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8th Grade Physical Science

Daily Agenda

 

August 24:  Introduction to Physical Science & Meet Mr. Ray

 

August 25:  Students will analyze and operate safety equipment found in the Science Classroom.

  • Mr. Ray's Website Introduction

  • Google Classroom Sign In

  • Safety - Is it water?

 

August 26:  Students will be analyzing the safety equipment in the classroom and how to remain safe in a Chemistry Classroom.

 

August 29:  Detailed Observations & the Scientific Process

  • What is the Scientific Process?  - Notes

 

August 30:  Students will be differentiating between qualitative and quantiative observations.

 

August 31:  Scientific Process/Method

  • Identifying Variables - Independent, Dependent, & Control

 

September 1: Scientific Process/Method

  • Scientific Method Notes

  • Scientific Method Examples

  • Intro to Pendulum lab

 

September 2: Analyzing variables within a Scientific Investigation/Experiment

  • Pendulum Lab - Whiteboard Data, Discussion, & Conclusions

 

September 6: Analyzing Variables within a Scientific Investigation/Experiment

  • Pendulum Lab - Whiteboard Data, Discussion, & Conclusions

 

September 7: Identifying Variables within a Scientific Investigation/Experiment

  • Pendulum Lab - Whiteboard Data, Discussion, & Conclusions

    Identifying Variables Worksheet

 

September 8: Process of collecting & analyzing scientific data

  • Collecting & Analyzing Scientific Data Notes

 

September 9: Process of collecting & analyzing scientific data

  • Collecting & Analyzing Scientific Data Notes

  • Review - Scientific Method, Quantitative vs. Qualitative Observations, & Scientific Variables

  • Prepare for Designing Your Own Lab Project/Exam - Assessment 

 

September 12: Students will be applying their knowledge of the scientific method, scientific variables, and experimental design to conduct their own experiment.

  • Unit 1 Coffee House Review

  • Designing Your Own Lab - Lab Report due Monday, September 19

 

September 13: Students will be applying their knowledge of the scientific method, scientific variables, and experimental design to conduct their own experiment.

  • Designing Your Own Lab - Lab Report due Monday, September 19

 

September 14: Students will be applying their knowledge of the scientific method, scientific variables, and experimental design to conduct their own experiment.

  • Designing Your Own Lab - Lab Report due Monday, September 19

 

 

End of Unit 1

 

September 15:  Students will be analyzing units of measurement.

  • Introduction to Measurement - Notes

  • Accuracy vs. Precision

 

September 16:  Students will be able to make measurements using the metric system.

  • Metric system introduction

  • Accuracy vs. Precision Toss Lab

 

September 19:  Students will be analyzing the effectiveness of the metric system.

  • Submit Lab Report - Due Today

  • Metric Introduction Notes - Purpose of Measurement

 

September 20:  Students will utilize two methods of finding an object's volume.

  • What is volume? - Measurements/Displacement

  • Volume Lab

 

September 21:  Students will utilize two methods of finding an object's volume.

  • Finish Volume Lab

 

September 22:  Students will be applying metric units to solve for density.

  • Density Notes

  • Density Demonstrations

 

September 23: Students will be able to explain how the density of liquids are different even though they have the same volume.

  • Density Math - Examples

  • Density Online Simulation

 

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September 28: Students apply their knowledge of density to many different liquids.

  • Density Math Review

  • Finish the Density Online Simulation

  • Density Lab (In-Class)

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September 29: Students apply their knowledge of density to many different liquids.

  • Finish Density Lab - Discussion

 

September 30:  Students will be using identifying how to convert units.

  • Introduction to Metric Conversions

  • Metric Conversion Notes

 

October 1:  Students will be able to convert metric units.

  • Metric Conversion Notes

 

October 2: No Class (Meadows Homecoming Games)

 

October 5: No School (Staff Professional Development)

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October 6: Students will be able to find many different types of measurements & convert units.

  • Metric Conversions Review

  • Metric Olympics (Lab)

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October 7: Students will be able to find many different types of measurements & convert units.

