Friday, October 13, 2023. Day 6

Homeroom:

Class Representatives

Kindness Chain!

Please complete the Week of 10/2 Homeroom Plan

HOMEWORK CHECK:

  • ELA - Scary stories draft due

  • Civics - Quiz today

  • Spanish - Ch2 Matematicas y Messi I

    • (VC to spanish)

  • SciTech - Graphs n Questions

  • Science - Chemical symbols/elements retakes

Community Service Opportunities

  • Organizing and delivering flipbook materials

  • Lab pickup/cleanup

  • File Folder Labelling

Do Now:

We have a solar eclipse occurring this Saturday.

Draw a sketch of the relative position of the sun, moon, and Earth during a solar eclipse.

Homework:

Element Quiz Retakes by appointment

  • Email day before.

  • All retakes during HR only.

  • Last Retakes on day grades close for term I

Today’s Agenda:

Community Service -

  • still looking for Elementary mentors

  • Plant Care

Solar Eclipse 2023

Quiz Thursday - Physical properties

Be able to:

  • define the term physical property.

  • describe the differences in motion and distribution of particles in the 3 states of matter

  • identify common physical properties from their description/definition

  • differentiate between size dependent and size independent properties

  • Describe how a mixture might be separated.

  • Calculate density from a simple word problem.

Review of States of Matter Exploration - Review results and discuss questions.

Focus:

  • modeling matter in different states

  • the motion of particles in different states

  • identifying what causes changes in motion in different states

  • The identity of a substance in different states is not changed.

Melting Point/Boiling Point Lab

Graph Check

Plotting a smoothed curve to fit the data

For Monday

finish plotting, color, etc.

Graph Scoring Rubric

Grade of C

  • The graph is correctly laid out, properly labeled, and accurately plotted. (C)

Grade of B

  • All of C plus

    • The graph is neat and in excellent condition with an appropriate trendline added as demonstrated in class Friday. Use of spelling and capitalization are perfect. (B)

Grade 0f A

  • All of C and B plus

    • The graph includes color and hand drawn pictures appropriately to improve appearance and communicate information such as temperature, state of matter, and information from the observations. (A)

  • colored pencils :) (yes!)

  • markers/hilighters :/ (no…)

Grade of D

  • Did not use a ruler

  • missing/Incorrect labels, title

  • Incorrect scale

  • Incorrect plotting

Grade of F

  • Seriously Incomplete work

- data graphing

  1. on paper

  2. kept in good condition

  3. use a landscape format

    • time - x axis (long side)

    • temp - Y axis (short side)

  4. scale so graph uses about 3/4 of the paper

  5. leave margins large enough for labels and a title

  6. title, labels, units all appropriately labeled

  7. DO NOT CONNECT POINTS

  8. plot

  9. Due Friday - final completion will occur in class.

Physical Changes