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“The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true." ―Carl Sagan
An online resource for Mr. Clarke's science students
Upcoming Assessment:
As you wrap up your Climate Projects, I wanted to let you know how and when I will be assessing your individual understanding of the factors that influence climate. Please plan on taking an individual assessment in-person between April 9th and 13th. See the attached slide for the date that is specific to your Period/Cohort.
I know these dates seem a long ways off, but I'm trying not to overlap with ① holidays, ② your other teachers' assessments, and ③ my own scheduled 2nd dose of the vaccine, which I'm assuming may knock me out for a day.
The attached slide also outlines the learning objectives that you should have mastered in the process of completing your Climate Project as a group. These are the learning objectives that will be covered on the individual assessment, and you'll be given the opportunity to explain/model them using words and pictures. This will be on on-paper assessment.
Week 25: MAR 15-26
OBJECTIVES:
- Differentiate between weather and climate
- Investigate the factors that shape the climate of specific locations around the globe.
- Given cities at the same latitude, determine what other factors make the climate of each location unique.
AGENDA :
Climate Project Launch (slideshow)
Climate Project Overview Document (contains project requirements and list of your city pair choices)
Rubrics:
Climate Project Groups
Documents on Google Classroom:
#25.1 Climate Project Resources links to THIS agenda. This material is here for your reference, and does not need to be turned in.
#25.2 Climate Factors Summary Sheet - My Notes is YOUR individual copy for recording notes. (Every student must submit their own.) This assignment was initially misnumbered, so your copy of the document may start with #24.4.
#25.3 Individual Graphing Activity (Every student must submit their own.)
#25.4 Climate Project Group Slideshow
You have a total of 6 hours 20 minutes of class time to collaborate synchronously on this project, and our last day to work on it in class over Zoom in breakout rooms is Friday, March 26th.
Your group's finished slideshow and your individual assignments (#24.4 and #24.5 are due by the end of the day on Tuesday, March 30th
Week 24, Part 1 : MAR 11-12
OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the factors that influence ocean circulation
- Describe the influence of ocean circulation on the transfer of heat on Earth's surface
AGENDA :
Class Notes on Ocean Circulation using #24.1 Nearpod
#24.2 Ocean Circulation in the North Atlantic (due before our March 17th class)
Week 23, Part 2 : MAR 8-9
OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the common types of air masses
- Describe the weather fronts that occur when air masses meet/interact
AGENDA :
In Class Together:
#23.6 Class Notes: Air Mass and Fronts
Independent Work Time:
Check over your work on the Gizmo using this answer key.
#23.1 The Story of a Water Molecule (Due before March 10)
#23.7 Air Masses & Fronts Practice (Due before your Thursday/Friday class)
If time: In recognition of International Women's Day 2021, here is a short profile of Joanne Simpson, who single-handedly changed the way that scientists understand the relationship between clouds and energy in the atmosphere.
Joanne Simpson at work.
Week 23, Part 1 : MAR 4-5
OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the common types of air masses
- Describe the weather fronts that occur when air masses meet/interact
AGENDA :
Due before your Monday/Tuesday class:
Due before our March 10 remote class:
Week 22 : FEB 25 - MAR 3
OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the processes by which water vapor enters and leaves the atmosphere.
- Explain how the continual evaporation and condensation of water in the atmosphere forms clouds
- Explain the relationships between air temperature, dew point, and relative humidity
- Vocabulary: water cycle, evaporation, condensation, dew point, humidity, relative humidity, saturated, precipitation
AGENDA :
In-Person:
#22.i1 Quiz — Weather #1
#22.i2 Generation Genius: The Water Cycle
#22.i3 Reading: Humidity
Please begin work on your remote assignments if you finish all of the above before class ends!
Remote:
#22.r1 WC Textbook pages 14-15: Condensation, Dew Point, and Relative Humidity
#22.r2 Nearpod: Relative Humidity
#22.r3 Relative Humidity Demonstration
#22.r4 Gizmo: Relative Humidity and Dew Point
Due Dates: Please complete these assignments before our 1/2 Day Remote Class on Wednesday, March 3.
Week 21 (continued): FEB 22-23
OBJECTIVES:
- Describe where and in what features is water found on Earth
- Describe how water cycles through Earth's systems
- Vocabulary: water cycle, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, watershed, aquifer, well
AGENDA :
Together as a class: Class Notes: The Hydrosphere
Independently:
Periods 1, 3 & 4 should complete #21.2 through #21.6 before Friday's class.
Period 6 should complete #21.2 through #21.6 before Thursday's class.
Note: #21.7 provides a list of learning objectives that will be covered on the quiz that you will take during your next in-person class (between Thursday 2/25 and Tuesday, 3/2.
