Weeks 12 and 13: Dec. 8-19 Metals

Goals

1. Be able to list general properties of metals: shiny, malleable, conduct electricity, reactive with oxygen and acid, solid at room temperature.
2. Be able to rank common metals in terms of their reactivity with acid.
3. Be able to write, draw and balance simple reactions.
4. Know that atoms and mass are conserved in a reaction.
5. Use the reactivity series to predict which reactions will occur.
6. Describe the processes through which metals are refined.

Activities:
Mon 12/8: Reading about metals.
Tuesday 12/9: (Substitute) Video, Reading and worksheet about metals.
Thursday12/11: Lab: Reacting Metals with Acid. Balance reactions as Homework.
Friday, 12/12: Go over lab and demonstrations.
Monday, 12/15: Start reaction with Copper. Chemical Reactions Video and Worksheet.
Tuesday12/16: Finish Copper ExperimentFinish questions as homework.
Thursday, 12/18: Silver Reaction and Poster Project
Friday, 12/19: Review and Quiz

Notebook:
1. Metals (2 pages)
2. Reading and questions about Metals
3. Reacting Metals with Acids
4. Notes on Sodium reaction.
5. Lab worksheet: Copper Reaction
6. Lab Conclusion

Week 12: Dec 2-5

Goals:
1. Analyze data
2. Describe procedures clearly.
3. Describe errors and limitations

Click here for a link to a template for the lab report that you can fill in on line and print up. You want the very last item on the page inquiry work sample template.

Activities:

Tuesday: Last Day for Data Collection. Write Procedures, Graph Data. Finish as homework if not done in class.
Thursday: Analyze sample conclusions. Write Conclusions.
Friday: Final touch ups on all parts of lab report. Turn in Notebooks.

Notebook contents:

1. Dissolving Rates Part 1: Introduction
2. Dissolving Rates PArt 2: Design
3. Procedure handout
4. Graph
5. Conclusion
6. Sample Conclusions

Weeks 10 and 11: Nov. 13-21

Goals:
1. Identify variables that can affect the rate that sugar dissolves.
2. Define and be able to correctly apply the terms: variable, independent variable, dependent variable, controlled variable.
3. Develop a procedure to investigate dissolving rates.
4. Develop a theory to explain how dissolving occurs.

Thursday 11/13: Go over test. Dissolving competition.
Friday 11/14: Define variables vocabulary. Work on practice worksheet.
Monday 11/17: Choose Focus question. Write Introduction draft.
Tuesday 11/18: Develop procedure in groups.
Thursday 11/20: Start data collection. Homework: Revise Introduction.
Friday 11/21: Finish data collection start graphs and procedure.

Notebook Contents:
1. Variables Worksheet.
2. Dissolving Rates Part 1 (Hypothesis, Theory, Background)
3. Dissolving Rates Part 2( Designing the Investigation)
4. Data Tables
5. Graphs of data.

Week 9, Nov. 3-7

Goals:

1. Describe how particles are mixed in a solution.

2. Correctly use the terms: solution, solute, solvent, concentration and solubility

3. Interpret solubility curves.



Activities

Monday: Notes on solutions and work on solubility curves worksheets.

Tuesday: Demonstrations about Solutions. Work on practice worksheet.
Thursday: Review
Friday: Unit Test.

Notebook Contents.
1. Notes on Solutions
2. Solubility Curve Worksheet
3. Making your own solubility curve.
4. Practice Test and Review sheets.

Weeks 7 and 8 Oct. 20- 31

Goals:
1. Know the boiling and melting/freezing temperatures of water in Celcius.
2. Know that temperature is an indicator of the speed (kinetic energy) of the particles in a substance.
3. Be able to describe relative particle behavior and spacing during solid, liquid and gas phases.
4. Be able to label sections of a heating curve and describe what the added energy is doing during each section.
5. Be able to classify samples of matter as either pure substance or mixture.
6. Be able to describe on a molecular level what is happening during dissolving and in a solution.
7. Be able to describe several methods for separating mixtures, including filtering and distilling.


Activities
Monday(10/20): Return quizzes. Go over background information about water
Tuesday(10/21): Measure boiling and freezing temperatures.
Block day(10/23): Collect data during freezing and melting of water. Guided lecture and worksheets. Finish as homework.
Friday: No School
Monday(10/27): review and quiz
Tuesday (10/28): Mixtures vs. Pure Substances
Thursday(10/30): Lab - distilling alcohol.
Friday(10/31): catch up and quiz


Anticipated notebook contents:
1. Notes and data table about temerature
2. Sketch of graph of freezing data
3. Worksheet: Phases
4. Worksheet: It's just a passing phase.
5.Notes on mixtures vs. Pure Substances
6. Distillation of a Mixture: Alcohol and Water - worksheet and graph

Weeks 5 and 6 - Oct. 6 to Oct. 16

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: Go over returned Test. Notes on mass and volume. Introduce density of water lab.
Tuesday: Determine the density of water. Link to handout
Thursday: Finish water lab. Determine the density of ice.
Monday: Discussion - What do we know about water in the world.
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

Weeks 3 and 4 combined Sept. 22- Oct. 3

Goals:
Describe the behavior of particles in gases.
2. Describe how fas pressure, gas temperature and gas volumes are related.
3. Correctly use the vocabulary atom, molecule, compound, and element.
4. Know the meanings of subscript and coefficient.
5. Know that a chemical reaction is the rearranging of atoms into new molecules.

