Physical Science
Do Now 1/13/11
1.
2.
Sharpen pencil and sit in assigned seat
Write down 3 things that students do to make a class
great and three things teachers do to make a class great
→agenda, notebook, paper, pencil
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Rules/Procedures/Syllabus/Website
Demo- Thinking Like A Scientist
Rounding Rules
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HW- 1. Get your Syllabus/Rules & Expectations Signed
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Practice: Rounding Numbers with Decimals
Round correctly to two places after decimal (hundredths)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
99.689
4.449
12.642
55.569
222.678
4789.899
3.275
999.474
0.267
Do Now
1/14/11
For each of the devices above:
1. indicate whether it measures distance, time, or speed.
2. indicate which of the following units are possible for
Time, distance, or speed: meters (m), seconds (s), or
meters per second (m/s).
Daily Plan 1/18/11
→pencil, paper
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Chapter 11 Super Summary: Motion
Speed Problems (next slide)
Do Now 1/19/11
Please do the following metric conversions:
a. 397.54 m to mm
b. 86 cm to km
c. 20 mg to kg
d. 2 L to mL
→pencil, paper, HW Metric Conversions #1-16,
Chapter 11 Super Summary, calculator
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Go over HW Metric Conversions #1-20
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Go over Ch 11 Super Summary
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Mini-Lesson: Scientific Variables for Motion
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Mini-Lesson & Practice: Calculating Average Speed
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Mini-Lesson & Practice: Mixed Problems
Copy and Complete!
Understanding Scientific Variables
Variable Variable
name
symbol
Distance
Time
Speed
Velocity
Acceleration
SI Unit
name
SI Unit
symbol
Speed Problems!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
speed = ? distance = 200 miles, time = 31 hours
speed = ? distance = 45 meters, time = 17 seconds
speed = ? distance = 100 meters, time = 247
seconds
What is the average speed of a car that travels 300
miles in 4.75 hours?
What is the average speed of a snail that crawls 18
centimeters in 45 seconds?
If kid on a bicycle travels 14 miles in 1.7 hours,
how fast did they ride?
1/20/11
1. If it is 800 miles from Brunswick to
Philadelphia and it takes a person 12 hours to
make that trip, how fast did they drive, on
average? Show all work!
2. Round these to 2 decimal places (nearest hundredth)
a) 5.2347 mL b) 23.33579 kg
c) 17.797 cm
3. Convert the following SI units:
a) 27 L to mL b) 14.97 g to kg c) 12 DL to dL
→Formula Sheet, calculator, metric conversions chart
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Mini-quiz: Rounding Decimals and SI Conversions
Speed Lab!
Lesson & Practice: Calculating “d” and “t”
1.
2.
1/21/11
How fast is a dog walking, on average, if it
goes 35 miles in 7.67 hours? Show all work!
Prepare for Notebook quiz! Organize…
→All notes& Do-Nows in order by date; calculator;
Reference Sheet
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Review hw/quiz grades
Notebook Quiz
Speed Lab
1/24/11
1.
Grab the packet on the side table. DO NOT
WRITE ON THIS PACKET!!!! Grab a ruler.
2.
Label your own sheet of paper 1 – 24. Odd
numbers on one side and even on the other.
See board for example.
*Turn in Speed Lab from 1/20 ( if you have not)
→
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Measuring & Conversions ( last practice)
Lesson & Practice: Distance-Time Graphs and the stories
they tell.
01/25/11
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1.Draw this graph.
2. Tell what is happening
at each segment on the
graph.
3. How do you calculate
the speed using this
graph?
Book Lesson:
Acceleration
Acceleration Word
Problems
Concept Review:
Acceleration
Do Now 1/26/11
A car traveling 50m/s slammed on brakes and
came to a stop in 20sec. What was the acceleration?
2. A track star accelerated at the sound of the gun
from rest to 8m/s in 0.4sec. What was his
acceleration?
3. A speeding car slows down from 85m/s to 65m/s
in 10 sec. What is the car’s acceleration?
→pencil, HW(back of Accel Prob), calculator
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Acceleration Quiz
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Mixed Problems (Velocity & Acceleration)
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Speed IMAX **Speed/Accel quiz tomorrow**
1.
Do Now 1/28/11
Get your book and take out a sheet of paper.
2. Use your book p380 & Define the following types of
Friction:
a. Static Friction b) Sliding Friction c)Rolling Frict
2. Label the LAB data on pg. 380: “Static, Sliding, &
Rolling Friction”
→Your book, pencil, paper, calculator.
1.
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Book-based fill-in notes: Ch 11 Section 3 “Motion & Force”
Lab: Static, Sliding & Rolling Friction p. 386 & 387
Video lesson “Episode 401: Newton’s 1st & 2nd Laws of
Motion”
Do Now 1/28/11
Use your book p380 & Define the following types of
Friction:
a. Static Friction b) Sliding Friction c)Rolling Frict
2. Take out a sheet of paper.
3. Label: LAB: “Static, Sliding, & Rolling Friction”
→Your book, pencil, paper, calculator.
1.
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Lab Setup: Static, Sliding & Rolling Friction p. 386 & 387
Finish Book-based fill-in notes: Ch 11 Section 3 “Motion &
Force”
1.
2.
Do Now 2/1/11
If a rocket engine pushes with 9,000 N of force on a
2 kg rocket, how fast will it accelerate? SHOW ALL
WORK! F =MA
TEST Monday 2/7…start preparing!
→Formula Sheet, HW Concept Review sheet (1/31), fill
in notes Ch 11 Sec 3 (1/28), paper, calculator
 Go Over Homework: Concept Review Newton’s 1st
& 2nd Laws of Motion
 Tablecloth Demo- Newton’s 1st Law
 Motion & Force Concept Review
 Newton’s First Law Video- No Seat Belt
Physical Science
Do Now 2/2/11 HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY!
1. Look at the following illustrations, and
identify the forces and motion in each one.
2. In which
illustration
is it likely
that no
motion will
occur?
→Formula
sheet,
Get calculator
Prob from 2/1
Physical Science
Daily Plan 2/2/11
Newtonian/Football Clips
 Problems that use Newtons’ 2nd Law of Motion –
go over
 Pop Quiz
 Newton’s third law & Demo
***Newton’s 1st & 2nd laws Quiz tomorrow****
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Daily Plan 2/3/1
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Pick up crossword puzzle and get started. Use all
your notebook resources.
Get HW out for me to check
Do back side of crossword puzzle: Concept review
Review do-now & HW
Review Newton’s Three Laws
NASA & Newton's Laws
Quick quiz over Newton’s Laws
Gravity lesson & weight calculations
Video: Final Frontier
Do Now 2/4/11
Are the forces balanced or unbalanced? If unbalanced,
what is the net force and how much would the
object accelerate?
1.
12 N
2.
40 N
25 kg
45 N
99 N
25 kg
99 N
12 N
3.
•
•
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8N
25 kg
16 N
Notebook quiz
Review all quizzes for test
Test Review
4.
17 N
25 kg
57 N
Do Now 2/7/11
Please get your book, turn to p. 424 and
do “Understanding Concepts” #1-4 (just
answers)
Get study guide out.
1.
2.
→Calculator, formula sheet, pencil
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Test Unit 1
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don’t worry, you know this stuff!
Ch 3 Matter & Energy Vocab
Define:
1. Matter
2. Kinetic Theory
3. Solid
4. Liquid
5. Gas
6. Plasma
7. Fluid
8. Energy
9. temperature
10. thermal energy
-Read pp77-81
Section 3-1, #1-6
(Answer w/Complete
Sentences)
1. Think about the properties of ice. Ice is somewhat hard and cannot
be compressed easily. Which drawing do you think represents a
solid? Explain your answer.
2. Think about the properties of gases. They are not hard and they can
be compressed. Which drawing represents a gas? Explain your
answer.
3. In which state(s) of matter are the particles touching?
4. In which drawing do you think the particles have the least effect on
one another? Explain your answer.
Physical Science
Daily Plan 2/8/11
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Complete yesterday’s work in chap 3
Video Clip
Go over test “Motion & Forces” (if time)
Ch 3 Lecture: Energy and States of Matter
Section 1 slides #5-11
Pre-written notes and Questions: States of
matter
Comparing Temperature Scales
Summarizer chart
NO SANDALS WEDNESDAY!!!
(LAB)
Do Now 2/9/11
1.
What happens to water molecules when water boils?
2.
Melting snow is a change of state from a solid to a what?
3.
What is the reverse process of melting?
Pencil, clean sheet of paper

Check and go over HW “Comparing…Temperature Scales”
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Game: States of Matter
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Quick Quiz in notebook
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Lab Safety Lesson
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Phase Change Lab
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NASA video & Phase Changes
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Summarizer- States of Matter (a.k.a. Phases of Matter)
Do Now 2/10/11
Draw & Fill in Table using your notes
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
Shape & Volume
Behavior of
Particles
Thermal Energy
Examples
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Summarizer- States of Matter (a.k.a. Phases of Matter)
Quiz: States of Matter
Triple Point diagram
Boyle’s/Charles Law notes & Demo
Go over Test
Behavior of Gases
1.
Think about a fixed quantity of gas, say, 100 trillion
molecules of oxygen (O2). If we increased the
pressure on it, what would happen to the volume? If
we increased the temperature of it, what would
happen to the volume? Please copy the two charts
below, and complete them with up or down arrows to
show increase or decrease, as indicated below.
= increase
Boyle’s Law
Pressure
Volume
= decrease
Charles’ Law
Temperature
Volume
Do Now 2/15/11
If the pressure on a fixed quantity of gas
increases, what happens to it’s volume?
2. If the temperature on a fixed quantity of gas
increases, what happens to it’s volume?
Pencil, paper, calculator
1.
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Notes- “Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection, &
Radiation”
Practice- Calculating Heat Gained or Lost
Concept Reviews- “Behavior of Gases” and “Changes of
State”
Physical Science – DO-NOW 02/16
1. What happens to your hand
when you place it above a
lighted candle? (Assume you
are not touching the flame.
Explain the energy transfers
on the atomic level. Hint:
Remember that warm air
rises.)
2. When you sit near a
fire, you can feel its
warmth on your skin,
even if the air is cool.
Does this sensation
depend upon the fact
that warm air rises?
If not, what does?
Daily Plan 2/16/11
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Quick quiz: types of heat transfer
Heat gained or lost calculations