Week 21: FEB 11-12
OBJECTIVES:
- Describe where and in what features is water found on Earth
- Describe how water cycles through Earth's systems
- Vocabulary: water cycle, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, watershed, aquifer, well
AGENDA :
#21.1 Class Notes: Global Winds
Demonstration: Where is Earth's Water?
#21.2 Gizmo: The Water Cycle. (If you finish, please go back into the activity to view the correct answers and check your work.)
#21.3 ES Textbook: The Water Cycle & Distribution of Earth’s Water
If Time: #21.4 Class Notes: The Hydrosphere
We will continue working on these assignments in class on the Monday/Tuesday after February Vacation, and you are not expected to work on them over the break.
Week 20, Part 3: FEB 10 (½ Day Remote)
OBJECTIVES:
- Use models and analyze information to predict the stability and change caused by unequal heating of Earth’s atmosphere by the sun.
- Identify and describe evidence that wind results from differences in air pressure from unequal heating of the atmosphere.
- Vocabulary: wind, sea breeze, land breeze, atmosphere, air pressure
AGENDA :
Good morning! Please do the following as I take attendance.
Get out your "Not Your Usual Pop!" Lab handout, and turn to the back page where there are some blank diagrams. We'll be drawing on these together today to summarize everything we've learned about wind, temperature, air density, and atmospheric pressure today.*
- * If you don't have these accessible on paper, I did attach these same diagrams as a PDF to an announcement this morning. You could import them into Notability to draw on, but it will probably be easiest to draw on them on paper... which is why I gave them to you on paper!
Go to http://www.EdPuzzle.com and click on your "Team M" classroom (not your usual Science classroom). We'll be doing a "live" EdPuzzle together here.
(Optional) If you have them, since we'll be marking up the local winds diagrams on paper, you might want to get out some different colored pens/pencils (i.e., red and blue for warm and cold).
Due before class at the end of the week (Thurs or Fri):
#20.6 Earth's Atmosphere: Reading and Questions (before Thursday or Friday, whenever you have class at the end of the week)
Week 20, Part 2: FEB 8-9
OBJECTIVES:
- Use models and analyze information to predict the stability and change caused by unequal heating of Earth’s atmosphere by the sun.
- Identify and describe evidence that wind results from differences in air pressure from unequal heating of the atmosphere.
- Identify and synthesize data to construct an explanation of the structure and layers of Earth’s atmosphere the composition and characteristics of each layer in Earth’s atmosphere.
- Vocabulary: wind, sea breeze, land breeze, atmosphere, air pressure, altitude
AGENDA :
In-Person:
#20.1 Class Notes: Air Pressure
Remote:
#20.2 WC Textbook pages 75-80: Local and Global Wind Patterns
Both:
Before Wednesday:
#20.3 Earth: The Biography - The Atmosphere (part 2 of 2 - last 35 minutes)
#20.4 "Where the Wild Wind Blows" Reading and Questions
#20.5 Edpuzzles: Global Winds & The Coriolis Effect
Before class at the end of the week (Thurs or Fri):
#20.6 Earth's Atmosphere: Reading and Questions (before Thursday or Friday, whenever you have class at the end of the week)
Week 20, Part 1: FEB 5-6
OBJECTIVES:
- Use models and analyze information to predict the stability and change caused by unequal heating of Earth’s atmosphere by the sun.
- Identify and describe evidence that wind results from differences in air pressure from unequal heating of the atmosphere.
- Identify and synthesize data to construct an explanation of the structure and layers of Earth’s atmosphere the composition and characteristics of each layer in Earth’s atmosphere.
- Vocabulary: wind, sea breeze, land breeze, atmosphere, air pressure, altitude
AGENDA :
In-Person:
#20.1 Class Notes: Air Pressure
#20.3 Earth: The Biography - The Atmosphere (part 2 of 2 - last 35 minutes)
Remote:
#20.2 WC Textbook pages 75-80: Local and Global Wind Patterns
#20.3 Earth: The Biography - The Atmosphere (part 2 of 2 - last 35 minutes)
Due Dates: Please finish watching #20.3 before next week's 1/2 day remote class on Wednesday.
Week 19, Part 3: FEB 3 Remote ½ Day
NOTE:
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, I again will not be with you on Zoom, but I will see you on Thursday or Friday, depending on your cohort!
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify and synthesize data to construct an explanation of the structure and layers of Earth’s atmosphere the composition and characteristics of each layer in Earth’s atmosphere.
- Vocabulary: atmosphere, air pressure, altitude
AGENDA :
#19.5 Layers of the Atmosphere Interactivity (due end of day Wednesday)
This was assigned last Thursday, but please finish it before the end of the the day if you haven't already done so!
