout. Missing assignments 3/12.
Quiz next week - energy and particles.
Agenda for Thursday, March 7, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get out white paper - Temperature and Thermal Energy to hand in.
Today: Temperature and Kinetic Energy
- White paper - Temp & Thermal Energy - Questions? Hand in
- How to navigate ThinkCentral - attached slides and Classwork
- Blue Virtual Lab - How does temperature affect kinetic energy?
Use Virtual Lab on ThinkCentral, Unit 5, Lesson 2
NOTE: This lab investigation was cancelled.
HW: Complete missing assignments by 3/12
Agenda for Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - Early Dismissal
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Prepare for today’s quiz (clear desk, GC)
Today: Temperature and Kinetic Energy
- Quiz: Elements, Atoms, and Molecules
- White handout: OH ScienceFusion: Temperature and Thermal Energy. Read textbook pages 378-380
HW: Complete white handout using textbook & ThinkCentral.
Agenda for Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Tuesday Practice (paper) - chemical symbols and formulas. Need textbook. Get SciNotebook.
Today: Temperature, Kinetic Energy, and Density
- Review chemical symbols and formulas - Quiz tomorrow.
- Review food coloring in hot and cold water - What is happening with the water particles? Temperature, KE, spacing
- How does a hot air balloon work? Temp, KE, spacing, density
HW: Quiz Wed - symbols & formulas. Late HW due 3/12
Agenda for Monday, March 4, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get SciNotebook. GC - Practice Quizlet: 18 Common Elements.
Today: Elements & Molecules. Temperature & Kinetic Energy
- Read a chemical formula - 6.1 SLIDES - Atoms, Elements, and Molecules (#24-31)
- Handout - Practice: Particles - Atoms and Molecules. Practice Quizlet until all are finished. Review answers.
- Energy - Hot and Cold Particles - Demo
→ Temperature & Kinetic energy
- Sci Notebook: Hot Air Balloons - How do they rise and sink?
HW: Practice Quizlet (Quiz Wed). Complete missing work by 3/12
Agenda for Friday, March 1, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC - Friday question. Get out your Notes: Atoms, Elements, and Molecules from yesterday.
Today: Atoms, Elements, Molecules, and the Periodic Table
- Friday question: Atoms vs molecules
- SLIDES: Atoms, Elements, and Molecules. Complete your Notes: Atoms, Elements, and Molecules.
HW: Practice Quizlet. Complete missing assignments - March 12.
Agenda for Thursday, February 28, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW Get out your sci notebook. Skip 2 blank pages. On the next clean right-hand page write “Atoms, Elements, and Molecules” at the top of the page. Open textbook.
Today: Particles of Matter - Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
- Textbook - read pp. 216-217, 444, 446-447. Look at the images on pages. In your sci notebook, use words and sketches to clarify what atoms, elements, and molecules are.
- 6.1 SLIDES: Particles of Matter - Atoms and Molecules
- Handout: Notes - Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
HW: Quizlet: 18 Elements (link in GC) Last day for late work = 3/12
Agenda for Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Getting Started: Hand in late assignments (if any).
Prepare for test: clear desk, get pencil, may use hand held or Desmos calculator, open Google Classroom.
Today: Mass, Volume, and Density
- Pass out blank paper - write name and period on paper.
- Google Classroom - Test: Mass, Volume, and Density
- Read ScienceWorld magazine or missing work
- SLIDES: Density - Will it rise or sink? Archimedes, global haline circulation, applications
HW: none except missing assignments
Agenda for Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get out your Green Gizmos - Density Laboratory and check your answers. Get calculator.
Today: Review & Applications of Density
- Green Gizmos - Density Laboratory: Questions? Hand in.
- Finish sink/rise demonstrations (if needed)
- GC - Online Review: Mass, Volume, & Density. You may use SciNotebook, Desmos or hand-held calculator, and paper.
- Paper - Applications: Density. Complete 1, 2, and a question assigned to your team. Use whiteboard to present answers.
HW: Test Wed -Volume, Density. Use Online Review, Review Sheet
Agenda for Monday, February 25, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get out green Gizmos - Density Laboratory. Hand back papers. Pass out review.
Today: Density - Rise or Sink? - Notes & Demos
- Green Gizmos - Density Laboratory. Questions? Due Tues. Hand in if complete.
- SLIDES: Density - Will it rise or sink?