Get Formula Sheet
Concept Review: Energy Transfer
 Practice calculations in mini quiz
 Energy transformations notes
→ paper, pencil, calculator, formula sheet
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Daily Plan 2/17/11
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PICK UP do-now ( KE/PE worksheet) and
complete!
3rd block: Review hw concept review
Energy transformations notes
Energy transformations video clips
Energy transformations practice worksheet
Energy transformations tree map
→ paper, pencil, calculator, formula sheet
Daily Plan 2/18/11
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Energy transformations tree map : See board
Go over Energy transformations hw
Webquest lab: KE/PE
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****2nd block is having a fire drill – be ready!
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→ paper, pencil, calculator, formula sheet
Physical Science Do Now 2/22/11
1. A woman puts on her 2.25 gram gold ring. The ring heats
up from the room temperature of 20 °C to the room
temperature of 34 °C. If the specific heat capacity of
gold is 0.13 J/g· °C , how much heat energy did the
ring gain?
2. Write which type of heat transfer for each:
A. wind
B. touching an ice cube
C. warming hands beside a fire
D. warming hands
over a fire
3. Why does the temperature not go up if you add heat
energy to boiling water?
Physical Science Do Now 2/22/11 : Continued
4. Copy each, then write which specific form and
general type of energy each one is:
a. food
b. a person writing c. electricity flowing
d. light e. a noise
f. a rock on a cliff
g. heat
h. a battery
i. stored in atomic
nuclei
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Review using mini-boards for quiz
Quiz: Heat Transfer & Energy Transfer
Future Energy Video: Discovery-United Streaming
Intro to Waves—Notes & Videos
Wave Demos – Super Slinky
Practice with Wave Information
1.
2.
Physical Science
Do Now 2/23/11
Imagine throwing a rock into a pond or lake.
Describe the effect that the rock has on the
surface of the water.
What happens to a string on a guitar or other
stringed instrument when it is plucked? How
does this let you hear it?
→pencil, paper, mental alertness
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Turn in HW: 5 ways to conserve energy
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Intro to Waves—Notes & Videos
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Wave Demos – Super Slinky
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Practice with Wave Information
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PARTS of Wave quiz tomorrow!!!
Physical Science
Daily Plan 2/24/11
Do # 5-7 on your cryptogram!
→paper, pencil, yesterday’s notes
 Wave Interactions notes
 Wave Interaction Videos
 Inquiry Lab: Wave Interactions
 Notes: Sound Waves
 Sound Fold Notes
1.
Inquiry Lab 2/24/11
Fold your paper into
Reflection
quarters and label
(see example to the
right)
2.
Using the equipment
provided,
demonstrate,
illustrate, and
describe each of the
4 behaviors a.k.a.
interactions of waves.
Refraction
Diffraction Interference
Physical Science
Daily Plan 2/25/11
Notebook quiz………Get ready!! Dates are 2/4-24
Quiz on parts of wave will be on Monday….it is
long!
→paper, pencil, yesterday’s notes
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Notes: Sound Waves
Sound Fold Notes
Make a song…..
Can you hear me? Dixie Cup lab
Apollo 13….finish
Physical Science
Daily Plan 2/28/11
Quiz on parts of wave. Get a piece of paper ready!
Do cryptogram # 8-11
→paper, pencil, yesterday’s notes
 Sound Fold Notes
 Make a song….. (2nd only)
 Can you hear me? Dixie Cup lab
Physical Science
Daily Plan 3/1/11
Do cryptogram # 12-15
→paper, pencil, yesterday’s notes
 Sound Fold Notes finish
 (2nd only) – finish dixie cup lab
 (3rd only) – Tsunami videos
 Intro. to Light notes
 Questions on light
 Electromagnetic spectrum
Physical Science
Daily Plan 3/2/11
Finish cryptogram # 15- end
→paper, pencil, yesterday’s notes
 Electromagnetic spectrum – finish
 EM spectrum questions
 EM worksheet
 Color
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***Test Friday: Energy, Waves, Sound & Light
Physical Science
Daily Plan 3/3/11
Study cryptogram vocabulary!
→paper, pencil, yesterday’s notes
 Vocabulary activity: counts as Lab grade!
 Color lesson & demo
 Color & EM worksheet
 Review for Test
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***Test Friday: Energy, Waves, Sound & Light
Physical Science
Daily Plan 3/4/11
Pick up “quiz” and do on your own paper!. DO
NOT WRITE ON IT!
→paper, pencil, yesterday’s notes
 Review for Test
 Jeopardy
 Test
 Simple Machines
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***Test Today: Energy, Waves, Sound & Light
Physical Science
Do Now 3/7/11
1. Which of the following is an example of work:
lifting a brick or carrying a brick?
2.
A man pushes against a wall, which doesn’t move.
Is this an example of work?
3. A student carries her books to class. Is this an
example of work?
→pencil, calculator, paper for notes, Formula Sheet
Go Over Test on Energy & Waves
Lesson/Notes/Calculations: Work!
Fold notes: Six Simple Machines
Lesson/Notes/Calculations: Mechanical Advantage?
FoldNote: Simple Machines
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Turn to p 438
Make your paper look
accordingly   
1st class
lever
2nd class
lever
3rd class
lever
Pulleys
What do I need in my
Notes?
-Definition
-Examples:
-Drawing
Wheel &
Axle
Inclined
Plane
Wedge
Screw
Do Now 3/8/11
1. Determine if work is being done in the following
situations:
a.
Lifting a spoon to your mouth.
b.
Holding a large stack of books over your head
motionless.
c.
Letting a pencil fall to the ground
2. How much work is done by a person who uses a
horizontal force of 25 N to push a desk 3.0 m?
→pencil, paper for quiz, calculator, Machines Cornell notes
(from yesterday) EXTRA-CREDIT TURN IN
Quick Quiz-Work
Lesson/Notes: Simple Machines (foldable)
Finish ppt
Mechanical Advantage
COPY! Do Now 3/9/11
1. When you pry up a nail, you “pay” with
________ in order to gain more________.
 2. When you lift up dirt into a truck with a
shovel , you “pay” with _______ in order to gain
more ________.
WORD BANK (use each twice)→ •Force •Distance
→pencil, paper
 Lesson/Practice: Mechanical Advantage of Levers &
Inclined Planes, Pulleys
 Carousel activity: Concentration station!
 Pulley MA calculation
 Concept Review
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Do Now 3/11/11
If a person has to push with 250 Newtons of force to
roll a 500 Newton rock up a ramp, what is the
mechanical advantage of the ramp?
2.
If a person pulls a 5 cm nail with a 50 cm pry bar, what
is the mechanical advantage of the pry bar?
3.
For each situation, write “work” or “no work”.
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Pushing a box across the floor against friction
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Pushing against a wall that does not move
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Lifting a heavy box
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Carrying a heavy box
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Rolling a heavy box on a cart with frictionless wheels
4.
Draw each of the 3 classes of levers
TEST!
1.
Do Now 03/14/11
1.
Pick up a copy of “Movement & Forces: Review
of Variables & Units” and complete the 1st four
rows (Mass, Weight, Length, and Volume)
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet
Matter inquiry lab: bags of mystery
Demonstration: Burning Magnesium Metal
Notes: Properties of Matter
Foldable: “4-Fold Properties and Changes of Matter” &
add vocabulary words
Summarizer: Interactive lab
Do Now 3/15/11
Get out your copy of “Movement & Forces:
Review of Variables & Units” and complete the
next four rows (Distance – Acceleration)
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet
Notes: Properties of Matter
Foldable: “4-Fold Properties and Changes of Matter” &
add vocabulary words
Summarizer: Interactive lab & see next slide for review
Quick quiz: properties/changes of matter
Intro to density
Word problems
1.
Do Now cont. 3/15/11
1.. Identify whether the following as Physical Property (PP),
Chemical Property (CP), or Physical Change (PC), Chemical
Change (CC)
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A. odor
B. melting ice
C. luster
D. digesting food
E. reactivity
F. freezing point
G. rusting metal
Do Now 3/16/11
Get out your copy of “Movement & Forces:
Review of Variables & Units” and complete the
rest of the worksheet.
2. If 10.0 cm3 of ice has a mass of 9.17 g, what is the
density of ice?
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet
Intro to density
Word problems: review
Dunkin for Denisty lab
Matter videos
1.
Do Now 3/17/11
1.
2.
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What is the density of a piece of wood
that measures 3 cm x 4 cm x 5 cm and
has a mass of 66 grams? Will it sink or
float in water?
What is the density of a rock that raises
water in a grad. cylinder from 90 ml to
150 ml and has a mass of 56 grams? Will
it sink or float in water?
Quick quiz: density
Intro to matter videos
Matter Tree diagram
Physical Science Do Now 2/16/11
Write your own definition of energy.
2. Write a short sentence that describes the
difference between potential energy and kinetic
energy.
Pencil, paper
 Lesson & Practice: Introduction to Energy (KE &
PE)
 Lesson & Practice: Energy Transformations
 LAB TOMORROW: No sandals…long hair tied
back…wear goggles…etc.
1.
Daily Plan 8/23/10
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Finish Trifold “Measuring Motion”
Speed, Distance, & Time calculations
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Get Formula Sheet
Learn the “Egg”
Speed Calculations
→ paper, pencil, calculator, Friday’s tri-fold
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Physical Science
Do Now 8/24/10
→Yesterday’s work “Calculating Distance & Time”, Formula
Sheet (Reference Sheet), calculator, pencil
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Finish Time/Distance/Speed Calculations
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Lab: “Speed Challenge”
Physical Science
Do Now 8/25/10
If it is 800 miles from Brunswick to Philadelphia and
you can average 65 mi/hr, how long will it take to
drive from Brunswick to Philadelphia? Show all
work!
2. Take Note: Notebook Quiz Tomorrow! Pretest
Friday!
→Formula Sheet, calculator, Speed Lab sheet (HW)
 Lesson: Frames of Reference
 Lesson & Practice: Distance/Time Graphs
 Olympic Speed & Acceleration Videos: “Banking on
Speed” & “Downhill Science”
1.
Physical Science
Do Now 8/26/10
Prepare for Notebook Quiz
→All notes in order by date; calculator; Reference Sheet, notes
from 8/25 (yesterday) “Motion”
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Notebook Quiz
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Finish Distance-Time Graph Stories (20 minutes)
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Lesson & Practice: Acceleration (30 minutes)
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Big Review: Speed, Distance, Time, & Acceleration
Problems (25 minutes)
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Pretest Tomorrow
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Quiz Monday- Speed, Distance, Time, & Acceleration
Physical Science
Do Now 8/27/10
Show all work! Round correctly!
→Calculator; Reference Sheet; pencil
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Physical Science Pre-test
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Big Review: Speed, Distance, Time, & Acceleration
Problems
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Quiz Monday- Speed, Distance, Time, & Acceleration
Physical Science
1.
2.
Do Now 8/30/10
A whale has to swim 2000 kilometers from coastal
Georgia to waters off the coast of Canada. It can
swim 84 kilometers/day. How long will it take to get
from Georgia to Canada?
An airplane is landing. Its velocity is 40.75
meters/second when its wheels first touch the
ground, and it takes 15 seconds to stop after it lands.
How fast did it decelerate?
→ Accel. Word Problems (8/26), Speed, Distance, Time, &
Accel. Problems (8/27), Formula Sheet, pencil, calculator
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Finish Big Review: Speed, Distance, Time, & Acceleration Problems
Quiz Speed, Distance, Time, & Acceleration
Physical Science
Daily Plan 8/31/10
Get YOUR book (=seat number), turn to
p. 389, and write brief definition or equation
(a.k.a. formula) for each of the 10 Key Terms
(in the yellow section). Look on p. 389 for
most of them! 15 MINUTES!
2. Pick up a crossword puzzle and begin working
on it.
→pencil, paper (for lab data collection)
 Video Notes- Newton’s 1st & 2nd Laws of
Motion
 Friction Lab p. 386-387
1.
Physical Science
Do Now 9/1/10
1. Look at the following illustrations, and
identify the forces and motion in each one.
2. In which
illustration
is it likely
that no
motion will
occur?
→Formula
sheet,
crossword 8/30,
paper
Physical Science
Daily Plan 9/1/10
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“Our” ppt & notes, Newton’s 1st & 2nd laws
Table cloth demo
Problems that use Newtons’ 2nd Law of Motion
Concept Review 1st & 2nd laws (include Orbit
lesson for #3)
Do Now 9/2/10
1. If a rocket engine pushes with 9,000 N of force
on a 2 kg rocket, how fast will it accelerate?
SHOW ALL WORK!
→Formula Sheet, Concept Review sheet (9/1),
Notes Newton’s Laws of Motion (9/1)
 Go Over Homework: Concept Review
Newton’s 1st & 2nd Laws of Motion
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#3- Quick Lesson on “Orbit & Newton’s Laws”
Pop quiz- Calculations using Newton’s 2nd law
Penny-in-a-Cup Lab
Quick Lesson: Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Learn & do Net Force Problems
Net Force Problems
Are the forces balanced or unbalanced? If unbalanced,
what is the net force and how much would the
object accelerate?
12 N
2.
45 N
35 N
1. 45 N
45 N
25 kg
25 kg
12 N
3.
18 N
25 kg
12N
4.
1N
25 kg
99 N
→Formula Sheet, blank paper, PREPARE for
notebook quiz
Physical Science
Do Now 9/3/10
Are the forces balanced or unbalanced? If unbalanced,
what is the net force and how much would the
object accelerate?
12 N
2.
99 N
99 N
1. 40 N
45 N
25 kg
25 kg
12 N
3.
8N
25 kg
16 N
4.
17 N
25 kg
57 N
Physical Science
Daily Plan 9/3/10
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Notebook Quiz!
Mass, Weight, and Gravity Lesson & Practice
Calculating Your Weight on the Sun, Moon, &
Different Planets
Video ABC News The Final Frontier Part 1: The
Race to the Moon
Do Now 9/7/10
1. If it is 98 meters from Rm 31 to Rm 48, and
you can average 0.98 m/s, how long will it take
you to get from Rm 31 to Rm 48?
2. If an armadillo can cover 15.63 km per day,
how far can it travel in 3 days?
3. A dolphin is swimming 4.5 m/s. It senses a
fish, and 1.35 seconds later it is swimming 10
m/s. What was its rate of acceleration?
4. If a car engine pushes with 15,500 N of force
and the car’s mass is 4200 kilograms, how fast
will it accelerate?
→ Formula Sheet, calculator, pencil
Daily Plan 9/7/10
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Unit 1 Review
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“Paper practice”
Review game- “Shoot the Hoop”
1. Think about the properties of ice. Ice is somewhat hard and cannot
be compressed easily. Which drawing do you think represents a
solid? Explain your answer.
2. Think about the properties of gases. They are not hard and they can
be compressed. Which drawing represents a gas? Explain your
answer.
3. In which state(s) of matter are the particles touching?
4. In which drawing do you think the particles have the least effect on
one another? Explain your answer.
Physical Science
Daily Plan 9/9/10
→paper
 Go over test “Motion & Forces”
 Ch 3 Lecture: Energy and States of Matter
Section 1 slides #5-11
 Pre-written notes and Questions: States of
matter
 Comparing Temperature Scales
 Summarizer chart
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NO SANDALS FRIDAY!!! (LAB)
Do Now 9/10/10
1.
What happens to water molecules when water boils?
2.
Melting snow is a change of state from a solid to a what?
3.
What is the reverse process of melting?
Pencil, clean sheet of paper
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Check and go over HW “Comparing…Temperature Scales”
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Summarizer- States of Matter (a.k.a. Phases of Matter)
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Lecture/Notes: Phase Change (Ch3 Sec 2 #4-7)
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Lab Safety Lesson
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Phase Change Lab
Invisible
Steam is pure
gas a.k.a.
vapor
Visible Steam
is tiny,
suspended
droplets of
liquid water
1/26/10
1/26/10
1/26/10
Do Now 9/13/10
1.
Pick up a copy of the States of Matter word search and
your book.
2.
Write your book number in a permanent place in your
notebook.
3.
On a separate sheet of paper, write a definition for each
of the word find vocabulary words.
Pencil, paper, book
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States of Matter Vocabulary word search
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Go over Phase Change lab
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Phases of Matter: Temperature vs Heat Graph
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Phases of Mater: Pressure vs Temperature Graph
Physical Science Do Now 9/14/10
1.
Think about a fixed quantity of gas, say, 100 trillion
molecules of oxygen (O2). If we increased the
pressure on it, what would happen to the volume? If
we increased the temperature of it, what would
happen to the volume? Please copy the two charts
below, and complete them with up or down arrows to
show increase or decrease, as indicated below.
= increase
Boyle’s Law
Pressure
Volume
= decrease
Charles’ Law
Temperature
Volume
Physical Science
Daily Plan 9/14/10
→ pencil, paper
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Lesson/Notes: Boyle’s Law and Charles’ Law
Vacuum Pump Demonstrations of Boyle’s
Law and Charles’ Law
Concept Review: Changes of State
Concept Review: Behaviors of Gases p.96-101
Do Now 9/15/10
If the pressure on a fixed quantity of gas
increases, what happens to it’s volume?
2. If the temperature on a fixed quantity of gas
increases, what happens to it’s volume?
Pencil, 2 paper, calculator
Note: Cheeto Lab Tomorrow! No Sandals.
1.
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Review & Quiz- States of Matter
Lesson/ Notes: 3 Types of Heat Transfer (Ch 14 sec 1 vid)
Practice: Heat Transfer/ Demo: Convection Box
Lesson: Specific Heat Capacity & Calculations (sec 2 side 13)
Practice: Specific Heat Capacity Calculations
Physical Science – DO-NOW 09/16
1. What happens to your hand
when you place it above a
lighted candle? (Assume you
are not touching the flame.
Explain the energy transfers
on the atomic level. Hint:
Remember that warm air
rises.)
2. When you sit near a
fire, you can feel its
warmth on your skin,
even if the air is cool.
Does this sensation
depend upon the fact
that warm air rises?
If not, what does?
Physical Science Do Now 9/16/10
1. A woman puts on her 2.25 gram gold ring. The ring heats
up from the room temperature of 20 °C to the room
temperature of 34 °C. If the specific heat capacity of
gold is 0.13 J/g· °C , how much heat energy did the
ring gain?
2. Write which type of heat transfer for each:
A. wind
B. touching an ice cube
C. warming hands beside a fire
D. warming hands
over a fire
3. Why does the temperature not go up if you add heat
energy to boiling water? Hint: what is the additional
heat energy being used to do?
Pencil, paper, calculator
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Quiz: Heat Transfer
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Heat Transfer Lab a.k.a. burning the Cheeto of Science
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Concept Review- Energy Transfer
Physical Science Do Now 9/17/10
A 3500 gram concrete block sits in the sun. The
block heats up from 25°C to 37 °C. If the
specific heat capacity of concrete is 0.88J/g· °C ,
how much heat energy did the block gain?
2. Prepare for Notebook Quiz!
Pencil, calculator, organized notebook, formula sheet
 Notebook Quiz
 2 Concept Reviews: “Energy Transfer” and “Land &
Sea Breezes”
 Video: “Planet Weather-Heat”
1.
Physical Science Do Now 9/20/10
Write your own definition of energy.
2. Write a short sentence that describes the
difference between potential energy and kinetic
energy.
Pencil, paper
 Lesson & Practice: Introduction to Energy
 Lesson & Practice: Energy Transformations
1.
Physical Science Do Now 9/21/10
1. Copy each, then write which specific form and
general type of energy each one is:
a. food
b. a person writing c. electricity flowing
d. light e. a noise
f. a rock on a cliff
g. heat
h. a battery
i. stored in atomic
nuclei
2. Write the energy transformation that occurs when
a Cheeto is burned.
Pencil, yesterday’s work “Energy Transformations”,
“Review & Reinforcement Heat & Phase Changes”
from 9/13.
Daily Plan 9/21/10
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More Practice: Energy Transformations
Accord Commercial
Energy Scavenger Hunt
HOMEWORK: Study for mini-test tomorrow on
Heat Energy & Energy Transformations
Physical Science Do Now 9/22/10
How can zero degrees Celsius be both the
freezing point and melting point of water?
2. Calculate the heat energy gained by a 4.75 gram
gold ring that goes from 22 ◦C to 37 ◦C when a
woman puts it on her finger. The specific heat
capacity of gold is 0.13 J/g · °C
Pencil, calculator, “Review & Reinforcement Heat &
Phase Changes” from 9/13.
1.
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Honda Accord Commercial: Energy Transformations
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Energy Present and Future ppt
Mini-test: Heat Energy & Energy Transformations
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1.
2.
Physical Science
Do Now 9/23/10
Imagine throwing a rock into a pond or lake.
Describe the effect that the rock has on the
surface of the water.
What happens to a string on a guitar or other
stringed instrument when it is plucked? How
does this let you hear it?
→pencil, paper, mental alertness