#19.6 Earth: The Biography - The Atmosphere (part 1 of 2 - first 25 minutes) (due before your next class on Thursday or Friday)
During our ½ Day class, please watch the first 25 minutes of this excellent film on EdPuzzle, which documents the composition, “structure,” and origin of the atmosphere. I have shared it with you as an assignment. Please watch it before your next class, when we’ll finish the last 35 minutes.
Week 19, Part 2: FEB 1 & 2
OBJECTIVES:
- Use models and analyze information to predict the stability and change caused by unequal heating of Earth’s atmosphere by the sun.
- Identify and describe evidence that wind results from differences in air pressure from unequal heating of the atmosphere.
- Identify and synthesize data to construct an explanation of the structure and layers of Earth’s atmosphere the composition and characteristics of each layer in Earth’s atmosphere.
- Vocabulary: wind, sea breeze, land breeze, atmosphere, air pressure, altitude
AGENDA :
#19.3 Experiment: Not your Usual Pop!
#19.4 Using a Vacuum Pump to Understand Air Pressure
#19.5 Layers of the Atmosphere Interactivity
Please refer to the due dates listed for your class on Google Classroom.
Week 19, Part 1: JAN 28 & 29
OBJECTIVES:
- Use models and analyze information to predict the stability and change caused by unequal heating of Earth’s atmosphere by the sun.
- Analyze relationships to describe how winds that blow over short distances and affect local weather are called local winds.
- Identify and describe evidence that wind results from differences in air pressure from unequal heating of the atmosphere.
- Identify and synthesize data to construct an explanation of the structure and layers of Earth’s atmosphere the composition and characteristics of each layer in Earth’s atmosphere.
- Vocabulary: wind, sea breeze, land breeze, atmosphere, air pressure, altitude
AGENDA :
First 35 minutes: Both cohorts together on Zoom
#19.1 Whole class review of the Specific Heat Lab and Coastal Winds and Clouds Gizmo
#19.2 WC Textbook pages 4-7 & 10: The Atmosphere, Air Pressure, and Winds
If time, begin #19.5 Layers of the Atmosphere Interactivity.. (There will be more time set aside to work on this in class next Monday/Tuesday.)
10 minute outdoor mask break and cold weather experiment!
Last 35 minutes: Cohorts A and B have different assignments
In-Person Cohort: #19.3 Experiment: Not your Usual Pop!
Remote Cohort: #19.4 Using a Vacuum Pump to Understand Air Pressure
DUE DATES: Complete #19.1 and #19.2 before Monday, Feb. 1st; Complete #19.3 through #19.5 before Wednesday, Feb. 3rd.
Week 18: JAN 27 Remote 1/2 Day
AGENDA:
Check your email if you haven't already done so!
Complete assignment #18.r4, which should be available a few minutes before class would normally start.
That's it!
DUE DATES: #18.r4 is due before the end of the day today (Jan 27th).
Week 18: JAN 21-27 Remote
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify and describe evidence that wind results from
- Differences in air pressure from unequal heating of the atmosphere
- Cite textual evidence to support how
- unequal heating affects wind and weather conditions.
- Analyze relationships to describe how
- Winds that blow over short distances and affect local weather are called local winds.
- Winds that occur over large areas and move around the globe are called global winds.
- Vocabulary: wind, sea breeze, land breeze
AGENDA:
#18.r1 Check your work on #17.r2 Earth-Sun Relationships Reading Summary
#18.r2 Gizmo: Coastal Winds and Clouds
#18.r3 WC Textbook Pages: Patterns of Circulation in the Atmosphere, Part 1
DUE DATES: Please complete your in-person assignments before next Wednesday's 1/2 day
Week 18: JAN 21-27 In-Person
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify and describe evidence that energy moves through Earth’s atmosphere by radiation, conduction, and convection
- Cite textual evidence to support how energy from the sun is either absorbed or reflected by the different levels of the atmosphere.
- Analyze relationships to describe how the greenhouse effect traps and absorbs gases in the atmosphere
- Vocabulary: electromagnetic wave, greenhouse effect, thermal energy, convection, conduction, radiation
- Identify and describe evidence that wind results from
- Differences in air pressure from unequal heating of the atmosphere
- Cite textual evidence to support how
- unequal heating affects wind and weather conditions.
- Analyze relationships to describe how
- Winds that blow over short distances and affect local weather are called local winds.
- Vocabulary: wind, sea breeze, land breeze
AGENDA:
#18.i2 Investigation: Specific Heat of Land and Water
#18.i1 Class Notes: Intro to Earth's Systems / Energy in Earth's Atmosphere.
- We'll review as much from last week's readings as we have time for in class, but please plan on using the Nearpod link shared on this material to review the rest on your own, making corrections in your textbook as necessary.
DUE DATES: Please complete your in-person assignments before next Wednesday's 1/2 day
Week 17: JAN 14-20 In-Person
OBJECTIVES:
- Analyze and interpret data to describe evidence that Earth has four major subsystems, or spheres, that cycle matter and energy and shape Earth's surface: atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and the biosphere.
