Here are your 4th Quarter 2016 Assignments:
6-10 April: Spring Break
WELCOME BACK! THE 4TH QUARTER IS HERE :)
Click Here for the 7th Grade Homework Assignments PowerPoint Slide of all current 7th grade class assignments.
18-19 April: Respiratory System. Students will learn about this system and diseases that
affect it. Click here for the Human Anatomy website that will be used for this unit. Click here
for the best website from Live Science. IMPORTANT: Click HERE for the Human Body Systems Vocabulary List for the Respiratory System. This the vocabulary you will need to know.
1. Click here for the Live Science research site on the Respiratory System.
2. Click here for the video on the Respiratory System.
3. Click here for the Respiratory System diagrams.
31 Mar- 4 May ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY UNIT: Students began their assignment on Human Anatomy Vocabulary using Quizlet. Students will use this program to make their flash cards. This Homework Assignment for each of the Systems will be due on the day of each System quiz for all classes.
1. Click HERE for the Human Body Systems Vocabulary List.
2. Click here for Quizlet online. Students created their own accounts in class. See Mr. Hanson if you do not have an account yet.
3. IMPORTANT: Click here for the ScienceSaurus textbook on Human Body Systems. Students will need to know vocabulary and concepts related to these specific systems. They will also have quizzes on these systems and will need this text to study.
4. IMPORTANT: Click HERE for the Human Body Systems Vocabulary List for the entire unit. This the vocabulary you will need to know.
5. IMPORTANT: Students will have a vocabulary quiz for each Human Body System. They must use Quizlet Online to study. Students must also have their vocabulary completed in Quizlet for each System as this will be graded.
20-21 April: Nervous System IN CLASS. Students will learn about this system and diseases that affect it. Click here for the Human Anatomy website that will be used for this unit. Click here for the best website from Live Science. IMPORTANT: Click HERE for the Human Body Systems Vocabulary List for the Nervous System. This the vocabulary you will need to know.
1. Click here for an animation of the Nerve.
2. Click here for a video about the Central Nervous System.
3. Click here for a video about the entire Nervous System.
4. Click here for an animation about facts in function of the Nervous System.
5. Click here for an animation about neurons and nerve cells.
6. Click here for the animation of the Human Brain by Iken Edu.
7. Click here for the animation of the Central Nervous System by Iken Edu.
20-21 April: HUMAN TISSUE SLIDE LAB ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS. As part of the class on Human Body: Skeletal, Muscular, Cardiovascular, Digestive, Excretory, Nervous, Respiratory, Reproductive, Endocrine, and Immune Systems. Students will observe the structure of the cells/tissues related to each of these systems. Students will be using Microscopes in class to observe the structure of human muscle, bone, skin, liver, kidney, heart, vessels, intestine, and other cells/tissues related the those systems. Students can work on this at home if they find themselves behind in class.
1. Using Google Documents and research on the internet, student partner teams need to create a presentation slide for each type of Tissue/Cell on the following:
a. Title with the name of the cells/tissue (Tissue types are: Bone, cartilage, smooth muscle, skeletal muscle cells, cardiac muscle cells, nerve cells, brain cells, epithelial cells, lung alveoli cells, kidney cells, liver cells, skin cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and cerebellum cells).
b. Brief description of what the cells/tissue look like
c. Describe the function or job of the cells/tissue and how they work.
d. List any interesting facts of the tissue/cell - a minimum of two facts.
e. A microscopic picture of the tissue/cell on your slide.
f. Name your file: Human Tissue Slide Assignment, your names, and period #.
g. Click for an example from the Science Learning Website
h. When finished with this assignment, you will share it with me in Google documents and I will grade your work.
2. Assignment will be due on 6 May All Classes. Students on modifications/accomodations due date is 11 May All Classes.
22 and 25 April: Endocrine System. Students will learn about this system and diseases that
affect it. Click here for the Human Anatomy website
that will be used for this unit. Click here for the best website from Live Science. IMPORTANT: Click HERE for the Human Body Systems Vocabulary List for the entire unit. This the vocabulary you will need to know.
1. Click here for the Live Science research site on the Endocrine System.
2. Click here for the first video on the Endocrine System.
3. Click here for the second video on the Endocrine System.
22 and 25 April: Students will continue with Microscope Lab and the Human Tissue Slide assignment in class today.
