Thursday, October 25, 2012

Looking back over our assessment

Please remember that tomorrow is parent conference day. I hope your parents have signed up for conferences. If they have not, they can still sign up for a later time that fits their schedule. Please schedule through Ching.

Opening: What has happened to your density column? Please take density column and make a sketch of it. How many layers do you now have? Where are the solids that you placed inside the column. What changes have occurred over time?


Content Objectives:

  1. Review material from Tuesday’s assessment. Focus on relationships between states of matter, phase changes and what happens at the molecular level.
  2. Atomic Structure

Language objectives:

  1. Increase ability to show understanding in both images and words.

October Process Words
  • Evaluate (6, 7, 8th grade)
  • Represent (6, 7, 8th grade)
  • Refer (7, 8th grade)
  • Refute (7, 8th grade)
  • Confirm (8th grade)
  • Consider (8th grade)

Review of Reporting - let’s return to the syllabus!

Tracking of progress on this unit.
  • What are the benefits of tracking progress?
  • How does this differ from checking Edline?
  • What do I need to work on?

Heating and Cooling Curves (review of many assessment questions)
  1. Try to complete the hand-out by yourself
  2. Heating Curve Music Video
  3. Returns to your own work - revise as necessary
  4. Share as a pair
  5. Class Agreement

Further study:

Please read pages 103-108 and complete questions 1-6 on page 108.

Monday: Looking at the relationship of temperature and pressure

Wednesday: Assessment

Friday: Inquiry Field Day

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