- Construct explanations using reasoning to predict similar patterns by recognizing that the Earth system
- involves flows of matter and energy through different components
- has two main sources of energy: heat from the sun and heat from Earth's interior
- Develop and use models to demonstrate how a system returns information about itself, and that information results in change.
- Vocabulary: atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, energy
AGENDA:
Write your name, cohort, and teacher's name on the inside cover of your new (yes, another!) Earth Systems textbook. (This textbook, which we'll refer to as your "ES Text" for brevity, can be left at home until further notice, but you'll need it for #17.3 this week.)
#17.i1 Quiz - Heat Transfer
Please take a moment to look over #17.i2 Weather and Climate Learning Objectives and Vocabulary.
#17.i3 ES Textbook Pages: Matter and Energy in Earth's Systems
#17.i4 Atmospheric Inquiry
If you finish your in-person assignments before the end of class, great! You're welcome to get a head start on the remote assignments for this week.
DUE DATES: Please complete your in-person assignments before your 2nd science class of this week (Jan 21st or 22nd).
Week 17: JAN 14-20 Remote
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify and describe evidence that energy moves through Earth’s atmosphere by radiation, conduction, and convection
- Cite textual evidence to support how energy from the sun is either absorbed or reflected by the different levels of the atmosphere.
- Analyze relationships to describe how the greenhouse effect traps and absorbs gases in the atmosphere
- Vocabulary: electromagnetic wave, greenhouse effect, thermal energy, convection, conduction, radiation
AGENDA:
#17.r1 Edpuzzles: The Reason for the Seasons
#17.r2 Earth-Sun Relationships Reading Summary
#17.r3 WC Textbook Pages: Energy in Earth's Atmosphere (We'll refer to your Cycles nfluencing Weather and Climate textbook simply as your "WC Text" for brevity.)
DUE DATES: Please complete your in-person assignments before your 2nd science class of this week (Jan 21st or 22nd).
Week 16: JAN 7-13 In-Person
OBJECTIVES:
Students will investigate what thermal radiation is, where it comes from and how it transfers.
Students will identify materials that absorb more thermal energy than they emit.
DO NOW:
AGENDA:
#16.i__
1 Radiation Lab, AQ, and CER Planner
2 Radiation Lab
DUE DATES: Please complete your in-person assignments by the dates listed on Google Classroom.
Week 16: JAN 7-13 Remote
OBJECTIVES:
Students will investigate what thermal radiation is, where it comes from and how it transfers.
Students will identify materials that absorb more thermal energy than they emit.
AGENDA:
#16.r__
1 Radiation Review Questions
2 Heat Transfer Summary Chart (Complete)
3 Heat Transfer Practice
4 Heat Transfer Image Sort
DUE DATES: Please complete your remote assignments by the end of the day next Tuesday (Jan 12th).
Week 15: JAN 4-5 (Remote & In-Person Together!)
OBJECTIVES:
Investigate what thermal radiation is, where it comes from and how it transfers.
Identify materials that absorb more thermal energy than they emit.
DO NOW: Follow the links on Classroom to #15.1 and #15.2. Please do these two assignments as soon as class begins while I take attendance.
AGENDA:
Together:
#15.1 Convection Check-In
#15.2 Camping Trip Probe.
If you finish the two agenda items above, you can do the first two steps of #15.5 below!
Lava lamp demo & convection review
#15.3 Class Notes: Thermal Radiation
Independent Work:
#15.4 Reading Notes: Radiation, Winds, Ocean Currents
#15.5 Gizmo: Heat Absorption
DUE DATES: Please complete #15.3 through #15.5 before Wednesday's ½ day remote class.
Week 14: DEC 21-22 (Remote & In-Person Together!)
OBJECTIVES:
Continue to investigate the formation of convection currents.
Predict the movement of a fluid based upon changes in density by heating and cooling.
DO NOW: Follow the link on Classroom to the #14.5 Convection Practice on Canvas. Please complete it and check your answers while attendance is being taken. If you finish early, please review the assignments that I've shared answer keys to in Classroom.
AGENDA:
What questions do you still have about...?
#13.2 (see #14.4 for answer keys)
#14.3 Convection Video & Reading Notes
#14.2 Convection Lab #1
#14.6 Convection Lab #2
10-minute mask and screen-free break! 😷📵
#14.7 Convection Cells Gizmo
#14.8 Heat Transfer Summary Chart
DUE DATES: Please complete #14.6 before Wednesday's Remote Half-Day, and complete #14.7 and #14.8 before you leave for the Winter Break! Wednesday's half day will be a time that you can choose to either A) use 30 minutes to finish up these assignments or B) play a fun Kahoot! review game together with others who have already finished their work.