  • Finish Metric Olympics (Lab)

 

October 8: Students will be able to convert standard units to metric units.

  • Turn In Metric Olympics

  • Dimensional Analysis/Conversion Notes

  • Duck Homework Q’s

 

October 9: Students will be able to convert units to metric units.

  • Finish Dimensional Analysis/Conversion Notes

  • Dimensional Analysis Practice Q's

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October 9: Students will be able to convert units to metric units.

  • Metric Conversion Review Q's

  • Unit 2 Review                

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October 12: Students will be reviewing for the Unit 2 Test.

 

October 13: Students will be assessed over Unit 2 Concepts.

  • Unit 2 Test

 

End of Unit 2

 

October 14: Students will be able to identify the state of matter of many different things.

  • Return Unit 2 Test - Retake Process/Questions/Errors

  • States of Matter Discussion

  • Soliquid?

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October 15: Students will be able to identify the state of matter of many different things.

  • States of Matter Discussion/Notes

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October 16: Students will be able to identify the state of matter of many different things.

  • States of Matter Discussion/Notes

  • S/L/G Dance Party​

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October 19:  Students will researching and interpreting a scientific article on Phase Changes. 

 

October 20: Students will be analyzing how matter changes from one state to another.

  • Phase Change Notes

 

October 21: Students will construct a graph to display the phase change of water.

  • H20 Heating Curve (Lab)

 

October 22: Students will construct a graph to display the phase change of water.

  • Finish H20 Heating Curve (Lab)

  • Phase Change Notes

  • Phase Change HW Q's

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October 23: Students will assessed over states of matter and phase changes.

  • Open Note Quiz - 3.1 & 3.2

 

October 27: Students will be analyzing the relationship between pressure and volume (Boyles Law)

  • Boyles Law Notes/Demos

 

October 28: Students will be able apply knowledge of matter to phase changes.

  • Ice Cream Phase Change (Lab) 

 

October 29: Students will interpret change in potential and kinetic energy.

  • Sublimation - Root Beer Law

 

October 30: Students will interpret how pressure impacts multiple factors on earth.  

  • Atmospheric Pressure Notes

 

November 2: Students will interpret how pressure impacts multiple factors on earth. 

  • Pressure Notes Con't

  • Boyle's Law Soccer Demo

 

November 3: Students will analyze the relationship between pressure and volume (Boyle's Law).  

  • Boyle’s Law Demos

  • Charles Law Introduction - Notes/Demo

 

November 4: Students will analyze the relationship between pressure & temperature (Charles Law)

  • Charles Law Notes/Demo Examples

 

November 5: Students will analyze the relationship between pressure & temperature (Charles Law)

  • Charles Law Notes/Demo Examples

 

Novebmer 6: Students will preform & analyze many experiments to demonstrate the change in pressure.

  • Pressure Lab

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November 9: Students will perform & analyze many experiments to demonstrate the change in pressure.

  • Pressure Lab

 

November 10: Students will perform & analyze many experiments to demonstrate the change in pressure.

  • Collect Pressure Lab

  • Bernoulli's Principle Notes/Demos - Exit Ticket

  • Archimedes’ Principle Notes

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November 11:  Students will analyze how pressure causes a plane to lift off.

  • Bernoulli's Principle Notes/Demos

  • Bernoulli's Principle Paper Blow/Balloon Race

  • Venturi Effect Notes

 

November 12:  Students will analyze how pressure causes a plane to lift off.

  • Bernoulli's Principle Notes/Demos

  • Bernoulli's Principle Paper Blow/Balloon Race

  • Venturi Effect Notes

 

November 13: Students will interpret how pressure impacts multiple factors on earth.  

  • Liquid Nitrogen Demos/Discussion/Questions

 

November 16: Students will be reviewing for the Unit 3 Test.

 

November 17:  Students will be assessed over Unit 3.

  • Unit 3 Test

 

End of Unit 3

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November 18:  Students will be able to distinguish between a physical and chemical change.

