Chemistry (Period 3) Assignments

Read chapter 1 and 2 of the STEM Student Research Handbook.  The PDF can be found at the WSCA Science Fair Page here:

http://www.wscacademy.org/apps/classes/show_class.jsp?classREC_ID=580816

Answer questions on page 11, 1-4 and page 31, 1-8.

Do some research about a possible science fair topic and come to class with ideas.  Our goal is to help every student walk away with a science fair topic by the end of class!  To make this possible, students need to show up prepared with some ideas they can work on.

Finish the Pre-Lab Definitions for "It's in the Cards" in your lab book.

Read Chapter 2 of the STEM handbook (on the science fair page, see link below).

Complete Student Handout #2 at the end of Chapter 2 and bring to class on Monday.

Heads-Up!

The WSCA speaker series starts tomorrow during Enrichment and will feature 2 medical doctors.  I know some students expressed an interest in studying the HIV/AIDS pandemic for their Global Issues: Local Ideas science fair project.  One of the speakers may be an amazing resource for more information.  See the info below!

Ms. S

The Western Sierra Speaker Series starts Tomorrow during Enrichment! Speakers are both M.D.s and WSCA Parents and student moderators are Leenah Bassouni and Makayla Hordyk! Please share the following information with your second-fourth-advisory-and sixth period classes: we are below capacity for these great speakers and are looking to fill the rooms!:  

Dr. Siddiqui (Dixon’s Room): Infectious Diseases Physician and HIV medicine specialist, involved in over 150 clinical trials in HIV and helped clinically develop most HIV medications currently on the market. Investigator with the National Institutes of Health. Chief Medical Officer of Telemedicine and the Telemedicine Group. Dr. Siddiqui spent 12 years at UC Davis as a tenured faculty and is now in private practice.

Dr. Yap-Lacap (Dr. Y.—Senior Lounge): Former chief mentor to medical residents in Columbia University NYC, then to nursing students in Williamsport Hospital, PA. More recently, a physician recruiter for Kaiser Permanente TPMG, educator to post-doc psychology interns and UCD medical students. Primary care physician with neurology training, but decided to expand specialties and became a board-certified diplomate in Neurology and Psychiatry.

The Speaker Series will be a monthly occurrence during Friday Enrichments. If you have students who would like to attend, please send them to Dixon’s Room (222)  for an Enrichment pass ticket: students must have signed up in order to attend.

Complete Unit 2 Study Guide. Test on Tuesday. Be prepared to turn in lab notebooks.

Science Fair Assigned:
Read the list of 30 UN Global issues. Choose 5 and read the overview pages. Bring your top 3 topics to class.
Read chapter 1 of the NSTA STEM Student Research Handbook. Complete Student Handout 1 on page 14.

All of the information for the science fair, including the timeline, is listed in the two links below.

Finish Electron Posters if you did not finish them in class.
Your posters should talk about an Electron you've chosen. Discuss what we've been learning about electrons using our Electron Dorm Analogy (They're lazy, they need their own room, they are willing to share a bathroom if they have to, they emit colored light when they get excited and walk upstairs). Draw a picture of your electron. Choose which element your electron is from and write that element's electron configuration.

Complete Worksheet - Electron Configurations/Modern Atoms
*Skip #3 on the Modern Atoms Side

Mole Day class party Thursday! Bring snacks, drinks, decorations or ware (cups, plates, etc.) if you are able. If you signed up in class to bring something, don't forget!

Don't forget to bring cereal boxes to school tomorrow so we can build spectrometers!

Students took notes in class from the pdf - summarizing ideas through the end of page 7 in the attached file. Students should be working to fill in definitions and notes for their Unit 2 content maps. The goal is to assess which terms from the Mastery Checklist that students are unclear on so we can review them in class on Tuesday.

Complete any worksheets you were not able to finish in class. Use the isotope/atomic mass chart to find average atomic masses. The first worksheet is the final page only of the Beanium Lab.

Complete any parts of the timeline or worksheets you were not able to finish in class. Save #10 on History of the Atom Quiz Review for Monday, we will complete it as a class.

Beanium Lab Write-Up:
Complete the Beanium Lab Write-up using the lab write-up guide and beanium lab instructions that are attached.
The conclusion section should address the hypothesis, include a brief error analysis and answer the four questions from the lab handout page 2.

*Ignore page 3 of the Beanium Lab handout in the attachments

Summative Assessment 1

Students will complete a 2 part project exploring science and chemistry at home. The final project needs to be typed and turned in with any evidence collected. See instructions below as well as rubric (coming soon!).

Review pages 104-108 in the book. If this is the first time you've heard about atomic structure, read them carefully. If this looks familiar, skim these pages.

Read pages 110 and 111 thoroughly.

Complete the Protons, Neutrons and Electrons Worksheet

Unit 1 Test Review Packet will be due on Thursday. Part 1 of the test will take place on Thursday and will be focused on the scientific method. Bring your lab book to class this week, we will be reviewing them in class Tuesday and Thursday.

Complete Lab Write-up for Density Lab. This lab should have the following sections: Title, Purpose, Data Table, Hypothesis (what you thought the layers would be), Results (what the layers actually were) and Error Analysis.

Complete the self review evaluation of your lab notebook. Fill in missing pieces if needed. Please remember that this review sheet is a general template, and not every lab write-up will have every piece for you to check off.
*Metric Conversions - you will only check off background information (Kids Have Dropper Over Dead Converting Metrics) and data (for where we did examples as a class)
*Properties of Matter - You should have observations or data related to the white powders we dissolved in water and acid as well as properties and changes observed.

This is a learning process with a goal of improving every time. For this first lab notebook check, I'm looking for lab books to show that effort was made to record all the information for each lab activity. If you've put in effort, don't worry, you'll do great!

Remember, we have the first part of our Unit 1 Test on Thursday!

Complete Bacon Cat Packet (3 sheets of paper, 6 total pages).

Safety Posters - Illustrate a safety rule of your choice.

Finish ink chromatography lab write-up individually.
Your lab write-up should have the following sections: Title, Purpose, Introduction with observation, IV, DV and your hypothesis, Experiment with procedures and materials, Data (what colors your inks separated into), Results (relating back to your hypothesis), Conclusion with Error Analysis.
As a group, complete a poster that displays your lab groups chromatograms and include the independent and dependent variable, your hypothesis and the results of the lab.

Bubbles lab write-up in lab books. Should have the following sections:
Title
Purpose
Introduction (IV, DV, Observations, Problem and Hypothesis)
Experimental Procedure and Materials
Data
Results (address your hypothesis)
Error Analysis

Return signed safety contract.

Classroom Safety Worksheet

Get you textbook checkout slip signed and return it to class tomorrow.

Students need to purchase a notebook or composition book they can dedicate to using in this class. We'll be using this notebook in class every day.

After completing the class success skills inventory activity on Thursday/Friday, students will identify their own skills inventory outlining their strengths and their goals for developing skills this school year.

Read the syllabus. Share it with your parent. Bring it with you to the next class period. (The syllabus also appears on my class pages, if you need a new copy)