Go over yesterday’s test on Energy
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Intro to Waves—Notes & Videos
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Wave Demos – Super Slinky
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Practice with Wave Information
1.
Physical Science
Do Now 9/24/10
Copy each type of wave and write if it is
mechanical or electromagnetic, ABD if it is
transverse or longitudinal.
a. Ocean wave
b. visible light
c. slinky wave
d. Sound wave
→pencil, paper, mental alertness
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Speed Video- “World’s Fastest Indian”
Physical Science
Do Now 9/27/10
1. Pick up and complete “Concept Review- Types
of Waves (front only for now)
→pencil, last week preprinted notes Intro to Waves
 Wave Interactions – notes & drawings
 Wave Interactions – questions
 Other Wave Videos
 Wave vocabulary: word scramble
1.
Physical Science
Do Now 9/28/10
Write the correct wave “behavior” for each (see
yesterday’s notes & questions)
a. two sound waves “cancel each other out”
b. a rain storm makes a rainbow
c. you hear an echo
d. An ocean wave curves around behind an island
→pencil, yesterday’s notes “Wave Interactions”
Physical Science
Daily Plan 9/28/10
→paper, pencil, yesterday’s notes “Wave
Interactions”
 Wave Interaction Videos
 Notes: Sound Waves
 Inquiry Lab: Wave Interactions
 Sound Fold Notes
1.
Inquiry Lab 9/27/10
Fold your paper into
Reflection
quarters and label
(see example to the
right)
2.
Using the equipment
provided,
demonstrate,
illustrate, and
describe each of the
4 behaviors a.k.a.
interactions of waves.
Refraction
Diffraction Interference
1.
2.
3.
Do Now 2/10/10
Sound must have a medium through which to travel.
Through which medium—solid, liquid, or gas—does
sound travel the fastest?
On a string instrument, such as a guitar or violin,
how does one string make different musical notes?
Using wave theory, explain how making sound with
a wind instrument is essentially the same as making
sound with a string instrument.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Do Now 9/29/10
All waves carry _____
•electromagnetic
_____ waves are pure energy. •transverse
Mechanical waves require a ___. •longitudinal
Sound waves are _____ waves. •energy
Ocean waves are _____ waves. •medium
→pencil, Notes “Intro to Waves” from 9/23 &
“Sound” from 9/28, blank sheet of paper for
quiz
Daily Plan 9/29/10
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Quick Lesson: The Doppler Effect (Ch 15 Section
2)
Quiz- Intro to Waves & Sound
Fold Notes: Sound
Video: “World’s Fastest Indian”
Do Now 9/30/10
1. Does sound travel faster through a medium
that is more dense or less dense? Why?
→pencil, your book, “Sound Fold Notes” from
9/29
 Finish “Sound Fold Notes”
 Paper Cup lab
 Name That Sound/Waves Concept Map
 Straw Kazoo Lab
1.
Do Now 10/1/10
Prepare for Notebook Quiz
2.
An airplane can be detected by radar. When
radio waves strike an airplane, they are reflected
back to a detector and the airplane shows up on
a radar screen. Explain how stealth airplanes fly
through the air without being detected by radar.
3.
Radio waves that carry radio station
transmissions and gamma rays that destroy
cancer cells are both electromagnetic waves.
What property makes one wave harmless and
the other destructive?
Stealth Fighter F-117A
Stealth B-2 Bomber
Daily Plan 10/1/10
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Notebook Quiz
Tuning forks
Musical Pipes
Lesson/Notes/Questions “What is Light” (front
only)
Prisms
Physical Science
Do Now 10/4/10
1. Write the colors of the visible spectrum.
2. Matching:
1. see through
A. opaque
2. light passes
B. transparent
3. blocks all light
C. translucent
→Pencil, paper, questions from Friday
Drawing/Notes: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
EM Spectrum Questions
Color: Fill-in Notes
Color Mixer (if time allows)
Physical Science
Do Now 10/5/10
1. Pick up and write answers in your notebook for
“Quiz- Electromagnetic Radiation” SKIP #7
and #8. NOTE- this is an old quiz, it is just for
practice, it is not a quiz grade!
→Pencil, yesterday’s notes “EM Spectrum”
Lesson/Fill-In Notes: “Color”
Demo- Color Mixer
Test Review….Test tomorrow on Energy & Waves!
Physical Science
Do Now 10/6/10
1. Finish your test review sheet from yesterday. If
you are finished, just take it out.
→Pencil, HW (review sheet), formula sheet
 Review: Energy & Waves (15 min)
 Test: Energy & Waves (75 min)
Physical Science
Do Now 10/7/10
1. Which of the following is an example of work:
lifting a brick or carrying a brick?
2.
A man pushes against a wall, which doesn’t move.
Is this an example of work?
3. A student carries her books to class. Is this an
example of work?
→pencil, calculator, paper for notes, Formula Sheet
Go Over Test on Energy & Waves
Lesson/Notes/Calculations: Work!
Lesson/Notes/Calculations: Mechanical Advantage
Do Now 10/8/10
1. Determine if work is being done in the following
situations:
a.
Lifting a spoon to your mouth.
b.
Holding a large stack of books over your head
motionless.
c.
Letting a pencil fall to the ground
2. How much work is done by a person who uses a
horizontal force of 25 N to push a desk 3.0 m?
→pencil, paper for quiz, calculator, Machines Cornell notes
(from yesterday)
Quick Quiz-Work
Lesson/Notes: Simple Machines (foldable & invention)
COPY! Do Now 10/12/10
1. When you pry up a nail, you “pay” with
________ in order to gain more________.
 2. When you lift up dirt into a truck with a
shovel , you “pay” with _______ in order to gain
more ________.
WORD BANK (use each twice)→ •Force •Distance
→pencil, paper
 Practice Identifying Simple Machines
 The Board of Education (A Huge Lever)
 Lesson/Practice: Mechanical Advantage of Levers &
Inclined Planes
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Do Now 10/14/10
1.
2.
3.
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4.
If a person has to push with 250 Newtons of force to
roll a 500 Newton rock up a ramp, what is the
mechanical advantage of the ramp?
If a person pulls a 5 cm nail with a 50 cm pry bar, what
is the mechanical advantage of the pry bar?
For each situation, write “work” or “no work”.
Pushing a box across the floor against friction
Pushing against a wall that does not move
Lifting a heavy box
Carrying a heavy box
Rolling a heavy box on a cart with frictionless wheels
Draw each of the 3 classes of levers
Daily Plan 10/14/10
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet
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Review/ Test: Work, Mechanical Advantage, Simple
Machines
Introduction to Matter: Describing Matter
Do Now 10/15/10
1.
Pick up a copy of “Movement & Forces: Review
of Variables & Units” and complete the 1st four
rows (Mass, Weight, Length, and Volume)
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet
Matter inquiry lab: bags of mystery
Demonstration: Burning Magnesium Metal
Notes: Properties of Matter
Foldable: “4-Fold Properties and Changes of Matter” &
add vocabulary words
Do Now 10/18/10
1.
Pick up a copy of “Movement & Forces: Review
of Variables & Units” and complete the next
four rows (Distance - Acceleration)
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet
Notes: Properties of Matter
Foldable: “4-Fold Properties and Changes of Matter” &
add vocabulary words
Review
MIDTERM TOMORROW!!!!!
Do Now 10/19/10
1.. Identify whether the following as Physical Property (PP), Chemical Property
(CP), or Physical Change (PC), Chemical Change (CC)

