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Thursday, December 22, 2016

DA da da daaaaaa da, DA da da daaaaaaaa da

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate my understanding of physical and chemical changes in matter
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess using the superpower checklist.
Agenda

Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Go outside and do something nice for someone

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Putting It On Paper

Learning Target: 
  • I can demonstrate my understanding of physical and chemical changes in matter
HOWLs Target:
  • I am prepared for learning.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: EXAMPLES (2min)
    • Explain an example of a physical change and an example of chemical change.
  • Test
  • Superheroes
    • Superpower-Property of Matter

Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Superhero project due Thursday 12/22

Monday, December 19, 2016

Working on Superpowers

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe how changing a property of matter could be a superpower.
HOWLs Target:
  • I keep working until the superpower GO is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: SUPERPOWER (2min)
    • How could you use a change in density to make yourself really large? What would the particles be doing?
    • What might be a possible side effect of this method of getting large?
  • Superheroes
    • project overview
    • Superpower-Property of Matter

Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Changes in Matter test, Wednesday 12/21
  • Superhero project due Thursday 12/22

Friday, December 16, 2016

Superpowers

Learning Target: 
  • I can think about how changing a property of matter affects the matter
HOWLs Target:
  • I am prepared by completing assigned work.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY (2min)
    • What type of change happens to leaves in fall? What is your evidence?
    • Fall leaves are seen along the Connecticut River on October 9, 2016, in Pittsburg, New Hampshire.  Jim Cole / AP
  • review of homework
  • Superheroes
    • write a list of superpowers
    • write a list of properties of matter
    • project overview

Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Changes in Matter test, Wednesday 12/21
  • Superhero project due Thursday 12/22

Thursday, December 15, 2016

More and More Examples

Learning Target: 
  • I can classify a change in matter as chemical or physical using indicators.
HOWLs Target:
  • I am positive and kind during class discussions.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: BUBBLES (2min)
    • Why are bubbles (without boiling) an indicator of chemical change?
  • electrolysis of water
    • claimRunning electricity through water can produce a ________________ change.
    • evidenceThe indicator of the ____________ change is _________________.
    • reasoningWhen the water __________________ it shows that a new substance is produced because __________________________.
  • a sliced apple on the table
    • claim: When a sliced apple is left on a table a ________________ change occurs.
    • evidenceThe indicator of the ____________ change is _________________.
    • reasoningWhen the apple __________________ it shows that a new substance is produced because __________________________.
  • intro to homework (5min)
    • write list of indicators
  • Superheroes
    • write a list of superpowers
    • write a list of properties of matter
    • project overview

Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Chemical and Physical Change Homework 12/14
  • Changes in Matter test, Wednesday 12/21
  • Superhero project due Thursday 12/22

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Water is Water is Water

Learning Target: 
  • I can discuss a claim and evidence for a chemical or physical change.
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to improve
Agenda
  • Warm-up: INDICATORS (2min)
    • Is cooking an egg a physical or chemical change? Support your claim with evidence.
    • HOWLS ______
  • cooking an egg
    • claimCooking an egg produces a ________________ change.
    • evidenceThe indicator of the ____________ change is _________________.
    • reasoning: When the egg __________________ it shows that a new substance is produced because __________________________.
  • electrolysis of water
    • claimRunning electricity through water can produce a ________________ change.
    • evidenceThe indicator of the ____________ change is _________________.
    • reasoningWhen the water __________________ it shows that a new substance is produced because __________________________.
  • a sliced apple on the table
    • claimA sliced apple on a table can produces a ________________ change.
    • evidenceThe indicator of the ____________ change is _________________.
    • reasoningWhen the apple __________________ it shows that a new substance is produced because __________________________.

Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • Changes in Matter test, Wednesday 12/21

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Discussing the Claim and Evidence of Chemical or Physical Changes

Learning Target: 
  • I can discuss a claim and evidence for a chemical or physical change.
HOWLs Target:
  • I can self-assess to improve
Agenda
  • Warm-up: INDICATORS (2min)
    • Make a list of indicators of a chemical change and an example where you saw the indicator. For example: bubbles - lemon volcanoes.
    • HOWLS ______
  • redo pre-test and feedback
  • MODEL of comparing claim discussion
  • cooking an egg
    • claim: Cooking an egg produces a ________________ change.
    • evidenceThe indicator of the ____________ change is _________________.
  • Quicktime Player to record audio of discussion
    • prompt: make a claim if cooking an egg is a physical or chemical change and provide evidence to support your claim.
Links for the labs 
Homework:
  • none

Friday, December 9, 2016

The Other Chemical Indicators

Learning Target: 
  • I can determine if a chemical change has occurred based on unusual indicators.
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community. (same as yesterday)
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY (2min)
    • During the baking soda and vinegar reaction from yesterday, the class should have observed a drop in temperature. Why do you think there was a drop in temperature? Where did energy go?
  • Explosion video/non-dairy creamer demo
  • Slime
  • Clean-up 
  • Post-test
Links for the labs 
Homework:
  • none

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Temperature as an Indicator

Learning Target: 
  • I can use temperature to determine if a chemical change has occurred.
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community. (same as yesterday)
Agenda
  • Warm-up: CHEMICAL COLOR VS PHYSICAL COLOR (2min)
    • Was the dye on the lemon a chemical or physical change? Explain your reasoning. When the sugar turned brown was that a chemical or physical change? Explain your reasoning. 
  • Elephant Toothpaste
  • Baking soda volcanoes
  • Clean-up
  • Exit activity: snow storm
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Smell and Bubbles Indicator Day

