week 14: Dec. 13-18

Goals,
1. Predict what reactions will occur based on reactivity series.
2. Demonstrate conservation of mass.
3. Balance chemical equations.
4. Draw particle pictures for equationsClassify reactions by type


Notebook Contents due Friday
1. Chemical Reactions with metals
2. Conclusion for Copper Lab
3. Video Notes for Types of Reactions

week 13 Dec. 7-11

Goals
1. Rank metals in terms of reactivity
2. Correctly use terms product, reactant, equation and formula, coefficient and subscript.
3. Count atoms in chemical equations.
4. Balance simple reactions.


Items for Notebook
1. Notes on balancing equations
2. Is it Balanced Worksheet
3. Read 192-195 Answer Questions (p198) 1, 2, 6,
4. Reacting Metals

Week 12 Goals and Activities Nov 30-Dec4

NEW GOALS
1. Draw covalent bonding structures.
2. Predict whether compounds will form ionic or covalent bonds.

CONTINUED GOALS from last week
1. Count the number of atoms in a formula using subscripts and coefficients.
2. Describe the difference between covalent and ionic compounds and their properties
3. Determine the number of valence electrons in an atom and the ionic charge it would normally take.
4. Determine formulas for compounds.

Notebook

1. Covalent Bonds Notes
2. Bonding Basics - Covalent Bonds / Ionic Bonds
3 Lab - Electrolysis of Water

Weeks 5-6

Goals for the Week
1. Know the boiling and melting/freezing temperatures of water in Celsius.
2. Know that temperature is an indicator of the speed (kinetic energy) of the particles in a substance.
3. Describe relative particle behavior and spacing during solid, liquid and gas phases.
4. Label sections of a heating curve and describe what the added energy is doing during each section.
5. Describe several methods for separating mixtures, including filtering and distilling.


Assignments for the Week

1. Freezing and Melting Curves for Water (Ice)
2. Notes on Heating curves
3. Phase and Temperature Worksheets
4. Film Notes
5.Distillation Lab

Weeks 3-4 9/21-10/2

Goals:
1. Use the vocabulary: property, chemical property, physical property, extrinsic property, intrinsic property, physical change, chemical change, pure substance, mixture, density.
2. Determine the density of a liquid or solid.
3. Graph data accurately.
4. Interpret line graphs.

Activities:
Mon(9/21): Go over old quiz, Collect data on water
Tuesday: Analyze data and go over questions
Wednesday: Book Work and data collection/calculations in small groups.
Friday: Lecture and practice worksheet

Mon (9/28): Density worksheet
Tuesday: Density of Carrots
Wednesday: continue lab, present results.
Thursday: review, demonstrations, quiz and notebook.

Notebook Contents
1. Properties of Water
2. Graph (homework)
3. Read pages 45-58 Answer Questions (p.51) 1-5, (p.58) 2,3
4. Density of unknown object data table and calculation
5. Chemical and Physical Properties Worksheet
6.Density Worksheet
7.Carrot Lab Questions

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. 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 and 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. This semester is a challenging and thorough preparation for further chemistry. We will focus on chemical and physical properties of matter, the atomic model, the periodic table and chemical reactions. The second semester will address major topics in physics, such as velocity, acceleration, energy, gravity, and waves. In second semester there will also be a short unit on Earth and space science. Throughout the year, students will participate in weekly lab experiences to keep the curriculum real and hands-on.

Grades:
Approximately 50% daily work in and out of class, 50% quizzes and tests
Extra credit is available.

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.

Week 10- Energy, 4/13-4/17

Goals:
1. Define Energy, Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy and Work.
2. Solve problems using the equations for Energy, Potential Eenrgy, Work and Kinetic Energy.
3. State and apply the concept of conservation of Energy.

Activities:
Mon. Go over test. Start Homework: Work and Energy Reading Guide
Tuesday: Go over homework. Practice with Energy calculations. Introduce conservation of energy.
Thursday: Energy Transformations Lab
Friday: Review, Quiz.

Notebook:
1. Work and Eenrgy Reading Guide.
2. Conservation of Eenrgy Notes.
3. Conservation of Energy Worksheet.
4. Energy Transformation Lab Handout.

Week 7 March 19-20

Goals:
Calculate Velocity
Make velocity graphs from split time data
Describe how speed changes based on distance graphs.
Match velocity and Distance graphs.

