Academic Calendar 2019-2020

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Thursday November 30th & Friday December 1st, 2017

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Recap:

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restive and rewarding Fall Break and we're into the homestretch before Winter Break. I graded all of the work I had turned in before Thanksgiving and I have to admit, I was disappointed. I have been moving at a snail's pace making sure we cover everything in depth, but I can't do that going forward. This is high school and you are expected to copy down your own assignments and stay caught up with them. Case in point; less than 20% of my students turned in their STEM SIMS lab on time. Less than an additional 10% took advantage of my Power Hours and an extra week to get them done. Less than 50% of you completed the argumentation essay I asked you to write even though I gave you an additional two weeks to complete the steps. 
Today we continued our discussion of the atom and the periodic table of ELEMENTS. I defined an element as a pure substance formed only of atoms and can be found on the Periodic table. I used examples of pure substances versus alloys and mixtures. Students also got a brief history lesson about goldminers and economic strategies of mine owners. They also learned where the thumbs up symbol came from.
Since there seemed to be much more comprehension, we branched out our discussion to include What defines a period on the table and what are groups or families. Check out this link: Periodic Table made simple. Imagine rows on the periodic table as sentences in a book. Every time you come to the end of a row, you have reached the end of a sentence. The end of the sentence is a periodThere are seven (7) periods on the periodic table. Every element in a period has the same number of shells within the electron cloud. There can only be a MAXIMUM of 7 shells. I used the analogy of a town they might be planning and they place all the important buildings- police, fire, city hall in the center along with all the neutral buildings such as movie theaters, grocery stores and malls, in the center. This represent the nucleus with the protons (+), neutrons (~). The different shells represent streets in their town all circular. The PERIOD tells them how many streets their town will have.
I then presented the formula 2n2. This tells them the MAXIMUM electron capacity at any given shell. For example, the first shell would be 2(1)2, meaning there can be a maximum umber of 2 electrons on the first shell, or following our analogy, 2 houses on the first street. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THERE ARE 2 ELECTRONS THERE Automatically. Let's look at Hydrogen for example:. Hydrogen only has one electron so it only has one "renter" to move into one house. There is still one open house in Hydrogen's Valence shell. Valence, meaning the outmost shell of any given atom. This is the most important shell since it is the one that determines what elements can bond with. We also said that all atoms like to be stable and therefore try to fill all their inner shells before moving to the next one.
We ended the discussion with groups but didn't get to cover it before the bell rang.





Students who correct ALL the mistakes on their returned papers will receive 10 points more. Make your corrections on a separate piece of paper and staple it to the actual paper, turn it in. Example: If you scored a 60 on an assignment and you correct ALL of the mistakes, I will add 10 points to make it a 70.

Entry Task/ Brain Bender:

There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?



General Information:



  19 days till Winter Break!... STEM SIMS LAB MUST BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK The most this lab will be worth is 65%...Due Friday... All students who do not have the STEM SIMS Lab done or their essay turned in MUST come to B power Hour EVERYDAY THIS WEEK. No excuses... Sign in when you arrive.


Study Guides: 

HS Study Guide- Biology & Earth Space Science
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9th Grade  Earth Space Science:

 Class Information and Syllabus

Unit Essential Question: How can we use the periodic table to make predictions about an element’s chemical behavior and atomic structure? 
Unit Essential Question: How can valence electrons be used to predict the behavior of chemical compounds?
Unit Essential Question: In what ways can atoms come together to produce different outcomes (products) 
Unit Essential Question: What role do acids and bases play in our daily lives? 

Key Learning Statement:
Students will have a broad understanding that the periodic table is organized by atomic number and chemical properties.

Gravity Lab-  Create your own star system and see how you do as a universe builder.
periodic table 
period group
amu 
atomic mass unit
 periodic law
 metals 
non-metals
 metalloids
 noble gases
 alkali metals
 alkaline earth metals
 halogens
 valance electrons 



History of the periodic table and atom Pt 2

Supporting Video- You are to watch this video ON YOUR OWN TIME!

Homework: 

Read the article: The Crazy Russian. Notes are due On Wednesday 11/29/17 (No extensions)


STEM Sims Logo Digital lab- Chemistry Mixer This lab is being assigned on 11/28/17 and is due by December 8th, 2017



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HS Intensive English

 Class Information and Syllabus


Unit Essential Questions: How can emerging scientific evidence change our thinking?  

Brainstorming Question: Is it possible to make anything completely safe or foolproof?  


Agenda: 



Every student should download and register for a Grammarly account. It's free and from now on all work must be word processed.


Homework: 

Work on section one of your packet. Due Wednesday 11/29/17 (No extensions)






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10th Grade Biology 1

 Class Information and Syllabus


Unit Essential Question: How can we use the periodic table to make predictions about an element’s chemical behavior and atomic structure? 
Unit Essential Question: How can valence electrons be used to predict the behavior of chemical compounds?
Unit Essential Question: In what ways can atoms come together to produce different outcomes (products) 
Unit Essential Question: What role do acids and bases play in our daily lives? 

Key Learning Statement:
Students will have a broad understanding that the periodic table is organized by atomic number and chemical properties.

Vocabulary to know: (Quizlet Link) 
periodic table 
period group
amu 
atomic mass unit
 periodic law
 metals 
non-metals
 metalloids
 noble gases
 alkali metals
 alkaline earth metals
 halogens
 valance electrons 


Agenda:




Supporting Video- You are to watch this video ON YOUR OWN TIME!



Homework: 

Read the article: The Crazy Russian. Notes are due On Wednesday 11/29/17 (No extensions)

STEM Sims Logo Digital lab- Chemistry Mixer This lab is being assigned on 11/28/17 and is due by December 8th, 2017


Video: How living things are classified- view the video and then take notes in the packet provided. For the activity on page six, find a unique plant, animal or bacteria and classify it according to the instructions. Worksheet can be viewed here.

Storm Updates:

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Science Current Events:


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Video Links/ Other Resources over this topic

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