Week 14: DEC 17-18 (Remote & In-Person Together!)
OBJECTIVES:
Know in which direction heat transfers
Define (and describe examples of) convection
Explain how a convection current moves heat
Be able to apply knowledge of convection to real-life situations
AGENDA:
#14.1 Conduction Check-In — (5 question) check-in on Conduction. This will "count" only if you do well on it! Once you've submitted it, you should be able to view the correct answers.
If you finish the #14.1 check-in, please use #14.4 to review your answers to the #13.2 Conduction Reading & Notes assignment. Once everyone is at a good stopping-point, we'll move on with the agenda.
#14.2 Convection Lab #1 — A virtual experiment on EdPuzzle with a Google Doc data table for you to record your observations in
#14.3 Convection Video & Reading Notes — a 1-page reading with a note-taking template & 3 questions for you to complete)
#14.4 Check & Correct #13.2 — Answer keys for #13.2 are attached. If you can't edit your #13.2 Google Doc, you may need to make a copy. You may also simply take notes in your lab notebook on any questions that you missed.
DUE DATES: Please complete #14.1 through #14.4 before your next class next week.
Week 13: DEC 10-16
OBJECTIVES:
Define heat transfer and conduction,
Be able to apply knowledge of conduction to real-life situations
Know in which direction heat transfers
Define thermal conductor and thermal insulator and give examples of each
AGENDA:
[On your in-person day] #13.Q Week 13 Quiz — Temperature and Phase Changes
Use your in-person and remote class periods to complete the following assignments this week:
Due before Monday:
#13.2 Reading Notes: Heat Transfer & Conduction
#13.3 Class Notes: Heat Transfer & Conduction
Due before Wednesday:
#13.1 How does thermal energy move to heat your home?
#13.4 Virtual Experiments: Conductometer and Melting Ice
#13.5 Conduction Gizmo
NOTE: Dec 17-22, plan on a short (10 minute) check-in that will cover the learning objectives listed above.
Week 12 (continued): DEC 7-8 (Remote & In-Person Together!)
OBJECTIVES: Read/interpret heating/cooling curves in order to explain the effect that thermal energy has on the phase of matter of a substance.
AGENDA:
#12.5 Check & Correct #11.1, 12.3, and 12.4
#12.6 Phase Change Practice
#12.7 Make a review page for the Week 13 Quiz
DUE DATES: Please complete #12.5 through #12.7 before Wednesday's ½ day, which will be devoted to reviewing all things related to temperature and phase changes.
NOTE: Please plan on a slightly longer quiz during Week 13 (DEC 10-15) on your in-person day. The quiz will cover these learning objectives related to temperature, thermal energy, and phase changes.
Week 12: DEC 3-4 (Remote & In-Person Together!)
OBJECTIVES: Read/interpret heating/cooling curves in order to explain the effect that thermal energy has on the phase of matter of a substance.
DO NOW: Open kahoot.it in Safari so we can play a game together first. (You'll want to have Safari & Zoom set up in split screen if you're remote.)
AGENDA:
Together (1st half of class): Kahoot! Review
Mask break!
Independent Work Time (2nd half of class)
#12.1 Check and correct #10.r2
#12.2 The Phases of Matter (more review questions)
#12.3 Boiling Point Lab Analysis Questions
#12.4 Reading a Heating/Cooling Curve
DUE DATES: Please complete #12.1 through #12.4 before our next class (either Monday or Tuesday, depending on your cohort).
NOTE: Please plan on a slightly longer quiz during Week 13 (DEC 10-15) on your in-person day. The quiz will cover these learning objectives related to temperature, thermal energy, and phase changes.
Week 11: DEC 1-2
AGENDA:
Nearpod notes on Phase Changes (see material #11.2 on Classroom if you want to review today's nearpod).
#11.1 Phases of Matter Reading and Notes
DUE DATES: Please complete #11.1 by the end of the day on Wednesday, 12/2
Week 10: NOV 19-24 Performance Expectation ➝ PS1-4 Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Describe what happens to when a substance freezes and boils
Week 10: NOV 19-24 In-Person
AGENDA:
#10.i1 Week 10 Check-In. When you're done, please give me any scrap paper that you wrote on, and you may begin #10.i2 below! Please don your headphones. 🎧😀
#10.i2 Freezing Point Graph + Guidelines for Creating Line Graphs / Scatter Plots
#10.i3 Freezing Point Lab Extension Questions
DUE DATES: Please complete this week's in-person assignments by the end of the day on Tuesday, November 24th.
Week 10: NOV 19-24 Remote
AGENDA:
#10.r1 Boiling Point Lab
#10.r2 The Phases of Matter (reading, markup, & questions)
DUE DATES: Please complete this week's remote assignments by the end of the day on Tuesday, November 24th.