22 and 25 April: Quiz on the Skeletal System and Muscular System. This is a vocabulary quiz. Students will need to study their vocabulary words in QuizLet. This quiz will be taken in class on Quia.com. Your vocabulary set for this system in Quizlet will be graded today and is worth 100 points.
26-27 April: Students will continue with Microscope Lab and the Human Tissue Slide assignment in class today.
26-27 April: IN CLASS: Cardiovascular System. Students will learn about this system and diseases that affect it. Click here for the Human Anatomy website that will be used for this unit. Click
here for the text from the ScienceSaurus book. IMPORTANT: Click HERE for the Human Body Systems Vocabulary List for the Cardiovascular System. This the vocabulary you will
need to know.
1. Website for the Virtual Heart click here. Only works with Flash Player.
2. IMPORTANT: Website "Anatomy of a Human Heart" click
here. You will need to study the function of each part of the human heart. insure you know the following: Superior Vena Cava,Inferior Vena Cava, Pulmonary Veins, Pulmonary Arteries,
Aorta, Right Atrium, Left Atrium, Right Ventricle, Left Ventricle, Tricuspid Valve, Pulmonary Valve, Mitral Valve, Aortic Valve, and the Conduction System of the heart.
3. Click here for the Live Science research site on the Cardiovascular System.
4. Click here for the Conduction of Heart Muscle animation.
5. Click here for the first animation on how the Heart pumps blood.
6. Click here for the second animation on how the Heart pumps blood.
7. Click here for the third animation on the structures of the heart.
28 April and 2 May: Reproductive System. I have contacted parents by e-mail to inform them of this lesson. This is an anatomy lesson only and not a sexual education lesson. Students will learn about this system and diseases that affect it. Click here for the Human Anatomy website that will be used for this unit.
Click here for the best website from Live Science. IMPORTANT: Click HERE for the Human Body Systems Vocabulary List for the Reproductive System. This the vocabulary you will need
to know.
1. Click here for the Live Science research site on the Reproductive System.
2. Click here for the video animation of the Female Reproductive System.
3. Click here for the video animation of the Male Reproductive System.
27-28 April: Quiz on the Digestive System and Excretory System. This is a vocabulary quiz.
Students will need to study their vocabulary words in QuizLet. This quiz will be taken in class on Quia.com.
Your vocabulary set for this system in Quizlet will be graded today in class and is worth 100 points.
28 April and 2 May: Students will continue with Microscope Lab and the Human Tissue Slide assignment
in class today.
28 April and 2 May: 25 POINTS EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT: Assignment will be due on 1 June 2015 all classes. Due 20 May for those students who are on Accelerated Withdrawal. Human Body Systems Presentation Project using Google Documents. Choose a system below. Students will create a PowerPoint presention using Google Documents Presentation. You must present the function of your system, the definition of each part of the system and its function, and disease processes that affect the system. You will also need to use diagrams to explain what the system looks like and how it works. Students will write down the vocabulary terms and define them. Each student will have to present their project to Mr. Hanson privately. You may choose from the following systems: Skeletal, Muscular, Digestive, Excretory, Respiratory, Circulatory, Nervous, Endocrine, Immune, Lymphatic, Reproductive, Integumentary Systems.
THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST BE COMPLETE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE EXTRA CREDIT. I DO NOT ACCEPT INCOMPLETE EXTRA CREDIT WORK.
IMPORTANT: Click here for the ScienceSaurus textbook on Human Body systems. Students will need to know vocabulary and concepts related to these specific systems.
Project Guidelines:
1. First Slide: title of your system, a picture of the system, your name, date, and Mr. Hanson's 7th Grade Science Class.
2. Next slides:
a. Structure of your system with parts labeled.
b. Functions of your system and its parts defined. Explain the parts and how they work.
c. 7 Facts about your system.
d. Three diseases that affect your system and how the disease works to harm this system. Give me details.
e. How do Doctors and Scientists treat or cure these diseases? Give me details.
3. Click here for an outstanding website called Live Science. Click on the blue links for your system on the page and select the System you are researching. The site can help you gather information about your system.
This Quiz will not be used this year: on the Respiratory System and Circulatory System. This is a vocabulary quiz. Students will need to study their vocabulary words in QuizLet. This quiz will be taken in class on Quia.com. Your vocabulary set in Quizlet for this System will be graded today in class and is worth 100 points.
