November
18
November
11
Lesson Plans: November 12th – 15th
November
4
Lesson Plans: November 4th – 8th
Monday & Tuesday – We will begin looking at ocean tides. Students will learn how the positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon cause daily, spring, and neap cycles of the ocean tides due to gravitational forces.
Wednesday – We will have a review for our test on Friday.
Thursday – Grade and go over review for test.
Friday – The Sun, Earth, & Moon System Test
October
22
Lesson Plans: October 22nd – 25th
Tuesday – We will work on our Force, Motion, and Energy Review. This will include questions over kinetic and potential energy, finding overall net force on an object, and Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion.
Wednesday – We will grade our review, and have a study jam review for the test on Thursday. Students who get their review signed after it has been graded will receive bonus points on the test.
Thursday – Force, Motion, and Energy Test.
Friday – We will introduce our next unit on investigating the Solar System.
October
14
Lesson Plans: October 14th – 16th
October
4
Lesson Plans: October 7th – 11th
Monday & Tuesday – Force is defined as a push or pull acting on an object. We will learn to identify and explain how forces act on objects, including gravity, friction, magnetism, applied forces, and normal forces, using real-world applications.
Wednesday & Thursday – We will begin discussing Newton’s 1st Law of Motion; an object in motion stays in motion, or an object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
Newtons 1st Law of Motion Challenge
Friday – We will start in on Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion; the acceleration of an object is dependent upon the net force acting upon the object and the mass of the object.
September
30
Lesson Plans: September 30th – October 4th
Monday – We will begin our Unit 1 Review on Atomic Structure, Molecules, Compounds, and Chemical Reactions.
Tuesday – We will grade the test review and play a review game to study for test.
- Students will take home reviews to study, and receive 5 bonus points on test if signed by parent.
Wednesday – Unit 1 Test
Thursday & Friday – We will look at volume, and how it is different from mass. We will also compare the methods by which volume is measured for solids, liquids, and gases.
September
23
Lesson Plans: September 24th – 27th
Tuesday – We will go over Counting Atoms notes with practice problems.
Wednesday – We will continue to work on Counting Atoms Worksheet which will be for homework if not completed by the end of class.
Thursday – We will look at how substances combine or change (react) to make new substances, and how to characterize and explain these reactions to make predictions about them.
Friday – Continuing with our lesson from Thursday, we will learn how to explain the difference between chemical and physical changes. Students will also be introduced to the Law of Conservation of Mass, and how reactants and products in a chemical reaction are the same.
September
17
Lesson Plans: September 17th – 20th
Tuesday & Wednesday:
3D Atom using Bohr Diagram – This 3D atom model activity is an engaging way to teach atomic structure. Students will learn how to collect element data and use the information to design a 3D atom model. Each 3D model consists of four Bohr models glued together.
Thursday & Friday: We will dive further into our unit by learning about elements, molecules, and compounds.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
- Recognize that atoms and molecules are too small to be seen.
- Identify examples of elements, compounds, molecules, and diatomic molecules.
- Describe how the properties of a compound are different from the properties of the elements that form the compound.
- Draw atomic diagrams of elements, compounds, and diatomic molecules.
- Build models of elements, compounds, and diatomic molecules.
September
2