  • Hand Back Unit 3 Test - Retakes?

  • Elephant Toothpaste Lab

 

November 19:  Students will be able to classify matter by the physical and chemical properties.

  • Physical Properties Discussion

  • Classification of Matter Notes

  • Elephant Tooth Paste (Round 2) Exit Ticket

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November 20:  Students will able to identify the characteristics of physical and chemical changes.

  • Chemical vs. Physical Changes Lab

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November 23:  Students will able to identify the characteristics of physical and chemical changes.

  • Finish Chemical vs. Physics Changes Lab

 

November 24:  Students will be able to differientiate between an element, compound, & mixture.

  • 4.2 Notes - Elements, Compounds, & Mixtures

 

Thanksgiving Break!

 

November 30:  Students will be able to classify substances as either an element, compound, or mixture.

  • Classification of Matter 2 - Notes

  • Nuts & Bolts Activity

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December 1:  Students will be able to classify substances as either an element, compound, or mixture.

  • What is it? Lab - Identifying what elements make up a compound

 

December 2:  Students will be able to classify substances as either an element, compound, or mixture.

  • Finish What is it? Lab - Identifying what elements make up a compound

  • Distribution Practice

  • "Reading Compounds"

  • Element vs. Compound Review

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December 3:  Students will be able to distinguish between organic and inorganic compounds.

  • Organic vs. Inorganic Notes

  • Organic Compound Recognition Mini Lab

 

December 4:  Students will be able to determine the relationship between a solvent and solute.

  • Solvent vs. Solute Notes

 

December 7:  Students will be able to determine the relationship between a solvent and solute.

  • Solvent vs. Solute Notes

  • Tasty Solutions Lab

 

December 8:  Students will reviewing the difference between a mixture, compound, and element.

  • Heterogeneous Mixtures

  • Element, Compound, or Mixture? (In-class activity)

 

December 9:  Students will be able to identify the characteristics of saturated and unsaturated solutions.

  • Saturated vs. Unsaturated Solutions Notes

  • Supersaturated Demo

 

December 10:  Students will be applying their knowledge of supersaturated solutions to construct a snow globe.

  • Snow Globe Lab - Baby Food Jars!

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December 11:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 4 Test.

  • Unit 4 Test Review - Elements, Compounds, & Mixtures

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December 14:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 4 Test.

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December 15:  Students will be assessed over Unit 4 Concepts.

  • Unit 4 Test

 

December 16:  Students will be able to describe an atom and what it is composed of.

  • Hand Back Unit 4 Test

  • Webster's Dictionary Atom Definition (Activity)

  • Unit 5 Notes - Atomic History

 

December 17:  Students will able to interpret the process for discovering microscopic matter.

  • Sock/Can Observations Lab

  • The study of Matter - Notes

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December 18:  Students will be able to describe how mass is conserved.

  • Conservation of Mass Lab

  • H20 vs. H2O2 Mini Lab

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December 21:  Students will be able to interpret Dalton's early model of the atom.

  • Law of Multiple Proportions/Law of Definate Composition - Notes

  • Dalton's Model of the Atom - Billards

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December 22: Students will be modeling how the discovery of the electron was established and how it impacted the model of the atom.

  • Taped Together - Mini Lab

  • Discovery of the Electron - Notes

 

Winter Break!

 

January 4:  Students will be identifying major controbutions to the model of the atom.

  • Thompson's Cathode Ray/Electron Notes

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January 5:  Students will be modeling how Rutherford designed his model of the atom.

  • Black Box Experiment

  • Rutherford's Model - Notes

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January 6:  Students will be able to design Bohr Models to represnt the atom.

  • Bohr Model - Notes

 

January 7:  Students wil be able to interpret Schrodinger's Model of an electron cloud.

  • M&M Target Bohr Models

 

January 8:  Students will be reviewing all models of the atom and making Bohr Models.

  • Popplet Review - All Models Timeline

  • Bohr Model Review

 

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January 11:  Students will be able to interpret Schrodinger's Model of an electron cloud.

