My Science Homework

Last week we learned about ions:  atoms with differing numbers of protons and electrons.  Today’s objective was to learn more about isotopes:  atoms with differing numbers of protons and neutrons.  After defining them, we then labeled a diagram of the Carbon Cycle.  With this information, students were armed with the knowledge to complete a the […]

Today we continued where we left off yesterday with balancing chemical equations.  We started class by working through several of the problems on the Balancing Equations homework assignment that was given yesterday.  Students were allowed to make changes, corrections, and additions to their own page if it was incorrect or incomplete.  With what time we […]

Today we revisited the Law of Conservation of Mass as a means of understanding why it is important that we balance chemical equations. We then worked through several examples together on the “Balancing Act” guided practice problem set. Students then had the remaining 10-15 minutes of class to make progress on the Balancing […]

Today we did not meet for class as school was dismissed early for the state volleyball tournament. We’ll pick up where we left off with Balancing Chemical Equations on Monday. Enjoy the long weekend.

After spending several class days (as well as an after-school study session attended by about 50 students Wednesday) preparing for this chemistry test, students got it out of the way today.  The test is worth 50 points and will show up in PowerSchool by Monday AM.
Reminder:  Class will not meet tomorrow due to the state […]

Preparing for tomorrow’s Chemistry Test was the focus of today’s class.  Our primary resource was studying with the Chemistry Study Guide.  Students worked to organize all of the paper resources listed on the guide and then tackled the 15 short answer questions on the back.
After school today (Wednesday: 3:15-4:00) is the chemistry test study session.  […]

Students had most of today’s class time to tackle the three main priorities of this week:

Complete and turn in the Chemical Bonds Venn Diagram (due today)
Construct a useful, detailed Periodic Table displaying relevant trends (due Thursday)
Organize resources for Thursday’s Chemistry Test

Remember:  We will review for the test in class tomorrow (Wednesday) and there will also […]

What properties of elements are used to organize them on the Periodic Table?  How can we use the table to gain more information about a given element?  These were some of the guiding questions that framed today’s discussion on periodic table trends.  Students recorded notes and sketched the periodic table trends from the Periodic Table […]

Thank you to all of the parents who were able to attend Parent-Teacher conferences yesterday and Wednesday.  It was a wonderful opprotunity to visit with many of you in person.  If you were unable to attend but would like to discuss your child’s progress in Science, please don’t hesitate to contact me.  As mentioned at […]

Today students continued to record notes on Ionic and Covalent bonds.  Students used the Ionic & Covalent Bonds Info File to record their information.  The requirements were as follows:

7 facts on each bond type
3 common traits (similarities) between the bond types
1 example of each bond type

Students then got their notes initialed and started drawing a […]