A. odor
B. melting ice
C. luster
D. digesting food
E. reactivity
F. freezing point
G. rusting metal
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FINISH YOUR UNITS REVIEW (force-power)

Midterm
Review Work, MA & Simple Machine test
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Do Now 10/20/10
Take out “Movement & Forces: Review of
Variables & Units” and do the next four:
distance, speed, velocity, and acceleration.
→pencil, paper, calculator, formula sheet, Review of
Variables & Symbols
 Go Over “Movement & Forces: Review of Variables
& Units”
 Mini-Lab: Finding Mass, Volume, & Density
 Lesson & Practice: Density
1.
Do Now 10/21/10
Finish “Movement & Forces: Review of
Variables & Units”
REVIEW for Density quiz
1.
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet, Review of Variables
& Symbols, yesterday’s density problems
 Go over density problems
 Density quick quiz
 Lab: Dunkin’ for Density
Do Now 10/22/10
1.
2.
3.
Pick up crossword puzzle and complete.
Begin Combinations of Matter lesson/questions :
Tree Map
Inquiry Video!
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet, Review of Variables
& Symbols, yesterday’s density problems
Do Now 10/25/10
What is the density of a piece of wood that
measures 3 cm x 4 cm x 5 cm and has a mass of
66 grams? Will it sink or float in water?
2. What is the density of a rock that raises water in
a grad. cylinder from 90 ml to 150 ml and has a
mass of 56 grams? Will it sink or float in water?
→pencil, notebook, HW (TREE MAP questions)
Lesson/Notes/Questions: Combinations of Matter
Review HW questions
*Understanding Atoms
-Introduction to Atomic Structure
-Drawing Bohr Models of Atoms
1.
Do Now 10/26/10
A. Copy & fill in the blanks:
1. The number of _____ = the atomic number.
2. The number of _____ = the atomic mass – the
atomic number.
3. The number of _____= the number of protons.
Word Bank: ●neutrons ●electrons ●protons
B. Draw two atoms of carbon, one using the “circles &
e-” method, and the other using the “P, N, dot
method.
→pencil, homework, Periodic Table of the Elements
 Check Homework
Do Now 10/27/10
Draw “P, N, dot” Bohr Models of one atom of
the elements Neon & Potassium
GET READY FOR QUICK QUIZ!!!!!!!
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements (PTE),
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Candy atom lab.
DO NOT EAT ANY CANDY UNTIL TOLD
TO DO SO!!!!!!
Do Now 10/28/10
Get out Valence electron sheet. We will go over……
Test tomorrow!!!
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements (PTE), Matter
Tree Map, Matter 4-Fold (Chemical vs Physical),
Concept Review from 10/21
 Self-Check: Matter 4-Fold (Chemical vs Physical)
 Discovery Lesson: Valence Electrons & the PTE
 Study Guide for Matter & Atoms Test Friday
Do Now 10/29/10
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Draw a Bohr diagram of each of the following atoms,
including the element symbol, protons, neutrons &
electrons in their proper places, and the number of
valence electrons.
O
Mg
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements (PTE)

Test Matter & Atoms
Do Now 11/1/10
1.
Finish Chemical Symbol Parade!
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements,
 Lesson & Practice: The Periodic Table of the
Elements
Do Now 11/2/10
1.
Ca
Name the group number, family
name, period number, and number of
valence electrons for each of the
following elements:
S
Li
Cl
Kr
→pencil, YOUR BOOK, PTE from yesterday (with
notes on it), HW “Interpreting the PTE”
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Go over homework “Interpreting the periodic Table”
Quick Lab, p. 160, “Cost of Metals” (CW grade)
Lesson/ Practice “Lewis Dot Structures”
Do Now 11/2/10
1.
Using only your periodic table, tell how many
valence electrons each element has:
A. Be
B. Si
C. Ne
D. Br
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements,
 Lesson & Practice: The Periodic Table of the
Elements continued
 Cost of Minerals lab
 Lewis Dot structure
1.
2.
3.
Do Now 11/3/10
Find phosphorous on your Periodic Table.
How many electron energy levels would be
filled and how many valence electrons?
What is the smallest piece of an element
that is still that element? _____
Write down the Lewis Dot Structure for
phosphorous
→Pencil, paper, PTE (plain copy), last night’s
HW “Lewis Structures/Periodic Table Basics”
Daily Plan 11/3/10
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Lewis Dot Speed Drills
Isotopes- notes
Isotopes- popcorn reading
Isotope drawings/with Stable Isotope
Periodic Table
Practice- “Isotopes or Different
Elements?”
Speed Drill!
Lewis Structures
Practice
1.
Na
P
N
Ne
Daily Plan 11/4/10
1. Why is the Periodic Table of
Elements……… periodic?
Write one complete sentence that describes the
relationship between the structure of atoms
(think about Bohr Models) and how the
Periodic Table of the elements is arranged into
rows called periods.
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Isotope quick quiz
Half-life lesson ( Listen and Learn)
Speed Drill!
Lewis Structures
Be
2. As
3. Ar
1.
Al
Mg
Kr
K
Ca
C
Pb
Cl
Xe
Quick quiz: Isotope (11/4/10)
Write different element or isotope and tell what
element!
1.Element X has 8 protons and 8 neutrons
Element Y has 9 protons and 8 neutrons.
2. Element A has 17 protons and 18 neutrons.
Element B has 17 protons and 17neutrons.
3. Element D has an atomic number of 92 with a
mass number of 238.
Element E has an atomic number of 92 with a
mass number of 138.
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Do Now 11/5/10
1.
The fictitious radioactive isotope
curilium-40 has a half-life of 25
years. How old is a piece of wood
with ¼ of it’s curilium-40
remaining?
→pencil, paper, HW: “Radioisotope Dating”
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Notebook quiz
Half-life practice problems (3 sets of problems)go over
Computer time: review atomic structure & PTE
Notebook check 6: 11/1-5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
On the do-now 11/2, what is the answer to
question #1 for Li?
What is the number of valence electrons for Si?
Draw the Lewis Dot structure for Si.
On the do-now for 11/3, what is the answer to
#2?
What is the definition for isotope? ( notes given
on 11/3?
What is the answer to the do-now on 11/4?
Do Now 11/8/10
1.
The fictitious radioactive isotope
cartoonium-98 has a half-life of 40
years. How old is a piece of wood with
1/32 of it’s cartoonium-98 remaining?
→pencil
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Quick Lesson/Notes: “3 Types of Ionizing Radiation”
Quick Lesson/Notes: “3 Types of Nuclear Changes”
Nuclear Power Plant Diagram Challenge
Do Now 11/9/10
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EOCT test practice : Write question and
correct answer
Fission/Fusion notes
Finish worksheet # 11-17
3-2-1 Nuclear Radiation Today pg. 344-351
1.
2.
3.
4.
3-2-1 “Nuclear Radiation Today” 11/9/10
Turn to Chapter 10 Section 3 p. 344-351
Scan through this section and choose which
page you want to read.
READ every word on the page you chose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=174tQ_S8iY
Write a 3-2-1
about what you have read:
Q
3- facts that you learned
2- questions that you have after reading
1- thing that surprised you the most
We will “popcorn share” your 3-2-1s
11/10/10
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Pick up Hiroshima video worksheet
Get ready to watch video : sharpen pencils etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=174tQ_S8iYQ
Do Now 11/12/10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Atoms of the same element with different # of
neutrons.
The amount of time it takes for ½ of the atoms of a
radioactive isotope to decay.
What is the difference between Carbon-12 and
Carbon-13? What is the same?
The half-life of Palladium-100 is 4 days. If you have
a sample of Paladium-100 with 1/16 of its atoms
remaining, how old is it?
Fusion or Fission: A. Powered the first atomic
bombs. B. Powers the sun C. Splitting atoms
D. Combining atoms
Do-now cont. 11/12
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Review materials for quiz/test (Quest)
Finish Hiroshima video
NCIS episode and how it relates
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=174tQ_S8i
YQ)
H-bomb images
Do Now 11/15/10
Try to figure these out by remembering prior knowledge
1. A homogeneous mixture, with one part dissolved
into the other.
2. The substance that dissolves the other one.
3. The substance that is dissolved into the other one.
4. The maximum amount of solute that will dissolve
into the solvent.
*solute
*solvent
*solution
*solubility
 Lessons/Practice: Solutions
 Lesson/Practice Solubility curve
 Lessons/Practice: pH
 pH Lab?
Do Now 11/16/10
1.Pick up Solubility graph worksheet and complete.
2. Study voc from Basics of Solutions worksheet for
quick quiz.
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Quick quiz
Review HW
Lessons/Practice: pH
pH Lab
Quick quiz 11/16/10
1.
2.
3.
4.
The maximum amount of solute that will
dissolve into the solvent.
The substance that dissolves the other one.
The substance that is dissolved into the other
one.
Give an example of a concentrated solution.
Do Now 11/17/10
1.Pick up Crossword puzzle and complete ( Voc from
Basics of Solutions worksheet)
2. Study voc from pH worksheet for quick quiz.
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pH Practice
Review HW
Lessons/Practice/ Demo: Conductivity
Do Now 11/18/10
1.Pick up Crossword puzzle and complete ( Voc from
Basics of Solutions worksheet)
2. Turn over Crossword & take Quiz- Conductivity of
Solutions
→pencil, yesterday’s pH lab
 pH Practice
 Open-everything “Test”: Atomic Nucleus &
Solutions: Silent 30, Partner 30
 HW: EOCT Part I
pH Practice
1.
2.
3.
If the solution has a pH of 14, it is a strong
_________________.
If the solution has a pH of 0, it is a strong
_________________.
If the solution has a pH of 7, it is
__________________.
11/19/10
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Grab book, get out notes and materials.
Re-do ( fix missed questions) Nuclear and
Solutions Test
EOCT Bingo
Do Now 11/22/10
For each element, write how many valence electrons it
has and what ion will form.
Chlorine Oxygen Nitrogen Lithium Beryllium
Hydrogen Potassium Sodium
Aluminum Carbon
Calcium Magnesium
Flourine Bromine
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Ions Lesson/Practice
Covalent/Ionic Bond lesson/practice
Bingo?
Do Now 11/23/10
COPY and fill in, using the word bank:
“_______are atoms with positive or negative
electric charge because they have gained or lost
_______ ; _______ are atoms of the same
element with different mass because they have
different numbers of ________.”
•neutrons •electrons
•ions
•isotopes
Do Now 11/29/10
How many valence electrons does Bismuth
have?
2. Draw the Bohr diagram of Chlorine?
3. Count the atoms of each element in these
compound:
a. H2SO4
b. CO2
c. Ca(OH)2
1.
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Lesson: Ionic/Covalent Bonding
Lesson: Binary Ionic Compounds
Do Now 12/2/10
Copy & Tell whether each of the following
compounds are held together with
covalent bonds or ionic bonds
C19H14O5S
MgO
C6H12O6
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CaCl2
NaHCO3
CO2
AgNO3
Al2O3
Lesson: Balance Equations
Do Now: Test Review 12/3/10
What compound will form from the following
ions?
1. NH4+ + NO3-
2. NH4+ + S2-
3. Na+ + NO3-
4. Be2+ + NO3-
5.
+
NH4
+
2SO4
6. Hg2
2+
+
2SO4
Test review continued