  • Review - Democritus, Aristotle, Dalton, Rutherford, & Bohr

  • Schrodinger Notes

  • Chadwick Notes

 

January 12:  Students will be conducting research for how the model of the atom has changed over time.

  • Model of the Atom Project (Day 1) - Project Checklist & Timeline Rubric (100 Test Points)

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January 13:  Students will be conducting research for how the model of the atom has changed over time.

  • Model of the Atom Project (Day 2) - 100 Test Points

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January 14:  Students will be designing and constructing their model of the atom project.

  • Model of the Atom Project (Day 3) - 100 Test Points

 

January 15:  Students will be designing and constructing their model of the atom project.

  • Model of the Atom Project (Day 4) - 100 Test Points

 

January 19:  Students will be able to identify the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons for each element.

  • Isotope Notes - Atomic Number vs. Atomic Mass

 

January 20:  Students will be able to identify the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons for each element.

  • Counting Atoms Challenge - Minute to Win It!

  • Identifying P,N, & E - Practice

 

January 21: Students will be able to identify the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons for each element.

  • Identifying P,N, & E - Practice

 

January 22:  Students will be designing and constructing their model of the atom project.

  • Model of the Atom Project (Day 5) - 100 Test Points

 

January 25: Students will be able to identify the number of protons, electrons, and neutrons for each element.

  • Model of the Atom Project Due Today - Worth 100 Points (or 1 Test)Finish Minute to Win It - Challenge

  • Identifying P, N, & E - Building Isotope Models

 

January 26:  Students will be able to calculate the average atomic mass of an element.

  • Identifying P, N, & E - SMAPEN Tables

  • Calculating Average Atomic Mass - Notes

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January 27:  Students will be able to calculate the average atomic mass of an element.

  • Calculating Average Atomic Mass Review

  • Create Your Own Element

 

January 28: Unit 5.2 Quiz 

  • Unit 5.2 Quiz (50 Points) - SMAPEN, Average Atomic Mass, & Mol

 

January 29: Students will be analyzing the properties of metals and nonmetals.

  • Hand Back Graded Quiz - Retakes?

  • Periodic People Activity

  • Periodic Table Configuration Notes

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February 1:  Students will be able to identify the trends found on the periodic table.

  • Unit 6 Periodic Table Notes - Metals vs. Nonmetals

 

February 2: Students will be analyzing properties of metals.

  • Sodium Demonstration & Bronze Penny Demonstration

 

February 3:  Students will be able to classify substances as Metals, Nonmetals, or Metalloids.

  • Is it a Metal, Nonmetal, or Metalloid? (Lab)

 

February 4: Students will be able to determine the number of valence electrons for each element.

  • Is It a Metal, Nonmetal, or Metalloid? - Lab Results

 

February 5:  Students will be able to develop dot diagrams for each element to identify the number of valence electrons.

  • Valence Electron Diagrams - Analyzing the Periodic Table Notes

 

February 8: Snow Day

 

February 9:  Students will be able to make dot diagrams for elements to indicate the number of valence electrons.

  • Dot Diagram Notes/Practice

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February 10:  Students will be able to make dot diagrams for elements to indicate the number of valence electrons.

  • Dot Diagram Practice with Ions

 

February 11:  Science Iowa Assessment

 

February 12:  Try Out Iowa Assessment

 

February 15:  Students will be reviewing Unit 6 concepts.

 

February 16:  Students will be assessed over Unit 6 concepts.

  • Unit 6 Test

 

February 17:  Students will be reviewing the periodic trends, valence electrons, and knowledge of compounds to interpret how chemicals bond.

  • Hand Back Unit 6 Test

  • Introduction to Unit 7 - Chemical Bonding

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February 18:  Students will be reviewing the periodic trends, valence electrons, and knowledge of compounds to interpret how chemicals bond.

  • Covalent Bonding - Stability & Octet Rule

 

February 19: No School - Staff Development

 

February 22:  Students will be able display how covalent bonds are formed.