NOTE: Your weekly check-in (during the first 10 mins of your in person class) for Nov 19-24 will have questions on Density (2 Qs), Measurement (2 Qs), and Thermal Energy & Particle Motion (3 Qs).
Density: Calculate density, and relate expansion/contraction to density
Measurement: measure precisely with estimated digits by reading a scale.
Thermal energy & particle motion: Compare and contrast the motion of arrangements of particles in...
solids, liquids, and gases
warm substances vs. cool substances
Week 9: NOV 18 Remote Agenda (Half-day)
AGENDA:
Science Practice spotlight: Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Demo & explore: Using Desmos to analyze some sample data and generate graphs
If time remains: Work on CER
DUE DATES: Please complete your CER (#09.i3) by the due date specified on the assignment.
Week 9: NOV 12-18 Performance Expectation ➝ PS1-4 Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Week 9: NOV 12-17 In-Person
AGENDA:
Short Quiz on Thermal Energy and Particle Motion. When you finish, please put it in the folder by the lost & found (near the door), then do the next item on the agenda!
Label & stow your new lab safety glasses!DONE!#09.i1 Review Answer Keys for Week 7 & 8 Assignments.
Temperature Demonstrations
#09.i3 CER: Temperature and Volume
DUE DATES: Please complete your CER (#09.i3) by the due date specified on the assignment.
Week 9: NOV 12-17 Remote
AGENDA:
#09.r1 The Particle Nature of Matter (video & quiz game)
#09.r2 Brainpop: Temperature
#09.r3 Factors that Affect Density
#09.r4 Freezing Point Lab
DUE DATES: Please complete this week's remote assignments by the end of the day on Tuesday, November 17th.
NOTE: There will be a short quiz Nov 12-17 during your in-person class that covers the performance expectation and learning objectives listed below for this week (Nov 5-10).
Week 8: NOV 5-10 Performance Expectation ➝ PS1-4 Thermal Energy and Particle Motion
Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Week 8: NOV 5-10 In-Person
OBJECTIVES:
When a substance is heated and cooled, what happens to it...
...at the macro-level (in terms of its volume)?
...at the micro-level (in terms of its particles)?
AGENDA:
Nearpod: Heating & Cooling a Liquid
#08.Quiz Measurement & Density 1
#08.i1 Mini-Lab: Heating and Cooling Liquids
When finished with lab, clean equipment with soap + water, then begin working on your analysis questions.
DUE DATES: Please complete #08.i1's Analysis Questions by the end of the day on Tuesday (Nov 10). You should feel free, also, to work on this week's remote assignments at any point... you dojn't
Week 8: NOV 5-10 Remote
OBJECTIVES:
Compare and contrast solids, liquids and gases...
At the macro-level, in terms of their volume and shape
At the micro-level, in terms of their particles' movement and attractions for one another
Describe how intermolecular forces (the attractions between particles) and the kinetic energy of the particles in a substance relate to phase changes like boiling, freezing, and melting
AGENDA:
#08.r1 Matter & Energy Packet, pages 1-2, 4-8, & 10-11
#08.r2 PhET Simulation: States of Matter
#08.r3 States of Matter Edpuzzles (36 mins)
DUE DATES: Please complete this week's assignments (r1, r2, and r3) by the end of the day on Tuesday (Nov 10).
NOTE: The short quiz that on Measurement & Density that was going to be during your in-person class between October 29 - November 4 has been pushed back a week, until November 5-10. It will still cover the following learning objectives:
Make measurements of length and volume that include estimated digits.
Determining the volume of an object using LxWxH and by liquid displacement
Calculate the density of an object when given its mass and volume
Determine whether an object will float or sink in a given liquid, based on the object & liquid density
NOV 3 Remote Agenda (Half Day)
OBJECTIVES:
Students will be able to explain, on the molecular level, that heating and cooling affect molecular motion.
AGENDA:
Period 6, Cohort B only — Complete #07.r3 Matter & Energy Reading/Markup before Wednesday's (Nov 4) class
All Other Periods — Molecules in Motion Nearpod & Experiment
DUE DATES:
Complete all assignments that start with #07.r and #07.i before the end of the day on Thursday.
OCT 29 - NOV 4 In-Person Agenda
TODAY'S FOCUS: Now that we know that all matter has mass and volume (and, therefore, density) how can we begin to develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
TODAY'S OBJECTIVES:
Compare and contrast matter and energy
Describe evidence for the kinetic-molecular theory of matter
Compare and contrast the solid, liquid, and gas phases of matter
TODAY'S AGENDA:
Fun demos
#07.i1 Gizmo: Phases of Water
OCT 29 - NOV 4 Remote Agenda
TODAY'S FOCUS: Density/buoyancy and states of matter
TODAY'S OBJECTIVES:
Further relate density to the tendency of an object to float or sink
Compare and contrast the solid, liquid, and gas phases of matter
TODAY'S AGENDA:
#07.r1 Edpuzzles: Density and Buoyancy
#07.r2 Intro. To States of Matter
OCT 28 Agenda
NOTE: During your next in-person class (October 29 - November 4) there will be a short quiz that will assess your ability to do the following
Make measurements of length and volume that include estimated digits.