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tell what the ion charge will be for the
following:
H,
Be,
Ar,
Cs,
Si
P
Test review continued

Tell what type of reaction ( synthesis,
decomposition, single replacement or double)
1.
Cu + 2AgNO3 → Ag + Cu(NO3)2
PbCl2 + Li2SO4 → 2LiCl PbSO4
CaO + H2O → Ca(OH)2
2KClO3 → 2KCl + 3O2
2.
3.
4.
Test review continued
1.
Write the name of each of these compounds:
H2S
CaCl2
NaHCO3
HCl
2. Write the formula for each of these compunds
Sodium hydroxide
Calcium iodide
3 Do “atom counts” for each of the following:
Fe2O4
Al2(SO4)3
2Fe2O4
3Al2(SO4)3
ECOT test prep: Do Now 12/6/10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Convert 15.7 m to mm
Convert 165 ml to liters
Convert 437.2 km to centimeters
Convert 200 meters to mm
Convert 23.6 meters to km
→pencil, paper
*Go over test results
•
Electricity lesson/notes/worksheet
•
EOCT Review ?
Do-Now 01/03/11
HAPPY NEW!



Semester in Pictures Project (01/03
&01/04)
Finals are on Friday 01/7 and Monday
01/7
Attendance counts this week for days
toward exemption.
Do Now 3/8/10
1.
Write down and memorize this extremely
important series of numbers: “2-8-8”
Take the sheet “Understanding Different
Combinations of Matter” (Notes on back) and
do the questions on the front.
→pencil, Friday’s sheet “Understanding Combinations
of Matter
*Finish Combinations of Matter
*Understanding Atoms
-Introduction to Atomic Structure
-Drawing Bohr Models of Atoms
2.
Do Now 3/10/10
Pick up and complete “Atomic Structure”,
FRONT SIDE ONLY (for now).
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements, Physical
Science Reference Sheet (formulas), calculator
*Mid-term Benchmark test
-Focus, but don’t worry
*Candy Bohr Models
1.
Do Now 3/11/10
Take out and complete the back side of “Atomic
Structure”
2. Take out HW “Building Atoms” on back side of
“Candy Models” sheet.
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements, HW
*Lesson/Practice: “Valence Electrons”
1.
-YOU MUST WORK ACROSS, NOT DOWN
*More Practice: “Atom Basics”
*Crossword Puzzle: “Mid-term review”
Do Now 3/12/10
Answer this question with a complete sentence:
Explain why we start a new row on the periodic
table, in terms of the structure of atoms.
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements
*Word Puzzle Activity: Chemical Symbol Parade
*Mind Point Quiz Show
*Olympic Physics Videos
1.
Do Now 3/16/10
Draw a complete Bohr model of each of the
following elements, and write how many valence
electrons each element has in one atom.
Carbon Oxygen Helium Magnesium
→pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements, all notes from
Matter & Atoms (including “Phys. & Chem.
Properties & Changes 4-Fold” & “Density Calcs.”)
*Test Tomorrow on Intro to Matter (Phys. & Chem.
Properties & Changes; Density; Intro to Atoms)
*Individual Review/Study Guide
*MindPoint Quiz Game Review Ch 4- Atoms
1.
Do Now 3/17/10
1.
A rock lowered into a graduated cylinder raises
the water level from 135 ml to 150 ml. If the mass
of the rock is 16.5 g, what is the density of the
rock? Will it sink or float in water? How do you
know?
→pencil, completed Study Guide, Periodic Table of the
Elements (PTE), Formula Sheet, calculator
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Last Minute Questions
Test: Introduction to Matter and Atomic Structure
Lesson: Introduction to the Periodic Table of the Elements
(PTE)
Do Now 3/18/10
1.
Ca
Name the group number, family
name, and period number for each of
the following elements:
S
Li
Cl
Kr
→pencil, PTE from yesterday (with notes on it)
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
Go Over Test- Intro to Matter & Atoms
Finish Lesson “Intro to the PTE”
Practice: “Interpreting the PTE” and “Using the PTE”
Quick Lab, p. 160, “Cost of Metals” (CW grade)
Do Now 3/19/10
1.
Pick up a practice sheet and do everything
but the Lewis Structure for each element.
You can do it; figure it out!
Prepare for Notebook Quiz
→pencil, notebook
2.
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Notebook Quiz
Learn/Practice Lewis Structures
Pull it all together with “Periodic Table Basics”
Quick Lab p. 160 “Cost of Metals”
1.
2.
3.
Do Now 3/22/10
Find phosphorous on your Periodic Table.
How many electron energy levels would be
filled and how many valence electrons?
Smallest piece of an element that is still
that element? _____
Write down the Lewis Dot Structure for
phosphorous
→Pencil, PTE (plain copy)
•
Lewis Dot speed drills
•
Isotopes – popcorn reading
•
Isotope drawings/with Isotope periodic table
•
Practice- “Isotopes or Different Elements?”
Speed Drill!
Lewis Structures
Practice
1.
Na
P
N
Ne
Speed Drill!
Lewis Structures
Be
2. As
3. Ar
1.
Al
Mg
Kr
K
Ca
C
Pb
Cl
Xe
Do Now 3/23/10
1.
2.
Write the definition of an isotope.
If element “Z” has 35 protons and 45
neutrons and element “Y” has 35 protons
and 46 neutrons, are these two different
elements or two different isotopes of the
same element? Explain
→pencil, BOOK!, paper, your BEST concentration

Half-life drawings & %

Half-life graph introduction (radioactive decay)

Half-life (detailed) worksheet – chunk & group it!

Introduce half-life: quick lab pg. 335
Do Now 3/24/10
1.
The fictitious radioactive isotope
curilium-40 has a half-life of 25
years. How old is a piece of wood
with ¼ of it’s curilium-40
remaining?
→pencil, paper, “Radioisotope Dating”


Half-life practice problems (3 sets of problems)
Quick Lesson/Notes: “3 Types of Ionizing
Radiation”
Do Now 3/26/10
Take out your notebooks- the quiz is
open note!
→pencil, All notes from this week


Quiz Atomic Nuclei- Isotopes, Half-Life,
Radioactivity, Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear
Power
Video- Hiroshima
Do Now 4/8/10
Out for field trip, did EOCT test review out of the book
and a crossword puzzle review
Do Now 4/9/10
Copy and remember these simple pH facts:
1. 0 is a strong acid, 7 is neutral, 14 is a strong base
2. “base turns blue”



Demo/Lesson/Practice “Electrical Conductivity”
Demo/Lesson/Practice “pH”
pH Lab
Do Now 4/12/10
Take out your colored periodic table and all
notes/practice sheets about isotopes, radiation
(alpha, beta, gamma), nuclear changes (radioactive
decay, fission, fusion), half-life, solutions,
conductivity, and pH


Review
Test- Atomic Nuclei and Solutions
Do Now 4/13/10
Pick up a copy of “Making Predictions” complete
the front…remember that all atoms “want” a full
valence electron level!
Take out any periodic table that you have.
1.
2.
Lesson- Ions
Practicing Ions
Lesson- What holds matter together? Ionic &
Covalent Bonds
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
“Making Predictions” & “Bond Identification”
Notes: Number Symbols in Chemistry
Do Now 4/14/10
1.
Pick up and complete the test review sheet. Do all
questions, even though you may not be sure of al of
them!