3-4 May: Immune System. Students will learn about this system and diseases
that affect it. Click here for the Human Anatomy website that will be used for this unit. Click
here for the best website from Live Science. IMPORTANT: Click here for the Human Body Systems
Vocabulary List for the entire unit. This the vocabulary you will need to know.
1. Click here for the Live Science research site for the Immune System.
2. Click here for a video: Introduction of the Immune System.
3. Click here for the video presentation of how the Immune System works.
4. Click here for the video on the Immune System for kids.
3-4 May: Students will continue with Microscope Lab and the Human Tissue Slide assignment
in class today.
2-3 May: Quiz on the Nervous System and Endocrine System. This is a vocabulary quiz.
Students will need to study their vocabulary words in QuizLet. This quiz will be taken in class on Quia.com. Your vocabulary set in Quizlet for this System will be graded today in class and will be worth 100 Points.
5-6 May: Integumentary System: Students will learn about this system and diseases that affect it. Click here for the Human Anatomy website that will be used for this unit. Click here for the best website from Live Science. IMPORTANT: Click here for the Human Body Systems Vocabulary List for the entire unit. This the vocabulary you will need to know.
1. Click here for the Live Science research site for the Integumentary System.
2. Click here for the video on the Integumentary System and its function.
5-6 May: Students will continue and finish with Microscope Lab and the Human Tissue Slide assignment
in class today.
5-6 May: Quiz on the Immune System, Reproductive System, and Developing Baby. This is a vocabulary quiz. Students will need to study their vocabulary words in QuizLet. This quiz will be taken in class on Quia.com. Your vocabulary set in Quizlet on this System will be graded today in class and will be worth 100 Points.
Chemistry Unit
The Chemical Nature of Matter Unit: 1 May-11 June
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the classifications and properties of matter and the changes that matter undergoes.
1. Click here for the Chemistry Vocabulary List for this unit.
2. Click here for the ScienceSaurus Text pages 250-254: Matter, Properties of Matter, States of Matter.
3. Click here for the ScienceSaurus Text pages 255-264: Atoms, Elements, Molecules, Compounds, Chemical Bonds, Acids and Bases.
4. Click here for the ScienceSaurus Text pages 265-270: Periodic Table of the Elements, Chemical Formulas, Reactions, and Equations, Electron Dot Diagrams, Law of Conservation of Mass.
5. Click here for the ScienceSaurus Text pages 271-273: Mixtures, Solutions, Suspensions, and Solubility.
IMPORTANT: STUDENTS WHO DO NOT COMPLETE THEIR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS DURING THIS UNIT ON CHEMISTRY, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN CHEMISTRY LAB.
6 and 9 May: Homework #22. Chapter 18, Section 1 Atoms. Properties of Matter (Chemistry) This assignment can be found by reading Section 1 on pages 516-522 in your textbook. Themes are: Identifying the states of matter, describing the internal structure of an atom, and comparing isotopes of an element. Vocabulary: matter, atom, element, proton, neutron, electron, atomic number, mass number, isotope. Assignment will be due on 11 May all classes. Click here for Quia.com. Students will read about Matter today and the Properties of Matter on Pages 250-252 in their ScienceSaurus books.
CLICK HERE FOR THE STRUCTURE OF THE HEART VIDEO FROM CLASS.
1. Click here for the Structure of an Atom animation.
2. Click here for the video on "What is an Atom?"
3. Click here for the animation on the Atomic Structure and Electron Cloud Model of the Atom.
4. Click here for the Standard Model of Particle Physics - Electrons, Protons, and Neutrons.
5. Click here for the Vocabulary List.
6. Click here for the video from class MEET THE ATOM!
7. Click here for the video from class Introduction to Atomic Structure.
8. Click here for the video from class on Atomic Structure meets the Periodic Table.
9. Click here for the video "Have you Ever Seen an Atom?"
10. Click here for the video "Meet 36 Elements."
10-11 May: Class on the Atomic Structure and Chemistry Vocabulary. Students will learn about the structure of an Atom. Students will also be using Quizlet online to complete their Vocabulary for this Chemistry Unit.
10-11 May: Chemistry Vocabulary Assignment. See below vocabulary list. Assignment is due on 31 May all classes. Students will need to use Quizlet to define each Chemistry word on this and create flash cards for these words. Click here for the Chemistry Vocabulary List for this unit. These concepts and vocabulary will be your Chemistry final exam in June. See links Below for the ScienceSaurus Text pages that you will need to use for the definitions of these words.
