October 1–5 WOW! It’s October???

Monday, October 1, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up: Periodic table manipulative

2. Alkali Metals Video

3. Review Valence Electrons

4. Periodic Table Activity (PT and card sort at stations from Gateways)

5. Periodic table Practice WS

 

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up: PT practice

2. Lewis structures notes and practice

 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up: PT  practice

2. Interpreting the periodic table WS

3. Review  for QUIZ TOMORROW

 

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up: Large PT Manipulative

2. Review

3. QUIZ

Friday, October 5, 2012

Objective: Today I will interpret the arrangement of the periodic table.

1. Warm up:

2. Periodic table Want Ad

Week of Sept 24-28

Monday, September 24, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Warm up: Answer question 3 Checklist

2. Describe APE MAN

3. Complete Atomic Math

4. Bohr Model Practice

5. Ticket out: Performance indicator

Sentence Stems: Most of an atom is empty space…this means____

Academics:

1. Warm Up: Answer question 4 on Checklist

2. Discuss atomic masses

3. Complete Atomic Math

4. Bohr Model Practice

5. Ticket out: Performance indicator

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Warm Up: Answer question 4 on Checklist

2. Atom Quiz

 

Academics:

1. Warm Up: Answer question 4 on Checklist

2. Atom Quiz

 

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Pre AP & Academics:

1. Warm up: Atomic model/periodic table match from new book page 62

2. Glue in Periodic Table Checklist

3. “How is it arranged?” probe

4. Read “Organization of the Periodic Table” from textbook pages 80-83

a. define vocabulary words

 

Thursday, September 27^th, 2012

Pre-AP & Academics:

1. Warm up: Label the atom model (little sheet)

2. Brain pop – Periodic Table

3. Label the periodic table

4. Interpreting the Periodic Table worksheet

 

Friday, September 28, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Warm up: Label the atom model (little sheet)

2. Brain pop – Periodic Table

3. Label the periodic table

4. Interpreting the Periodic table

 

Academics:

1. Warm up: Region 4 sheet page 109

2. Coloring the Periodic table families ppt and notes

3. Reactivity video clip

Sept 17–Sept 21

Monday, September 17, 2012

Pre-AP

Objective: Today I will recognize that atoms make up all matter.

1. Warm up: IV and DV practice
2. K and W of the class KWL
3. Glue in atomic checklist, wordle, and atoms family
4. Atoms reading, pair share as read
5. View newspaper pictures with microscope.
   1. What do you observe about the photograph when you use the microscope?
   2. How does your observation model the concept that atoms make up matter?
6. Powers of 10

Academics:

Objective: Today I will explore the timeline of the atomic model.

1. Warm up:
2. Finish Atom Foldable (burrito)
3. The Most Astounding Fact movie clip
   1. This makes me feel….
   2. Atoms make up…
4. Atomic Model timeline using Brain pop

Sentence Stems: The atomic model has changed over time because ______

Atomic models are made based on ________

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Pre-AP:

Objective: Today I will explore the timeline of the atomic model.

1. Warm Up: Subatomic Particles and their Charge

2. Atom Concept Map (page 18 – journal)

3. Atomic Model timeline using Brain pop

Sentence Stems: The atomic model has changed over time because ______

Atomic models are made based on ________

Academics:

Objective: Today I will describe the structure of atoms.

1. Warm up: Subatomic Particles and their Charge
2. Atomic Model timeline using Brain pop

Sentence Stems: The atomic model has changed over time because ______

Atomic models are made based on ________

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Pre-AP:

Objective: Today I will describe the structure of atoms.

1. Warm up: Atom Probe
2. Finish Atomic Model Timeline using Brain pop
3. Atom Stations using petri-dish atoms
4. I have…who has atom vocabulary

Sentence stems: The nucleus contains _____

Electrons are _______

Academics:

Objective: Today I will describe the structure of atoms.