Activities:
Monday 9/22: Go over returned work. Lecture on nature of gases.
Tuesday 9/23: Lecture on volume, temperature and pressure. Work on worksheet: Gas LAw worksheet.
Thursday 9/25: Lab: Electrolysis of water. Also answer questions from a reading. Homework: Write conclusion for the lab.
Friday9/26: Go over reading questions and conclusion.
Monday 9/29: Work on posters showing chemical reactions.
Tuesday 9/30 Show posters. Work on Flashcards.
Thursday10/2: Review
Friday 10/3: Unit Test.

Contents of Notebook:
1. Notes on gases.
2. Gas Laws Worksheet.
3. Taking apart Water
4. Reading and Questions - The Structure of Matter
5. Conclusion
6. Review

Week 2 Sept 15-20

Second Week Goals
1. Describe similarities and differences in chemical reactions.
2. Describe similarities and differences in properties of gases.
3. Know properties of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Hydrogen (H2)
4. Be able to write equations for the reactions that produce CO2 and H2 and know the formulas and names of the chemicals

Second Week Activities
Monday: Videos - The air we Breathe and Oxygen.
Tuesday: Discuss particle model of matter. Take notes on readings about Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide. Study Flashcards for homework. Link to flashcards
Thursday: Lab -- Gases Part 2 - Reactions to make Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Link to lab handout with questionsHomework: Finish the Individual Answer Sheet for Lab, and write a paragraph about what all chemical reactions have in common, citing evidence from our reactions in class.
Friday: Demonstrations with H2 and CO2, Go over answers to Lab questions. Quiz

Notebook Contents:
1. Video Notes on Handout.
2. Readings on Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide
3. T Chart notes on Readings
4. Individual Answer Sheet about Gases Lab
5. Paragraph Reflection on Chemical Reactions

Week 1 Sept. 8-12, 2008

Goals:

1. Develop and follow a procedure for collecting Oxygen and Nitrogen

2. Know and follow safety expectations

3. Know properties of Nitrogen and Oxygen gases

4. Be able to write equations for the reactions that produce N2 and O2 and know the formulae for the chemicals

5. Know the vocabulary: properties, catalyst, products and reactants

6. Know the composition of Air



Activities:

Monday: Finish posters from Friday, Start Notes on Readings

Tuesday: Go Over Readings. Introduction to lab. Work with Vocabulary Flashcards Link to Flashcards

Block day: Experiment: Producing N2 and O2 Link to Lab HandoutHmwk: Finish first page of individual answer sheet

Friday: Debrief Experiment, Complete backside of answersheet, Demonstrations, Quiz



Notebook Contents:

1. Readings on Oxygen and Nitrogen

2. Three column notes on Oxygen and Nitrogen

3. Individual Answer Sheet to Lab

Checking Grades

Here is a link to the Parent Assist website.

Many Grant teachers will use this district provided program to maintain and post their grades. You will also be able to monitor attendance and check personal information.
I will update grades every Monday, but I might not get every late assignment or retake in the gradebook promptly.
To use this website you will need to get a personal code from the Grant High School office. The secretaries expect to receive these codes soon, but have not received them yet. I will update this post when they are available.
If you have a code from last year or for any other child it should still be active.

http://parent.pps.k12.or.us/

Welcome Back & General Information

The 2008-2009 school year has started. Welcome to Foundations of Physics and Chemistry.

Foundations of Chemistry and Physics is a two semester class at Grant for those that are not going directly into chemistry. Many students take chemistry the next year and this is recommended for college bound students. Others complete their science requirements by taking Forensics, Oceanography, or Astronomy.

We will spend the first semester on chemistry topics. Having taught chemistry classes in the past I know that this semester is a rigorous and thorough preparation for further chemistry. We will focus on themes of air, water, metals, reaction rates and the periodic table. The second semester will address the physics topics that I teach to juniors and seniors during the rest of the day, but it will be taught in a way that does not require the level of math or abstraction that I ask of the full-year students. Throughout the year, students will participate in weekly lab experiences to keep the curriculum real and hands-on.