1. Click here for the Chemistry Vocabulary List for this unit.
2. Click here for Quizlet online. Students have already created their own accounts when they completed their Human Anatomy Vocabulary Assignment in April.
3. Click for the Learning Science.org site. Click on the Physical Science Book, the"Properties and Changes in Matter Link" to see the interactives.
4. Click here for the Bill Nye video on Atoms to view at home.
5. Click here for the video How Protons, Electrons, and Neutrons were discovered.
SCIENCESAURUS TEXT PAGES:
1. Pages 250-254 - Properties of Matter and States of Matter.
2. Pages 255-264 - Atoms, Elements, Molecules, and Compounds. Chemical Bonds and Families of Chemical Compounds.
3. Pages 265-270 - Periodic Table of the Elements; Chemical Formulas, Reactions, and Equations.
4. Pages 271-273 - Mixtures, Solutions, and Suspensions.
12-13 May: Chemistry Basics. Students will learn about the atom and the Periodic Table in class. Students will also watch a video on Introduction to Chemistry. Students will read about the States of Matter and how matter changes state, and Atoms. Read pages 253-254 in your ScienceSaurus Books.
Click here for the video on What is Electricity?
Click here for the video on the 10 Most Amazing Chemical Reactions.
Today students must know about Chemical Equations. Zinc and HCl
Click here for the Smart Learning Videos
1. Click here for the Science Homework Assignments PowerPoint Slide.
2. Read Pages 253-254 in the ScienceSaurus book about States and Changing States of Matter first. Choose students at random to read these 4 pages aloud, and allow for questions during the reading and discussion.
3. SHOW: Click here for the video on "What is Chemistry?"
4. SHOW: Click here for the video on the "Particulate Nature of Matter and Changes of State"
5. SHOW: Click here for the States of Matter animation.
6. SHOW: Click here for the Monkey See video on Plasma.
6. SHOW: Click here for "Plasma - the 4th State of Matter video from the National Science Foundation.
7. When finished with the above, students can get the laptops and use the desktops, students can work on finishing their Homework #23, or their Chemistry Vocabulary Assignment on www.quizlet.com.
12-13 May: Homework #23. Chapter 18, Section 2 Combinations of Atoms. This assignment can be found by reading Section 1 on pages 523-528 in your textbook. Themes are: Describing ways atoms combine to form compounds, and listing differences between compounds and mixtures. Vocabulary: compound, ion, mixture, heterogeneous mixture, homogeneous mixture, solution. Assignment will be due on 15 May all classes. Click here for Quia.com. Students will read about Elements, Molecules, and Compounds today.
1. In class students will be learning about States of Matter, Atoms, Elements, Molecules, Compounds.
2. Click here for Vocabulary list.
3. Read pages 255-261 in your ScienceSaurus Books.
16-17 May: Chemistry Lab today. Chemical Reactions. Students will learn about how elements, molecules, and compounds combine during a chemical reaction. Reactants, products, and chemical equations will be utilized in this lab.
1. Click here for the lab guidelines for today.
2. Click here for the Introduction to Chemical Reactions.
3. Click here for the Introduction to Chemical Equations Part A.
4. Click here for the Introduction to Chemical Equations Part B.
16-17 May: Homework #24. Chapter 18, Section 3 Properties of Matter. This assignment can be found by reading Section 1 on pages 530-535 in your textbook. Themes are: Distinguishing between chemical and physical properties, and listing the four states of matter, and exploring two more. Vocabulary: Density. Assignment will be due on 20 May all classes. Click here for Quia.com.
1. Click here for the video on Ionic and Molecular Compounds.
2. Click here for the video on Atoms, Elements, Molecules, and Compounds.
18-19 May: ELEMENTS RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT - Students will begin their Elements Research Assignment in class today. Topic for today in class is Chemical Bonding: Ionic Bonds, Covalent Bonds, Hydrogen Bonds, and Metallic Bonds.
CLICK HERE FOR THE INTRODUCTION TO BONDING.
1. Click here for the video on most Chemical Bonds.
2. Click here for the Discovery Video on Ionic and Covalent Bonds.
3. Click here for the Introductory video of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
4. Click here for the Periodic Table of the Elements Song.
5. Click here for GREAT video on Covalent Bonds.
6. Click here for Great video on Ionic Bonds.
7. Click here for my video on Covalent and Ionic Bonds.
8. Click here for another video on Covalent and Ionic Bonds.
9. Click here for Double and Triple bonds between atoms.
18-19 May: ELEMENTS RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT: Show students this video first (This is a YouTube video and you will need to expand it to full screen on my Smartboard):
Click here for an awesome video: The Introduction to Chemistry
Today's Class Assignment: Students today will learn about elements and the periodic table and this is your Research Lab assignment for today: Assignment will be due on 2 June (A Day) and 3 June (B Day). This research lab will be completed in class and at home by you.