  • Covalent Bonding Notes

  • Drawing Covalent Bonds - Practice

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February 23:  Students will be able to interpret what is a polymer and how it relates to covalent bonding.

  • Covalent Bonding Assignment

  • What is a polymer - Notes

February 24:  Students will be able to interpret what is a polymer and how it relates to covalent bonding.

  • Covalent Bonding Review/Practice

  • What is a polymer - Notes

 

February 25:  Students will be able to interpret what is a polymer and how it relates to covalent bonding.

  • Dissecting Diaper - Lab

 

February 26:  Students will be able to design models for how Metals & Nonmetals bond together.

  • Dissecting Diapers - Polymer Review

  • Ionic Bonding Notes & Practice Problems

 

February 24:  Students will be able to design models for how Metals & Nonmetals bond together.

  • Ionic Bonding Practice Problems

 

February 25: Students will be able to design models for how Metals & Nonmetals bond together.

  • Ions Notes

  • Ionic Bonding - Notes/Practice

 

February 26:  Students will be able to construct both Ionic & Covalent Bonds

  • Bonding Egg Hunt - In-Class Activity

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February 29:  Students will be able to identify the charge of a given compound.

  • Identifying Charges - Notes/Practice Problems

 

March 1:  Students will be able to explain the difference between an acid and base.

  • Acids & Bases Introduction/Notes

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March 2:  Students will be able to explain the difference between an acid and base.

  • Infused Learning - Review Acids/Bases & Ionic/Covalent

  • Acid/Bases Notes

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March 3:  Students will be able to evaluate how acids/bases are nuetralized.

  • Fizzy Sherbet Lab

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March 4:  Students will be analyzing the pH scale by testing everyday liquids.

  • pH Testing - Acids & Bases (Litmus Paper & Lab Quest)

  • Students can bring in own materials! 

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March 7:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 7 Test.

  • Unit 7 Review - Acid/Base Review

 

March 8:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 7 Test.

 

March 9:  Students will be assessed over Unit 7 Learning Targets

  • Unit 7 Test - Part 1

 

March 10:  Students will be competing in the Science Olympics!

  • Penny Boat Competition

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SPRING BREAK!

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March 21:  Students will be identifying the difference between reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

  • Hand Back Unit 7 Test - Retakes?

  • Unit 8 Notes/Discussion

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March 22:  Students will be able write chemical reactions to identify the limiting reactant.

  • Unit 8 Notes

  • Writing Chemical Reactions - Sandwich & Car Examples

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March 23:  Students will be able to explain the conservation of mass & relate it to chemical equations.

  • S'more Lab - Conservation of Mass Analogy

 

March 24:  Students will be able to write & balance chemical equations.

  • Chemical Equations Notes

  • Balancing Chemical Equations  Q's.

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March 25:  Students will be able to write and balance chemical equations.

  • Chemical Equations Demos

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March 28:  Students will be able to write and balance chemical equations.

  • Balancing Chemical Equations Walk Around Activity

  • Chemical Equation Practice

 

March 29:  Students will be able to write and balance chemical equations.

  • Balancing Chemical Equations Walk Around Activity

  • Chemical Equation Practice

 

March 30:  Students will be able to balance chemical equations and apply them to real-world examples.

  • Chemical Equation Practice

  • Types of Chemical Reactions - Notes/Demo

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April 1:  Students will be able to evaluate a chemical equation and determine the type of reaction.

  • Types of Chemical Reactions - Notes/Demo

  • Balancing Chemical Equations Quiz

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April 4: Students will be able to conduct an experiment for the decomposition of Baking Soda.

  • Synthesis vs. Decomposition Notes

  • Decomposition of Baking Soda - Lab

 

April 5: Students will be able to evaluate a chemical equation and determine the type of reaction.

  • Combustions Notes

  • Methane Bubble Demo

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April 6:  Students will be able to analyze combustion reactions and determine the reactants and products.

  • Combustion Notes

  • Combustion Demos

 

April 7:  Students will be able to identify each type of chemical reaction.