Please see the link to class routines at the right or here to see how the class operates and how you can help your child be successful in class.

Weeks 15 and 16 May 19 - 30

Goals
Describe the atmosphere in terms of composition, pressure, and layers.
2. Describe how the atmosphere helps us.
3. Explain what causes seasons.
4. Describe the causes of winds, pressure fronts, thunderstorms and hurricanes.
5. List causes and effects of climate change.

Monday 5/19: Go over Quiz. Notes on Atmosphere. Homework p751 Q1-4
Tuesday : Demonstrations and notes on causes of seasons. Homework: p 754 Q 1-4
Thursday: Demonstrations and Webquest about weather.
Friday:Film Tornados
Tuesday: Reading on Global Warming
Thursday: The Thingamabob game
Friday: Review and Quiz

Notebook
1. p751 Q1-4
2. p754 Q1-4
3. Webquest - Weather
4. Film notes
5.

Week 12: April 28 - May 2 Universal Gravity

Goals:
1. Be able to describe what gravity is.
2. Be able to use and explain the equation for the law of universal gravitation: F = m*m/d2. (I'm unable to write superscripts and subscripts here. The equation is saying that the force due to gravitybetween two objects is proportional to the product of the two masses divided by the distance between them squared.)
3. Be able to support the law of universal gravitation with graphs.

Activities:
Monday: Go over Quiz. Notes on Gravity
Tuesday: Work time on Gravity problems in class
Thursday: Film: Zero G. Practice Problems.
Friday: Review. Quiz. Notebook.

Notebook Contents:
1. Notes on Gravity
2. Gravity Questions
3. Video Nots: Zero G
4. Gravity Practice Problems

Week 11 Circular Motion: 4/21-25

1. Be able to describe what force is necessary to keep an object moving in a circular path.
2. Be able to explain the difference between the real centripetal force and the imaginary centrifugal force.
3. Be able to apply Newton's Laws to circular motion.
4. Be able to explain how an object stays in orbit and what factors must work together to make it happen.

Monday: I was sick. Eureka videos.
Tuesday: Go over returned work. Attempt to explain the motion of a bucket of water as it spun over my head using Newton's Laws.
Thursday: Illustrate and annotate one of three options about circular motion. Present illustrations. Homework: Orbits worksheet.
Friday: Go over homework. Review. Catch up. Quiz.

Notebook:
1. Notes from Tuesday on circular motion.
2. Orbits Worksheet

Weeks 9 and 10: April 7 - 18

Sorry for the missed weeks

Goals:
1. Know that all objects fall with the same acceleration in the absence of air resistance.
2. Be able to explain why all objects fall with the same acceleration in the absence of air resistance.
3. Use the concepts of air resistance and net force to explain why objects reach a terminal velocity.

Activities:
Monday, April 7: Go over returned work. Collect data about falling objects with the motion detector.
Tuesday: Continue explanation about the acceleration due to gravity and do the activity Ernesto's acceleration.
Thursday: Terminal Velocity lab with coffee filters.
Monday April 14: Go over results of Terminal Velocity Lab
Tuesday: Work on review question packet.
Thursday: Review activity and Game
Friday: Forces Unit Test (material covered:In general be able to state and apply Newton's three laws of motion. Some specifics: calculating net force, calculating acceleration due to one or several forces, describing the effects of forces, explaining the motion of pushed,thrown and dropped objects in terms of forces and inertia, differentiating between mass and weight, calculating weight, explaining why all objects fall with the same acceleration, explaining how terminal velocity is reached, describing the nature of forces as an interaction, describing action and reaction forces, differentiating action and reaction forces from balanced forces. whew.)

Notebook:
1. Ernesto's Acceleration
2. Air resistance, Terminal Velocity and Coffee Filters
3. Graph
4. Checking your Understanding Questions.

Week 6 and 7 March 10 - 21

Sorry this post is coming so late.



Goals:

1. Determine acceleration from velocity graphs.
2. State and Apply Newton's second Law
3. Justify Newton's Second Law by referring to graphs


Activities
Monday 3/10: Read Battle on Heartbreak hill and answer questions. Finish questions as homework.
Tuesday 3/11 : Go over questions and returned quiz
Thursday3/13 Collect data for force vs. acceleration.
Monday3/17: Finish collecting data. Graph data as homework.
Tuesday 3/18: Collect mass vs. acceleration data
Thursday3/19: Finish collecting mass vs. acceleration data and graph. Write Lab Conclusion as homework.
Friday 3/20: Practice Problems, go over work. Quiz and notebook.

Notebook:
1. Battle at Heartbreak Hill. Reading and questions.
2. Force vs. Acceleration Data Table
3. Force vs. Acceleration Graph
4. Mass vs. Acceleration Data Table.
5. Mass v. Acceleration Graph.
6. Lab Conclusion.
7. Practice Problems.