- Density of Wood - calculate density - predict rise or sink
- Demonstrations - egg, water, and salt; cans of pop, density tower
HW: Green Gizmo due Tues. Test on Mass, Volume, & Density - Wed or Thurs. Practice Quizlet: Review mass, volume, & density
Agenda for Friday, February 22, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Hand in Gold: Density of Water. Answer the question on Floating Logs (paper)
Today: Density - Float or Sink?
- Discuss Floating Logs
- Gizmo - Density Laboratory (green) - Complete and hand in.
In Google Classroom, use “Classwork” tab and LINK TO GIZMOS. For both username & password use kcs _ _ _ _ _
- Quizlet: Review Mass, Volume, Density (link in Google Classroom)
HW: Complete the green Gizmo - due Monday. Practice Quizlet.
Test next week: Mass, Volume, Density
Agenda for Thursday, February 21, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Pass back papers. *Get out HW - Gold Density of Water. Get your SciNotebook. Miss the density quiz on Tuesday?
Today: Sink or Float?
- Discussion: Density of Water - Ask questions. Review/revise gold Lab Activity-Density of Water. Staple extra notebook paper to gold paper as needed. Hand in to Rack to be graded.
- Green Gizmo - Density Laboratory - Go to “Classwork” in Google Classroom - LINK TO GIZMOS. Use kcs _ _ _ _ _ (ID)
HW: Complete PART 1 of Green Gizmo - Density Laboratory → Next week - Test over Mass, Volume, and Density.
Agenda for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Pass out papers. Prepare for today’s quiz - Calculate density: get out paper, pencil, calculator
Today: What is the density of water? Will objects rise or sink?
- GC - Quiz: Calculate Density - hand in scratch paper
- Complete gold lab activity - Density of Water. Hand in to Rack.
- GC - follow the link in “Classwork” to “LINK TO GIZMOS.” Both your username and password are kcs__ __ __ __ __ (your ID). Launch “Density Laboratory.”
- Green paper: Gizmos - Density Laboratory (most students did not get this far)
HW: Complete Gold Lab Activity: Density of Water - due Wed, Feb 20
Agenda for Friday, February 15, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get out a calculator (online Desmos or hand-held). Sci Notebook - Friday Question: Calculate density. Get out your yellow homework (if not handed in Wed)
Today: Density of Water
- Review: Calculate density - SHOW EQUATION, SUBSTITUTION, AND ANSWER WITH UNITS. Hand in yellow homework.
- Gold Activity: Density of Water - With your lab team, calculate and graph the density of water. Complete with team & hand in.
- Optional: Density of other materials (Create table in SciNotebook)
HW: Short Quiz on Tuesday - Calculate Density
Agenda for Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC - Wednesday Question, get out your white handout: Density - the basics
Today: Practice calculating density
- Wednesday Question: How do you calculate density?
- SLIDES and correct white handout: Density - the basics
- 4.4 Online Practice: Calculate density (not for a grade)
- 4.5 Yellow Worksheet: Calculate density - SHOW YOUR FORMULA & SET-UPS. Complete and hand in to Rack.
- Extra practice: Textbook, p. 425 #9.
HW: Yellow Worksheet: Calculate Density - due Friday, Quiz Tues
Agenda for Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC - Tuesday Question. Have your homework available.
Today: Calculate Density
- Define density
- SLIDES: Density - define and calculate. Calculate density.
- Go over homework in textbook, p. 422.
- Handout: Density - the basics (this is practice)
Homework: Complete the handout: Density - the basics
Agenda for Monday, February 11, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC - Monday Question: Density. Get out your Science Notebook - section on Density
Today: Define and Calculate Density
- Define density
- SciNotebook - SLIDES: Density - define and calculate
- Calculate Density - Textbook, p. 422
- Handout - Density Basics (practice only). Show your set-ups. Use the Desmos or hand-held calculator. Include units.
HW: Textbook, p. 422. Read and Calculate #15
Agenda for Friday, February 8, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get out Pink Handout: 12 Bottles & SciNotebook - turn to page with “12 Bottles.”
Today: Introduction to Density
- Pink Handout & SciNotebook: 12 Bottles - Scientific writing (clear, complete, concise. Restate the question. No pronouns - “it” “they”. Explain everything with evidence.)
- Textbook - read pp. 421
- SLIDES: Density - Define and Calculate
HW: Missing assignments. Look for equal volumes with different mass.
Agenda for Thursday, February 7, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Prepare for today’s Quiz - get on Google Classroom, clear your desk, get calculator as needed.
Today: Mass and Volume - Introduce Density
- Quiz: Measure Volume. When finished, read ScienceWorld.