Learning Target: 
  • I can recognize different chemical changes using different indicators. 
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community. (same as yesterday)
Agenda
  • Warm-up: IODINE CLOCK REACTION (2min)
    • I have 3 mystery liquids. Draw a chart in your notebook and make observations about each of the liquids. 
    • When I pour them all together is that a chemical or physical change? Explain your reasoning.  
  • Melting sugar experiment
  • Lemon Volcanos
  • Clean-up/Exit activity
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Color Indicator Day

Learning Target: 
  • I can recognize the difference between a physical and chemical change.
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community. (same as yesterday)
Agenda
  • Warm-up: CHEMICAL CHAMELEON (2min)
    • Is a physical or chemical change occurring in the video? How do you know? Explain your reasoning. 
  • Experiment Skit
    • observe and record roles
      • gatherer
      • experimenter
      • observer
      • scribe
  • Dyed Water
  • Ammonia and Cranberry Juice
  • Exit Ticket
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none

Monday, December 5, 2016

Chemical Changes

Learning Target: 
  • I can identify indicators of a chemical change.
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: CAT (2min)
    • When this cat tears up a toilet paper roll is that a physical change? Would the cat eating the paper be a physical change? Explain your reasoning.
  • Ck-12 reading
    • Fill out worksheet in pairs
  • Clean and Penny
    • Model Lab Behavior
  • Exit Ticket: 
    • What is a chemical change? Name 3 indicators of a chemical change.
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none

Friday, December 2, 2016

Compost

Learning Target: 
  • I can describe the process of composting
HOWLs Target:
  • I keep working until the task is complete.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE FRIDAY
    • The Antennae galaxies, viewed in the sharpest-yet image of this merging pair of galaxies. During the course of their collision, billions of stars will be formed. The two spiral galaxies, about 45 million light-years from our solar system, started to interact a few hundred million years ago, making the Antennae galaxies one of the nearest and youngest examples of a pair of colliding galaxies. Nearly half of the faint objects in the Antennae image are young clusters containing tens of thousands of stars. The orange blobs are the two cores of the original galaxies and consist mainly of old stars criss-crossed by filaments of dust, which appears brown in the image. The two galaxies are dotted with brilliant blue star-forming regions surrounded by glowing hydrogen gas, appearing in the image in pink. #

    • NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team
  • Composting KWL
  • Reading Plus
    • Do See Reader first
  • Crash Course Videos
  • MinutePhysics: Is The Moon Held Up By A Spring? How Perspective Shapes Reality
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Stuff

Learning Target: 
  • I can answer questions using the Law of Conservation of Mass/Matter
HOWLs Target:
  • participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: BALLOONS (2min)
    • Paul and Peter wanted to keep their balloons for as long as possible so they put them in the freezer. The balloons were tied tightly so no air could get out but when the boys took their balloons out of the freezer, the balloons were small and shriveled.
    • Which statement is true and why?
      • The mass of the warm balloon is less than the mass of the cold balloon.
      • The mass of the warm balloon is the same as the mass of the cold balloon.
      • The mass of the warm balloon is more than the mass of the cold balloon.
  • Elements, molecules, mixtures, and substances
  • Legos, the building blocks of stuff
  • Size of the atom
  • Periodic Table of Videos
  • Fire in a Jar
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Decomposition Tubes OR Mixtures and Substances

Learning Target: 
  • I can answer questions using the Law of Conservation of Mass/Matter
HOWLs Target:
  • I participate in my classroom and community.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: EVAPORATION (2min)
    • A puddle of water slowly shrinks in the sun. After a few hours, the puddle has dried up completely. Is this an exception to the law of conservation of mass? Why or why not?
  • Chemical Changes Pre-test: Google Classroom
  • Ice in a Bag
  • build a decomposition tube
  • OR
  • Elements, molecules, mixtures, and substances
  • Legos, the building blocks of stuff
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

LOCOM #2

Learning Target: 
  • I can use observations and measurements to support the Law of Conservation of Mass/Matter
HOWLs Target:
  • I ask questions to deepen my understanding.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: HMMMM SUGAR (2min)
    • A glass of unsweetened lemonade weighs 255 
grams.  A spoonful of sugar is weighed before 
stirring it into the lemonade.  The sugar weighs 25 
grams.  
    • Predict how much you think the sweetened lemonade will 
weigh after you stir in the sugar. Explain you reasoning.
  • sugar in lemonade
  • Claim:  
  • Physical Changes
  • Law of Conservation of Mass
  • Ice in a Bag
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none

Monday, November 28, 2016

LOCOM

Learning Target: 
  • I can use observations and measurements to support the __________________
HOWLs Target:
  • I treat all property with care.
Agenda
  • Warm-up: STAY AWAY FROM THAT (2min)
    • Why will I let my sons test the physical properties of my stuff but not the chemical properties?
  • chemical properties
  • tearing paper
  • Claim: Paper that is shredded will have ______________ mass as/than before it is shredded.
  • sugar in lemonade
  • Claim:
  • baking soda and vinegar
  • Claim:
Relevant reading:
Homework:
  • none