On 18 May 2016: THANKS to Aiden Drake of my 2nd Period class for showing us the website that you can make words out of the element symbols on the Periodic Table. Click here for the website: lmntology.
1. Use a laptop or desktop and log on to your Google Drive.
2. Create a presentation document with the file title: Element Research, your names, and period #. Share the document with Mr. Hanson.
3. Click here for the best Periodic Table from the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory. You can use this for your research.
4. Click here for the Periodic Table on the site Web Elements. You can use this for your research.
5. Click here for the Photographic Periodic Table of the Elements. You can use this for your research.
6. Click here for the Chemistry For Kids site about the Periodic Table and a Nasa Video on the Elements in the Universe.
7. You can also use Wikipedia by searching for the element. For example, search for Carbon on Wikipedia and the information Wikipedia provides for Carbon is excellent and you will learn everything about Carbon there.
8. You will choose any 8 elements. On each slide you will need have the following (if you don't have enough room for the element on one slide you may continue that element on the next slide):
a. The name of the element, element symbol, atomic number, and Atomic Mass Unit (AMU), and a picture of what the element actually looks like. On the Online Periodic Tables you click on the element and the element window comes up. Then you can see on the left and right information about that element. For example: Physical properties and appearance are on the right.
b. A description (what it is, what it is used for, who uses it, how it is important) of the element, and where it is found on Earth.
c. Describe the appearance of the element.
d. Choose 4 physical properties of the element for your slide.
e. Name one compound with the element in it and describe it.
f. Describe the history of the element.
g. Describe it's occurrence.
h. List one interesting fact (that you determine to be really great) about your element.
20 and 23 May: Chapter 18 Exam: Properties of Matter (Chemistry) Students will have a test on Atoms, Elements, Molecules, Compounds and Matter today in class on www.quia.com/web .
1. There will be questions on this exam from Homework Assignments #22, 23, and 24. Students will need to go on to Quia.com and review the questions from these three homework assignments.
2. Click here for the video, "The Detailed Universe." This will blow your mind.
3. Click here for the video, "Ultimate size comparison of the Entire Universe."
4. Click here for the Scales of the Universe.
5. Click here for the Powers of 10 - The Ultimate Zoom by IMAX.
6. Click here for the 1977 video on the Powers of 10.
24-25 May: Homework #25. Chapter 19, Section 1 Physical and Chemical Properties. This assignment can be found by reading Section 1 on Pages 546-550 in your Science textbook. In this section you will learn to identify physical and chemical properties of matter. Vocab: Physical Property, Chemical Property. It is important to understand the different properties of matter to help you to be able to describe the world around you. Assignment will be due on 27 May all classes. Click here for Quia.com.
24-25 May: Chemistry Lab today. Single Displacement Chemical Reaction of Zinc (Zn) and Hydrochloric Acid (HCl). Students will be using Vernier LabQuest Computers as well as the Temperature Probe during this lab. Students will learn about chemical reactions (reactants and products), chemical formulas, and how atoms rearrange themselves during a chemical reaction. Students will be working with Zinc and Hydrochoric Acid to produce single-displacement reactions. Observations and data will be collected using their Google Documents account. Click here for the experiment example.
1. The Lab Procedures - Click Here.
2. Click here to learn about this reaction.
3. Read pages 262-264 in your ScienceSaurus Books.
4. Click here_ for the GREAT video on Balancing Chemical Equations.
26-27 May: History of Chemistry.
1. Students will insure that their Chemistry Lab from last class is completed and turned into Mr. Hanson's Google Drive.
2. Students will watch the video on the 100 Greatest Discoveries Chemistry by Bill Nye in class today. Click here for the full version. This is about the history of chemistry.
3. Read Pages 264, 266-270 in your ScienceSaurus book or online text - Acids and Bases, Chemical Forumlas, Reactions, and Equations.
Addition: Students will work on all of their Science assignments that are due
this week and learn some information about the Periodic Table of the Elements.