- Pink Investigation: 12 Bottles
SciNotebook: on the next clean page, write “12 Bottles”
Calculations and discussion
HW: None except missing assignments
Agenda for Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Pass out graded papers. Online Worksheet: Water Displacement due TODAY.
Today: Compare equal volumes of matter
- Questions about Blue Lab Activity - Water Displacement
- Review for Quiz tomorrow - volume of solids and liquids
- Pink Handout: Compare 12 bottles of matter
Do equal volumes of matter all have the same mass?
HW: Online Worksheet: Water Displacement due TODAY. Quiz Thurs - Volume of Solids and Liquids. Review Online Practice (graduated cylinder and water displacement), look over white review sheet.
Agenda for Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC - Link Quizlet: Measure Volume
Today: Measure Volume
- Questions/Challenges Water Displacement
- Blue Lab Activity: Explore Water Displacement - with your lab team, complete measurements and reflection. Hand in to Rack
- 3.6.4 Online Practice 3: Water Displacement (purple)
- 3.6.5 Online Worksheet: Water Displacement (red) - 9 pts, due Wed
- Handout - Review: Volume of solids and liquids - QUIZ Thurs
HW: 3.6.5 Online Worksheet due Wed, Practice Quizlet, Review - Quiz Thurs
Agenda for Monday, February 4, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Open your science notebook to water displacement. GC - Monday Question.
Today: Review and Explore Water Displacement
- Review Monday Question - matter, mass, and volume
- 3.6 SLIDES: Slides 15-22 (Review) and slide 23 (lab activity)
- GC - 3.6.1 Online Practice 1: Water Displacement (green)
- GC - 3.6.2 Online Practice 2: Water Displacement (gold)
Lab Activity: Explore Water Displacement (blue paper) - you may begin when 2 or more team members are ready. Finish tomorrow as needed.
HW: Repeat Online Practice 1 and 2 as needed.
Agenda for Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Getting Started: Science Notebook: on the next clean page write “Water Displacement.”
Open your textbook (book or online) to p. 420. Read silently.
Today: Volume of irregular objects
- Textbook (Science Fusion) - Read p. 420
- SciNotebook: 3.6 SLIDES: Water Displacement
3.6.1 Online Practice 1: Water displacement (green) - this is for practice only. You may retake as needed.
Agenda for Monday, January 28, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get out homework - gold investigation (volume of hand)- if needed.
Today: Water Displacement
- Review gold investigation - volume of a hand. Hand in.
- Team presentations and discussion - volume of a hand
HW: Gold Paper due today. None, except missing assignments
Agenda for Friday, January 25, 2019 - 2-Hour Delay
Getting Started: Hand out gold science writing template.
Today: Review investigation
- Use the Scoring Guide (tan handout) to review your investigation. Share with team members to find small mistakes. Make corrections. Hand in for a grade (14 points)
Homework: gold science writing template if not finished today.
Agenda for Thursday, January 24, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC - prepare for quiz. Pass out gold Science Writing Template.
Today: Complete your investigation - volume of a hand
- GC - Quiz: Read a Graduated cylinder
- Gold Science Writing Template - With your lab team, complete the step-by-step procedure, results (labeled data table), claim, evidence, reasoning, and reflection
- Claim (sample sentence frame): Based on my results, I claim that the process of _________, then ____________, then ___________ will / or will not effectively measure the volume of a hand.
HW: complete your science writing template - due tomorrow (Fri)
Agenda for Wednesday, January 23, 2018
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Get out SciNotebook. Pass back gold Science Writing Template.
Today: Design your Investigation - Volume of a Hand
- SciNotebook: Complete exploration of your lab resources
- Gold Science Writing Template: Using your design, complete your testable question, step-by-step procedure, data collection of 2 or more hands.
- Turn in your gold science writing template (so you don’t lose it)
HW: Quiz tomorrow - Read a graduated cylinder
Agenda for Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. GC - Tuesday Question
Today: Design an investigation (beginning)
- Review the Tuesday Question: Potatoes in Soup
- Complete SLIDES: mL & cm3, Crow & Pitcher, Investigation
- Gold Science Writing Template - Complete beginning thoughts
- SciNotebook - Ideas: Volume of a Hand. Test out your initial ideas for your investigation
- Begin to complete the gold Science Writing Template.
HW: Quiz Thurs - Graduated Cylinders, review practice
Agenda for Friday, January 18, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Per 1,6,7,8 - SciNotebook - At the top of the page write “Graduated Cylinder.” Create a data table identifying the size of grad. cylinder, interval, and volume measured.