Determining the volume of an object using LxWxH and by liquid displacement
Calculate the density of an object when given its mass and volume
Determine whether an object will float or sink in a given liquid, based on the object & liquid density
TODAY'S FOCUS: Making Precise Measurements and Calculating Density
TODAY'S OBJECTIVES:
Make precise measurements of length and volume
Determine the volume of an irregularly shaped object using the liquid displacement method
Use precise measurements of mass and volume to determine the density of an irregularly shaped object
Ask scientific questions about a natural phenomenon
TODAY'S AGENDA:
Density Review
Time in breakout rooms to finish last week's #06.r4 The Question Formulation Technique (related to the Railway Tank Car phenomenon you observed).
Add your group's "3 most important" scientific questions (from the Question Formulation Technique worksheet) to the Padlet that I emailed you!
OCT 26-27 Agenda
NOTE: During your next in-person class (October 29 - November 4) there will be a short quiz that will assess your ability to do the following
Make measurements of length and volume that include estimated digits.
Determining the volume of an object using LxWxH and by liquid displacement
Calculate the density of an object when given its mass and volume
Determine whether an object will float or sink in a given liquid, based on the object & liquid density
TODAY'S FOCUS: Making Precise Measurements
TODAY'S OBJECTIVES:
Make precise measurements of length and volume
Determine the volume of an irregularly shaped object using the liquid displacement method
Use precise measurements of mass and volume to determine the density of an irregularly shaped object
TODAY'S AGENDA:
#06.5 Check and correct your work from last week, using the red links to answer keys that have been added to each assignment's directions. No need to resubmit your work after checking/correcting, but do make a note of any questions you still have after reviewing the answer keys.
Complete Challenges #06.6 through #06.9. The more you can complete before this Wednesday's half day, the more prepared you will be to ask questions about anything you're still unclear about!
DUE DATES: Before your next in-person class, complete #06.5 through #06.9. The more you can complete before this Wednesday's half day, the more prepared you will be to ask questions about anything you're still unclear about!
OCT 19-23 In-Person Agenda
FOCUS: Making Precise Measurements
OBJECTIVES:
Why is standardized measurement important? Measurement systems - esp. Metric/SI system.
Identify all measured digits and the estimated digit using different ruler scales.
AGENDA:
#06.i1 Lab Safety Check-In
If you finish early, you may begin #06.r1 (CK-12 Reading) while you wait for others to finish the lab safety check-in
#06.i2 Flocabulary: The Metric System
#06.i3 Ruler Activity and Analysis Questions
After you've made your measurements using the 3 different rulers, jump ahead to do #06.i4 (below) FIRST before attempting the analysis questions that go along with the Ruler Activity.
#06.i4 Recording Measurements with Estimated Digits
If you finish today's in-class agenda before class ends, feel free to begin the agenda items on this week's remote agenda.
DUE DATES: Complete the assignments listed above by the end of the day on Friday (10/26)
OCT 19-23 Remote Agenda
FOCUS: Making Precise Measurements
OBJECTIVES:
Why is standardized measurement important? Measurement systems - esp. Metric/SI system.
Identify all measured digits and the estimated digit using different ruler scales.
AGENDA:
#06.r1 CK-12 Reading: Appropriate Units for Metric Length Measurement
#06.r2 Nearpod Notes: Recording Measurements
#06.r3 Video: Precision, Accuracy, Measurement, and Significant Figures
DUE DATES: Complete the assignments listed above by the end of the day on Friday (10/26)
OCT 8-16 Agenda
This Week's Focus: Density and Measurement
OBJECTIVES: There is a list of this week's learning objectives on the first page of your blue Density and Measurement Packet, and learning objectives are listed in the directions for each of the assignments below.
Your Assignment, due by the end of the day on Friday., 10/16 is to complete your blue packet*
* You can skip page 14, comparing Mass and Weight
On Google Classroom, I've broken this down into bite-sized chunks, which you can see in more detail in your Classwork tab. Those chunks are:
#04.1 Measurement Practice
#04.2 Gizmo: Measuring Volume
#04.3 Edpuzzle: Density
#04.4 Density Reading and Questions
#04.5 Gizmos: “Density” and “Slice and Dice”
#04.6 Density Practice
(If it's helpful to have some incremental deadlines, I would recommend trying to complete #1 and 2 by the end of this week, and complete #3 and 4 before next Thursday.)
I will add answer keys to each assignment's directions as we progress through the week.