1. Read Pages 265 in your ScienceSaurus book or online text on the Periodic Table.
2. Periodic Table of the Elements Lesson:
a. http://www.ptable.com/
b. http://www.webelements.com/
c. Click here for the Video from Education on the Periodic Table (14 minutes).
d. Click here for Tom Lehrer's Periodic Table Song with animated Periodic Table.
e. Click here for the New Periodic Table Song - this is funny.
3. Click here for Chemical Bonding - Ionic vs. Covalent.
31 May and 1 June: Chemistry Lab today. Two different labs. #1: Reaction between Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3)and Hydrochloric Acid (HCl). #2: Reaction between Magnesium Sulfate MgSO4 and Water (H2O). Each of these compounds have their own chemical formula. The individual atoms re-combine to form new products. Students will be using Vernier LabQuest Computers as well as the Temperature Probe and Carbon Dioxide Gas Probe during this lab.
1. Click here for the Lab Procedures.
2. Click here for the video on Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions.
3. Click here for the video tutorial on Balancing Chemical Equations and how they work.
4. Click here for the Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment.
31 May and 1 June: Homework #26. Chapter 19, Section 2 Physical and Chemical Changes. This assignment can be found by reading Section 2 on pages 552-561 in your Science textbook. In this section you will learn to compare several physical and chemical changes, and to identify examples of physical and chemical changes. Vocab: physical change, chemical change, and Law of Conservation of Mass. It is important as physical and chemical changes affect your everyday life. Assignment will be due on 3 June all classes. Click here for Quia.com.
1. Click Here for the Changing States of Matter Video - Freezing and Melting Point, Boiling and Condensation Point.
31 May and 1 June: CHEMISTRY FINAL EXAM FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE LEAVING EARLY TO GO TO THE U.S. ON VACATION BUT NOT LEAVING DUE TO PCS. TO STUDY FOR THIS EXAM SEE BELOW 5 AND 8 JUNE EXAM SCHEDULE AND TESTING INFORMATION.
2-3 June: Finish Elements Research Project on your Google Drive, and Vocabulary Assignment Sets on Quizlet in class today.
1. IMPORTANT: ** On 3 June I will have a substitute teacher. Click here for the Assignments Powerpoint for this class.
2. Your Lab from this week will need to be shared with me on the Google Drive.
3. Your Elements Research Project will need to be shared with me on the Google Drive.
6-9 June: Science Lab - Acid/Base Reactions and determining the pH of a substance. Click here for an online experiment example. Click here for exploring Acids/Bases. Read Page 264 in the ScienceSaurus text online about Acids and Bases.
1. Click Here for the Lab guidelines.
2. Click Here for the pH Scale Presentation Slides for this lab.
3. Click Here for the Bromothymol Blue Color Chart for Acids and Bases for this lab.
4. Click here for the Khan Academy Video on Acids and Bases.
5. Click here for another Acid/Base video with pH scale.
6. Click here for an explanation of the pH scale.
7. Click here for the University of Colorado Phet interactive on Acids and Bases.
8. Click here for the pH Factor Interactive.
8-9 June: Students will finish up their Acid/Base Chemistry Lab today and turn in their Lab Report on Google Documents to Mr. Hanson's Google Drive. Chemical Formulas and Equations Assignment in class today. Read Pages 266-270 in your ScienceSaurus Books.
1. Students will create a Google Presentation selecting two different chemical reactions, their formulas and equations. The document will include the Chemical Formulas of the compounds, reactants and products, and why these reactions are important.
2. Click here for the video from CERN on the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
3. To see the lab procedures, click here.
4. Students will also finish their Acid/Base Lab in class today for the first part of the class.
10 and 13 June: Chemistry Final Exam. Click here for Quia.com Period 1, 2, and 4 will be on 5 June. Period 5 and 7 will be on 8 June. Make-ups will be on 9-10 June only. Students must study questions from Homework #22, 23, and 24 as some of these questions will be on the Exam. Questions from the Chemistry Labs (Zinc and Hydrochloric Acid and Magnesium Sulfate and Water) will be on the exam. In addition, you will be able to use the online Periodic Table to answer some questions about elements on the table. Exam is worth 250 points. STUDENTS WHO ARE LEAVING EARLY TO RETURN TO THE U.S. ON VACATION BUT NOT DUE TO PCS, WILL HAVE TO TAKE THEIR EXAMS ON 31 MAY AND 1 JUNE.
