Vocabulary Chart

A Day Due Weds Sept 28
B Day due Thurs Sept 29


Please add the new Vocab words and complete your vocabulary chart for our current learning target 'pure substance and mixtures'

The words are: Pure Substance
Mixture
Element
Compound
Solution
Suspension
Colloid

RAFT directions

For those students who need to do some work on their RAFT Class assignment here are the directions. Remember this is NOT an essay. It is a creative writing assignment in the format of a postcard! You will have about 15 minutes in class to finish this assignment this week.

R.ole-A particle of Matter
A.udience- matter that has never experienced a change in state
F.ormat- A postcard about your travels
T.opic- Discuss your travels through the 4 states of matter. Be sure to include the following: -How particles move and behave in each state
- How they change through the 4 states
-At least two characteristics of each state

Phase Change Gizmo Homework

Due: A Day-Friday Sept 16
B Day-Monday Sept 19

The Phase Change Gizmo is now in your folder on explorelearning.com
Please complete the Student Exploration Guide as well as the 5 Assessment Questions.

Science Project-Check in #1 Topic and Research

TOPIC AND PRELIMINARY RESEARCH DUE:
A Day Sept 26
B Day Sept 27


-Research at least 3 different topics that you might like to investigate for your Science Project this year.
-For each topic please include 3 research sources for a grand total of 9 (2 of them total must be from a scholarly book or magazine) Remember NO WIKIPEDIA or personal blogs, make sure these are credible internet sources
-For each topic please write at least a one paragraph discussion of what you might like to investigate on that topic, and any important research that you have found that is helping you decide your topic.

This information will be kept in your Science Project composition notebook. The first page will be your table of contents and this page will be your second.

Dunkin' for Density Lab questions

Below are the questions for all three stations from today's lab. If you did not get a chance to finish in class please complete and return on Thurs. Sept 8

Station 1
1. What is the volume of the box? __________ (don’t forget units)
Explain how you got this answer.


2. What is the mass of the box? ___________ (don’t forget units)
Explain how you got this answer.




3. What is the density of the box ___________ (don’t forget units)
Explain how you got this answer.

Station 2
1. What is the volume of the clay ball? __________ (don’t forget units)
Explain how you got this answer.




2. What is the mass of the clay ball? ___________ (don’t forget units)
Explain how you got this answer.



3. What happens to the clay ball when you put it in water?

4. Compare the density of the clay ball to the water.


Station 3
Predict
1. What will happen when you place the cherry tomato and the larger plum tomato in the water at the same time?


Observation
1. Write down two observations about the tomatoes.


Explain
1. Explain your observations about the tomatoes by referring to the densities of the tomatoes.

Calculate
1. calculate the density of each tomato. Be sure to include the proper unit!!!

Gizmo Homework

Density: Slice and Dice Gizmo
Student exploration guide and 5 questions


Periods 1A and 2A Gizmo due on Tues Sept 6
Period 3A Gizmo due on Thurs Sept 8
Period 4B Gizmo due on Weds Sept 7
Period 5B Gizmo due on Friday Sept 9

For the Codes please see the Side bar of the Blog!!!