1. Warm Up: Atom Probe

2. Atom Stations using petri-dish atoms

3. Large Atom - labeling

Sentence Stems: The atom consists of ___

To explain the way an atom looks I would ___

Thursday, September 19, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Atomic Attire Fashion Show

Homework: Atom Probe

Academics:

1. Warm up: Quiz over atom parts/charges

2. Keely Probe

3. Use Station Lab (petri-dishes) & Periodic Table to determine the element

4. Ticket out: Pick an element from the periodic table, draw a Bohr Model

Sentence Stems: Most of an atom is empty space…this means____

Friday, September 20, 2012

Pre-AP:

1. Warm up: Answer #1,2 on checklist

2. Use Station Lab (petri-dishes) & Periodic Table to determine the element

3. Atomic Math (Atom Family WS)

4. Ticket out: draw a Bohr Model of Boron

Academics:

1. Warm up: Answer #1,2 on checklist

2. Describe APE MAN

3. Atomic Math (Atom Family WS)

4. Ticket out: draw a Bohr Model of Boron

Sentence Stems: Most of an atom is empty space…this means____

Week of Sept 10-14

Monday

• Warm Up: Denisty
• Read Defining Density
• Complete Concept map using reading
• Summarizer: Discuss answers to the concept map

Sentence Stems: I observed the raisins _____

One similarity/difference between the 2 soda cans is _____

I believe the cans floated differently because ____

Density depends on _____ and _____

Tuesday

• Warm Up: density column
• Density Blocks Lab
• Summarizer: Discuss lab results

Sentence Stems: One thing I know about density is _____

*****ATOMS******

Wednesday

• Warm Up: Reg 4 pg 37 density tools
• Mystery box activity
• KWL chart on atoms
• Powers of 10 Video…when can you not see with your eyes? What instruments magnify?
• Homework: Calculating Density
• Summarizer: Why is learning about the atom important to an 8^th grader?

Sentence Stems: One thing I know about atoms is _____

To calculate density I _____

It is difficult to study atoms because _______

Thursday

• Warm Up: Glue in Atomic Structure Unit Checklist
• Create 4 page folded book foldable with the names of 8 atomic scientists
• Review Game (board game, Frisbees)
• Summarizer: Put a rope on the floor and have students represent matter. They will demonstrate how to make the “object” more/less/same dense.
• Sentence Stems: One difference between the three states of matter is___

Friday

• Warm Up: Reg 4 pg 33 (conclusions)
• Common Assessment (safety, hypotheses, conclusions, observations, matter, density) may have to bump this to next week
• Begin atomic theory research in small groups using computers
• Summarizer: small groups report back to class about their findings

Sentence Stems: It is difficult to study atoms because ___

To study atoms scientists must ____

One thing I could have studied more was ____

Week of Sept 4-7

Tuesday (need: balances, shaving cream, pennies, petri dishes, laser disk)

• Warm Up: Finding mass
• Shaving cream lab day 1
• Lesson 5 Worksheet (homework if not finished in class)
• Summarizer: Review daily objective

Sentence Stems:

The correct way to use a balance is _________

To find the mass of the shaving cream I _______

Solids and gases are different/alike because ________

A hypothesis is _______

To make an observation you use ________

Wednesday

• Warm Up: Collect Homework Lesson 5 worksheet
• Matter Notes
• Shaving cream lab day 2
• Summarizer: Review daily objective and discuss lab results

Sentence Stems: I rejected/did not reject my hypothesis because _______

I observed ________

Matter is in its solid/liquid/gas phase when_______

Thursday

• Warm Up: color pictures according to phase
• Shaving cream lab day 3 – complete graphs and discuss conclusions.
• Summarizer: Review daily objective and discuss lab results

Sentence Stems: My conclusion is ___________

******* DENSITY *****

Friday

• Warm Up: Denisty
• Read Defining Density
• Complete Concept map using reading
• Summarizer: Discuss answers to the concept map

Sentence Stems: I observed the raisins _____

One similarity/difference between the 2 soda cans is _____

I believe the cans floated differently because ____

Density depends on _____ and _____