Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 

• I can complete a rough draft and revise based on feedback

HOWLs Target: 

• I participate in my classroom and community.

Agenda

• Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE WEDNESDAY (2min)
• What do you think is going on in the photograph?
• 
• A two-horn listening device in use at Bolling Field in Washington, D.C., in 1921, used to detect distant aircraft before the advent of radar.# Library of Congress
• independent study
• 1/31
• complete rough draft
• read aloud to self or have someone else read
• 2/7
• final touches
• 2/14
• gallery walk

Homework:

• none

Distance/Time

Learning Target: 

• I can create and interpret a distance-time graph

HOWLs Target:

• I can self-assess to know if all parts of my graph are complete

Agenda

• Warm-up: FASTER (2min)
• Who is faster? Student A who runs 50 meters in 5 seconds or student B who runs 80 meters in 10 seconds? What is your evidence?
• distance-time graph
• axis
• x=time
• y=distance
• scale
• points
• lines
• labels
• Using a distance-time graph
• Order the walkers from fastest to slowest.
• How do you know who is fastest/what is your evidence?
• other distance time graphs
• very fast walker
• someone sleeping
• walking fast then slowing down
• standing still then walking slow

Relevant reading:

• CK-12 Distance and Direction
• CK-12 Speed and Velocity
• CK-12 Acceleration

Homework:

Motion and Measuring

Learning Target: 

• I can measure and calculate how fast something moves

HOWLs Target:

• I keep working to find a solution

Agenda

• Warm-up: MOTION (2min)
• What is motion? Answer without using the following words: move, moving, movement.
• How do you measure motion?
• Are you moving?
• How fast do you walk? relative to the floor
• distance:
• time:
• speed:
• distance-time graph
• axis
• x=time
• y=distance
• scale
• points
• lines
• labels
• Using a distance-time graph
• Order the walkers from fastest to slowest.
• How do you know who is fastest/what is your evidence?

Relevant reading:

• CK-12 Distance and Direction
• CK-12 Speed and Velocity
• CK-12 Acceleration

Homework:

• 
  

It's Not The End, Just Turning A Corner

Learning Target: 

• I can reflect on the first semester

HOWLs Target: 

• I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.
• I take initiative for my learning.

Agenda

• Warm-up: FEEDBACK (2min)
• Please complete the end of semester survey located ->here<.
• any last minute questions?
• independent research
• 1st semester kahoot

Homework:

• none

Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 

• I take initiative for my learning by checking target sheets and making a plan for next steps

HOWLs Target: 

• I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.

Agenda

• Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE WEDNESDAY (2min)
• Write 2-3 sentences about your independent study. If you have already written an introduction, you can go to that.
• 
• Driver Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret race their Peugeot down a dune during Stage 5 between San Juan de Marcona and Arequipa, Peru, on January 10, 2018. # Ricardo Mazalan / AP
• check target sheets for next steps
• next steps
• independent study

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments

Chemical Change Assessment

Learning Target: 

• I can identify if a change is physical or chemical using signs of chemical changes

HOWLs Target: 

• I demonstrate positive and kind behavior..

Agenda

• Warm-up: BUBBLES AND COLOR CHANGES (2min)
• Is eating food a chemical or physical change? Answer using the claim, evidence, and reasoning format.
• chemical change assessment
• exceeds
• independent research

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments
• final test for chemical and physical changes
• Class CD: Thursday

All The Signs

Learning Target: 

• I can identify if a change is physical or chemical using signs of chemical changes

HOWLs Target: 

• I ask questions to deepen my understanding.

Agenda

• Warm-up: BUBBLES AND COLOR CHANGES (2min)
• What is an example of a chemical change that is shown by gas bubbles produced?
• What is an example of a chemical change that is shown by a color change?
• other signs of chemical changes
• odor change
• solid from solution

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments
• final test for chemical and physical changes
• Class AB: Tuesday
• Class CD: Thursday

Study Guide

Learning Target: 

• I can identify if a change is physical or chemical using signs of chemical changes

HOWLs Target: 

• I can self-assess to improve.

Agenda

• Warm-up: PICTURE DAY-OR-TWO-AFTER WEDNESDAY (2min)
• Where do you see evidence of a physical change and an example of a chemical change in the following photograph?
• 
• Flames emerge from the side of a building among layers of ice formed on items. Firefighters respond to an early-morning fire in Newark, New Jersey, on January 5, 2018. The fire broke out in a vacant structure in Newark early Friday morning and spread to two adjacent structures. # Julio Cortez / AP
• retake pre-test
• grade
• check target sheets for next steps
• next steps
• independent study

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments
• final test for chemical and physical changes
• Class AB: Tuesday
• Class CD: Thursday

Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 

• I take initiative for my learning by checking target sheets and making a plan for next steps

HOWLs Target: 

• I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.