  • Types of Chemical Reactions Lab

 

April 8:  Students will be analyzing the difference between endothermic and exothermic reactions.

  • Exothermic vs. Endothermic Lab​​

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April 11:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 8 Test.

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April 12:  Students will be assessed over Unit 8 Concepts.

  • Unit 8 Test

 

April 13:  Students will be identifying how an electrical current is produced.

  • Hand Back Unit 8 Test - Retake Process

  • Unit 9 Introduction - Electricity Notes

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April 14:  Students will be able to interpret static electricity and how electrons are transferred.

  • Static Electricity Notes - Vocab/Transfering Charge

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April 15:  Students will be able to interpret static electricity and how electrons are transferred.

  • Static Electricity Notes - Vocab/Transfering Charge

  • Vander Graaf Examples/Demos

 

April 18:  Students will able to classify substances as conductors or insulators.

  • Pass a Current - Student to Student Example

  • Electrical Current Notes

  • Conductors vs. Insulator Notes

  • Conductors vs. Insulator Classification Lab

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April 19:  Students will be able to interpret electrical currents & potiential difference.

  • Electrical Current/Potential Difference Notes 

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April 20:  Students will be analyzing the different types of current and how it is changed/converted in your home.

  • AC vs. DC Current - Notes/Activity

 

April 21:  Students will be analyzing the different types of current and how it is changed/converted in your home.

  • Electricity Reading Activity - Read & Answer Q's 

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April 22:  Students will be interpreting Ohm's law and be able to solve Ohm's Law equations.

  • Ohm's Law - Notes/Discussion

  • Ohm's Law - Practice Problems

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April 26: Students will be analyzing the difference between series and parallel curcuits.

  • Series vs. Parallel Curcuits Notes

  • Series vs. Parallel Curcuits pHet simulation

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April 27: Students will be analyzing the difference between series and parallel curcuits.

  • Series vs. Parallel Curcuits Lab

 

April 28: Students will be analyzing the difference between series and parallel curcuits.

  • Series vs. Parallel Curcuits Lab

 

April 29: Students will be able to interpret & calculate electrical power.

  • Electrical Power - Notes & Practice Problems

 

May 2:  Students will be reviewing for the Unit 9 Test.

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May 3:  Students will be assessed over Unit 9 Concepts.

  • Unit 9 Test

 

May 4:  Students will be analyzing different types of waves moving through a medium.

  • Hand Back Unit 9 Test - Retakes/Questions

  • Introduction to Waves - Notes/Examples

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May 5:  Students will be analyzing different types of waves & calculating velocity, frequency, and amplitude.

  • Anatomy of Waves - Notes

  • Slinky Measurement - Mini Lab

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May 6:  Students will be interpreting the movement of sound waves.

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May 9:  Students will be interpreting the movement of sound waves.

  • Human Hearing/Pitch - Notes/Demos

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May 10:  Students will be interpreting the movement of sound waves.

  • Dopler Effect - Notes/Demos/Videos

 

May 11:  Students will be analyzing resonance and how it forces vibration.

  • Resonance/Interference Notes 

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May 12:  Students will be analyzing the properties of light & light waves.

  • Light Waves Notes/Demos

 

May 13:  Students will be analyzing different wave types, frequency, & resonance.

  • Resonance Lab - Annoying Noises

 

 

May 16:  Students will be analyzing different wave types, frequency, & resonance.

  • Resonance Lab - Annoying Noises

  • Reading Assignment - Why is the sky blue?

 

May 17: Students will be analyzing different types of electromagnetic radiation.

  • Electromagnetic Radiation Notes

 

May 18: Students will be analyzing different types of electromagnetic radiation.

  • Electromagnetic Radiation Notes

 

May 19: Students will be reviewing for the Unit 10 Test.

  • Unit 10 Review

 

 

May 20:  Students will be assessed over Unit 10 Concepts.

  • Unit 10 Test

 

May 23-June 2 (7 days): Students will be applying scientific skills to accomplish tasks.

  • Science Olympics

 

STOP!

 

 

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