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
Monday, September 8, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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/
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.
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.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, April 28, 2008
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
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
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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
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
Sunday, April 13, 2008
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.
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.
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