Lesson/Practice- “Counting Atoms”
Lesson/Notes- “Binary Ionic Compounds”
Practice- “Binary Ionic Compounds”
Practice- “Putting it All Together- Predicting Ions
and Binary Ionic Compounds”
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
Do Now 4/15/10
COPY and fill in, using the word bank: “_______are
atoms with positive or negative electric charge
because they have gained or lost _______ ;
_______ are atoms of the same element with
different mass because they have different
numbers of ________.”
•neutrons •electrons
•ions
•isotopes

Review/Practice Binary Ionic compounds
Lesson/Practice- “Polyatomic Ions”

“Last Chance to Really Understand Ionic Compounds”

Quiz “Ions & Ionic Compounds”

Do Now 4/16/10
Do “atom counts” for each of the following:
Mg(NO3)2
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2Mg(NO3)2
(NH4)2CO3
Notes: Chemical Reactions
Practice- 4 Types of Chemical Reactions
Lesson/Practice- Balancing Chemical Reactions
Do Now 4/19/10
Do “atom counts” for each of the following:
Fe2O4
2Fe2O4
Al2(SO4)3
3Al2(SO4)3
→Periodic Table, Polyatomic ion
reference sheet


Review & Practice Balancing Chemical
Equations
EOCT/Grad Test Review
Do Now 4/20/10
Tell whether each of the following
compounds are held together with
covalent bonds or ionic bonds
C19H14O5S
MgO
C6H12O6
CaCl2
NaHCO3
CO2
AgNO3
Al2O3
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Daily Plan 4/20/10
Review- Chemistry in Motion
Test- Chemistry in Motion
Vocabulary Preview- Electricity
Do Now 4/21/10
Which do you think has more power, a small river
flowing very fast or a big river flowing slowly?
→ Pencil, calculator




Demonstration: Current Electricity Generator
Lesson/Notes: Introduction to Electricity
Tree Map Practice: Electricity
Calculations: Ohm’s Law
Do Now 4/22/10
Pick up and complete 2 current electricity practice
sheets
→ Pencil, calculator




Lesson/Demo: Static Electricity
Practice: Static Electricity
Practice Quiz: Electricity
Quiz?
Do Now 4/23/10
1. Copy this chart and list the symbol, the unit, and the
symbol for the unit for each of the following:
Symbol? Unit?
Symbol for the Unit?
Voltage
Current
Resistance
2. If a fan draws 3 amperes of current on a 120 volt
circuit, what is the resistance of the fan? Show work!
3. How much 12 volt current will a car stereo draw if the
stereo has 1.5 Ohms of resistance? Show work!
Daily Plan 4/23/10
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Review: Electricity
Quiz: Electricity
Review for EOCT: USA Testprep in Media
Center
Do Now 4/26/10
1. Write each set of SI units in order from smallest to
biggest and write what property of matter each set
measures (volume, mass, or length)
A. meter, kilometer, millimeter, centimeter
B. milliliter, liter, deciliter, kiloliter
C. kilogram, gram, centigram, milligram
2. If goonium-40 has a half life of 15 years, how old is a
sample that has 1/8 of its goonium-40 remaining?
Daily Plan 4/26/10
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

Demo- Magnetic Fields
Lesson/Notes- Magnetism
Practice- Electricity & Magnetism
Do Now 4/27/10
1. If a lost dog can cover 50 km per day, how far can it
travel in 3 days? Show all work! S = D/T
2. Brainium-98 has a half life of 5000 years. A
mammoth bone starts out with 200 atoms of
Brainium-98. If it is found 10,000 years later, how
many atoms of Brainium-98 will it contain?
→ Pencil
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Test review
Electromagnet lab
USA Testprep review (Media Center)
Physical Science
Do Now 4/28/10
Are the forces balanced or unbalanced? If unbalanced,
what is the net force and how much would the
12 N
object accelerate?
2.
45 N
35 N
1. 45 N
45 N
25 kg
25 kg
12 N
3.
18 N
25 kg
12N
4.
1N
25 kg
→Formula Sheet, Periodic Table, Calculator
99 N
Do Now 4/29/10
1. A car light bulb draws 4 amperes of current. If all cars
run on 12 volt electricity, what is the resistance of the
light bulb? V=IR
2. Is the light bulb in #1 running on Alternating
Current or Direct Current?
→ Pencil, calculator



Review for Chapter Test: Electricity &
Magnetism…Shoot the Hoop.
Chapter Test: Electricity & Magnetism
Look at Iceland volcano pictures
Do Now 4/30/10
1.
2.
Convert 15.7 m to mm
Convert 165 ml to liters
Convert 437.2 km to centimeters
4. Convert 200 meters to mm
5. Convert 23.6 meters to km
→ Pencil
3.
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

Go over Chapter Test: Electricity & Magnetism
Plan semester celebration for next Friday
USAtestprep in Media Center: Finish
“Chemistry-Chemical Reactions & Properties
of Matter”, then play USAtestprep games.
Do Now 5/3/10
1.
Take out your Physical Science Reference sheet
(“formula sheet”) and your Periodic Table.
Look them over and write down at least 3
topics that you would like to review before the
EOCT on Wednesday & Thursday

Open Review
Phy Sci Land

Do Now 5/4/10
Please number a section of your Do Now
paper like this:
1. 2.
3. 4. 5. 6.
7a. 7b. 7c. 8. 9.
→ Pencil, “formula sheet”, Periodic Table, USA
Testprep sheet
1.



RISE review
Open review
USA Testprep
Do Now 5/5/10
Get a calculator, sit down, and relax
→ Pencil
1.

Physical Science EOCT Part 1
Do Now 5/6/10
Get a calculator, sit down, and relax
→ Pencil
1.

Physical Science EOCT Part 2
Do Now 5/7/10
1.
Sit down & relax
→Only Positive Thoughts

Year end celebration!
Daily Plan 09/09/09

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
Videos: Tsunami, Tacoma Narrows Bridge,
Rogue waves
Properties of Sound – fold-notes booklet pg.
542
Practice: Name that sound
Inquiry lab: pitch: straws – Kazoos
*** We need Dixie cups (paper) and fishing line
for a lab on Friday ***
Physical Science
Do Now 8/14/09
1.
List the three types of friction that we discussed yesterday
2.
Last chance: Prepare your notebook for the notebook quiz!
Put all of your papers & assignments in order, by date, from
the first day of school.
→lab tray, calculator, Friction Lab data sheet, DT Graphs & the
Stories They Tell

Finish Friction Lab

Lecture/Discussion/Cornell Notes: Forces, Friction, &
Motion

Notebook Quiz

Distance/Time Graphs & The Stories They Tell

Crossword Puzzle: Motion
Physical Science
Do Now 8/17/09
1.
Do Chapter Review questions # 7-14. p. 390-391
→textbook, calculator

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


Newtonian Demonstrator
Cornell Notes/Powerpoint Lecture: Newton’s 3
Laws of Motion
Concept Review Sheet
Inertia Demonstration
25 Word Summarizer (every word counts… use
rewriting!)
Physical Science
Daily Plan 8/18/09
1.
A marble is rolling around in the back of a small toy wagon as the wagon is
pulled along the sidewalk. When the wagon is stopped suddenly by a rock under
one of the wheels, the marble rolls toward the front of the wagon. Why does the
marble keep going when the wagon stops? (Hint: Consider what it takes to
change the velocity of the wagon and the marble.)
→assigned book, calculator, last night’s HW (Newton’s Laws), Newtons
Laws Concept Review (yesterday’s classwork)
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
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

Review Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion
Newton’s Laws concept review
Quick Quiz For Understanding
Penny cup mini lab pg. 398
Newton’s Laws calculations
Net Force problems – group work & come to board
Physical Science
Do Now 8/19/09
Are the forces balanced or unbalanced? If unbalanced,
what is the net force and how much would the
12 N
object accelerate?
2.
45 N
35 N
1. 45 N
45 N
25 kg
25 kg
12 N
3.
→
18 N
25 kg
12N
4.
1N
25 kg
99 N
Physical Science
Do Now 8/19/09
→Last Night’s HW: Applied Net Force Problems



Applied Net Force Problems
Fettuccini Physics Lab
Lesson: Gravity
1.
Physical Science
Do Now 8/20/09
Be in a seat and absolutely silent by the time the bell rings!
→Pencil, calculator





15 minute grace period- Fettuccini Physics lab
Mini-Lecture: Gravity (no notes)
Practice: Calculating weight, given mass and acceleration due
to gravity
Mini-Lecture: Calculating weight in different places
Collaborative pairs: Calculating Weight on Different Planets
1.
2.
3.
Physical Science
Do Now 8/21/09
If a car goes from 0 mi/hr to 60 mi per hour in 6
seconds, what was the rate of acceleration?
If a 50 Newton force pushes on a 5 kg object,
what is the rate of acceleration?
Get notebook ready for notebook quiz!
→Pencil, Calculator, assigned BOOK

Notebook Quiz


Review!
Unit 1 Test—Force & Motion
1. Think about the properties of ice. Ice is somewhat hard and cannot
be compressed easily. Which drawing do you think represents a
solid? Explain your answer.
2. Think about the properties of gases. They are not hard and they can
be compressed. Which drawing represents a gas? Explain your
answer.
3. In which state(s) of matter are the particles touching?
4. In which drawing do you think the particles have the least effect on
one another? Explain your answer.
Physical Science
Daily Plan 8/24/09
→Pencil, paper, assigned BOOK
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
Go Over Test
Ch 3 Lecture: Energy and States of Matter
Pre-written notes and Questions: States of
matter
Phase change diagram
Summarizer p. 76 (finish for homework)
Physical Science
Daily Plan 8/25/09
What happens to water molecules when water
boils?
2. Melting snow is a change of state from a solid to
a what?
3. What is the reverse process of melting?
4. Compare the properties of ice, liquid water, and
water vapor.
Pencil, paper, last night’s HW (comparison
table)
 Lessons, notes, demos: Properties of Gases!
1.
Physical Science Do Now 8/26/09
1.
What do we call each of the following changes:
-solid to liquid
-liquid to gas
-solid to gas
-liquid to solid
-gas to liquid
Pencil, paper, yesterday’s notes “Properties of
Gases”, calculator
 Review & Demos: Boyle’s and Charles’ Laws
 Quiz: Phases of Matter and Properties of Gases
 Lecture/Notes: Temperature Scales
 Lecture/Practice: Calculating Specific Heat
Capacity
Physical Science Do Now 8/27/09
1.
Compare a cup with 100 ml of water at 99 °C and
a tub with 10,000 ml of water at 45 °C.
A.
B.
Which one has a higher average kinetic energy?
Which one contains more thermal energy (heat)?
Pencil, paper, yesterday’s classwork “Calculating
Heat Gained or Lost”, calculator
 Finish yesterday’s calculations
 Heat Transfer Mini-lecture & Practice
 Heat Transfer Application: Sea & Land Breezes
 Concept Review: Energy Transfer
 Lab Safety
Physical Science – DO-NOW 08/28
2. What happens to your
3. When you sit near a
hand when you place it
fire, you can feel its
above a lighted candle?
warmth on your skin,
(Assume you are not
even if the air is cool.
touching the flame. Explain
Does this sensation
the energy transfers on the
depend upon the fact
atomic level. Hint:
that warm air rises?
Remember that warm air
Physical Science Do Now 8/31/09
Pick Up do-now in front of room and
complete! (Review of Motion)
Pencil, calculator, brain, book
 REVIEW Motion!