1. Click here for the Chemistry vocabulary list.
2. You will have questions from the Periodic Table of the Elements. Click here or here for the Online Periodic Table. You will be able to use this website on your exam - to help you find information about the element questions.
3. Click here for Quizlet online so you can study your Chemistry vocabulary flashcards for this exam.
4. Questions on the final will include definitions and concepts from the Chemistry vocabulary list, elements from the periodic table will be on the exam, and also questions from your Chemistry Lab on the chemical reaction of Zinc and Hydrochloric Acid, Endothermic Reaction Lab, and on the Acid/Base Chemistry Lab.
10 and 13 June A-Day and B-Day - TURN IN YOUR SCIENCE BOOKS TO ME THE DAY OF YOUR CHEMISTRY FINAL EXAM.
14-15 June: Chemistry Lab. Possibly a violent reaction between Sulfuric Acid and Sugar.
1. Read pages 271-273 in your ScienceSaurus Books about Mixtures, Solutions, and Suspensions.
14-15 June: Chemical reaction between Zinc and Iodine. Click here for the video.
16 June: Your last 7th grade Science class of your life! This class will be a surprise :)
16 June: Last day of school for students and school will end at 1100 today. 30 minute
class rotations through all seven classes. Class meeting discussing what students learned this year and what to expect in their future science classes.
17 June: Teacher Work Day.
20-28 June: Mr. Hanson will be hiking and parasailing on the Zugspitze in Garmisch, then Austria and Slovenia.
July trip to dive Malta and explore the island.
3- 20 August: Mr. Hanson off to his home in the U.S. for the summer. Activities include Skydiving in Michigan at the Capitol City Skydiving Club, SCUBA diving in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and New England, trip to the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Massachusetts for lobster and Hampton Beach and Martha's Vinyard.
25 August 2014: School begins for my new 7th grade students.
Misc assignments archived:
Test on www.quia.com/web on the Cardiovascular System. They will be able to use their notes on this test. Students were directed to go to the website above "Anatomy of a Human
Heart" and study the parts of the heart by writing these terms and definitions in their notes as this will also be part of the test. In addition, students will be working in the Lab and collecting data and observations of their fruit flies that are in test tubes. Students have been learning about genetics, heredity, and ecosystems during this lab. Students will also begin the process of constructing a data table and graph their population data in MS Excel.
Periodic Table of the Elements Assignment Due 4 June 2013. Assignment
is worth 100 points. Students will choose three elements from the Periodic
Table of the Elements and learn facts about each. Click here for the guidelines
in .pdf form. Click here for the MS Word document. Below are Interactive Periodic Table sites they may use:
1. http://www.ptable.com/
2. http://www.webelements.com/
3. Click here for the Video from Iken Education on the Periodic Table (25 minutes).
4. Click here for Tom Lehrer's Periodic Table Song with animated Periodic Table.
5. Click here for the New Periodic Table Song - this is funny.
For next year Chemisty:
Session 1. What is Matter?: Properties and Classification of Matter
Click here for the Annenberg Physical Science Lesson.
Learning Goals:
During this session, you will have an opportunity to build
understandings to help you:
1. Recognize the criteria that make something “matter”
2. Differentiate between essential and accidental properties of matter.
3. Understand some of the history behind the classification of matter.
4. Begin to build a model that differentiates between solids, liquids, and gases
Video Overview:
What is matter? This question at first seems deceptively simple — matter is all around us. Yet how do we define it? What does a block of cheese have in common with the Moon? What are the characteristics of
matter that set it apart from something that is definitely not matter?
Matter is one of the big ideas in science. Most areas in physical science can be discussed and explained in terms of matter or energy, and matter is a subject that naturally bridges to the other sciences (chemistry, life, earth science, etc.). In this session, we’ll build a working definition of matter, learn to distinguish between its “accidental” and “essential” properties, and explore it through classification, an activity with a rich history in science.
Session 2. The Particle Nature of Matter: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
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Learning Goals:
During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you:
1. Recognize characteristics of a good scientific model.
2. Understand the macroscopic evidence for each of the four basic principles of the particle model of matter:
a. Matter is made of tiny particles.
b. There is empty space between the particles.
c. The particles are in constant motion.
d. There are forces that act between the particles.
Video Overview:
What explanation might account for the differences between the states of matter, as well as explain its different properties? Session 2 introduces the particle model of matter, the principles which underlie a wide range of phenomena. By contrasting this model with what is variously called the continuous, continuum, or plenum model, this session shows how the particle model is useful for making accurate predictions about a variety of behaviors of matter on a macroscopic scale.
