Monday, October 15, 2007

Week 5

Goals:
1. Know the density of water: 1g/ml.
2. Know what mass, volume and density are and how to measure them.
3. Know that the density of a pure substance is constant (at a given temperature and pressure).
4. Know that the solid phase is almost always more dense than the liquid phase, but that water is an exception.
5. Know that fresh water is a precious and effectively limited resource.

Activities:
Monday: Notes on water, mass and volume.
Tuesday: Determine the density of water. Link to handout
Thursday: Finish water lab. Determine the density of ice.
Friday: Film - Elements Compounds and Mixtures
Monday: Finish density of ice activity.
Tuesday: Density Review sheet . (This copy is missing some important pictures that are hand drawn on the in-class version.) Link to handout.
Thursday: The Density Challenge and Quiz


This weeks notebook should have.
1. Density of a pure substance part 1.
2. Graph
3. Density of ice worksheet
4. Density review sheet
5. Density Challenge Graph
6. Density Challenge Conclusion.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Week 4, Oct. 2 - Oct. 9

Goals:
1. Be able to list causes and effects of global warming.
2. Be able to explain similarities in burning reactions.
3. Be able to explain and give examples of how reinforcing and balancing feedback affect global warming.

Activities:
Tuesday: Go over returned work. Questions about reading handout on global warming.Link to readingLink to handout
Thursday: Lecture on burning reactions with demonstrations. Start an Inconvenient Truth
Friday: Finish an Inconvenient Truth
Monday: Questions and handout on global warming and feedback loops.Link to handout (no quiz or notebook)
Tueday: Unit Test & notebook

Notebook Contents:
1. EPA reading on global warming
2. Questions on reading
3. Notes on Burning Reactions
4. Feedback Loops Handout