Motion Misconceptions sheet: Divide and
Conquer then present!
 Review PE/KE through drawing
 KE/PE Powerpoint
 Identify PE/KE through real-world application
(go outside)
1.
Physical Science Do Now 9/1/09
1.
A woman puts on her 2.25 gram gold ring. The ring
heats up from the room temperature of 23 °C to her
body temperature of 37 °C. If the specific heat capacity
of gold is 0.13 J/g· °C , how much heat energy did the
ring gain?
2.
Write which type of heat transfer for each:
A. wind
C. warming hands beside a fire
B. touching an ice cube
D. warming hands over a fire
3. Why does the temperature not go up if you add heat
energy to boiling water? Hint: what is the additional
heat energy being used to do?
Pencil, calculator
Physical Science Daily Plan 9/1/09


Intro/Review- Types of energy: Potential &
Kinetic
Powerpoint/notes

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Types of energy: PE & KE
Law of Conservation of Energy
Quick Notes: Forms of energy
Application: Identifying Types & Forms of
Energy (Outside…no whining!)
Physical Science
Do Now 9/2/09
Take a “Review & Reinforcement” sheet from the
front table and complete it.
→pencil, all three sheets from yesterday: Energy
notes, Recognizing Potential & Kinetic
Energy, Energy Transformations

Review/re-teach energy types & forms

Learn/Practice Energy Transformations

Quiz- Energy: Types, Forms, &
Transformations

Read section 1 in Chap 15 (pgs. 505-513)

Do classification chart pg. 504
Physical Science
Do Now 9/3/09
1.
2.
IF YOUR WERE NOT HERE YESTERDAY, get
from the front table and complete “Review &
Reinforcement: Kinetic & Potential Energy” (front)
Which type and form of energy is a piece of charcoal?
→pencil, previous sheets “Energy Transformations” and
“Review & Reinforcement: Kinetic & Potential
Energy”

Review/re-teach energy types & forms

Learn/Practice Energy Transformations

Quiz- Energy: Types, Forms, & Transformations

Demonstration: Intro to Waves
1.
2.
Physical Science
Do Now 9/4/09
Write out 2 energy transformations that describe
how the woofer in a speaker makes “bass”.
Draw the following:
A. two parallel lines B. two perpendicular
lines
→pencil, paper

Demonstration: Intro to Waves

Cornell Notes: Intro to Waves

Practice with Waves

Waves Classification Table
Physical Science
Do Now 9/8/09
1. High energy waves have _________ wavelength
and _________ frequency.
2. Low energy waves have _________ wavelength
and _________ frequency.
Word Bank: *long *short *high *low
→pencil, paper, book