As you can see, I'm trying something different, and posting the entire week's sequence of activities I'd like you to engage with to learn about Density and Measurement. I want you to have the flexibility to work on them at any point this week — whether you're in class or remote — without having to wait for the day that you have remote or in-person science class. We'll have lab supplies available in the room so that you can do some hands-on experimentation of your own using graduated cylinders, rulers, and electronic balances. My hope is that freeing you up from daily deadlines will afford you the opportunity to use class time to get help with what you need when you need it, so that by October 14th you feel that you have a solid grasp of the learning objectives listed on the first page of your blue "Density and Measurement" packet. I welcome your feedback about how this approach works for you, and you can let me know by answering this question on Google Classroom.
OCT 7 Remote Agenda (Half Day)
OBJECTIVES:
Check over your work from assignments that we've completed recently!
Define length, mass, and volume
Describe how to measure the volume of an object, regardless of its shape
AGENDA:
#03h1 Slide Deck: Measuring Length, Mass & Volume
#03h2 Half-day Weekly Wrap-Up
DUE DATES:
Before the start of your next in-person class ➝ finish #03h1 by viewing, listening to, and taking notes (in your lab notebook) on the slides about "Measuring Length, Mass & Volume"
OCT 1-6 In-Person Agenda
OBJECTIVES:
Sharpen observation skills, introduce the concept of scientific measurement.
Describe some tools/equipment that scientists use and why is it important to use the correct tools.
DO NOW: Go to GoFormative.com so that we can review Part 1 of yesterday's General Lab Safety Overview. I will change the assignment so that you can edit your responses.
AGENDA:
Distribute Density and Measurement Packets
Class review of #010 General Lab Safety Overview, Part 1
What is DATA?
#03i3 (A familiar experiment)
#03i4 Common Laboratory Equipment
DUE DATES:
By the end of the day on Tuesday 10/6 ➝ Complete #03i3 and #03i4
OCT 1-6 Remote Agenda
OBJECTIVES:
Sharpen observation skills, introduce the concept of scientific measurement.
AGENDA:
#03r1 General Lab Safety Overview - Video Recap, Part 2
#03r2 Review the learning objectives and vocab for our unit on Matter, Measurement, and Density
#03r3 Measurement Reading
DUE DATES:
By the end of the day on Tuesday 10/6 ➝ Complete #03r1 through #03r3
SEP 30 Remote Agenda (Half Day)
OBJECTIVES:
Brainstorm ways in which we use measurements in everyday life
Describe basic lab safety rules
DO NOW: Open the Nearpod app and enter the code shown on your teacher's screen, then contribute to the board.
REMOTE AGENDA:
Two Truths and a Lie, continued.
Measurements in everyday life
Log into GoFormative.com
Complete #010 - General Lab Safety practices, Part 1 of 2
DUE DATES:
By next class ➝ Complete #010
SEP 29 Agenda (Period 6 only)
OBJECTIVES:
Differentiate between physical and chemical changes of matter
Identify evidence of a chemical change
REMOTE AGENDA:
Two Truths and a Lie, continued.
Things we learned from our first time using your eText
#008 BrainPop - Property Changes
#009 - Chemical Changes Gizmo
DUE DATES:
By tomorrow (9/30) → Finish through #009
OBJECTIVES:
Learn how to access your electronic textbook (eText)
Describe and classify matter
REMOTE AGENDA:
Two Truths and a Lie, continued.
Results from #005 (yesterday's 12:38 experiment!)
Review answers to yesterday’s Exit Slip
#006 Set up your eTextbook account
Use remaining class time to work on #007 Describing and Classifying Matter
DUE DATES:
Before next Wednesday (9/30) → Finish through #007
OBJECTIVE: Explain the cause of the seasons, and conduct an experiment that uses the angle of sunlight to determine your latitude.
REMOTE AGENDA
DO NOW: Finish writing your 2 Truths & 1 Lie!
What in the world???
Two Truths and a Lie
ID’ing adults’ misconceptions about the causes of seasons
Prove that the Earth is Round at 12:38 PM today!
If Time: Review answers to yesterday’s Exit Slip
DUE DATES
Today → #001 through #003
Before weekend → #004 Seasons in 3D Gizmo
(OPTIONAL) Do #005 outside today at 12:38 PM!
SEP 21 & 22 Agenda
OBJECTIVE: Describe how the Earth's tilt causes places on Earth to experience different intensities of sunlight at different times of year, leading to temperature changes that result in seasons.
REMOTE AGENDA
① Attendance
③ How your work is organized in Classroom
④ Assignments due: #001, #002, and #003
⑤ How to access assignments on Canvas
⑥ Do #002 in your own Breakout Room
⑦ Take a 10 minute break at any point before class ends
⑧ Do #003 in your own Breakout Room
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