Today: Volumes of Solids and Liquids
- 3.4.3 Online Worksheet: Read a Graduated Cylinder (yellow)
- Lab Practice: Irregular intervals (periods 1,6,7,8)
- SciNotebook & 3.5 SLIDES - mL and cm3, Crow and Pitcher
HW: Shovel a driveway and sidewalk. Play in the snow. Play board games with others. No school on Monday - Martin Luther King day
Agenda for Thursday, January 17, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. SciNotebook - At the top of the page write “Graduated Cylinder.” Create a data table identifying the size of graduated cylinder, interval (mL), and volume (mL) measured.
Today: Use a graduated cylinder to measure volume
- Periods 1,6,7,8 - Lab Practice with 50 mL and 100 mL grad cyl
- 3.4 SLIDES: Read a Graduated Cylinder
- 3.4.2 Online Practice 2 (orange): Read a graduated Cylinder
- Periods 3 & 5: Lab Practice with 25 mL and 10 mL grad cylinder. Record your data in a labeled data table.
HW: complete 3.4.2 Online Practice 2 (orange). Also review 3.4.1 Online Practice 1 (red). Both of these can be repeated.
Agenda for Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 2 Hour delay
Getting Started: GC - Wednesday Question. Pass out papers.
Today: Measure the volume of water with graduated cylinders
- GC - Online Practice 1 (red):Read a Graduated Cylinder.
- 3.4 SLIDES: Read a Graduated Cylinder - Procedure & Safety
- Lab Practice: Graduated Cylinders. SciNotebook: On the next clean page, write “Graduated Cylinders” at the top. Create a data table labeled for graduated cylinder, interval, volume (mL). Practice measuring water. Record your data.
HW: Practice online practice: graduated cylinders
Agenda for Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Getting Started: Hand in white Worksheet: Volume of a Box (if you did not hand it in Mon), GC - Tuesday Question. SciNotebook: Skip a page. Write Volume at the top of the page.
Today: Volume of Liquids with Graduated Cylinders
- Review: volume
- SciNotebook & 3.4 SLIDES: Read a Graduated Cylinder
*scale, interval, meniscus
- 3.4.1 Online Practice 1(red): Read a Graduated Cylinder
HW: none
Agenda for Monday, January 14, 2019 - 2 Hour delay
Getting Started: Planner-HW, GC - Monday question
Today: Volume - Review and Practice
- Review Monday Question
- Pink Investigation: Hand in today
- Complete 3.2 Worksheet (white): volume of a box - hand in
- Lab Practice: SciNotebook - measure the dimensions of boxes & calculate volume. Check your answers
- ScienceWorld magazine
HW: 3.2 Worksheet: Volume of a box - due Tuesday
Agenda for Friday, January 11, 2019
Getting Started: Get out Chromebook and clear desk for quiz.
Today: Matter has Mass and Volume
- Questions about Mass? Google Classroom - Quiz: Mass
- Pink Investigation: Complete/share as needed.
- Textbook: pp 417-419, #9 and #11
- Worksheet: volume of boxes (this is not homework
HW: shovel someone’s sidewalk & driveway. Play in the snow.
Agenda for Thursday, January 10, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - HW. Pass back investigations. Extra help - read a triple beam balance.
Today: Volume
- Pink - Investigation: How Much Space? Challenges? Work with your lab team to complete information about volume. Whiteboard - present results of either part 2 or 4.
- Textbook (ScienceFusion) -
p. 417 Read and complete #9
p. 418 Read and look at example, p. 419 complete #11
HW: Quiz Fri - Mass. Textbook read pp. 417-419, #9 and #11.
Agenda for Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Getting Started: Planner - write HW. GC - 2.1.5 Online Review - Measure Mass (this is for practice)
Today: Measure volume of regular objects
- Go over Online Review. Quiz Friday: mass and weight
- Pink - Investigation: How Much Space? Work with your lab team to complete the paper about volume.
HW: Quiz Friday: Mass and Weight. For help, review 2.1 SLIDES: MEASURE MASS posted in GC.
Agenda for Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Getting Started: New Seating Chart. Planner - No HW.
GC - Tuesday Question: Review Mass
Today: Review Rules and Mass
- Review Tuesday Question
- SLIDES - Review Science Classroom procedures
- Science Notebook - Practice - Use the Triple Beam Balance to Measure Mass
Homework: none. Bring your textbook tomorrow.