Notebook Quiz

Cornell Notes: Behaviors of Waves

Application: Behaviors of Waves

Inquiry Activity: Behaviors of Waves
Physical Science
Do Now 9/9/09
In the diagram, A is the distance from a point on one
wave to an identical point on the next wave. What
might this distance be called?
1.
In the diagram, B is the amplitude of a wave. What do
you think this is a measure of?
2.
Twenty waves pass by a point in a certain amount of
time. Would this be a measure of a wave’s speed or
frequency?
Daily Plan 09/09/09
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Videos: Tsunami, Tacoma Narrows Bridge,
Rogue waves
Properties of Sound – fold-notes booklet pg.
542
Practice: Name that sound
Inquiry lab: pitch: straws – Kazoos
*** We need Dixie cups (paper) and fishing line
for a lab on Friday ***
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Physical Science
Do Now 09/10/09
All waves carry _____.
•electromagnetic
_____ waves are pure energy.
•transverse
Mechanical waves require a ___. •longitudinal
Sound waves are _____ waves. •energy
Ocean waves are _____ waves. •medium
→pencil, pre-printed notes “Introduction to
Waves”, exercises “Name That Sound”
Physical Science
Daily Plan 09/10/09
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Name That Sound
Doppler Effect Demonstration/ppt Doppler Effect
Quiz: Waves & Sound
Sound Lab- Straw Kazoos (Resonance Frequency)
Sound Lab- Musical Pipes (Resonance Frequency)
Complete Fold Notes: The Doppler Effect
Physical Science
Do Now 09/11/09
Please draw how you think the following wave would
look like?
1. Loud, high pitched tire squeal
2. An elephant grumbling softly
3. Loud bass notes
4. A mouse squeaking quietly
→Pencil, Sound Fold Notes, Book
Physical Science
Daily Plan 09/11/09
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Complete SOUND Fold Notes
CONCEPT REVIEW HANDOUT—CH 15
NB Quiz #5: 9/08-11
Dixie Cups/ Tuning Forks
Crossword Puzzle—WAVES
Energy TEST –Wednesday, 9/16
Physical Science
Do Now 9/14/09
1. Answer this question in your own words: “What
is light?”
2. A prism bends light into the colors of the
rainbow, name this type of wave interaction.
→Pencil, book, a calm & focused mind, HW “Concept
Review- Wave Interactions (front) & Types of
Waves”
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“What is Light” Handout & Questions
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EM Spectrum—Drawing & Questions p556-558
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EM Wave questions
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Read “How do Cell Phones Work” p.559
Physical Science
Do Now 9/15/09
1. Write the colors of the visible spectrum. You
should be able to do this from memory.
2. Matching:
1. see through
A. opaque
2. light passes
B. transparent
3. blocks all light
C. translucent
→Pencil, paper
Lessons/Activities: Seeing Colors
Physical Science
Do Now 9/16/09
1. Pick up the “Energy Language” handout & a
Bingo card.
2. Pick 24 words & write them on the BINGO
template.
****EM SPECTRUM—Pass up
→Pencil, Calculator, paper for Bingo chips,
STUDY!!!!
*BINGO
*ENERGY TEST
Physical Science Do Now 9/17/09
You may not think of a
door as a simple
machine, but it is one.
The door functions like
a lever. Like other
levers, when you exert a
force on it (an input
force a.k.a. effort force),
that force is exerted
along the entire door
Pick up a copy of the
(the output force a.k.a.
Do Now Questions at
resistance force).
the front!
Physical Science
Do Now 9/18/09
1. Determine if work is being done in the following
situations:
a.
Lifting a spoon to your mouth.
b.
Holding a large stack of books over your head
motionless.
c.
Letting a pencil fall to the ground
2. How much work is done by a person who uses a
horizontal force of 25 N to push a desk 3.0 m?
→Pencil, calculator, paper, HW “Reflections on Waves & Energy
Test”
-Review Simple Machines, Calculate MA, ARM model, BOE
Physical Science
Do Now 9/21/09
Pick up a book, a calculator, and a handout @ the
front and begin working on it.
→pencil, book, calculator, Friday’s work (calculating
mechanical advantage of inclined planes & levers)
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Finish/go over MA calcs: inclined planes & levers
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Ppt: Wheel & Axle & Pulley
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MA calculations with pulleys
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Inquiry Activity: Making an Arm Model
1.
Do Now 9/22/09
Pick up and staple together “Identifying Simple
Machines” & “Concept Review”, with “Identifying
Simple Machines” on top
2. Complete these (15 minutes). Get Busy!
→pencil
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Go Over Do Now (20 min. total)
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Discuss Tomorrow’s “Mini-Test” (5 min)
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Finish Arm Model (15 min)
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Clever Lever Lab (20 Min)
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Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt (30)
1.
Do Now 09/23/09
1. When you pry up a nail, you “pay” with ________
in order to gain more________.
2. When you lift up dirt into a truck with a shovel ,
you “pay” with _______ in order to gain more
________.
Use each word twice: •force •distance
→pencil, Formula Sheet, calculator, all notes &
exercises about Work, Simple Machines, &
Mechanical Advantage
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Review- Work, Simple Machines, Mechanical Advantage
Test-Work, Simple Machines, Mechanical Advantage
Scientific Method- Independent & Dependent
Variables: Mythbusters Videos
Do Now 09/24/09
1. Take a copy of “Movement & Forces Review…”
2. Complete the first 4 variables (mass, weight,
length, volume), working across.
→pencil, book
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Go Over Test-Work, Simple Machines, Mechanical
Advantage
Cornell Notes- Chemical Properties, Physical Properties,
Chemical Changes, Physical Changes
4-Corner Fold- see p. 657
Review – Properties & Changes in Matter
Do Now 09/25/09
1. Get out your Do Now from yesterday,
“Movement & Forces Review…”
2. Complete the next 4 variables (distance, speed,
velocity, acceleration), working across.
→pencil, calculator, formula sheet, 4-corner project:
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Notebook Quiz
Add new examples to 4-corner
Density Lesson
Density Practice
Density inquiry Activity
Do Now 09/28/09
1. Get out your DO NOW from yesterday,
“Movement & Forces Review…”
2. Complete the last 3 variables (force, work, &
power), working across.
→pencil, calculator, HW Density Calculations # 1-9
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Finish Density Calculations
Lesson- Types & Combinations of Matter
Practice- Understanding Combinations of Matter
Concept Reviews- Classifying Matter & Properties of
Matter
Do Now 09/29/09
1. Complete both sides of “Physical & Chemical
Properties” (15 minutes)
2. memorize this number sequence: “2-8-8”
→pencil, HW “Concept Review Classifying
Matter/Properties of Matter”
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Cornell Notes- Introduction to Atoms
Practice- Intro to Atoms
Practice Drawing Atoms
BRING A BAG OF SKITTLES BY THURSDAY TO
BUILD ATOMIC MODELS WITH!
Do Now 09/30/09
1. Pick up and complete the crossword puzzle
“Atomic Structure”
→pencil, HW atom drawings #1-16 (Hydrogen –
Sulfur)
 Quiz-sub-atomic particles
 Atomic structure exercises
 Races: atom building
 Introduce valence electrons
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BRING A BAG OF SKITTLES BY TOMORROW
TO BUILD ATOMIC MODELS WITH!
Do Now 10/01/09
Pick up & complete the handout Atomic Structure
2.
Copy & complete this sentence: “________ go ‘up and
down’, while __________ go ‘back and forth’.”
word bank:
•columns
•rows
→pencil, pencil, periodic table
1.
**BAG OF M&Ms or SKITTLES out on your DESK**
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Lesson & Practice: Valence Electrons
“Candy Models of Atomic Structure” LAB
**HW: STUDY!!! Matter & Atomic Structure Test
TOMORROW, FRIDAY, 10/2/09
Do Now 10/02/09
Draw a complete Bohr model of each of the
following elements, and write how many valence
electrons each element has in one atom.
Carbon Oxygen Helium Magnesium
→pencil, periodic table, formula sheet, 4-Corner
1.
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Review- Mindpoint Quiz Show
Test Properties of Matter & Atomic Structure
**HW: Get ready to have fun AND stiLl keep learning
next week!
Do Now 10/05/09
Pick up a copy of the Mid Term Review Puzzle
and complete
→pencil, periodic table
1.
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Review- Mid-term Benchmark Test Tomorrow
Lesson & Practice- The Periodic Table
1.
Do Now 10/6/09
Pick up & complete “Why is the Periodoc
Table…Periodic?”
→pencil, “illustrated” Periodic Table, Study Notes to
Review
 Go over Matter & Atomic Structure Test
 MidTerm
1.
Do Now 10/6/09
For each of the following elements, describe:
A. Group #
B. Family “name”
C. Period #
D. Metal, Metalloid, or Nonmetal
• Sodium
• Silicon
• Chlorine
• Neon
→pencil, “illustrated” Periodic Table, Study Notes to
Review
 Go over Matter & Atomic Structure Test
 MidTerm
Do Now 10/7/09
1. Open your book to p160, “Quick Lab: The
Cost of Metals.” Procedure # 1 & 2,
Analysis # 1 & 2.
2. Take out a clean sheet of paper, begin
working on the activity. Follow the
directions. (20 minutes)
→pencil, textbook, “illustrated” Periodic Table,
“Why is the Periodic Table Periodic?”, &
“Valence Electrons”
 Periodic Table Basics
 Lewis-Dot Structures
1.
Do Now 10/8/09
For each of the following elements, describe:
A. Group #
B. Family “name”
C. Period #
D. Metal, Metalloid, or Nonmetal
• Sodium • Silicon
• Chlorine
•
Neon
→pencil, yesterday’s CW/HW “Periodic Table Basics”,
“illustrated” Periodic Table, “Why is the Periodic
Table Periodic?”, & “Valence Electrons”
 Pulling it all together: Atomic Structure, Valence
Electrons, & the Periodic Table of the Elements
 Introduction to Isotopes
 Standardized Test Prep p. 172 & 173
Do Now 10/13/09
Get and complete “Using the Periodic Table”
→pencil, Periodic Table, get from front “Using the
Periodic Table”
1.
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Periodic Table “Quiz” (not a quiz!)
Drawing Isotopes: Draw “P, N, dot” Bohr models
of all the stable isotopes for Hydrogen through
Neon
Speed Drill: Lewis Structures
Speed Drill!
Lewis Structures
Na
2. Be
3. As
4. Ar
1.
P
Al
Mg
Kr
N
K
Ca
C
Ne
Pb
Cl
Xe
1.
2.
3.
4.
Do Now 10/16/09 kim & audrey
Find phosphorous on your Periodic Table.
How many electron energy levels would be
filled and how many valence electrons?
Smallest piece of an element that is still
that element? _____
Write down the definition for ISOTOPE.
Turn to p335 in your BOOK.
→Pencil, Periodic Table of the Elements (PTE)
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Modeling Half-Life p335
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Half-Life Notes & Graph Handout
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CHUNK-IT-UP!
Do Now 10/16/09
1.
Take out a fresh sheet of paper & copy the
fraction/percent pie charts on the left
board, and copy the title and headings on
the right board: “Understanding HalfLives”
→Pencil, extremely focused brain!
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Lesson & Practice: Understanding Radioactive
Decay using the concept of Half-Life
Do Now 10/19/09
1.
2.
Take out your work from Friday: “Radioisotope
Dating” and both sheets called “Half-Life Practice”
Pick up a copy of the exercises at the front of the
rom & complete both sides, skipping #4 and #33
→Pencil, Fridays work (see above)
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Review Half-Life/Radioisotope Dating
Learn Ionizing Radiation
Learn Fission vs Fusion
Quiz Tomorrow!
Do Now 10/20/09
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Atoms of the same element with different # of
neutrons.
The amount of time it takes for ½ of the atoms of a
radioactive isotope to decay.
What is the difference between Carbon-12 and
Carbon-13? What is the same?
The half-life of Palladium-100 is 4 days. If you have
a sample of Paladium-100 with 1/16 of its atoms
remaining, how old is it?
Fusion or Fission: A. Powered the first atomic
bombs. B. Powers the sun C. Splitting atoms
D. Combining atoms
Daily plan 10/20/09
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Nuclear Quiz
Ions Formed
Do Now 10/21/09
Try to figure these out by remembering prior knowledge
1. A homogeneous mixture, with one part dissolved
into the other.
2. The substance that dissolves the other one.
3. The substance that is dissolved into the other one.
4. The maximum amount of solute that will dissolve
into the solvent.
*solute
*solvent
*solution
*solubility
 Lessons/Practice: Solutions
 Lessons/Practice: pH
 pH Lab
Do Now 10/22/09
For each element, write how many valence electrons it
has and what ion will form.
Chlorine Oxygen Nitrogen Lithium Beryllium
Hydrogen Potassium Sodium
Aluminum Carbon
Calcium Magnesium
Flourine Bromine
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Conductivity of Solutions
Solubility
More practice with half-life!
Do Now 10/23/09
Pick up & Complete “Half-Life Worksheet” skip #1
2. Take out and study the following:
10/8- Isotopes
10/16- Radioisotope Dating & Half-life lessons(3 sheets)
10/19- Ionizing Radiation; Fission vs Fusion; Nuclear
Power Plant
10/20- Ions (3 sheets); Quiz “Understanding Atomic
Nuclei”
10/21- Basics of Solutions; pH; pH Lab
10/22- Conductivity of Solutions; Solubility Curves
1.
Do Now 10/26/09
Take & Complete “Section 1” test review.
READ carefully & do the best you can!
→pencil, periodic table of the elements
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Cornell Notes: Why do Atoms form Bonds?
Practice: “Making Predictions” & “Bond
Identification”
Number Symbols in Chemistry
Counting Atoms
Do Now 10/27/09
Pick up & Complete the “Test Review”
Handout. READ carefully & do the best
you can!
→pencil, periodic table of the elements
1.
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“Counting Atoms” Practice
Notes: Binary Ionic Compounds
Binary Ionic Compound Practice
Polyatomic Ions?
1.
2.
Do Now 10/28/09
Pick up & Complete the “Test Review”
Handout. READ carefully & do the best you
can! Skip “A” and “C” on the back
Take out your HW & Periodic Table
→pencil, periodic table of the elements
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Polyatomic Ions: Lesson & Practice
Quiz: Ions & Ionic Compounds
Review Nuclear Test
Laptop Procedures/ EOCT Review
Do Now 10/29/09
What compound will form from the following
ions?
1. NH4+ + NO3-
2. NH4+ + S2-
3. Na+ + NO3-
4. Be2+ + NO3-
5.
+
NH4
+
2SO4
6. Hg2
2+
+
2SO4
Do Now 10/29/09
→pencil, periodic table of the elements
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Go Over Test on Atomic Nuclei & Solutions
Notes- 4 Types of Chemical Reactions
Practice- 4 Types of Chemical Reactions
Acting Out Chemical Reactions
Do Now 10/30/09
Prepare for Notebook Check Quiz.
→pencil, organized notebook!
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Local Attractions: Cumberland Island
Quiz: 4 Types of Chemical Reactions
Lesson & Practice Balancing Chemical
Equations
Mythbusters
Do Now 11/2/09
Do “atom counts” for each of the following:
Fe2O4
2Fe2O4
Al2(SO4)3
3Al2(SO4)3
→pencil, Friday’s work “Balancing Act”
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Review & Practice Balancing Chemical
Equations
EOCT/Grad Test Review: Physics
Do Now 11/3/09
Pick up & complete handout “Do Now-Balancing Equations”
2. Get HW out “Balancing Equations”
(front) & “Identifying & Balancing
Equations” (back)
→pencil, HW
1.
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Balancing Equations Practice
PASSWORD GAME
1.
Do Now 11/4/09
Tell whether each of the following compounds
are held together with covalent bonds or ionic
bonds
C19H14O5S
CaCl2
NaHCO3
2. Write the numbers 1-4 on your Do Now paper.
→pencil, paper folded 1/3 for Cornell Notes
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Cornell Notes: Laws of Conservation of Mass &
Energy
Pre-Lab & Lab: “Chemical Reaction”
Post Lab
Do Now 11/5/09
1.
Write the name of each of these compounds:
H2S
CaCl2
NaHCO3
HCl
2. Write the formula for each of these compunds
Sodium hydroxide
Calcium iodide
3. Which ion will form? Na N B S
→pencil, “plain” periodic table, polyatomic ion
sheet
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Review
Test
Do Now 11/5/09
Tell whether each of the following
compounds are held together with
covalent bonds or ionic bonds
C19H14O5S
CaCl2
NaHCO3
MgO
CO2
Al2O3
C6H12O6
AgNO3
Do Now 11/9/09
Take a tree map from the front table and do
as much as possible using your notes from
Friday.
→pencil, notes from Friday, calculator
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Continue Electricity Lesson (fill-in notes)
Current Electricity Calculations (Ohms Law)
Static Electricity using Van der Graff Generator
Do Now 11/10/09
Copy this chart and list the symbol, the unit, and the
symbol for the unit for each of the following:
Symbol? Unit?
Symbol for the Unit?
Voltage
Current
Resistance
→pencil, calculator
•
Review & Quiz- Introduction to Electricity
•
Speed Drills: Electricity
•
NOVA Video: “Lightning”
1.
Do Now 11/12/09
List the 4 phases (a.k.a. states) of matter.
2. Pick up & complete “Insulators & Conductors”,
then flip it over and fill in at least 7 of the
“Measuring Current Electricity” blanks on the back
→pencil, notes from Monday, Tuesdays HW
“Electricity” on the back of “Electric Current”
1.
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More Static Electricity Demos
Notes & Demos: Magnets
Electromagnet Lab
Do Now 11/13/09
Pick up & complete front side of “Overview:
Electricity”
→pencil
•
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Review electricity
Ring Magnets Experience
Post Test Review
Do Now 11/16/09
Please copy and answer each of the following questions:
1.
Whose responsibility is it to be on time and present in class?
2.
Whose responsibility is it to complete and turn in
homework assignments?
3.
Whose responsibility is it to behave and pay attention in
class?
4.
Whose responsibility is it to keep your notebook organized?
5.
Whose responsibility is it to go over your notes each night if
you are not doing well on tests?
6.
Whose responsibility is it to eat right and get enough sleep?
7.
Whose responsibility is it to study the night before a test?
→pencil, all notes & exercises on electricity
Do Now 11/17/09
1.
2.
3.
Pick up a copy of “Electricity and Magnetism Terms
Review”, and do #1-8 on the front, then do #6-10
on the back. Finish the rest if you get done early.
If a fan draws 3 amperes of current on a 120 volt
circuit, what is the resistance of the fan?
How much 12 volt current will a car stereo draw if
the stereo has 1.5 Ohms of resistance?
→pencil, calculator, all notes & exercises on
electricity
*Review & Test- Electricity & Magnetism
*EOCT Practice
Do Now 11/18/09
1.
USA testprep in mc
Do Now 11/19/09
1.
Pick up a copy of “Post Test Review…”, and do
#10-15 on the back. Finish the rest if you get done
early.
→pencil, calculator
*Review & Post Test
*Mythbusters Video
Do Now 11/20/09
1.
Write these SI units of length in order from smallest
to biggest: meter, kilometer, millimeter, centimeter
2.
Write these SI units of volume in order from biggest
to smallest: milliliter, liter, deciliter, kiloliter
3.
Write these SI units of mass in order from smallest
to biggest: kilogram, gram, centigram, milligram
→pencil
*Review of SI (System Internationale) units
*Mythbusters Video (for sure!)
Do Now 11/23/09
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Convert 15.7 m to mm
Convert 165 ml to liters
Convert 437.2 km to centimeters
Convert 200 meters to mm
Convert 23.6 meters to km
→pencil, paper
*Go over Post-test results
*EOCT Review
*Planet Earth Video
Do Now 11/24/09
1.
Media center USA testprep review
→pencil, paper
Do Now 11/30/09
1.
2.
If goonium-40 has a half life of 15 years,
how old is a sample that has 1/8 of its
goonium-40 remaining?
Pick up, hole punch, and begin working
on the 2004 released EOCT practice test.
→pencil, calculator
*EOCT Review
*Test Anxiety Video
Do Now 12/1/09
1.
2.
Write out the energy transformation that
occurs when you light a match. Be sure to
include both the general type and specific
form of the energy before and after the
transformation.
Continue to work on EOCT Practice Test
→pencil, calculator, yesterday’s EOCT Practice Test
AND Test Anxiety Video Notes
*Go Over Test Anxiety Video
*Go Over EOCT Review #1-43….challenge: GPS or
QCC?
Do Now 12/2/09
1.
Pick up and complete BOTH SIDES of
“Standardized Test Review” from the
front table.
→pencil
*Go Over EOCT Review #46-85….challenge: GPS or
QCC?
*Planet Earth video
*TOMORROW: Report directly yo Media Center for
USA Testprep review
Do Now 12/3/09
1.
USA Testprep review in MC
Do Now 12/4/09
1.
2.
EVERYONE pick up a copy of “How to
Prepare For Tests”
IF you signed up for a copy yesterday,
please write your name on it.
→pencil, your answer sheet from yesterday
*Go Over How to Prepare For Tests
*Phy Sci Land
Do Now 12/8/09
→
Do Now 12/9/09
Pick up a calculator, take out your pencil.
2. Turn your phone off, put it in your
bookbag, and place the bookbag on the
side lab bench.
3. Relax.
→pencil
1.
Physical Science EOCT, Part I
Do Now 12/10/09
Pick up a calculator, take out your pencil.
2. Turn your phone off, put it in your
bookbag, and place the bookbag on the
side lab bench.
3. Relax.
→pencil
1.
Physical Science EOCT, Part II
Do Now 12/11/09
Relax.
→ personal awareness

Physical Science Video “The World’s Fastest Indian”
Do Now 12/14/09
Make a commitment to be aware of any
negative self-talk you may be doing today
→ positive outlook on life

*Physical Science Video “The World’s Fastest Indian”
*Begin review for final exam
Do Now 12/15/09
Think quietly to yourself…how many times
did you become aware of negative self talk
yesterday?
→ pencil, all notes!
*Review for final exam
Do Now 12/16/09
Think quietly to yourself…how many times
did you become aware of negative self talk
yesterday? Was it different from the day
before?
→ pencil, all notes!
*Review for final exam, Part II
Do Now 12/17/09
Think quietly to yourself…how many times
did you become aware of negative self talk
yesterday?
→ pencil
*Final Exam
*Video- “Up”