Session 3. Physical Changes and Conservation of Matter
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Learning Goals:
During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you:
1. Matter is neither created nor destroyed during physical changes.
2. Physical changes rearrange, but do not change particles.
3. Under everyday conditions, physical changes are reversible.
Video Overview:
In everyday life, observations that things “disappear” or “appear” seem to contradict one of the fundamental laws of nature: matter can be neither created nor destroyed. This session explores various manifestations of the law, and builds on the particle model of matter to explain physical changes.
Session 4. Chemical Changes and Conservation of Matter
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Learning Goals:
During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you:
1. Refine and extend the particle model to develop an atomic model of matter, and become familiar with some of the history of the evolution of this model.
2. Recognize that chemical changes alter particles by rearranging their component atoms into different combinations.
3. Recognize that matter is not created or destroyed during chemical changes.
4. Recognize that the total number of atoms of each element is conserved during chemical changes.
Video Overview:
Where does the weight go when we “lose weight”?What happens when iron rusts? Why are exploding stars able to turn other elements into gold when the alchemists were not? In this session, we will extend and refine the particle model by taking a closer look at the particles—atoms and molecules—and will discover how the law of conservation of matter applies to chemical changes.
Session 5. Density and Pressure
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Learning Goals:
During this session you will have an opportunity to build understandings of the following concepts:
1. Rising and sinking are dependent on one essential property—density.
2. The density of an object can be explained by the arrangement and weight of its particles.
3. Pressure in a fluid acts in all directions, increases with depth, and can be explained by the motion of particles.
Video Overview:
What makes a block of wood rise to the surface of a bucket of water? Why do your ears “pop” if you swim deep underwater? In this session, we will examine density, an essential property of matter. We will also look at how particles of matter are in constant motion, leading to a deeper understanding of fluid
pressure. Finally, we will investigate the concepts of pressure and density to explain the macroscopic phenomenon of rising and sinking.
Session 6. Rising and Sinking
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Learning Goals:
During this session you will have an opportunity to build understandings of the following concepts:
1. The volume of fluid displaced is equal to the volume of the immersed object.
2. Archimedes’ principle states that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of fluid displaced.
3. Rising or sinking depends on the outcome of the battle between two forces: weight and buoyant force.
4. Water is an “anomaly” because the shape and arrangement of its molecules make it less dense in its solid form than in its liquid form.
Video Overview:
Why does a hot air balloon rise into the sky? Why does ice rise in water when a lump of solid wax will sink in a jar full of melted wax? In this session, we’ll generalize the model we’ve developed about
what rises and what sinks, using the idea of balance of forces.
Session 7. Heat and Temperature
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Learning Goals:
During this session you will have an opportunity to build understandings of the following concepts:
1. Heat is the transfer of energy between two objects with different temperatures.
2. Temperature is a measure of the average energy of motion of particles.
3. Heat is added when solids change state into liquids and when liquids change state into gases (e.g., in melting, evaporation, and boiling).
4. Heat is removed when gases change state into liquids and when liquids change state into solids (e.g., in condensation and freezing).
Video Overview:
What makes the liquid in a thermometer rise or fall in response to temperature? Which contains more heat—a boiling teakettle or a swimming pool of lukewarm water? In this session, we focus on the difference between heat and temperature and examine how both are defined in terms of particles. We also use the particle model to explain a number of everyday phenomena, from why things expand when they are heated to the role that temperature plays in changes of state.
Session 8. Extending the Particle Model of Matter
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Learning Goals:
During this session you will have an opportunity to build understandings of the following concepts:
1. Review the particle/atomic model as expressed in previous programs
2. Show limitations of the particle model and extend it to the subatomic scale
3. Introduce exotic states of matter that require us to extend our conception of matter and its properties
Video Overview:
In the previous seven sessions, we’ve evolved the particle model of matter by examining a variety of macroscopic behaviors. In this session, we’ll extend the particle model even further to explain additional macroscopic phenomena, including electrical properties of matter. We will review the principles of
the particle model of matter covered in the course, revisit macroscopic examples where they apply, and
briefly survey recent developments in the understanding of matter. Can a refined model be applied to some exotic forms of matter like superconducting solids or Bose-Einstein condensate? What are other new
frontiers in the scientific exploration of matter?