Activities:
Monday: Go over returned quizzes.
Tuesday: Practice MAtching Graphs
Thursday: Run on track and analyze speed data.
Friday: Finish work, review and quiz

Notebook:
1. Returned Quiz
2. Experimental Science Graphs
3. Grant Runners
4 Graphs

Goals:
1. Be able to calculate average velocity from its definition, vel = change in distance/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.

Activities:
Monday: Work on gliders
Tuesday: Race Gliders and calculate their average speeds
Block day: Work on making and understanding graphs of motion. Homework: Graph and answer questions about motion data. (Sorry this isn't currently available online.)
Friday:Continue graphing activity. Review and quiz

Notebook:
1. Glicer Results Data Table
3. Flo Jo reading, questions and data table
4. Distance Graph
5. Velocity Graph

Week 4 Feb. 23-27

Goals:
1. Explain how Newton's 1st and 3rd Laws apply to the flight of a glider.
2. Analyze real world situations in terms of Newton's Third LAw
3. Describe what causes terminal velocity and show how it is related to the mass of the dropped object.

Activities:

Monday: Go over Test. Start Poster Project.
Tuesday: Finish Posters. Present to class.
Thursday: Coffee Filter Lab with Terminal Velocity
Friday: Go over results, review and quiz


Notebook:
1. Warm up 2/24
2. CoffeeFilter Lab.

Weeks 2 and 3 Feb 9 - Feb 20

Goals:
1. State Newton's First and Third Laws
2. Define inertia and relate it to mass.
3. Use the first law to explain motion.
4. Apply the third law to everyday situations including how a glider gets lift.
5. Describe the general effects of a net "unbalanced" force.

Activities
Mon9 - Friday 13 I had a sub.
Students watched October Sky and did problems from the textbook

Tues. 17: Lecture and work on practice problems
Blockday: Magnet Lab and Notes
Friday: Poster Project and Quiz. Turn in Notebooks.

Notebook Contents:
1. Questions from Textbook: p 362 1-4, 6; p. 369 1,3,4; p377 1, 5-7; p. 384 11-19, 28
2. October Sky worksheet.
3. Concept development worksheets (2)
4. Notes on First and Third Laws.

Sem 2 week 1 Feb 2 - 6

Goals:
1. Know how a spring's stretch is related to the applied force.
2. Draw Force Diagrams correctly: Vectors(arrows) start on object feeling the force, direction is in the direction of the force, length is proportional to the force.
3. Know that forces are pushes or pulls
4. Know that no movement means the forces are balanced.
5. Know that weight is different than mass - it is the force due to gravity.
6. Know that 1 Newton is the weight of about 100 grams (two hexnuts).

Activities:
Mon: Explore how forces work together to affect the flight of a glider.
Tuesday: Lecture, notes and worksheet on Forces basics.
Thursday: Spring lab Finish graph and questions as homework.
Friday: Finish up lab. Review and Quiz.

Notebook:
1. Forces Exploration
2. Notes-Forces
3. Forces - Practice Worksheet
4. Spring Lab
5 Graph

Week 16 and 17 Jan 20-29

Goals:
1. Describe trends on the periodic table.
2. Define valence electron and describe how to determine how many an atom has.
3. Explain how atoms form covalent bonds.
4. Explain how atoms for ionic bonds.

Activities:
Tues: Lecture and practie about valence electrons.
Thursday: Video: The periodic Table and lecture and practice with covalent bonds.
Friday: Lecture and practice with ionic bonds.
Monday: Review for Final
Thursday: Semester Final

Notebook:
1. Notes on Valence Electrons.
2. Valence Electron Practice
3. Structured notes on bonding
4. Practice with valence electrons and bonding.
5 Video notes.
6 Final Review.

week 15: Jan 12-16

Sorry for the missed weeks. The snow days caused me not to add extra assignments for the first week of JAnuary. This week I'm just slow getting to.

Goals:

1. Know that all atoms are made of the same three pieces: protons, electrons and neutrons.
2. Be able to describe the relative masses, charges and locations of the sub atomic particles.
3. Be able to describe how the periodic table is organized inregard to metals/non-metals, reactivity, protons, neutrons, electrons, and families' physical and chemical properties.

Activities:
Monday: Go over quiz, reading on models of the atom
Tuesday: Metal or Non Metal Lab
Thursday: Finish workshet, Lab-Flame Tests, Lecture
Friday: Finish periodic trends notes, review, quiz

Notebook TOC
1. Model of atom reading
2. Model of atom chart
3 Metal or Nonmetal
4. periodic table
5. Flame test data table
6. Lecture notes