Agenda

• Warm-up: PICTURE WEDNESDAY (2min)
• Where do you see evidence of a physical change and an example of a chemical change in the following photograph?
• 
• Flames emerge from the side of a building among layers of ice formed on items. Firefighters respond to an early-morning fire in Newark, New Jersey, on January 5, 2018. The fire broke out in a vacant structure in Newark early Friday morning and spread to two adjacent structures. # Julio Cortez / AP
• check target sheets for next steps
• next steps
• independent study

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments

Signs: Bubbles and Color Changes

Learning Target: 

• I can identify if a change is physical or chemical using signs of chemical changes

HOWLs Target: 

• I treat all property with care.

Agenda

• Warm-up: EXCEPTIONS? (2min)
• If I take a bottle half full of water and shake it hard, bubbles will form. Are the bubbles evidence of a chemical change? Why or why not?
• Signs of chemical changes
• Bubbles!
• electrolysis of water
• Color changes
• red liquid and clear liquid #1
• red liquid and clear liquid #2
• pennies in salt and vinegar
• Fire

Homework:

• formative assessment on signs of chemical changes and law of conservation of mass: Class AD - Thursday, Class BC - Friday

Signs: Bubbles

Learning Target: 

• I can identify if a change is physical or chemical using signs of chemical changes

HOWLs Target: 

• I treat all property with care.

Agenda

• Warm-up: COMPARE AND CONTRAST (2min)
• Both chemical changes and physical changes are changes in matter and both can be observed. What is different between chemical changes and physical changes?
• Chemical Changes
• Claim:
• Evidence:
• Reasoning:
• Signs of chemical changes
• Bubbles!
• ¿boiling?
• baking soda and vinegar
• electrolysis of water

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments

Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 

• I take initiative for my learning by checking target sheets and making a plan for next steps

HOWLs Target: 

• I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.

Agenda

• Warm-up: PRETTY PICTURE WEDNESDAY (2min)
• When a volcano erupts lava flows and new rocks form. Is this an example of matter being created? Explain your thinking.
• 
• This long-exposure photo taken on December 28, 2017, shows Mount Sinabung volcano spewing lava, as well as the night sky above Karo, North Sumatra. # Lana Priatna / AFP / Getty
• check target sheets for next steps
• next steps
• independent study

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments

Bubbles

Learning Target: 

• I can identify if a change is physical or chemical using chemical indicators

HOWLs Target: 

• I ask questions to deepen my understanding.

Agenda

• Warm-up: BEFORE AND AFTER (2min)
• When a piece of steel is left in a closed jar it will react with the oxygen in the jar and begin to rust, crumbling into small red pieces. Is the mass of the original jar more than, less than, or the same as the jar after the steel has rusted? Explain your thinking.
• Complete CK-12 Changes in Matter
• Chemical Changes
• Claim:
• Evidence:
• Reasoning:
• Bubbles!

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments

LoCoM, PC, and CC

Learning Target: 

• I can state the Law of Conservation of Mass
• I can state the difference between chemical and physical changes

HOWLs Target: 

• I keep working until the task is complete.

Agenda

• Warm-up: BEFORE AND AFTER (2min)
• When a metal ball is heated, it will not fit through a metal ring until it cools back down. Is the mass of the heated metal ball more than, less than, or the same as the cool metal ball? Explain your thinking.
• Law of Conservation of Mass
•  
• fire in a jar
• chemical and physical change pre-test
• Changes in Matter

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments

Independent Wednesday

Learning Target: 

• I take initiative for my learning by checking target sheets and making a plan for next steps

HOWLs Target: 

• I demonstrate positive and kind behavior.

Agenda

• Warm-up: QUESTIONS (2min)
• What questions do you have about the independent study?
• check target sheets for next steps
• next steps
• independent study

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments

LOCoM

Learning Target: 

• I can make a claim comparing mass before and after a change

HOWLs Target: 

• I participate in my classroom and community.

Agenda

• Warm-up: MASS (2min)
• What is mass?
• ice in a bag
• mass before and after
• piece of paper
• claim:
• sugar and water
• 
• claim:
• baking soda and vinegar
• 
• claim:
• LOCoM
• fire in a jar

Homework:

• check infinite campus for any missing or low assessments