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West Sylvan Middle School (Grades 7-8)
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February 2012

 
February 2012
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

1
Push or Pull Packet

Due 2/2

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Push or Pull Packet
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No School

6
Mapping Magnetic Fields

Due 02/07

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Finish Mapping.  Review and answer questions we wanted to know about magnatism.
8 
Electricity Introduction
9 
John Tro-volt-a and static electricity Due 2/10
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Van De Graff and other fun static demos.    

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TIc Tac Demo

Electroscopes.

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Electroscopes

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Where are the electrons that pass in copper wire-They are part of the atoms that make the wire...

 

Resistance, voltage

20 
No School.

21 
Sparky-Simple Circuits.

Phet Circuit Challenge

    Conductors vs insulators.

Questions here.

Websitehere

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Phet Circuit Challenge Due end of class.

 

Resistance in a wire-Diameter, density and length of wire.  Here

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January 2012

January 2012
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2 
No School
3
Heating and cooling air Part 1.

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Highlight Kinetic Theory Notes-how does kinetic theory relate to phase change between solids, liquids and gases. 

How does a thermometer work?  What does it measure?

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Heating and Cooling Air Part 2-Question 4.

 

Heating and Cooling liquids.  Let's make our own thermometer!

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Heating and Cooling liquids continued.
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Review Kinetic Theory, more questions regarding expansion and contraction.  Reading pg. 38 after prereading questions pg 27 of Heating and Cooling liquids. 

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Heating and cooling water.  Brass ring and ball expansion and compression demo for solid state of matter.

Extra Credit here.

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Melting vs. Dissolving Lab
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No School MLK Day!

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Late Start
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December 2011

December 2011
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 


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More on balancing equations
2
Wrap up day.
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Acid Base Reactions
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Acid Base Reactions
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break

November 2011

November 2011
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 

1
Ionic Bonding Basics-Due 11/02

Learning Goal:  Use Lewis structures to Predict bonding and write chemical formulas.

2
Ionic Bonding-Metals and non-metals.
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Covalent Bonding-Covalent Bonding worksheet Due 11/04

4
Lime water and carbon dioxide meet and precipitate.  Observations

Quiz review here.

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Review Covalent Bonding and Ionic Bonding
8 
Quiz Review
9 
Gumdrop Atoms
10 
No school for students.
11 
No School
14 
Reading-How Atoms Rearrange
15 
Finish Gumdrop Atoms-Checking on bonding and dot diagrams.
16 
Tiles and Quiz review.
17 
Quiz/Overview Test.  This will cover anything from the start of chemistry.
18 
Acid and Base Reactions.
21 
AM, Pm and Evening conferences
22 
AM and PM Conferences-End at 4pm
23 
Happy Thanksgiving.
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Happy Thanksgiving.
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Happy Thanksgiving.

28 
Review Scores

Introduction-Acid and Base Reactions.

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Balancing Equations Here.
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Balancing Equations and Notes Here.
 
Balancing Equations Due.
 

October 2011

October 2011
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Chemistry Folder page 9: Mystery Mixture Analysis

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Chemistry Folder page 11: Mystery Mixture Summary

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Chemistry Folder page 13: Elements

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Video: Atoms and the Periodic Table
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Atomic Theory: Structure of the atom
11 Mid-Term
Atomic Theory and Structure.
12 
Getting to know the Periodic Table.
13 
Getting to know the Periodic Table.
14 Teacher Inservice: No School

17 Bohr Models-

Atomic number -. Atomic Mass= Number of neutrons.

Here is how.

18 
Mid-Term Reflection

19 Late Opening

.Bohr Diagrams.

 

20 
Getting to know the Periodic Table-The periods give the number of energy levels or orbitals.  The group number gives the number of electrons in the outter most orbital, also called valence electrons.

Bohr Models due tomorrow.

21 
Periodic Table Bingo

Homework on Bohr models due. 

Agenda Check-3 points.  Excused if you are on field trip.

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Drawing electron dot diagrams, also called Lewis Structrues.

Here is how.  Go no further then about 2:20 minutes.

Valence electrons-electrons on outter most orbitals.

Homework: Finish Atomic Models-Due tomorrow beginning of class.

 

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Atomic Models Due.

Quiz Review.

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Quiz Today.

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Review Quiz

Introduction to Ionic and Covalent Bonding

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Giving and Taking Electrons=Ionic Bonding

Ions, Cat-ions and An-ions.

Sharing valence electrons = covalent bonding.

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September 2011

September 2011
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Welcome-Get to know you Name Game.

Science Notebooks Due 13th.

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Ice Breakers
8 
Blocks Team Work

9 
Bridge Design Challenge

 

Agenda Check

12 Class conversation-What should our classroom feel like and look like?    

NOTEBOOKS Due

Formate Notebooks    

13 
.Metric Tuesday-Length

14 
Review Metric Mass-

How to use a triple Beam

    

15 
Metric Volume

Displacement vs. Measure

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Review Metric Volume

2 ways to measure volume

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 Density=Love

Associated units depending on how volume is calculated.

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 Denisty=Love

Compare two equal volumes with two different masses.

21 
Density of water and relation to Metric System
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Density

23 
Density Review

Practice Test on Quizstar.

 

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Density Review
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Quiz Today
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Mystery Mixture.
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