Passwords are Available

Passwords are now available for the Parent Assist website. From this website you can check grades if your child is in my or 14 other Grant Teachers' classes, check a complete attendance record and access other information. To get to the site you can follow the link on the right for checking your grades. And you can get the password for the site from the main office at Grant High School.
Please let me know if there are problems.

Week 5 March 3-7

Goals:
Continue Force goals from last week.

Review velocity concepts.

State definition of acceleration

Calculate acceleration from problems and graphs.

Activities:
Monday: Review Goals from last week. Quiz and Notebook check. Homework: Obtaining Data from a distance vs. Time graph
Tuesday: Go over homework and quiz. Practice Calculating Acceleration
Thurday: State CIM Tests
Friday: Review and Quiz

Passwords for new grading program

As of Feb. 26, the office at Grant does not have the passwords to access my students' grades. I will try to let you know when they do. I hope they get them soon.

Weeks 3 and 4: 2 Feb, 18 - 29

Goals:

1. Describe the following things about forces: definition, types, metric units, their nature as forces.

2. State and correctly apply Newton's First and Third Laws of Motion

3. Calculate Net Force

4. Draw Force Vectors



Activities:

Monday 2/25: Start Experiments on pages 31-33 of handout. Homework: Read pages 34, 35

Tuesday: Finish experiment. Do Data Analysis questions. Lecture on First and Third Laws. Homework: Questions in packet 1-15

Thursday: Go over questions. Demonstrations. Compare improved shots. Watch Video. Homework: Questions on Inertia, Newton's First Law and Friction

Friday: Review and quiz.



Notebook:

1. Graph Sketches (8 graphs)


2. Packet: Seven Ball in Corner Pocket


3. Answers to Questions.


4. Packet: Kinds of Forces


5. Questions of Inertia, Newton's First Law and Friction.

My New Grading Software

This semester I will be using the grading software that is a part of the software that the district uses for attendance and grade reporting. You will still be able to check grades on-line and may be able to view grades for several classes at the same site: such as Mr. William's grades. To access the grades and all of the attendance and demographics information on the site, you will need to get your username and password from the office at Grant. It will only be issued to the parent or guardian and, I assume, only with identification. More and more teachers at Grant are beginning to use this grading program and although it may be a nuisance to get the id codes, in the long run, it will make staying up to date with your child's grades much easier. Here is a link to the web site http://parent.pps.k12.or.us/

Semester 2, Week 1: Feb. 4 - 8

Starting this semester, students will be having their weekly quizzes and turning in notebooks on Fridays.

Goals:
1. Be able to calculate average velocity from its definition, vel = change in deistance/change in time.
2. Be able to calculate average velocity from time vs. distance graphs.
3. On a distance vs. time graph, be able to describe how speeds change, based on the slopes of the graph.
4. Be able to interpret time vs. velocity graphs and match them with corresponding time vs. distance graphs.

Activities:
Monday: Go over returned work. Read FLOJO handout. Answer questions. Homework finish questions.
Tuesday: Work on making and understanding graphs of motion. (Sorry this isn't currently available online.)
Thursday: Continue graphing activity. Homework: Finish graph and answer questions about motion data.
Friday:Review and quiz

Notebook:
1. Flo Jo reading, questions and data
2. Distance Graph
3. Velocity Graph
4. Questions about graphs

Weeks 15 and 16

Tuesday: Go over Hypothesis Forming Worksheet. Each Group chooses hypothesis to test. Start background worksheet.
Thursday: Write Background and procedure plan. Start Experiment.
Friday: Run first trial.
Monday: Run second trial
Tuesday: Run third trial. Write prodedure and conclusion.

Week 14 Rates of Reactions: Jan 14 - 18

Goals:
1. Know and be able to apply the vocabulary: variable, independent variable, dependent variable, controlled variable.
2. Understand what happens to the molecules of a substance as its temperature increases.
3. Be able to compare the speeds (rates) of a reaction through using graphs.
4. Know how temperature affects the speed (rate) of a reaction, and be able to explain this effect with the particle model.

Activities
Mon :Introduce experiment. Work on Graphing practice worksheet. Hypothesize about what affects the rates of chemical reactions. Hypothesize about the affects of temperature on particle behavior.
Tues: Reaction Rate Experiment (Hot trial) Link to handout, Homework: Finish Graph of Results
Thursday : Reaction rate experiment (Cold trial) Graph, discuss experiment results and finish worksheets.
Friday: Review and quiz. Start Hypothesis Forming Worksheet. Finish as Homework.

Notebook Contents:
1. Identifying Variables Worksheet
2.Graphing Practice Worksheet
3. Reaction Rate Handout
4. Graphs of Hot and Cold Reaction